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Seems like that scary injury just rattled him overall. IDK what it is.

No Dan.....we don't need a center. All good.

At least when Fields inevitably can't read the field you can just keep spamming him on runs. That ain't happening with Bryce.

Anyone who still believes in Justin Fields also believes in Santa Claus.

No offense but Cam drug the who's who of who TF is that WR's to a 1 loss regular season and Super Bowl appearance. One of the things that was SUPPOSED to be true of Bryce is that HE was the one that was supposed to make the WR's better by being the "super processor." Well....if he needs complete perfection across the board....how is he different from other bust QB's like Richardson, Fields, Darnold, etc? Oh....other than not possessing otherwordly arm talent.

Still sticking with my 4-7 wins prediction from very early in the offseason. I have seen little over free agency, the draft, training camp and preseason to sway that. It's a long haul, at this point. I just want to see some semblance of progress, answer a few key personnel questions and perhaps start to look like there is some sort of direction we are heading.

I have been trying to find a live sportsbook that will cut me a large wager on the Panthers not having a winning record before 2030.

You don't draft a slot guy that high. That is insane.

I just do NOT see him as a WR. He has the look of a top 5 CB. This WR poo is a joke, IMO.

He better fuging mean, "We plan to start BC."

Yeah, that is genuinely horrible fuging luck. I do feel bad for the kid.

Yeah, we should know as fans after looking at this roster that the bar is fuging low.

Fingers are quite a bit different than surgery in your guts.

I am not sure what the deal is there. BC is obviously a substantial step down from Ikey but Niman is straight off a cliff. I don't get it. Curious to see if we decide to start him AND if they realize their mistake and out BC in.

The issue is that our only strong unit is banged up and basically has been most of the training camp. It's not super unusual for big guys but when you are already arguably worst roster in the NFL, these kind of things can matter a lot. We definitely can't afford being minus even two starting OL with the razor thin margins we are likely operating with.

Ikey is highly unlikely to play, that seemed fairly obvious after the surgery. If either of the guards misses the game, we are likely royally fuged. I can tell you that for all the bitching about Ikey's pass protection, we are gonna see some wild poo if Niman suits up. That kid is fuging awful.

Not just McConkey, any actually productive WR. It would be nice for him to prove all of us doubters wrong but this all just seems to be a typical Panthers set up for a typical Panthers bust.

Yeah. Please build your brand after you get good at football. I am fine with all the clowning in the world if you are living up to your draft position.

IMO, both EDGE starters, one DE, both LB's, at least one CB and a S need upgrades. Potentially NT, TBD. Now could some of these guys penciled in pan out to be above average NFL caliber starters? For sure. I just don't think the bulk of them can, hence how I came up with my numbers.

I don't think it's about being pessimistic there, just realistic. We have done a pretty poor job of maintaining and building that side of the ball. It just sort of is what it is. I mean, outside D. Brown and Horn, there are no realcore players. Several maybes/young guys but if we are being honest, that's about it. Possibly some of the rookies and maybe Wallace. The rest are replacement level journeymen or guys that should be rotational/depth players. When you get into the depth chart, it's largely PS caliber players.

I am gonna disagree. Likely more like 8-9. If you include depth guys, probably more like 14-15.

Yeah, not matter how bad Bryce is, he can't be worse than Rattler/Shough. That's a nightmare fuel QB room.

The offense could prove to have gotten better, even if Bryce is a bust. The defense keeps getting worse. TBH, IF TMac/Coker/XL pan out(or at least 2 of the 3), the offense could just be a QB away from being pretty decent. That cannot be said of the defense. We are more than likely quite a few players away from being a top 10 defense.

If the defensive FA signings are mostly a bust, it's unquestionably time to move on. We keep getting guys for his defense. It's overdue for some sort of result. For me to even consider keeping him around, this defense has to finish top 16 overall.

Hopefully we have learned some fuging lessons for once.