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we will see but he just put together what I consider the best rookie season ever

I think this is the pill that's hardest to swallow. I know this board is very down on Bryce but I don't think he's as bas as this year suggests. But CJ has shown some best QB in the league type stuff this year. I think at his best Bryce could be a fringe Top 10 QB. At this best CJ may be the best QB in the league. It doesn't help that I really wanted Stroud

I'm all on board with MacDonald as HC, I would be interested to see his OC would be though

I am conflicted. On the one hand it's not a shock Dan Morgan is being considered. He hasn't just been in Carolina, he's been around the block and is respected in the league and was thought to be an up and coming GM candidate. Further just because he served under a regime that failed doesn't mean he will. Brandon Beane is an obvious example of this. Finally, I think Dan knows our culture and can at least help Tepper from continuing to self sabotage things in Carolina. on the other hand I was just really looking forward to a clean start

Shanahan or McVay easy.

I think Baltimore has the best case for most well run organization over the last 25 years personally. San Francisco recently in the last five years. New England had the greatest individual run anyone will ever have but they have really regressed post Brady All time in the NFL is probably Pittsburgh

didn't realize this board was as down on Bryce as they are. Fair criticisms to be sure. Still think Bryce can be a good QB in this league. But I will continue to post till I die that I wanted Stroud since April of 2022

but but but hometown?

wouldn't be surprised if Tepper changes Fitterer's position to something like President of Football operations, hires a new GM and states he is "stepping away". This will cause everyone to rejoice but secretly Tepper will just be doing the same old poo through Fitterer his 'yes man'

Higgins at 16 mill a year sign me tf up. I bet he gets more than that though.

1- tepper selling the team 2- Adam Peters, Ben Johnson hire, with an excellent FA class including offensive lineman and multiple WRs (one who is a number one), plus a very public David Tepper admitting he is hiring a head of football operations and that he will no longer have final say in any decisions and that he is stepping away

Ravens have the best defense in the NFL imo, comes from a winning organization

this is the under the table sneaky hire I could see, esp if we miss out on other candidates

Honestly a case could be made we've been playing better than Jacksonville over the last three weeks. This line feels too high esp if Lawrence is hurt. If our offense plays like they did last week we win. I expect our defense to bounce back after a poor performance against GB

If we hire a defensive guy he's the best of the bunch and I honestly think Evero is second

I think they are a below average coaching staff when before we had a coach who, I'm 60% sure, was actively sabotaging the team to prove a point

I think both brown and burns are better suited for a 3-4

excellent point While many fans will say "well just tag and trade him", that's easier said than done as it rarely happens in the NFL. I think the Panthers made their bed, for better or worse, when they chose not to accept the Rams offer. You turn down that deal your basically playing your hand saying well now we have to re-sign this guy. Again I don't want to debate that again bc it's come and gone now Further the only team I could realistically see trading for Burns is either Jacksonville or Baltimore. We won't trade him to a division rival like Atlanta and I don't see any other NFC team besides maybe Detroit chasing him.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/tools/roster/carolina-panthers/2024/8027e022dcda29998e3468d08288a009/ I signed Tee for 25 mill, Burns for 25 mill, Frankie for 10 mill, resigned JJ Jansen and had to do other things to barely get us under the cap. Now obviously NFL teams can structure contracts better than this but whew we do not have as much cap space as I thought. Now the good news is our team is terrible and they may just go scorched earth and cut a ton of other people.

Just spent like 20 minutes playing with the cap on spotrac and man...it's going to be very difficult to keep Burns, Luvu and sign a high profile name like Tee Higgins. Basically re-signing Burns and Higgins is going to cost in the neighborhood of 25 mill each. This probably deserves it's own post when I have more time to really delve into it

Bryce finally looked like the prospect I watched coming out of bama yesterday. He was creative in the pocket, kept his eyes down field, and deadly accurate in high pressure situations.

I realize GB's defense is not good, but Bryce made a couple *Elite* throws in this game. Notably multiple to DJ Chark

I was at the stadium, surrounded by packers fans and let me tell you I was losing my mind.

This game is exactly how I thought this year would go. We'd have our bumps, struggles, lose to good teams, but generally be a competitive team against most in the league. If we had played like this all year my original prediction of us finishing 7-10 doesn't seem so crazy

acutally not as crazy as you think. Every year there are first rounders at the beginning of the year that fall. Further every draft only has like 15 true first round talents, everyone's list is a little different but then there's a vast swath of guys (picks 15-55) Personally I think both Coleman, Nabers and Odunze are all a clear cut better than him and Harrison is on his own planet. So in that second tier of player (15-55) you have egbuka, brian thomas jr mitchell, worth, franklin, corley, legette, and even ladd mcconkey amongst a LOT of other dudes I just haven't even watched yet. PLUS you have to factor in there's always a wildcard pick, like when the Rams took Tutu Atwell ahead of Marshall which no one saw coming. I'm just saying while it's not likely it's DEFINTELY not impossible. I may hell some people thought Star was going to be the first overall pick at this point in the calendar year