45catfan

No, it means we are almost certainly going to get one of the top 3 OTs. If the Jags drafted one of the OTs out of the gate, we may have missed out at #6

Snyder and Watson should get along great and have a lot of stories to share with one another.

Go Commies!

Pleasssse, please, please, please!!!!!

Time to move on. We need to stop paying WRs and CBs that are easily replaceable.

I think Wentz on a short term deal is our best option. The Colts are moving on, it's just a matter if he's traded or cut.

My next Panthers jersey is going to be 00 and player name Trainwreck.

'Tis but a flesh wound!

My solution for fixing the QB--significantly upgrade the OL this year...roll with Darnold, sign bridge QB like Mariota on a 3-year deal to help the rookie QB we draft in 2023.

Ah yes, the same Jessie Bates I wanted us to draft.

My biggest concern with CMC when we drafted him was if he could stand up to the punishment of the NFL especially running between the tackles. He showed he can do it by bulking up, but has also shown he can't stay healthy either. Yes, trade him because we need more ammo down the road and a healthy CMC gives Rhule the best chance of winning. We obviously can't have Rhule winning too many games this season.

Rhule is loading up for his hail mary attempt and spend big time in FA. Granted, it probably won't work, but he's going down swinging and taking the organization down with him.

Are you sure voidable years do not affect dead cap? I get it spreads out signing bonuses to create cap space, but also impacts dead cap during those voided years, no?

Per Spotrac: Converted $10.08M of 2022 base salary into signing bonus, clearing $5.04M of cap space with Carolina (CAR)

The results? A ton of dead cap after he's released in a year or two, you know...like how we are eating $8.3 million of Paradis' dead cap this season as he's technically still on the roster but won't ever play a down or even suit up.

Rhule is trying to create more cap room so he can go shopping in FA in an attempt to save his butt. He knows rookies are not going to help him win this year.

He had the 2nd highest cap figure this year just barely below Darnold's.

Boy, some of those days team's scouts are going to be spread thin! The 9th and 23rd are jammed packed.

Here are the Pro Days as one site has them currently: https://gbnreport.com/2022-pro-day-schedule/

We shall see. People crapped on the 'Wine and Cheese" crowd when the Panthers started. Why? Many of them showed up late, left early, got upset for cheering loudly or standing up. Not the least of, many of those folks couldn't tell you much about the team itself or football in general. It was a trendy thing to do to at the time to watch the Panthers game, plus they had plenty of disposable income to treat it like going to see a movie. Again, this is a shiny, new object for Charlotte. Granted the Carolinas have their share of true soccer purists, but I have a hard time believing it's at the level being implied by opening night attendance numbers.

Keeping Darnold accomplishes three things here and outside of the short term pain for us fans, it's all positive. Settling on Darnold this year keeps us from drafting a QB in a very substandard class. It almost assures us of a bad, if not horrible, season. Thirdly, when this happens, Tepper almost has to fire Rhule. So 2023 sets up like the onset of Rivera's tenure; new staff, new outlook and almost certain to be drafting the franchise QB of the future.

How general are we speaking of? I mean are we talking Premier League general fan knowledge or typical American fan knowledge. Hit me back up in 10 games or so and let me know if the stands even remotely are as full and Charlotte indeed has 74,000 rapid soccer fans in that are packing BOA each home game. I'm sure there were some die-hard soccer fans there, I don't doubt that, but football is America's sport and you have people that attend just to be seen/say they were there. Even with only 17 regular season games a year, many stadiums are not sold out every game and even the ones that are have their share of socialites that just want to be part of excitement and could care less about the nuances of the game or honestly the team they are there to supposedly be watching.

Pipe dream incoming!!!!! Your Picks: Round 1 Pick 6: Ikem Ekwonu, OT/OG, N.C. State (A) Round 4 Pick 19 (PHI): Cole Strange, OG, Chattanooga (A+) Round 5 Pick 1: Isaiah Likely, TE, Coastal Carolina (A+) Round 5 Pick 6: Troy Andersen, ILB/OLB, Montana State (A+) Round 5 Pick 11 (PHI): Leo Chenal, ILB/OLB, Wisconsin (A+) Round 6 Pick 4 (HOU): Brian Robinson, RB, Alabama (A+) Round 6 Pick 21 (HOU): Danny Gray, WR, SMU (A+) Round 6 Pick 30 (TENN): Kalon Barnes, CB, Baylor (A+) Round 6 Pick 38 (TENN): Dane Belton, FS/OLB, Iowa (A) Round 7 Pick 31: Matt Araiza, P, San Diego State (A+)

I literally yelled at my TV when Detroit took Sewell. Did Detroit necessarily need a tackle? No, but again teams stack their board and he was likely the top guy remaining when they were on the clock. Last draft stung me twice early by having both Lance and Sewell...my #1a and #1b guys snatched up before we had a chance to draft them.

Don't get your hopes up dude, Ekwonu will be gone. Cross is our best hope and right now I'd say it's a 50/50 chance he'll be there at #6.