frankw

Zion would be an insane gamble from both a maturity standpoint and an availability standpoint. He has only played 17 more games than LaMelo since 2022.

I agree. I understand why he did though. And surely he had his parents in his ear who have always gone out of their way to make sure he always had the best and the least amount of adversity around him to that point in his life advising him to do so. Where I take the most issue with it is when people who just want to be sycophants start listing off other QB's who didn't throw at the combine and you don't even make it through half the names before your eyes roll right into the back of your head realizing every single of those QB's who didn't throw already clearly showcased the necessary prerequisite physical talents needed for the position.

The NFL is a fickle beast. There have been some very talented players who could not sustain their previous success even with the necessary physical traits. He would just end up one more in a long line. But you are correct. When you are targeting a specific position if you are operating with the necessary number of functioning brain cells you should always covet and prioritize the players who showed up the most against the best most pro ready competition. Not fawn over the prospects who spent the bulk of their career shellacking smaller college programs who basically operate out of a large closet space.

I tend to think the Panthers used up their one fleece pass when we got a 4th for Mingo from the Cowboys. I cannot imagine the market for Legette is higher than a 6th. Which makes it pointless to move him. See how he responds this season and go forward accordingly in the offseason.

I'm open to any and all trade options as long as we are pursuing a legit shot creator. Tired of watching dudes chuck up bricks.

I mean I get that and agree to a point. He's a very likeable guy by all accounts he's a good teammate he's an excellent dinner guest etc. As amusing as it would be to have him fleece the Tepper's for a number of years it's not fair to the rest of the roster and eventually would result in a fracture in the locker room. Nor is it reasonable given the amount of tax dollars that go into the venue which the Panthers play. Of which the tax payers footing the bill share zero ownership. So in that regard not much in the way of parallels to harmless albeit cookie cutter country music singers.

Ultimately this just amounts to heavy revisionist history. I mean you aren't talking to someone that just popped out the womb a week ago. I was here all throughout the predraft process. The overwhelming majority of the fanbase felt like this was a fine situation and the best situation for a rookie QB to go to compared to Houston for example. The hype for Young and our "rockstar" staff was off the charts. No one could dare speak cautious skepticism of his abilities or they would be neg repped into oblivion. Only after he had one of statistical worst rookie seasons of the last 25 years did we get this narrative now that his rookie season actually shouldn't count. Complete malarkey if you ask me.

So "best defense ever" or nah?

Don't get your hopes up. I doubt we're lucky enough or relevant enough for that to happen. He's already been getting paid for several tiers below mediocre journalism. He's probably just taking time off and they genuinely don't even care because it's the Panthers.

The plus side is it is entertaining watching the Tepper's and their planetary sized egos burn through millions trying and failing to make their version of the Panthers successful.

In his 3rd season he barely edged out rookie Joe Flacco and 2nd year QB Christian Ponder. Magnificent.

38 year old Matthew Stafford put up a combined 831 yards and 6 touchdowns in two games in December and January against the greatest defense in the history of the galaxy. The 2025 Seahawks defense would have gotten lit tf up by the elite QB's of the 2010's if a guy pushing 40 can give them fits like that.

These casual social media fans need to study and understand football that existed before 5 or 10 years ago before going around throwing around best of all time awards.

TE in this offense is largely pointless anyways. Even if we had a coach who valued receiving TE's more we do not have a QB whose skillset centers around maximizing the middle of the field. It's actually one of his weakest areas. Njoku would just end up disgruntled here.

Right now the one thing Bryce Young has to hang his hat on is his dominance of the Falcons in the sphincter dome. But unfortunately they no longer employ Raheem Morris.