Jay Roosevelt

I don't disagree completely, but I don't think Morgan/Canales are ready to give up on Bryce completely.

Yeah, no way he's an option at 19. We could honestly probably get him in the 3rd round.

I mean, on some level I get it. They want to know 100% for sure before they either extend Bryce or move on. I imagine the logic behind it is that if they add another weapon and Bryce doesn't show he can be a franchise guy then we'll be in great position to draft another QB and slot him into an offense with 3 legit WRs, a good TE and a solid OL. I don't think it's as simple as the front office trying to "justify" an extension for Bryce. If they're not sold on Bryce then they know paying him big money is a recipe for disaster and at that point just trying to please Tepper isn't going to save their jobs in the long run if they're stuck with a QB we can't win with. I think Morgan and Canales are just as uncertain on Bryce as the fanbase is. They see his limitations, but they also see flashes where he has managed to overcome them and look like a potential franchise QB. I think they're trying to avoid Bryce becoming the next Baker Mayfield or Sam Darnold and want to do everything they can to give him what he needs to succeed so that if/when the time comes to move on from him nobody can say "the Panthers were the problem" if he goes elsewhere and succeeds. And if we do end up having to bring in another QB in a year or two if nothing else they will have the pieces around them as well and can hit the ground running. I also think drafting a WR in the 1st this year would be as much about missing on XL as it would trying to justify extending Bryce. Personally I think we need to just count ourselves lucky to have landed a legit #2 WR as an UDFA in Coker (which helps negate the miss on XL in the 1st) and try to find a good slot receiver in free agency or the 2nd-4th rounds while focusing on defense and the OL in the 1st round.

I'm not thrilled with the idea of drafting any WR at #19 unless Makai Lemon falls, but I will say KCC does have the right skillset to be a really solid slot receiver and that is what we need if we do go WR. My fear is they will try to force any WR taken in the 1st round into being the #2 across from TMac instead of realizing they have that guy already (Coker) and find a good slot option to compliment our outside WRs. Or this could all be a smokescreen and we'll end up going DL or CB. Who knows.

I don't see that comparison at all.

I wouldn't change too much, especially with the logo and colors. I'd probably remove the gray/silver from the color scheme and just go blue/black/white. Making the gray/silver eyes and teeth on the logo white would be a subtle change that many people probably wouldn't even notice but would fit with the new, simpler color scheme. I'm attaching some design concepts I found via a quick Google search that are along the lines of what I'd be going for. An updated look for the jerseys, but not a top-down redesign. For the pants, I might go a little farther; something along the lines of the attached concept I found. I'd like to see black, blue and white helmet variants. This would allow us to be able to use literally any helmet/jersey/pants combo and have a solid look.

I don't mind taking another WR in the 1st (we all know XL is a bust) but I'm not crazy about KCC as a prospect.

In this draft? No. I don't know that there are any legitimate top-5 caliber players in this class, TBH. Maybe Jeremiyah Love and Caleb Downs, but taking positional value into account that's not ideal.

Jeremiyah Love starts to fall and we trade up into the top-10 for him.

But does this apply to high-level athletes? Obviously it is possible because we've all seen it with T.D. The real question is how common is it for an elite athlete to recover fully after two tears. What T.D. did was special, not just in football but for any athlete in general.

This one turned out differently than most of mine do...

Well, that'll help.

I mean, obviously.

One of my more interesting attempts here. More trading than usual and the board fell differently than it usually does.

I really liked him coming out of college. Probably a cheap 1-year deal. I don't hate it. No risk.