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honestly not really. He had a bad day but the entire team did tbh. O line had by far their worst game of the season. I said in the last Bryce thread: it still remains TBD if he is a franchise guy, a good but not great starter or not the longterm answer. Can't make that call after one week

get better soon Mr Scot. I'd offer to come watch with you but I'm working today.

I think the problem with this draft is outside of Travis Hunter at CB, I don't know if there are any "elite"/Blue chip level talents. Like Marvin Harrison Jr, Malik Nabers etc. I think their are some "very good"/red chip players. I think Mason Graham falls into this. Will Johnson probably does as well. Not sure yet if Abdul Carter does or TMAC. So even if we end up with a top 4 pick. I'm not sure we are getting a blue chip talent. I still maintain you can make an argument for drafting almost every single position in this draft at some point so just get the best player available in round 1 or do a small trade down

totally agree with every point, particularly the last one

As a UNC fan but first and foremost a Panthers fan I am conflicted but very excited about the Belicheck hiring but more than anything just flat out shocked he chose UNC of all places.

I just think it's remarkable how Dave Canales turned Bryce around. I don't know if it was intentional, but clearly benching him and letting him cool off was an excellent move. I think Dave being coy with who will be starting has also been intentional. My personal theory is this is two fold: 1- it takes the pressure of Bryce to feel like he has to be the savior and 2- it doesn't just hand bryce the keys without letting him know that just because you're the first overall pick doesn't mean you are guaranteed to be a starter When Canales was hired we all hoped he would get the most out of Bryce, he has done that in a very circuitous manner

Society as a whole has lost the ability to have nuance. I am a victim of this as well. Multiple things can be true about Bryce 1- the first two games of this year were an unmitigated disaster and he clearly was mentally in a very bad place 2- it is in the best interest of this organization for Bryce to be good, given the investment we have made in him 3- post benching Bryce is the best he has ever looked in the league 4- the jury is still out if he can truly be a franchise level QB, a good but not great starter, or not a viable longterm answer 5- his play post benching combined with the lack of top flight QB talent in this draft, warrants us continuing to evaluate him into next season I have said all along, I wanted to us to draft CJ, but the minute we drafted Bryce I have wanted Bryce to succeed here. I'm a Panthers fan first and foremost not a fan of my own predictions

Go back and look at our previous 5 drafts before this, they are littered with mostly misses. The fact that right now five guys are contributing to this team (including Brooks because he looked good before injury) is a huge win. Not every class is going to be the saints Marshon Lattimore and Alvin Kamara level class, finding guys who can contribute to the team is a vast improvement from years past. Bryce's class alone looks like an unmitigated disaster right now

I think when it's all said and done Mason Graham ends up being the pick, seems like a Dan Morgan type player and we desperately need help in both the pass rush and run stopping department.

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I'm leaning him or Abdul Carter at this point. I don't think Travis Hunter will fall to us and Will Johnson has not had a good season. I think both would be excellent picks and worthy of top 5 picks this year

OP always has excellent draft takes but i forsee Carter playing himself into a top 5 pick. He has tantalizing tools and teams will convince themselves they can develop him into Micah Parsons. My current big board subject to change is: Travis Hunter Mason Graham Abdul carter Will Johnson Tmac I think if we fall to 6-7 we still end up with one of those guys

I have been critical of Bryce but he looks like a completely new person after the benching. It would be crazy for us to not see what we've got with him moving forward. This draft is not good for QBs anyway. Build up the team and re-eval QB in 2026

Dan Morgan has done an excellent job since taking over Turned our oline from arguably one of the worst in the NFL to a top 5 one Drafted 4 contributors to our team with his first four picks and got a future second out of it as well Got a fourth rounder for Mingo Signed DJ Wonnum who at minimum is like 75% of what Brian Burns would be giving us IMO Signed Jalen Coker as an UDFA outside of giving away Dionte he has hit on nearly every single move

yea if we don't get edge round 1 it would be hard to pass up in round 2 I agree.

bc Malachi Starks is the only safety in this class worth drafting and if he was there in the second he's 100% worth the pick

again I believe it will happen but at this point its speculation

before I opened this thread I knew the question would be our sack leader and gun to my head I honestly could not tell you and I follow this team religiously

this is getting around on the internet as a legit rumour when really it's just speculation on person's part. Not saying it won't happen but there is nothing substantial to back this up

Let me be absolutely clear Daniel Jones is not a franchise QB and I will be furious if we sign him with that intent. That being said, some team somewhere in the league will convince themselves they can rehabilitate him given the recent success of Geno, Baker and Darnold. I just pray we leave that to someone else.

this is the best idea I've heard regarding Evero like ever

Trying to be as objective as possible, it' still us. Yes the Browns have the deshaun contract but they have a talented roster otherwise. Yes the Jets have been historically not great but they too have a lot of talent. The Jaguars are perpertually finding themselves at the bottom and depending on how you feel about Lawrence they are maybe the only team you could say is just as hopeless as us but they have some young talented players as well so I would put them over us too. Until we string together multiple solid drafts we will remain the least hopeful team just due to our lack of talent on the roster, forget the QB position

this is my best one yet no trades

Panthers need to do right by Cam this is ridiculous

My understanding is they did try to sign Luvu but he went to Washington for a similar deal or less money to play for Quinn. Can't blame him for that Chinn needed a restart. He's a talented player that I'm not sure we ever figured out how to use correctly. I still think about last year at TC where it was clear he didn't really have a position on the team