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Imagine pretending Gase was the only coach who lost their job with Darnold at the helm to push some dishonest narrative. Sam has to show up. If he doesn't, are you going to blame Rhule and Co?

Probably for the same reason the Jets looked better under Flacco than Darnold. Neither of these guys are particularly good QBs. Which is why their respective teams moved on from them and coaches lost their jobs in the process.

Sam Darnold has been worse than Jameis at every level of football.

A lot of folks just run with whatever the Homer narrative is. Just look at the DJ thread. Every thread until the panthers said they like the way he's trending was shitting on him. Then a complete 180

Nah, you just want to argue about something per usual.

I'm pretty sure Grier operated almost exclusively from the shotgun in WVU air raid offense. Whether he was considered a runner is irrelevant in my perspective with regard to their focus on his drop back.

Neither of the backups were known for being drop back QBs and I assume they want Darnold to spend more time in the pocket.

Probably just more conservative than NY. No way they're comparable in size.

I'm 50/50 myself. In part because the division is in Flux and we were a handful of close games from having a Chance. But the reason I asked is because if we don't view ourselves as becoming a playoff team putting us in the middle of the. Pack of non contenders doesn't seem too crazy considering we didn't fill our three biggest holes with sure things. But yea, I agree the trade conversation is bizarre considering how much we moved around and picked up value later on. Like would he have rated our draftas more of a success if we just traded back in the firdt and took a Lineman?

Do you think we're a playoff team this year?

The team needs a winning season. Until then, it's the same ole Panthers. We gear up every week in anticipation of a win and see how it turns out after the final whistle. Hopefully we move past the one player away from being good phase this year.

All of our QBs have horrible numbers. Is it too much to ask that Huddlers be consistent when deciding who they grade on the curve?

These aren't the stats you want to use considering our QB room as a whole. You guys are as bad as everyone you want to call a troll with your selective moments of clarity.

I don't believe this staff is into the QB competition model. Until we have a solidified QB1 for the future I wouldn't expect us to have a high quality back up on the roster.

David Carr.

For sure. It would be great if he ends up being the exception and not the norm. But for this season all he has to do is look good. Next season playoff win.

Yup, that's what I was thinking too. He'll ultimately end up where he provides the most impact

You quoted me sir. Put the powder down.

The point was clear. Darnold just needs to be good, not hall of fame level. Set realistic expectations when looking for his turn around. You would think after seeing Cam struggle to find MVP form after his injuries or Teddy not turning into something special overnight because of Joe Brady that people would operate in reality.

You're an irrational Darnold fan. I'm a panthers fan. We don't really have much to discuss.

Do you overreact with everything?

You can hope Darnold turns it around with using outliers like Brees and Young as your goto examples.

We didn't have many receiving touchdowns last year and we lack a tight end. We were also very poor in the red zone. Those have to factor in. Hopefully this year is better in those areas.

Matt Patricia was pretty terrible

I can't take these teddy bashing threads serious after all the shaming that went on here until probably week 12.