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I'd be pretty shocked at this point. Look Tepper put his money where his mouth was. He promised to let the football guys do football stuff and he did. We passed on Fields, traded for Darnold and took Horn. I'm sure Tepper would be ecstatic if he could sell out every single Deshaun Watson Panther's jersey there ever was but given the legal ramifications, the potential for him to be out of the league for an extended time not to mention the massive amnt of draft capital the Texans are going to want makes me believe we aren't interested.

excellent counterpoint

the best troll of all time on this board was TheRealDeal or Matt Moore's brother

Honestly I kind of agree, feel bad for Kirkwood certainly but not sure the DB deserved to be cut

amazing write up OP!! I am really relieved to hear that Sam so far looks the part and the potential of him being a franchise guy or at least a guy that can win you football games still exists after NY. I am very worried about the o-line, it's been a concern since the Lions took Sewell. I can't believe we didn't try harder to sign Eric Fisher. I'll have to look into available OT but we need something

Yea I think I'm just terrible bc I'm struggling to get even through the first part

I mean the whole point of us trading for him was in the hope that a fresh start would kind of be just that? Him restarting his career as basically a 23 year old rookie with some experience to boot. I still don't agree with the decision to pass on fields but we at least have to see how he does on the field before outright calling it a failure

congratulations!

Also don't be the dad who is eating hot wings and pizza in the room while the mom is vomiting from labor. I've seen it all, but that and the dad's who literally sleep through the birth of their child despite being prompted to wake up are pretty much the only things dad do that consistently irk me.

I'm an OB. I always say this. It's a good thing women are the ones who have to give birth, because if men had to the human race would have gone extinct may centuries ago.

I'm also interested to see what our plan is for S Chinn is an excellent SS imo not sure how he would translate to a true FS role tho

LT and QB where our season will begin and end with how solid those positions are. Otherwise I think we have the makings of a really good team. Unfortunately those are probably positions #3 and #1 in terms of importance for a good team

agreed but a tweener should never be your pick in the top ten imo

The biggest point to make here is that Isiah Simmons was a bad pick at the time and looks even worse now

this was and still is my biggest gripe with Hurney and to an extent Gettleman. they believed too much in themselves. Smart GMs like Fitts know this is a guessing game and you have to increase your chances

totally agree

I mean Fields was the right pick and I will defend that till the day I die.

While I agree that's probably the best short term solution IMO the best longterm solution is to leave Moton at RT and add a LT. This all gets back to my theory that the Panthers *really, really, really* wanted Sewell. A top flight CB is great, but we put a lot of chips in getting our top rated LT in the draft as we did nothing to address it in FA. I also believe the Panthers were a lot lower on Slater and Darrisaw than people think

I'm excited for our offense this year bc theoretically Moore, Anderson and Marshall are all threats on the outside and inside and all have the potential to take the top off a defense

admittedly this is the least I have studied these prospects/watched college basketball in my adult life, but do people not like the kid from Duke anymore, Johnson?

we have the makings of a really solid offensive line...if we just had a LT

Sax's post are always a vibe

I agree I think it's a shame if we don't at least try him at LT first

Yea I think he is referring to arm length

Have a really hard time seeing us win a SB this year even if things go pretty perfectly. Darnold would need to be above average (top ten in the league) and our defense would have to be near the top 5. Also the LT position is highly concerning. I don't think we have the talent there to hold up against the best of the NFL's pass rushes come Jan/Feb