frankw

I can't for the life of me understand banging the table for a corner after watching these recent playoff games. If the goal is to compete with the best it's your offense that is going to have to get it done. The league has clearly shifted. Yes there are some very good corners that still command respect but in general nobody in the NFL is losing sleep over one and people really need to bring themselves out of the 90's and 2000's and into the 2020's.

Sadly Jameis would be an upgrade over Darnold

CB not a luxury for us? We tripled down at the position last year as our oline eroded into the worst in the league and our quarterbacks had immediate pressure in the interior of the line. I guess people just want something to talk about but that made me burst out laughing.

Raptors are hitting everything Hornets putting up hero shots and barely playing defense. Looking like this one is already over. I know it's an empty arena and we're missing a few guys but yikes these low effort games make me think even if we get in the playoffs they'll put up another stinker like this.

It's this year or next for sure. But if I'm being honest I simply do not trust the Panthers to not screw up their draft position. We had the chance for a top 3 pick in 2019 2020 and 2021 and we won extra games that didn't even matter. That mythical first rounder in 2023 that folks keep making plans with already is definitely not guaranteed and we all know it.

With this and Brady retiring we should be in great position. Too bad we don't have a quarterback.

If the Panthers draft another corner at 6...

Common sense thing to do is keep the first rounders and draft our own QB and build around him. Those rookie deals for quarterbacks are very valuable.

He'll be 33 this summer. It isn't healthy to still be clinging to this dream.

I get the OT rules complaints but the Bills defense was atrocious those last few drives. They wouldn't get past the Bengals playing like that. But Burrow is going to drop some dimes on that KC defense.

This is insanity.

Credit where it's due to Stafford. So glad Brady and the Bucs are out.

Check Matt Rhule's record against the recently fired head coaches.

Absolutely but you also aren't going to win when even with time in the pocket your quarterback has happy feet and lobs picks into triple coverage. That's why you don't trade for another teams failure. And now we are trying to talk ourselves into Mayfield

Well you can fear drafting a Mayfield instead of a Burrow but we still need to draft our own quarterback and so far Matt Rhule and staff seem keen to avoid having to deal with a rookie QB at all costs to the point that PJ Walker is once again under contract. Just because they can be acquired does not mean it will be us and the cost will not be insignificant. I would rather draft our own guy but I assume this staff will dig us deeper in the hole.

Are you using the Bengals struggles since 2015 to make the point that Rhule is actually making progress but it will be a 7 year process? It shouldn't have to be that way in this version of the NFL. I don’t think anyone here is arguing that the Bengals haven't been bad for many years but the ascension is due to the fact they knew how to suck the right way and they weren't afraid to take their quarterback. They weren't trying to sign the likes of Teddy Bridgewater or trade for busts like Sam Darnold. This is what we are going to have to do. There are no shortcut quarterbacks we can acquire from another team to bypass that.

The Bengals aren't exactly known as a great drafting team. They were raked over the coals for drafting Chase and not an olineman. You see how that has worked out for them though. Because Baker sucks it's too scary to take a QB now? We can bash the Browns if it makes us feel better but they've been in the playoffs while we had to call up Cam Newton just to make the season partially watchable. We are in this mess because management called this a rebuild and then turned around and mortgaged the future for returns now. The man at the helm of that is Rhule.

No it took one recent season of just accepting they were the worst team in the league and now they have one of the best young quarterbacks and they are a hot playoff team. It really isnt that difficult. Well unless you're Panthers fans and you get off on pointless win streaks with the likes of Kyle Allen and Sam Darnold. Look at all that team culture though

Some of ya'll must be stoned 24/7 that's the only explanation.

I get being glass half full but you're taking it to the extreme here and bordering on brown nosing. Not his job to find talent? The man hired his own GM!

That wasn't what I expected but the Packers team this year had their flaws. What a weird year for the NFC though.

This fuging guy...