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Bryce Young can completely change the narrative around this by the end of the year. Hopefully he does. That being said some people (they know who they are) are borderline living a fantasy downplaying the current outlook on this trade until then.

Other than Mike Tomlin the Steelers seem to be a mess organizationally.

Indeed. There's also the small matter of actually being able to you know..draft kinda well..instead of the worst drafts anyone has seen in years. We also retained the scouting department from those drafts. Then there's the matter of our current GM being directly involved in the process of those drafts. Yeah... needless to say let's dial back the offseason award ceremony until we see this come together in preseason.

All of this. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that he's working his ass off and extra motivated until I see how his vibe is in camp and if he looks the part of a #1 pick that knows his rookie season was unacceptable regardless of extenuating circumstances. I sincerely hope such is the case because I'll be rooting loudly for him. But in the event it isn't any of that I'm just going to get an early start on the 2025 QB class.

Wonnum is a younger stopgap for a few years and maybe he blossoms under Evero kind of signing. Whom I assume had a good level of input. I very much doubt many people are under any illusions he's a direct Burns replacement.

That's a very solid deal for his age and potential. Now sign Clowney.

The cringy laser eye poo needs to be gone for good. It's worse than the "I got this" Hurney sunglasses poo.

The remaining options weren't exactly stellar but I like his potential. Just please not a heavy overpay.

Wow that's a pretty good move for the Seahawks. He could do well there under MacDonald.

I've been a Panthers fan long enough to remember many a paper champions offseason moves. Let's see these fellas in August and go from there.

Paying Calvin Ridley that much money is why I keep saying draft draft draft. Dan better HIT.

I can understand the sentiment. But I'm not diving into hope this early again. I need to get a look at the rookies and the oline in camp and I need to see how this offense and defense look in preseason. Until then talk is cheap.

Lot of mostly meh in that list and they're all stopgaps at or approaching 30. I know some are after Chase Young but he's bouncing between teams now for a reason. Wasn't Ngakoue someone we considered last season? All in all it's either another trade with a significant payday right after it or just plug in what we can and retool next year. Might as well accept what's likely to happen.

I hear you but I'd rather put that into a TE honestly. We've got Ian Thomas Tommy Tremble and who?

Solid move for the defensive backfield. Hopefully not an overpay. Now let's get a pass rusher.

He'll be 30 by the time the season starts and he is going to want one last big payday. Meh.

Yes but as egotistical and vindictive as he is it would only happen by force. Someone is going to have to get a job with the Panthers and take one for the fanbase. Otherwise just accept we're boned watch the fireworks that follow the Tepper's and enjoy some food and beverages while the madness unfolds.

Sounds like he's just looking for attention. So basically a drop in the bucket for broader social media.

He himself said he doesn't want to be in the middle of a rebuild. He still has some value in the receiving game as a possession guy but he's going to be around maybe this season and that's it. Not like he is in our long term plans. If you can get someone younger then do that. Nothing wrong with that.

It's a non homer take nothing wrong with that. Different strokes for different folks. Some people want to look at it glass half full others are in show me then we'll talk mode. I get it completely. But we all want the same thing.

He's a douche but I wish I could argue with him on this. Unfortunately this is what the Tepper's have done to us. We are the punchline.

The Panthers are due some good luck. That's my hope with these moves. But you also can't ignore the elephant in the room that is our history with free agency and generally when we've made a big swing from about average level of resources into an area to top of the league it hasn't usually been pretty. I still want to see the OL depth addressed in the draft and honestly if we've dug ourselves this far to address the position group I'd even make a move for a decent center because I'm not all in on Corbett. Remember at one point we all thought Bozeman was the guy of the future now he's looking for a job. Keep stacking depth.