kungfoodude

Kiper is a known moron and joke even in the draft prognostication community. Every Panthers fan should have that figured out by now.

Nah, the bowl system has been bad for almost 30 years now. If you want the reason behind that, it lies squarely on the greed of the TV networks, athletic departments and conferences. The ever expanding pool of teams that make bowl games, the fact that you don't even have to literally have a winning record to get into one just makes 95+% of them into contests that only the two schools involved really care about. Casual fans only have ever watched "the big teams in the big bowls." Hardcore fans have even become exhausted by the bowl schedule. So, even prior to the BCS and now the playoffs, the bowl games have steadily been devalued every single year. To that point, the players had already started to opt out long before the NIL existed. If anything created a newer bubble in players opting out it would be the transfer portal much more so than the NIL. Even then, it's been an almost exponential rise over the past decade. I 100% understand why the players don't care. These games have almost always been meanginless. Glorified exhibition games of which they really get little benefit.

You can't completely blame one offseason for all our defensive or overall roster ills. That took multiple people multiple years to achieve. If we didn't know any better, one would assume Tepper was a Saints or Bucs or Falcons superfan with how efficiently he has brought people in to tear down this franchise.

I don't dispute that but if Evero is calling your shots as a FO, that doesn't say much for the FO. If it's a collaborative effort, that doesn't say much for the FO. If it's largely the FO making the decisions, that doesn't say much for the FO. Ultimately the front office guys take heat for poor talent. Even if it's at the behest of the coach/coaches.....you still ultimately have the responsibility. Hence the 80/20.

100%. A lot of these "premier" team QB's are mediocre at best.

Nah. IS goof. Those guys are usually lone wolves in the US. I am sure it is just precautionary because any additional safety measures take time to put in place.

It was REALLY not smart to poke the bear before this game with all that poo talking. Zero reason to put a bunch of bulletin board material everywhere and then be proud of it.

It wasn't getting screwed over even remotely. They had no business being anywhere near the playoffs last year with or without Travis. The ACC was historically bad. They genuinely didn't deserve it.

I didn’t feel bad at all for them. They had no business being near the playoffs at all. I very much am enjoying their fall and hope it continues for years.

I am sure you feel that way.

The "factual" thing is those teams lost those games. The emotional thing is the "players didn’t play, transfer portal, etc." That has nothing to do with what actually happened. Remember the FSU "We WeRe ThE rEaL nAtIoNaL cHaMpS!!" horseshit? How did that end up working out for them? If you spend your time crying and making excuses, what message does that team get from you as a coach?

That's right, I forgot you guys actually made it and got beat pretty soundly by Texas.

Unfortunately, it isn't going to get better. What is being laid bare is that there has never really been much parity in college football because it has always existed as a sport without a salary cap. This will continue until the facade drops, they actually are professional teams(have been for almost 40 years now) and there is a salary cap.

Every "I SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE PLAYOFF" team lost so far. Clemson was not in the class of basically any of these teams.

My biggest concern is that XL has more issues than just hands. He body catches, he mis-times jumps and he loses balls. These aren't rare enough events. I am just not convinced he is going to be able to fix all of that.

It just depends on the evaluations. I think he is a 1st round caliber guy but he isn't in most 1st round mocks. We will see what happens. If he makes it to us in the 2nd, I would sprint to the stage with that pick.

The TE discussion should begin and end at Harold Fannin Jr.

Would rather have Deone Walker but he is a guy I wouldn't be opposed to getting later in the draft

A look at Denver before, during and after Evero. Ed Donatell 2020 Passing Yds: 16th Rushing Yds: 25th Total Yds: 21st Points: 25th 2021 Passing Yds: 8th Rushing Yds: 15th Total Yds: 8th Points: 3rd Evero 2022 Passing Yds: 12th Rushing Yds: 10th Total Yds: 7th Points: 14th Vance Joseph 2023 Passing Yds: 22nd Rushing Yds: 30th Total Yds: 29th Points: 27th 2024 Passing Yds: 25th Rushing Yds: 8th Total Yds: 15th Points: 5th

I generally don't think he is likely to be a "great" DC, but he could be in the above average to below average band. I don't care if we jettison him that much but have a plan to improve if that is what you want to do. A better candidate(for sure) and a better roster. If both of those aren't on the table, what is the point?

It's the worst defensive roster in the history of this franchise that spans 30 years. I would say that is quite the accomplishment by the FO.

No, they were actually a top 10 run defense with him. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/EverEj0.htm With Vance Joseph they have finished 30th and 8th. Edit: Read the wrong part of the table initially

I agree he isn't "the problem" but I do think he isn’t exactly making the problems better. I would put the blame about 80% on the front office and 20% on Evero.

I don't really see why people are still high on Carter, TBH.

Honestly, their first seasons are statistically fairly similar. Less TD's for Mingo but far less drops. 7 in one season vs. 6 for a career. I agree that XL is much more capable than Mingo of creating separation and getting open. I do think he is definitely worse as a pass catcher than Mingo, which is quite the statement. Mingo's issue is although he gets targeted fairly often(or did) he is rarely even in position to attempt the catch.