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Their money still green? Then Tepper don't care.

That's what I see in that footage. Looks like his preference is to catch with his body, especially on deep balls. He catches with his hands across the middle. But if he's going to be unwilling to go up and aggressively pull a ball out of the air, he's going to struggle as an outside WR in the NFL. CBs would have broken up several of those catches before they would even get to him. 5th round or later.

I'll second this. But a lot of that has to do with watching the DC Defenders, who I sincerely think could have beaten the 2023 Panthers. But related to Corral, I think the UFL ideal for players like Corral. Never really got the opportunity to prove themselves, no tape, ended up in a bad situation on a bad team. If Corral puts on a decent show in the UFL it might get him invited back to an NFL training camp. I'll never say that someone who failed to shine as a Panther in the Rhule/Fitterer regime is a provably bust.

MLB, OL, WR, in that order. We've been sorely in need of a defensive field general since we lost Luke. And we're not in contention for any of the top OL prospects. So, I'd say look for late round studs at OL, and pick the best WR or ILB available at the top of round 2. Our new GM is a former MLB and is all about making people afraid to come to Carolina. Looking across the LOS at a stud who can read your mind, already knows what your playcall is, and is foaming at the mouth to rip your head off is a great starting point.

Seeing this god damn creepy uncanny valley Temu commercial like nine times this game is giving me mobile game flashbacks.

I think her monitor wasn't working. Couldn't hear herself over the music and couldn't tell if she was on key.

I can't tell exactly what it is, but there is something about the press conference that just gives me the warm fuzzies about Dave. It's the expected amount of naive optimism one should project at an introductory press conference, but none of the snake oil. None of the platitudes. I, for some bizarre reason, feel good about this regime. Also, Joe Person is a tool. Stand up when you're asking a question, prick.

How could anyone look at our offensive line the past 2 years and think we needed a change? Just baffling.

Rough* Also, I don't think he was exclusively hired to "fix" Bryce. We wanted an offensive mind, Sportsology has a history of hiring young guns, and a 1-year OC isn't unprecedented; McDaniel was only an OC for 1 year in San Francisco before becoming the HC in Miami. So I think the problem you're seeing is one of your own fancy.

Sorry, I think I just stream of conscious-ed that last post. I meant to say good hire, welcome to the team!

I just realized you can't spell Canales without "Anal."

Okay, I'm going from tepid to warm.

I'm less concerned with wins and losses for the next year or two. I want to see a team with some fight. And in that regard, I think Vrabel is close to an ideal candidate.

I was on the record that trading up was a huge mistake. I stand by that. You need to earn a #1 pick and the flameout risk of #1 overall QBs is way too high. I was a proponent of rolling with Darnold (hence the slap a Groucho mask on him so the fanbase would give him another chance with a new non-Rhule coach) and let the chips fall where they may. Maybe we'd still be picking #1 overall, but we probably would have used #9 on a position of need and we'd still have Moore. I foolishly tried to convince myself that if our all star coaching staff was convinced there was someone at #1 that was a generational talent then they must know what they're doing.

Yeah those cutaways between the action when there's nothing happening on the field really take away from the experience. Same with the cheerleaders. It has nothing to do with the game. Stop showing me pretty ladies dammit!

Man, I just realized that I'm so disillusioned by this franchise that my first thought was, "Good for them. I'm sure he'll do great there, and I kinda am rooting for him to prove he wasn't just propped up by Brady." The Panthers have beaten my Panthers fandom down to the point that I'm literally becoming a "I just hope both teams have a good time" level fan. And it's sickening.

I always hear the, "Stroud wouldn't have looked as good on the Panthers this year if they'd taken him." And while I agree he definitely would NOT have taken this team to the playoffs, I think that's an incredibly short-sighted view. The team won't be bad forever. But will Bryce ever play like a superstar? I think you flip the question; if Bryce had been on Houston, would he have achieved the same level of success? Really, do you think he would have? I just don't see anything in Bryce's game that leads me to think he will ever play up to Stroud's level.

Are the interviews expected to be secret? I always assumed the league wants those publicized, at the very least to verify the Rooney Rule is being followed.

Yes. Tepper has made many poor decisions. Moving on from Wilks was not one of them.

I'll definitely watch again. The DC team was really good last year. And I'm much MUCH more interested in going to see a game at small, intimate Audi Field than deal with the overpriced zoo of drunken, miserable humanity that shows up at NFL games. I'm all in, and I think this actually has a chance to work. The Rock is financially invested in this league, and the Rock is a savvy businessman. I honestly don't think he would be backing this if he didn't think it had a chance of taking off. What he needs is a "Welcome to Wrexham" style docudrama following it to bring it more in the public eye.

This is a losing proposition. You're gonna scare off any quality candidate if they think they're hitching their wagon to Young's star. I'd sell it as, "he's your QB this year, try to make it work. Next year, it's your pick at QB and I'll have no say in if whether it's Bryce or not." I don't believe in sunk cost fallacy, so building a roster and hiring a staff that's dedicated to propping up Young is a bad idea. Rather we should start positioning for our post-Bryce future.

I forgot football games could be entertaining.

I'd actually be excited if we got Vrabel. And this team needs to generate some excitement.

He's had Mariota and Tannehill for the last 6 years. He's not exactly been rich with talent outside of Derrick Henry. Apparently he never had much control/input on personnel decisions and is looking for a landing spot where he can be more involved. So him coming here would hinge a lot on our GM decision (which may be why the coach first, GM second approach is in play).

Then it's gotta be Dallas. They get bounced before the NFC Championship, I think they'd be happy to sub him in for McCarthy. And 12-win seasons is a good way to eclipse that record.