kungfoodude

I have seen a few articles over the years about the preparation lacking coming from college. Several reasons named but this was one thing I do recall in a couple. I will say that one thing that is REALLY nice about the NIL and the transfer portal is that you are seeing players stay in school longer(more tape, more experience) and also that you see them move around and be in more than one system. I do think that era has really aided evaluation of prospects to some degree.

I mean some of it was leverage and position truthfully, but he really did just push through their tackles. It was wild. After seeing the replay I still couldn't believe it.

The issue is that he has had about 3 "off games" to every 1 "on game." That is just not sustainable for an NFL starting QB.

@Saints - L Bucs - W Seahawks - W Bucs - L Which, if it goes that way.....I don't think anyone should be upset. I had predicted all season long a 4-7 win season and anything close to or above .500 is absolutely ahead of schedule. I still don't know what to think of us but a 8-9 win season would be a Tepper first and 9+ would literally only be the 2nd winning season in the past 10 years in Carolina.

He was fantastic yesterday but I do remember remarking to my buddy after that Corum TD, "How did that little midget just steam roll Derrick Brown AND Ashawn Robinson??" I still don't know how he managed to do that.

I definitely was. People forget how bad those first two years were. So much footage of him getting abused in the run game by all these different IOL. I think he just took more time than most elite players at his position to figure out some of the nuances of the position. Which, he was also there during the Matt Rhule era so the quality of the coaching was definitely in question.

It really makes no sense. People talk about Cam wearing his emotions on his sleeve and it's true. But Bryce's body language and demeanor seem very telling during games, as well. Sometimes you can just tell it's gonna be a rough one. I definitely think he is still plagued by confidence problems.

I kept saying to my buddy that the blocked shots and deflected shots were nuts. That would honestly be a team I would hate to see in a playoff scenario. They have the ability to frustrate the fug out of us. Then they largely tilted the ice during the third period and I was sweating bullets.

I don't know. I don't recall him having particularly high stock on most of the draft stuff that I personally saw. Maybe I just missed it. He definitely didn't take any next step, that's for sure. I will add John Mateer. He was a first round radar guy after his last season at Washington St. and he really did not have a good year at OU. Hurt the team too many times with TO's and poor play.

Have you seen the past two games he has played with Purdy? He is adapting to working around Purdy, because he hasn't played well since his return from injury aside from the Arizona game. Now that isn't typically the case but he has clipped his wings a little it looks like.

Colorado isn't the West Coast.

Also true.

It tough to get a read, TBH. I cannot fathom how anyone with any logic in them would think Bryce is a long term solution or even worth a 5th year option. But, it is the Panthers so you just never can tell.

I would just like some real sources and not LLM crap. It gets under my skin. Sorry if you caught a stray on that but I have too much experience with that kind of crap being INSANELY inaccurate. Look forward to the thread without that, however. That's right up my alley.

I am not David Tepper, though. For all we know he has been leaning on them to get that $75 mil/yr deal inked since the ATL game.

I mean, what even is their mojo? That changes game to game too. This is one of the strangest Panther teams if not THE strangest Panther team I have ever seen. There is no rhyme or reason to what we will do. There is no rhyme or reason to why we will perform well or poorly in whatever aspect of the game. It's just straight up free wheel gambling every week. I have advised many people to just steer clear of any and all Panther related sports bets. Too insane.

I hope the anger was always about the "hot hand" part. People mad at Chuba were just being stupid. Did he probably rush back a little too soon? For sure. But has he been a very good player for us the past 2-3 seasons, abso-fuging-lutely.

I started to like this until the part when I knew it was all most likely BS.

MFer was draped all over him too. Oh they are so clearly a fraud. 3rd easiest schedule in NFL history(since the merger). Watch what I tell you. It will be very obvious when the playoffs roll around.

Playoffs would be nice but IDC that much about that. We would be a pretty easy out but it would just be nice to be relevant again at that level.

I do.

Fun fact for the folks that a couple of seasons ago were pounding the table to get Deebo Samuel.....he has only broken 900 yards receiving one time in his seven year NFL career. TBH, he has to be one of the most overrated offensive players in the past decade.

Yeah, I am not making any such argument. Just expressing that would be a very Panthers thing to do and befitting of the 2025 team.

I got no expectations for anything anymore. There is no fuging telling who we are on a week to week basis. I am not convinced that even the coaching staff has any idea what they are gonna do at kickoff. It feels like we are a team being led by a Ouija board. fug it. I am just along for the ride and curious to see where the hell this is headed.