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my only guess is it is a NFC opening and Harbaugh has a score he would like to settle. Think he would love to get back at the 49ers. It's competition. By the team he got this team up and running the 49ers likely would have to come off of some of their current setup.

Harbaugh is a tough sell for most owners. He has always been a no go for someone like Tepper. You essentially give the team to Harbaugh and Harbaugh is just going to do his thing. It has a shelf life. Panthers could use it though to get back to being respectable.

McDonald's charging poor people 15 bucks for a "value meal" that is slowly killing them....in the name of a dividend and a happy quarterly call.

In fairness, it is a lot easier to get the ball out on time to a well schemed play to Deebo Samuel...than it is to Adam Theilen with the defender running the route for him that frankly probably was never designed to be anything but a catch and get hit stop route. Bryce sucks. our scheme sucks. our players don't get open. It's a collective. Everyone is sort of bad and making life harder on everyone else. Everyone stinks and needs help....and there is no help avaliable.

sure there is, because plenty of people, got no problem with people running their mouth getting something in return. I think he should of just been truthful. They were talking some trash. Which is fine. and Tepper acted like a punk. Them tweaking it and the lie to make themselves looking squeaky clean is technically what makes the Jag fan look bad.

Well, I greatly dislike Tepper….but that doesn’t sound like the full truth. I mean we do have visual evidence he was turned around engaging with Tepper BEFORE the drink was tossed I think.

Hurney was super popular. Being liked and good for the football product on Sunday are two different things.

It’s basically the equivalent of who is the coolest high school teacher… i mean, having a coach players like as person is great. But what does it matter if you are likable and run one of the worst units in all the NFL? That’s Thomas Brown. He is just part of making a bad thing worse on Sunday afternoon.

well, he has double digit sacks, on what is currently the #2 D in the NFL in points allowed, and his team has the best record in the NFC.... hard to bash a guy too hard given that his team is flying about as high at you can get.

if Young is a Toyota, it's not a Corolla. It's a Yaris.

Easy. Carolina Clowns

Yeah, his lack of arm talent just removes to many plays from the table. I mean a window can open and a Josh Allen could get it there…..Bryce might not. Bryce would need to get set and get his his body behind it and that takes time and even then it might not be enough. also his size is an issue. Other QBs will be able to occasionally extend plays he can’t. They add up over time. I also think it impacts his pocket play in the NFL over the middle. Does he make plays over the middle? Sure. But I think it impacts his positioning in the pocket and doesn’t allow him to step up where others can.

I think there was also a stat somewhere, that since David Tepper bought the Panthers....the Panthers own the worst win % in all of professional sports. maybe there is some professional water polo team out there or something though that wasn't accounted for. I assume it's just major sports.

You left out the worst stretch in franchise history since he bought the team as well, as creating the worst overall roster in franchise history in 2023. The 2010 Clausen Panthers thump this squad on a Sunday. Because all they had was a QB issue.

I mean, I have been a big pusher of all the other issues in Carolina. Bad scheme. Bad OL. Bad WRs. And it all being a bad marriage that doesn't fit what you would want to do with a QB like Bryce. all that said, Bryce Young has his owns issues and some of those aren't ones you expect in a #1 overall QB.

I mean, that's a unique analogy. Delhomme was a fearless gunslinger. Like a crappy version of Brett Favre without the tools. I don't think Delhomme when I think Bryce Young. I think his ceiling is Teddy Bridgewater (but with better wheels).

I mean, if you look at the last 15 #1 overall picks before Bryce Young.....12 of the 15 were Pro Bowl players. And one of those that wasn't was the last pick only going on his 2nd year. It's been about as auto of a non-bust as draft picks can get of late. They haven't all been franchise changers but that's a hard pick to give away.

basically. and then two horrific draft guys in Scott Fitterer and Bill Belichick can combine super powers to create the worst draft class in the history of the NFL. and all of Bill's BS sells about as well as Matt Rhule's DBO sign when Tom Brady ain't around to carry Bill's teams.

Where is Carolina's best YAC aid to the QB? #70 something Mingo lol.

you could take our entire OL and give it to the 49ers.....and their O is going to work. It might not be ideal but their O is going to still give people problems. They have a good scheme. They have a smart coach. They got talent that makes plays for their QB. Defenses have to cover every inch of the field.

Think you got to do both. Every OL eventually gets beat if you can't make plays in the pass game. DLs are just too talented. Everyone's time is limited. You got to have WRs that get open. You got to have a QB that can make the throws and play well in the pocket. It's hard to gauge how bad the OL is right now overall. We got a bad scheme. Weak WRs. A rookie QB with a variety of pocket issues that is struggling to make all the throws.

I still think the rebuild fell into our laps. They botched it. I think Cam should of played out his final year but let's just accept they moved on to Teddy. Now imagine, they simply drafted the QB that fell into their laps. Justin Fields. They never then needed to trade DJ or CMC. And we have all the picks we burned through on the QB issue to invest in making the team better. Imagine Fields with DJ (we see that now) and then add CMC. I mean, even if you don't love Fields. We probably are an exciting to watch (maybe frustrating) team that is way better than what we got now. I mean, let's say you hate Justin Fields. Fine. But the obvious rebuild and that fell in our laps has us way better and more entertaining. And at the end of of it, maybe the roster legitimately is just a QB away if Fields proved not to be the guy at the end of it.

I mean, I think we should of traded Brian Burns this offseason. That doesn't mean I would be happy with just any trade. And what they then did with those resources and after would be relevant. That's the CMC issue. I had no issue w/ trading CMC. If we were going to rebuild. A highly paid win now RB is a tradeable asset for a ground up rebuilding team. But they didn't get what they should of for him....and then this brain trust has done nothing but piss away our resources for nothing. Then claimed were are a win now team. And then instead of acquiring a solid do everything RB for cheap....they then overpaid a one dimensional meh RB.

was it really better than TMJ? I'm not sure. I still go back to the odd ISM/Thomas Brown/Frank mini spat. Where the company line was Mingo was just way to go to ever take off the field for anyone else. I almost feel like this staff was given orders on Bryce/Mingo/etc. Bryce was starting week 1 no matter what. I think that was top down call from Tepper who needed Bryce and that "excitement" for his franchise. Mingo got absurd targets given how bad he was as a young WR. I mean if we gave TMJ 90 targets or whatever Mingo ended up with....he would have been more productive too. Mingo's play wasn't earning that % IMO.