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this is weird mental gymnastics. People who say we are rebuilding aren't not excited. Rebuilding properly and doing it the correct way is exciting. I can't wait to watch Bryce grow and to build around him. That's why we drafted him. To build something around a hopefully special player. And this team will hopefully learn in time the best way to do that and the type players he will need to maximize his skill set.

true, because we were a poorly built team. So we cashed them in to build something new. Under the direction of a new staff. And first puzzle piece was a rookie QB they hope to build around.

We traded away our far away our 2 best offensive players on offense for draft picks. We are creating a brand new identity. New scheme. New coaches. New players. And those new players that were signed via free agency are short term temps types. That's Theilen. That's Chark. That's Hurst. That's Sanders. Bryce Young and Mingo are the only 2 we are hoping to be long term fixatures here. That we build around. In our brand new offense. With our brand new coaches. On our new team.

and trade away your 2 best offensive players for draft picks.

Give me your top 5 coaching staffs in the NFL and show me where you got the one of the best in the NFL Carolina staff? The All Star staff. They are all stars in comparison to Matt Rhule's assembled staff. Which I acknowledge. Frank + a first year OC who isn't calling plays + a DC with 1 year in the books in the role ......is not one of the best coaching staffs in the NFL. We are in a fine spot w/ our coaching staff. Best spot we have been in of late. No need to then exaggerate it. We have young talent. That's a good thing. Potential isn't proven though. And we likely need Frank to get out the way and be a HC and see what we got in the OC. Because we know what we have in Frank the playcaller. And that's pedestrian playcalling at the NFL level to date. The primary knock of the HC.

I’m not stirring the pot saying we are in a rebuild. We are. Lord Zod can tell you that. And it gets no higher than that. But you likely could call me more of a NFL fan than a Panther fan. I definitely don’t fan boy out over a team that hasn’t won in a literal half decade. This is always the worst part of the season…..you got hyper sensitive crowd once again unable to handle people talking about a football team. People dare speak against those that say McAdoo/Rhule pairing is going to be awesome, Sam Darnold and the Jets outcasts is smart direction, etc. Oh noes! Someone said Fitt who is going on year 3…..doesn’t really anything to his name that could result in him being actually praised as good at his job.

He signed with the Titans awhile ago

It’s just standard talk IMO. What you want him to say to a fanbase that hasn’t seen a winning season in a half decade. I would think year 3 you look to be good. And that is still Adam’s contract. Possibly year 2. Not year 1.

I don’t have low expectations. I’m excited to hopefully watch a proper rebuild. We wasted the last 3 years. It should have been a proper rebuild post Ron/Cam. We waste 3 years in no man’s land not doing one. But they have gotten off to a decent start to the rebuild. I can nitpick it a little but it’s a pretty decent start.

Acknowledging a rebuild isn’t an excuse. sooner rather than later….doesn’t equate to being a contender in year 1. We need offensive players. We need experience and time. And we are likely going to need pieces up front on D for the new scheme. and developing Bryce doesn’t mean playing 1940s football. Which is what Wilks did when we lucked into games against an abnormal amount bad run defenses. We aren’t building off what was done last year. rookie QBs take lumps. Especially ones that aren’t playing with elite defenses or HOF skill talent. Very few exceptions to that.

We don’t have an all star coaching staff. Frank is a Ron/Fox. Who was just fired for his inability to get it done and specifically the O he called. Which he is calling here. And Capers and Caldwell are old heads. We got a tremendous amount of years and experience on staff. But a lot of that narrative was just built off having so many old guys. We got an exciting young DC whose 1 year featured him inherited a top 10 D. That’s not an all star staff. The rest of the league would be the comparison not Rhule’s squad. Wilks didn’t install a new system. He is a DC. He kept McAdoo. He just dictated what McAdoo would call going forward vs what he did. and building something new isn’t easy with old parts. It doesn’t happen overnight Nor is winning in general for any rookie QB.

Randy Fasani - literally pulled off a 0 QB rating in his lone NFL start

We did a rebuild. It’s not about taking a step forward from something that no longer exists. We got all a new scheme to learn and figure out. And it will take time for this staff to find the ideal personnel to fit the new schemes. And we got a rookie QB. Literally every skill position starter is new. New coaches.

They both went to Super Bowls in their first 3 seasons here.

He was drafted to a team where it made sense for him to be. He now exists on a team where it really doesn’t. I mean, from Matt’s perspective. If I was him I would have nicely asked the front office to trade me. I’d want to go somewhere with an unstable QB position and where it likely could get unstable soon.

I mean, we did have one of best vertical threats in the NFL though......which was coverage altering. I mean, Ginn Jr's #'s would actually be bonkers if he had hauled into all those wide open deep ball TDs. I mean, he had 700+ yards and 10 TDs. But there is a highlight clip of all his big play drops. It's actually insane to go watch that drop reel. and that helped the MVP to Pro Bowl TE connection thrive. Who was the #1 WR. It would be like saying KC doesn't have a true #1 when the O is built around Kelce. KC has a #1. It's the TE. People largely knew where Cam wanted to go in key moments.

and that's the niche he was brought here to play. Outside threat. While we are deep, but he was really the only one suited for that role. Adam, TMJ, Mingo, Shenault, etc. don't really fit the bill. I think the Panthers got to go to cuts to find a threat if the hammy is a legit issue. I mean, a roleplayer is fine in that role given Bryce isn't a deep ball slinger. But you still got to be able to threaten folks or life just gets too easy for a defensive unit crowd a QB. Especially a rookie.

in news of actual bust QBs. It was announced today that Sam Darnold is the backup QB to Brock Purdy. 1. Purdy -7th round pick 2. Sam Darnold - hot stinky garbage 3. Trey Lance - cost 3 first round picks

Simms had Zach Wilson ahead of Trevor Lawerence

I mean, here me out. We once brought Vinny T off the couch and back at 40. I'm pretty sure Legatron is probably just chilling somewhere right now.

I think you would be better off looking at the last round of cuts on Aug 29th than looking at the present FA pool. There will be young and vet talent cut.

Not the hero we deserved. But the hero we nee....um, uh...the dude that was available.

No, it's not. Much like when Joe Brady got fired....the problems that remain become the relevant ones to fixate on. Not the other way around. Matt Rhule is now gone. I'm not putting more blame on Fitt. I'm just putting some blame on him. Tepper, Marty, Rhule, and Fitt. They all deserve blame. And that's what you have been arguing against.

AR does have the physical traits to overcome deficiencies in an offense. Cam had them coming out the ears. With Bryce, you flat out our going to need the OL play to really take advantage of what he does well.

I'm sticking with my Simms stance I took back during the Fields draft. Simms and media folks just looking for clicks. That draft was always Trevor and then Fields....it was the consensus for 2 straight years. Then suddenly after all the football had been played, Fields got trashed and the folks suddenly lifted Lance and Wilson ahead of him. And yet, here we are. With it being Trevor and then Field in that class. Simms has bad takes. Probably intentional too. His job is clicks/views now. And calling it straight doesn't really do that. In any realm of media.