UnluckyforSome

It sure is fun to be talking draft before Halloween!

Everyone it seems wants to trade down for a haul of picks. But what player is there that will generate that kind of pay out? Teams make deals like that when a qb is in play. Someone will trade up for Ewers? Sanders? Or similar?

I am very ok to see Bust Young out there as the personal protector on punts. Another heralded SEC trophy-winning qb extended his dwindling NFL career that way as well. It's so ridiculous it might be actually be funny.

1 minute ago, 45catfan said:

That's not topping CBS for constantly showing him.

I know. I switched over to Niners-Chiefs. I do not care 1 bit about either team, but the game is more compelling and entertaining.

Cheer up. Our record would be 0-6 if Bust Young was still starting.

Well that's enough Panthers for the day. Switching games.

That was some good run defense, Panthers. 50-3 on the way.

There might be the smallest of chances for a win if Mariotta is in there the rest of the game.

I remember when Clowney threw the football over that mountain.

We ran through this Cam a little faster than anticipated. Why not give another a try?

https://x.com/JustBlande/status/1847543326729269293

1 hour ago, 45catfan said:

We are far away.  Anybody not thinking so is delusional.  It will take AT LEAST another two offseasons of roster building to get to the playoffs.

We need those drafts to be repeats of the Morgan-Jenkins-Smith draft too.

Some perspective on being on a losing team that fans do not experience. Excerpt from the story of Mitch Richmond and his time with the Sacramento Kings:

10 hours ago, Shocker said:

The Bryce era.  That’s rich, like 1 season is an era now

Alternatively, we can call it the Bryce Error then.

42 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

It was a failure, not a mistake. A mistake, everything looks right and adds up but for one reason or another, it just doesn't work out. Nothing about Bryce looked right except for the results from a brand new, albeit questionable, test results (as far as NFL grading), that was supposed to announce the coming of the next GOAT. But instead there were inadequacies across every aspect of his game.

This was failure in such spectacular glory that the person(s) responsible should be banned from football operations forever. 

It's a mistake in the sense that there is nothing there to salvage. The franchise needs to put him behind and move on, and I hope that is what happens. Not another year of well-let's-see-if-this-works.

22 minutes ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

Half this board wanted him

I didn't want him. I said you don't see success at that size in the NFL. Plenty of us also didn't want him for various reasons. Mistakes were made. Just have to move on and try again.

Get set for Ian Thomas' triumphant return! Thomas is going to be out there blocking Falcons left and right, up and down the field all day. He is really, really good at blocking they say. With Thomas back, we will be able to put our feet up, smoke cigars and talk about the good old days by the 3rd quarter.

7 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

That list certainly reeks of serious recency bias.

Lot of bad names being left off that list for whatever reason.

It's not the player. He may very well be the next great Longhorns running back. It's everything else. He was picked as though we had a luxury of riches.

Can watching Netflix all summer on a phone be considered using tech to gain an advantage? 

The unfortunate part of not spending big on FA guards would be hearing lots more about how Bust Young can't be expected to perform behind this shitshow line.

1 minute ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

Isn't the 1960's like the dead ball era of football?  How in the world did they give up that many points?  Sheesh

Different type of athletes back then. They were probably playing weekends off from their factory job, taking smoke breaks on the sidelines, and enjoying halftime beers and a burger.

38 minutes ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

What about TDS?

68 for the year. The 2020 Lions and 1981 Colts.

Edit: I think we are at 20. we are a little off that pace, but it is a very reachable mark.

2012 Saints gave up the most yards on record. Somewhere north of 7000 total yards. We aren't on track to beat that, yet.

8 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

I think he will get at least two more full offseasons. If we are still drafting in the top 10(which seems almost assured), I think he gets canned too.

We will never know the full story of the dynamics of this whole pile of poo, but I do think we will very much struggle to get quality candidates for that GM role after Morgan is gone.

It will almost exclusively be candidates with little experience that are being attracted and sold on the unique opportunity to be a real NFL team executive!

This was very much the case with the Raiders as Old Man Davis went around the bend, and probably still is the case.

The value that makes a left tackle a premium position is that he is seen as the protector of the quarterback's blind side. It was a very Panthers thing to do to draft a left tackle that had a known deficiency in pass protection.

He has been better than last year, so far. The line as a whole as been better so far too. I do think he has been miscast a little as a left tackle. Maybe he gets a shot on the right side at some point. He does mostly well in run blocking assignments.

Saints look very ordinary and completely mortal when we aren't the opponent.