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1 minute ago, Monrowed said:

Is it them? I was over here cursing and moving my antenna.

Antenna???

Just now, PantherJD said:

Is it just people watching on ABC having these broadcast issues? What about those of you watching in CBS or NFLN? I'm wondering if this is a WSOC issue.

CBS has been fine for me.

Just now, Catsfan69 said:

We lost 4 pts on that play 

Bruh it's the preseason and it was his first ever NFL catch. Chill out would ya.

Why is the camera angled from the 20 yard line?

19 minutes ago, Icege said:

 

I thought we never practiced this???

Call me when they make the end zones black again.

7 minutes ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

Agreed but our depth is going to be important to us.  IMO this preseason our depth needs to at least show promise. 

It'll probably be important to focus in on key positional battles, as well as backups who could look to impress, but it's just so hard to know how much to read into the preseason games.

Meh. By the time you start getting into 2nd, 3rd, and 4th string players it's hard to expect to see any quality football.

13 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

You really think that would stop it??

Folks on here won't stop until we either

A. Sign him or

B. Improve our QB situation to a point where we feel we don't need him.

Until then there will be a thread every other day.

Paying that much money to catch one pass is not even a flex it's just sad.

9 hours ago, SizzleBuzz said:

Complete horse-hockey and more virtue signaling please!   LOL. 

Contracts are a 2-way street and agreed to by both parties...

...if either side feels it's unfair they should decline to sign.  

Own it.  

This feels like an over simplified child-like view. This is completely discounting the aspect of power imbalance and implicit coercion.

4 hours ago, electro's horse said:

they still sent me a birthday email until like four years ago which is more than i can say about almost all of my friends 

12 hours ago, CPcavedweller said:

I'm not sure how the Panthers allow the number to be worn. Greg is probably number 2 or 3 on the list of players who deserve to have their numbers retired ASAP.

2 or 3?? You're telling me that out of Steve Smith, Julius Peppers, Cam Newton, Luke Keuchly, and Thomas Davis that Greg Olsen deserves it more than 3 or 4 of those guys? And besides, the whole retiring numbers thing is a dumb concept, especially as it gets played out over a long period of time. Just look at the Yankees whose numbers basically start in the 30s because so many numbers have been retired and can't be used. Honor the person and their achievements, not the number.

12 hours ago, trueblue said:

There are too many retired numbers in sports.. retired numbers should be for absolute luminaries. Honor numbers, honor greats.. celebrate those guys, but  the number should live on. 

Fully agree. Numbers should have legacies that continue on after great players leave. 

Yeah I'm definitely on board with a modernization of our unis, not a full rebrand. I'm thinking maybe no stripes on the helmet/shoulders.

Just realized that all four teams named after big cats have never won the SB.

Have to have changed unis in order to have throwbacks.

6 minutes ago, SizzleBuzz said:

Place is a sh*thole...he'd be doing us all a favor!

Seriously, it's a business and theme parks change hands all the time, nobody would give a f*ck if Tepper bought it and shut it down.

You confident in this opinion?

I think the new practice facility in SC would make the most sense to host the combine. But the draft being held in uptown sounds like a fantastic idea and a great way to show off the city.

6 minutes ago, SizzleBuzz said:

The current Carowinds site would be an awesome place for a new stadium...

I mean, sure, if you're a fan of suburban stadium complexes that are completely detached from the city they reside in (a la the new Braves stadium which isn't even in the same county as Atlanta). Also the hundreds of millions of dollars worth of roller coasters might get in the way of your plan here.

18 minutes ago, RumHam said:

how many of you saying he should be higher on this list were all about trading him for Watson?

I, too, like to make someone up and get mad at them

2 minutes ago, frankw said:

What is the strict filming limitations for the media about? I hope it isn't because the team is wanting to release more of their own social media content. I get it but I could live without some of the overdone fluff they have been putting out.

Then don't watch it?

24 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

In grad school, I worked weekends at the Observer.  Rick was a great guy.  He was covering the Hornets one night (not sure I assume)  and asked me to try to call a number to set up an interview with Jim Valvano.  Rumors were flying that he was going to take an offer with the NJ Nets.  I was just a young, weekend agate clerk, writing about lake levels and fixing box scores and cutting AP articles to fit the space we had---so this was a big deal.  I called about 30 times that night.  No answer.  Finally, around 9 pm or so (I was not sure I should be calling that late, but nobody called me off)  Valvano answered, and there was some loud talking and laughing in the background.  I looked up (the newsroom is empty with only the sports dept. there at night) and I saw Bonnell entering.  I waved him over as fast as possible.  It was Valvano, so I told him to wait a second, Bonnell wanted to talk to him.  He agreed, and started talking to people there in his room.  Bonnell is yelling into the phone because it was as if Jimmy V had a whole bar full of people with him in his hotel room--he was drunk.  After about 50 seconds, Rick put the phone down and started typing into his computer.  He pointed at me to say, "Thanks".  He was breaking a national story.  I stopped worrying about lake levels and just watched.  In about 10 minutes later, the TVs in the news room (tuned in to ESPN) blasted, "This just in from the Charlotte Observer---Valvano is going to the NJ Nets.  I called everyone who would pick up and told them that I helped break the story.  

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-21-sp-660-story.html

The next time I went in, the story had been retracted.  I went up to Bonnell and asked him about it.  He said, "The next day, he didn't even remember talking to me.  I asked him if he was going to sign with the Nets as rumored, and he gave me a big YES! That is why we are celebrating.  He gave me terms of the deal, but was not sure. He added, "I should have known better.  If you know Jimmy V, I should have known better." Laughing.

Bonnell gave me all kinds of Hornets stuff--photos, gym bags, etc.  He was a great writer, and a great person.

What a great story. Thanks for sharing. I hope his memory brings you peace.

8 minutes ago, gofightwin said:

That doesn't really answer the question tho.  If they change number for 2022, do they continue to sell "22" merch this year? That seems stupid unless they just sell inventory and then not make another "22" jersey for 9 months.  But who is going to buy a full price jersey if they know they are changing next year.

They'd probably start selling merch with his new number. Or not at all idk man