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Agreed, and I think that really comes with alignment of vision for the team too. It's been spoken ad nausium, but when we tried last year to blank check the best coaches available at their position, regardless of their relationship or fit philosophy-wise with Reich, and it was a train wreck. Not defending Reich, but I bet if he got to pick his coaches, it might have worked out better cuz you can't keep changing things mid-season and expect the team to be on board, especially with all the infighting and rats in the room sneaking off to Tepper. One voice, one vision where everyone is on the same page, even when we were down 1-7, they never gave up, and kept pounding the drum of Canales vision, and they eventually turned to page. Here's hoping we keep this momentum into next season, I'm feeling glass half-full on it.

Love coach Bates, I actually watched RR before he was a coach for us too. Love his energy, and you see him on the sideline every game chirping guys up. He's got that dawg energy!

Watch, with the end of season momentum, and a new theme song in the works, a jersey redesign is probably in the works too. If they do, I hope it's very minor changes here or there, kinda like the Broncos new jerseys: very similar, just slightly different to make it feel fresh.

Good, we have had a terrible streak of injuries the last few years. I think one of the last Rhule holdouts should be getting the axe too, Jeremy Scott. Clean slate, no more Rhule holdovers.

im guessing about 20-22m/yr starting in 2026 and letting his 12m cap this year stay, like they did with Derrick Browns contract. Surtain and Ramsey have 24m average, and they're more reliable in playtime and availability. Ideally, I think starting it at 20m with incentives to potentially get to 22m if he can play a certain amount of games a year. Sometimes, the best ability is availability, and if he'd been healthy he'd be in the national radar more than just the Pro Bowl this year imho

I really liked Cade Mays growth this year. The biggest complement is that I barely noticed him, whereas when we had Bozeman, he kept getting pushed back into BY's lap. I think, especially since we don't have a ton of cap room this year, that signing Mays to a 3yr deal would be financially the most bang for our buck. He held his own well, and when he wasn't in the lineup, ala Brady Christiansen, it showed. If it aint broke, don't fix it and spend that money towards a great NT instead to help stop the run.

My dark horse/long shot hope: Todd Bowles. There were headlines about him being in the hot seat all summer, and seems like he's in a playoffs or bust situation from what I've read. I think the Bucs would be dumb to let him go, but if they do make a foolish move, we should sweep him up in a heartbeat. His defenses are always nasty and aggressive and ranking in the single digits, when he's the coordinator. Plus Canales would be comfortable with having him around. Just my two cents.

I was on the Frazier bandcamp too until I saw this, as well as a reddit thread reviewing his defense as very vanilla. His defenses rank high though, but not glowing reviews from his former players apparently: https://www.si.com/nfl/bills/news/buffalo-bills-leslie-frazier-defensive-coordinator-chad-greenway-minnesota-vikings

Was looking at what players are getting mocked to us at the moment, and the most common one is Abdul Carter from Penn State. I know we still got 4 more games to determine where we actually draft, but doesn't hurt to get a jump on the top players. Now to preface this, I read reports that the reason why he hasn't played edge until this season is because he and his father were both ADAMANT from day 1 that he was a stand up linebacker, no if's or buts about it. So, what made him change his mind finally this season? Here's his answer: Now, I know most people will probably say "gotta get that money, can't blame a guy for that", and I agree to an extent, but after watching a few interviews and his tape, he seems to be solely motivated by money, and if he was real about football and the craft of it, then he would've been team-first and been an edge this whole time imho. When he talks about football in other interviews, he is terrible at breaking down the game or his play at press conferences. He's so raw he could be turned into sashimi by the time he gets on the field. I'm getting major Isaiah Simmons bust-vibes from him. But like I said, it's super early, but just wanted to see your thoughts on a player like this and that kinda mentality and headspace.

Mays is really looking like the future. He is crushing it, and we can save money by letting Norbett go in the offseason.

Steve Smths breakdown of Bryce in the Broncos game

The whole season. He can't grow if he's not out there, then we'll see by the end what he's made of.

Yup, and the pipeline splits now between Washington and Buffalo, with our more star players going to places like Chicago(Peppers, Moose, Moore, etc).

As long as we get a grass field, thats all i care about. I dont care if its retractable and you have turf for every other event, just take care of the players and give them grass already!

3rd times the charm, right? If it worked for the Texans, it can work for us.

We'll see. We had these kinda reviews for last year too with the coaches and free agents we brought in.

CAROLINA PANTHERS Released: C Bradley Bozeman Franchise-tagged: EDGE Brian Burns Released: TE Hayden Hurst Re-signed: LS J.J. Jansen (one year, TBD) Signed: G Robert Hunt (five years, $100M) Signed: G Damien Lewis (four years, $53M) Released: S Vonn Bell Signed: DI A'Shawn Robinson (three years, $22.5M) Signed: LB Josey Jewell (three years, $22.75M) Acquired via trade: WR Diontae Johnson Re-signed: WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette (one year, TBD) Signed: CB Dane Jackson (two years, $8.5M) Signed: EDGE D.J. Wonnum (two years, $12.5M) Signed: EDGE K'Lavon Chaisson (one year, TBD) Signed: S Jordan Fuller (one year, TBD) Hunt becomes the fourth guard in the NFL to reach the $20 million per year mark, with the position market exploding this offseason as a response to the interior defender market doing the same for the second year running. Carolina needs to protect quarterback Bryce Young at all costs, and this is a good first step. With the information we learned about the guard market throughout the first day of free agency, with players like Jonah Jackson signing for $51 million over three years, we really like the value and fit for Lewis in Carolina, even though he exceeded our projection like every guard has thus far. This is now basically a third-tier guard deal, and Lewis had some encouraging play in his 2023 tape with reason to believe he could continue to improve. Jewell is a good all-around player who will love working behind the duo of Derrick Brown and A’Shawn Robinson on early downs. He can also cover tight ends and backs over the middle in coverage fairly well, even entering his age-30 season. Good luck running the ball against the interior defensive line duo of Robinson and rising star Derrick Brown. Robinson is a monster up the middle on early downs and reunites with Panthers defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero, who coached him with the Los Angeles Rams. PFF FREE AGENCY GRADE: C+ https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-2024-nfl-free-agency-grades-for-all-16-nfc-teams

agreed, plus with his contract on the back end, if he doesnt work out after this season we can just cut him and save $$

Got a B grade from WalterFootball, higher than I thought we'd get because of the money: Panthers sign G Robert Hunt (5 years, $100 million): B Grade Bryce Young was terrible during his rookie year, but his offensive line was a disaster. Young didn’t exactly get a fair shake in his rookie year, but it looks like the Panthers will be providing one for him in his second season, at least based on this move. This is more money than I thought Robert Hunt would receive, but I get it. Hunt is a very good blocker when it comes to both pass protection and the running game. He’s a massive upgrade in the interior. The Panthers still have lots of work to do, but this was a nice first step.

He's a RG and I saw a tweet by Mike Kaye that a few league sources said that this may mean they'll move Austin Corbett to Center.

Maybe this means they'll resign Chinn and give him another shot

Looks like power running is coming back, boys!