45catfan

Needing one and drafting one is two separate things. We might need one, but Bryce will get a 3rd season unless he simply looks atrocious out there. We could draft a backup as this is Dalton's last season, but a straight up replacement for Bryce I don't see in the cards until the 2026 draft at the earliest.

Woof, not THAT bad. That draft class had ZERO first rounders. Yeah, I know, Pickett went #19 to the hometown Steelers. I personally had zero first round grades on QBs in that draft. If the Steelers didn't catch Pickett, he very well could have made it to the second round. I'm going to compare it to the QB 2020 draft, although the top guy won't be as good as Burrow, but still should go #1 overall. You'll probably have a couple more guys go in the top 10 (Tua, Herbert) and there may be a Love or Hurts in the late first/early second.

I kept saying the same thing last year. I didn't know the name of the concept/play, but I knew we were running it over and over and over and over again. We weren't attacking the boundaries, that much was crystal clear. Was it the WRs? Yes. Was it Byrce? Yes. Was it the O-line? Yes. As a function of Bryce having the yips and the WRs inability to win outside did the coaching staff force everything inside? Asbo-freaking-lutely! It was nice for someone to break down what I was seeing with my own eyes. It was a snowball rolling downhill effect and it's difficult to pinpoint exactly which of the four (coaching, WRs, OL or Bryce) was the catalyst for that snowball to get on it's ill-fated trek know as the Panthers 2023 season. All I know it was on a collision course with disaster. The brass is going to try to salvage Bryce through a stout run game and play action off of it. It's completely obvious to me. Will it work? Who knows? I do know it can't be any worse than last season. That much I'm certain of and I can at least tolerate watching games again even if it does only result in a few more wins.

Blackshear is a JAG. There's a reason he's buried on the depth chart and keeps only getting one-year deals for peanuts. Depth has been an issue at RB, not so much anymore.

He's too expensive to cut this year. In 2025? Expect him to be in an uniform other than a Panthers' one. Plus we have nearly $50M in dead cap already, no need to add significantly more to that number.

Yes, Canales and Morgan. Stud coming out of college, but has been banged up since being in the League. If, BIG IF, he can stay healthy, this dude could be a strong acquisition.

^This. Chuba is a solid #2, mediocre #1. We won't--SHOULD NOT--open up the vault for him. The RB position is low value now. He's going to go to the highest bidder next free agency and it better not be us.

True, but he could actually stick. I can see us keeping four on the 53 man roster and yes, I think he's better than Blackshear, Brown Boone and even Cohen.

This, I like. Sanders must be on the verge of being bounced.

Yeah, I went there:

Untrue. Frank and Bryce were a bad fit for one another. If we would have taken Stroud, we would have been better, I have zero doubt. Still not a playoff team, but better than two EP walkoff FGs from being winless. Young would not have done with the Texans what Stroud did. Frank is an easy scapegoat because he's no longer here.

The middle one. He'll be better because he can't possibly be any worse. That said, his improvement will be marginal. We will have a few more wins, but not fighting for the division...unless the wheels come off the other three teams as well.

Pluses: Tall, fast, above average hands. Minuses: Speed is linear, doesn't play big despite size (jump balls aside), needs to be schemed open/struggles versus press. I wouldn't have minded him in as our 2nd pick, not with our first though.

Yawn. Wake me up when the college scouts get shown the door. Sure we've had some FA misses, but how about them whiffs in the drafts. Shoowee!

Pearsall is ready to contribute now, Legette needs training wheels. Who knows how long those training wheels stay on.

Again, I have have no real issues with the trades, well, maybe the Legette one. Outside of that, we got good-to-great value out of the trades. I simply don't like what we did once the cards were turned in. I have yet to see any draft expert in the media love our draft. It's either average or not that good. Not all these people are just opining idiots. Morgan is either a genius or he simply reached.

According to this article every one of our picks outside of Sanders was a reach. I agree. https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/lists/nfl-draft-2024-panthers-reach-consenus-rankings/

We are going to have 2 wins this year? Yuck. FYI, another poster and I were discussing the 2026 draft.

In a 17 game season, that's still a losing record. Three consecutive losing seasons for a #1 overall pick and yes, they should consider all options even replacing Bryce.

With our luck Bryce will have a break out season and lead us to 7 or 8 wins which will be out of reach for the top two QB.

Arch Manning 2026! Let's GO!!!!!

People were like "lol, Fiske who?" when I mocked several times to us in the 2nd round. Apparently the Rams thought highly of him. I wouldn't have paid the price they did to move up, but he's a legit disrupting force and can play anywhere on the DL. Would have been a great pairing with Brown. We didn't get to fleece them in the Burns trade, but at least we got them to overpay in another trade. That's unless dude turns into a perennial Pro Bowler.

Bryce will be the starting QB here at least through 2025. I don't care how bad he is this coming season, teams typically don't give up on the #1 overall pick, especially a QB, just after two seasons. Buckle up for the 2026 draft.

So we can expect six QBs taken in the top 12 from here on out each draft? Wanna wager that won't happen next year?