BrianS

I'm not sure I can even call it trying. I'm not sure how much more obvious it needs to be for the staff to realize that Darnold isn't worth $18 million. He's not worth $5 million, which is the bar set by Baker. This isn't trying. This is dreaming. Trying is telling someone "Hey, just take $2.5 million of his salary so we can get him out of our locker room"

Worst case scenario for Mays is practice squad. I think he offers more than Daley, Jordan or Brown. Arguably more than Erving.

I really hope he can get the above shoulders part right. That ball comes out so fast man. I would have liked to see the placement higher - that's a tall receiver. Could just be a timing issue.

I like what I see so far, but at the very least, we need to see him in preseason action before we even consider handing him the keys.

What if technology like this meant Luke was still suiting up for us? Is it bull crap then too? Is it an eyesore? What if technology like this could have kept Dan Morgan on the field? What if technology like this could have kept Michael Oher on the field? That's three pretty (*@$ good Panthers right there who would probably be more than happy to try something like this.

No. He's not. Solid backups don't have turnover problems. Solid backups are the ones who don't lose games for you. Maybe they don't win them, but they don't lose them. Derek Anderson was a good backup QB. TB5 was a good backup QB. Sam is a bad QB. Period. Backup or starter, bad. He seems like a good dude. Both can be true statements.

Funny how getting to know someone helps. All we heard about Baker before he arrived is that he was a problem, a bad attitude, a distraction. Interestingly, people outside the team had similar impressions of Cam during his time here. Turns out Cam is a pretty damn good dude. Seems like maybe Baker too. If Baker can come in and just be 70% of what Cam was on the field, you've got a recipe for success. Cam never had weapons like what we have right now.

If BC wins the LT job this year and plays even decent we can flip him for a 1st or 2nd round pick in the future if Icky develops. BC playing well - even at LT - can only be a win for us. I would love to go through a season where we look back afterward and say "Our LT was ok."

Read. In order to qualify, you need at least 150 attempts over the past two years. There are 54 QB's who meet that criteria. Of those QB's, Sam ranks near the bottom. This isn't difficult to understand. It's not difficult to see if you watch. Sam is objectively one of the worst QB's in the NFL. It doesn't make him a bad person, it just means he's not a good QB.

To be fair, his real chance to close the door is the preseason games.

Top backups don't give the ball away. That's kinda the thing. Teddy Bridgewater is a top backup. Sam Darnold is a bad QB. A bust. Fitzmagic is still available, as is Mike Glennon. Those are better choices than Darnold.

We talk about the PS like it's a foregone conclusion we can put someone there. I don't think it is. Anyone on our roster who might be PS eligible would likely be claimed on waivers before we could put them there.

Seems like pretty much what Panthers fans want to hear. Put up or shut up. Hope she's right.

We know what Sam is now. I don't see much point in wasting reps on him. Likewise PJ. I would like to see Corral getting reps, especially in the preseason games. We need to learn as much as we can there. Baker is the QB1. Let's not waste time pretending otherwise. Give him all the reps he needs to be the best he can.

Trask is actually a tiny bit scary. He's a second round pick who would likely have been a first round pick this year. He is getting to sit behind Tom Brady and learn with Bruce Arians at the helm. No idea if he'll work out, but he has the physical tools. We'll know a lot more after preseason this year. Bucs have four QB's on the roster, no way they will carry all four.

Never questioned Sam's character. He seems like a genuinely good dude, and I would wish him nothing but the best in whatever his endeavors. I just don't think he's an NFL QB. Hopefully he took his studies seriously when he was in school and can finish his degree and do whatever makes him happy.

Damn, Jeremy Chinn is so class. I wish he played QB. I'm done with the Panthers if we don't retain him.

Had the WR kept going, I don't know that the hit would have been all that bad. The safety saw the ball the whole way and appeared to be playing it. There would have been a collision, yes, with both players playing the ball and trying to make a catch. Maybe a catch, maybe an INT, maybe incomplete. Worst hits happen when the defender is coming from the opposite direction to the motion of the offense player with no chance on the ball. The safety here was coming at a 90. This would have been a hard collision, but not among the worst because in this case the safety was not looking to make a hit, he was looking to make a catch.

TJ Watt. Hands down.

If we get to the point where we know Baker isn't the answer, we better be answering the question marks about Corral as well instead of waiting.

So basically the national media have finally caught up to Panthers fans who have know for at least a year that Tepper was part of the problem.

I don't need much knowledge to know that Baker's arm talent is top 20 in the league. Not saying he's a top 20 QB, but his arm talent if coupled with a processing mind like Rodgers would make him elite.

Since 2000, it's around 50% on first round QB's, and around 10% for the rest of the rounds combined. (Very little difference after the first round). The mistake we made at QB is actually rather simple. And really it's only one. After Rhule's first year, we convinced ourselves we were better than we actually were. Instead of staying the course with our bridge QB and taking our lumps, we were cashed in assets and salary cap to try to shortcut the process. That's the mistake that started the avalanche.

Only time Christensen ever looked good was when he was playing tackle. His game isn't strength. This is why I have trouble understanding why so many forum coaches want to put him inside. That's not his game. If you tell me we're going to use him as a swing tackle, I'm on board. Getting a quality swing tackle with a third round pick is good business. Look, if he works out at guard, I'm excited. I just don't see it.

What I've seen is that a lot of pundits are fairly bullish on our roster. Not the best roster in the league, but far from the worst. So it all comes down to Coach 1000. Fail this year, and he better be unemployed by mid January or the Panthers will lose their fan base. Bare minimum is a winning record. Honestly, I think they should be challenging for a wild card, if not flat out getting in.