Panther'sBigD

Last year Rhule and Co. selected starters with their first three picks. I don't believe last year was an aberration. I think this team puts in the work pre-draft and will get value with all of their picks. I'm interested at who they'd invest in at 8, but also what they might be able to get with a trade down and more picks. I think if they trade down it's for picks this year vs. trying to recoup the ones they've committed next year, time value of money(picks) and all.

Only a dumb homer would pick Horn at 8, and thankfully, the only dumb homer the Panthers had with any real say in draft selection is now with the WFT.

LOL. You're comparing apples to oranges, but you see what you want to see I guess.

LMAO. Some of you guys will read your pessimistic POV into ANYTHING.

Lonely, stunted, evil creeps. Also, I'm pretty sure this kind of thing happens so often, that they only catch a small percentage of them. Haven't you ever seen the missing persons billboard in a Walmart?

Valid criticisms; thankfully most of his issues are coachable. His biggest weakness seems to be dealing with speed rushers, and I have to believe that going against our speed rushers during practice every day will give him better opportunities to improve that aspect than he would have on other teams.

Perhaps this will be a situation that nets us a better player than should be there, like we had with Star.

LMAO. How old are you??? How long have you followed college and pro sports??? Being a pro athlete is a full time job. How long would you say Teddy Bridgewater has been playing football? Just about his entire life he's played football, and not like you or I played it, it is his lifestyle. That's what I get for expecting more out of you rubes. You whine and complain about the Panthers not making the dumb moves that you'd make, and you criticize the character of players because you think they should be tougher by virtue of the fact that they're rich.

Absolutely true, but they still took the job. You may be completely civil when you're working together, but you're not reaching out, especially remotely during a pandemic, to them to wish them luck in replacing you.

If someone you knew was hired to replace you at your job, would you reach out to say good luck, no hard feelings? Probably not. It has nothing to do with the money. The posters(not necessarily you) that bitch and moan when a player takes it easy after getting a big contract are the same posters who think that Teddy Bridgewater should be happy to be replaced and just take his big paycheck and move on. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

Especially if they were hired to take your job. These idiots LOVE 'competition' for position when it involves players on their favorite sports team, but completely ignore that in no other field would they welcome their company's management bringing in someone else to do their job. Being composed and using it as a motivator is not the same thing as making a point to reach out to and bring along your replacement.

You've never been paid 40MM and you've never had the pressure that comes with having a job that pays 40MM, so what would you know about it? He didn't win the lottery. This is the same bad take as seeing someone who's worked their entire life to build a career at something and saying, "must be nice to have all that money..."

Jesus, some of you losers need to grow up! It's sad/funny how many of you hold these players to a much higher standard than you hold yourselves in virtually every way. Just because they make a lot of money doesn't mean they're not human. None of you would be psyched if your boss put an ad in the paper for someone to replace you, then replace you with another team's question mark employee. Teddy hasn't said or done anything negative, and some of you idiots are acting like he's trying to sabotage Darnold or are maligning his character because he's not rolling out the red carpet for the guy taking his job. In a perfect world they would compete for the starting role, but the team has made it evident that they're moving on, and so we all know that's not going to happen.

FWIW, I don't think one will fall to us, but someone great will. We'll have a shot at a generational talent at 8. I think that's why the FO was unwilling to trade away picks this year. We probably won't see a draft this deep at all of our areas of need again anytime soon.

I don't know how this is news. Of course you take the QB if he makes it to #8.

Everyone knocking Bouye for PEDs has selective amnesia regarding Thomas Davis. Sure, he was suspended for the drug that helps you titrate off of steroids, but let's not pretend he wasn't taking them. And why did he take them? Because he wanted to be on the field. Playing takes a huge toll on these guys' bodies and more than making you stronger, PEDs help with recovery. That tells me this guy will do just about anything to be on the field, which means he's the kind of tough player that Rhule wants. He may only play half of this year's games, but I think he'll be a good, affordable addition to the team. He has played at a high level before, and perhaps with a better conditioning and rehab staff, he can stay on the field this year. At this point, we don't know. I'm choosing to be optimistic. Edit: And Mike Klis is one letter away from one of the all time greatest possible names for a public figure.

Dude, you're an anonymous poster on a message board. No one's paying you to evaluate players. Your opinion on whether Mariota is better than Darnold means fug all to anyone. What are you guys smoking that makes you think your opinions carry any kind of weight?

For all of the nimrods bemoaning the 'loss of a valuable pick'...NEWSFLASH: THE PEOPLE EVALUATING PLAYERS AND MAKING OUR DRAFT PICKS ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO CHOSE TO USE A 2ND ROUNDER ON SAM DARNOLD. IF YOU THINK THEY'RE IDIOTS AND GAVE AWAY A HIGH PICK, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'D DO IF WE'D JUST KEPT THE PICK?????? Give them a little credit or at least the benefit of the doubt through training camp. Goddamn.

Are you saying that paper products and gasoline are increasing in price due to the government 'printing money like crazy?' LMAO. PPE production has gobbled up a ton of what would normally be readily available materials used to make diapers, paper products, etc.. Scarcity of materials = higher production costs = higher prices. Kimberly-Clark even says as much in their press release. And gas prices rise every year as it gets warmer. Couple that with increased demand due to the country slowly opening back up and you have increases in price.

And sometimes it's a pepper...

What are you gonna do if he doesn't? Nothing. LMAO.

Why would I tell you in 'private' what I have absolutely no problem telling you in 'public?' I think you need to take a break from the internet.

BPA, BPA, BPA, BPA, BPA, BPA

"Advanced Analytics" LMAO. Dumb thread is dumb. Dumb thread creator is dumber.

Seeing Matt Bowen's name reminds me of the game w/ WFT, where he and some other DB absolutely drilled Steve Smith as he was making a leaping catch. Looked like it had demolished Steve, which seemed impossible. Smitty got up, with the ball in his hands, crossed his arms and mean mugged for the camera guy. Ah, memories.