frankw

I made 5 posts in the gameday thread and not one of them said we were going to lose the game. You need to sleep it off dude you're unhinged.

Carolina is reaching the point where they have to ponder for how many more years they want McCaffrey at a high level. Three or four? I don't see it at the current usage pace. With the high rate of touches there may only be two left before the injuries take a toll. If they insist on running him like they have he may never finish another season healthy. There have been many great players who have hit the same wall. There will be angry fans piling in to shed tears and jump all over folks for this but the game is the game elite talent doesn't last forever.

Lay off the booze buddy your little temper tantrum poop fests are honestly pathetic.

I'm less concerned about his rushing ability he has the speed and moves but he's going to take some lumps as a rookie acclimating to the NFL. He has got to haul in passes that hit him in the hands though.

Very impressed with Sam Darnold tonight. These are the games where your franchise quarterback has to show up and he did in a big way. If he continues to build on this we have our man no doubt. But we have to get this ground game going and put him in the best situation possible the next couple of games are no cakewalk.

I like that we got the score there but want to limit Darnold getting his noggin jostled around like that. He has been thoroughly impressive this evening and he's a tough sob. We need to get this run game figured out pronto.

All these folks that were prancing around talking about 2-0 and trying to serve up crow already this is why some of us tried to tell you to pump the brakes.

The workload we have given him was not sustainable. The depth behind him of a rookie and a practice squad signing all with a work in progress oline only complicates it further. I don't know what we were thinking was going to happen. Darnold needs a run game and we have no fallback option like we did with Mike Davis last year.

30 touch a game average didn't last 3 full weeks. Damn.

The run game outside of McCaffrey is just abysmal and we have got to get better if we want a winning season. No way around it no matter how positive you might want to be about the situation.

People have different definitions of funny but there will be lots of fun if we continue to win like we have been. As for the rest of your post you will have a more enjoyable existence when you let go of that weight you're still dragging around from two years ago. It's time to let go.

What is your gripe specifically? This place was bumping through the Kyle Allen win streak but this is only two games in it takes time. Sam will have his time to shine just like every other winning quarterback if he builds on this and brings us a successful season.

I think we needed another rb in the mold of Mike Davis to both compliment McCaffrey and gut out some of those tough yards behind a less than ideal oline. Hopefully it works itself out but from looking at things at the moment we possibly could've picked up another decent back on the cheap.

I've been a Panthers fan long enough to know better than to go ahead and pencil in any game as a win especially in primetime. I'm hoping to see the offense yield better results in short yardage situations this time and reward the defense better.

Fans are recognizing we have defensive talent that could get us into a postseason berth if we play our cards right. The weak link position groups will continue to get the most attention for now. Especially with the offensive weapons we have. I know you do not like criticism but it isn't going anywhere and I assure you it is the same with other teams regardless of what you might read on message board remember fan is short for fanatic.

I could go through a list of former Panthers that fans used to hate on like it was their job and I'm not exaggerating. Even Cam Newton got some of that no different than what Sam has seen. Your best bet is to try and not let it bother you so much sports is very unforgiving for many athletes social media has fueled these behaviors. But I don't think anyone here hates any of our offensive linemen they just want another winning season and if that happens you'll see an attitude change.

Byron Bell and Nate Chandler were likely talked about even worse. This is not a new phenomenon for Panthers fans. Until we invest in higher end talent this will likely continue. It's just a part of the job. Nobody felt sorry for Joey Slye or Ryan Santoso and they were making peanuts compared to some other players. Elfein got 6 million guaranteed he will be okay.

Just have to call the signing for what it is and that's just not good unfortunately. We are on the hook for a 7 million dollar cap hit with him next year and 4.6 million in dead cap if we move on. We took a gamble but we must be more tactful in the future with injury prone linemen.

Now this is great content we can rally around.

Next four games will give us our answer.

I haven't felt this good about the defense as a whole since McDermott was still here. Credit to Phil Snow for what he's brought with this retooled group in such short time.

There are people still whining about TB not getting a fair shake? The man made 30 mill plus for a season worth of work quit with the waterworks and move on or jump on the Denver bandwagon.

Start Brown. As much talk as there has been about left tackle the interior depth is ehhhhhhh.

Figures. Well he was 24 when we started kicking ass and put everyone in the division on notice in 2013 so I'll go with that lol.

Same age as rookie Cam