rebelrouser

This trade makes the Ty Simpson pick all the more difficult to understand.

Its a good article about how pathetically bad our past drafts ('23 and '24) have been. Building the team in '23 since we weren't ready yet and taking your qb in '24 made so much more sense in hindsight. Ladd McConkey over XL is pretty much a given but not sure it does as much to change Bryce's trajectory as the author suggests. As bad as '23 and '24 drafts were, the '25 and '26 really give me hope.

Brooks looking good in OTA's. I know...just saying...

Yeah, slim pickin's right now. Maybe convert AJ Epenesa to a 3-4 DE or wait for cuts.

Unfortunately agee with that.

NFL media early '25: Bryce needs more weapons; NFL media early '26: Bryce sucks! At least they finally got it right.

I never said he was ready to start. I reacted to a statement that he only started 17 games at LT in college (he started 18) with the fact that he was trending up by starting more each year of college playing against excellent competition. We signed a free agent starting left tackle so he would not be required to start right away. Also, how did he struggle at the combine? he ran a 4.93 40, 33.5 vertical, 1.71 10 yd split, 115 broad jump, and 9.99 RAS. All of those are excellent.

He is certainly trending in the right direction and finished the season as their starting LT playing against some of the best college players.

If he lays a big fat egg this year, that fifth year in '27 with him making 26.5M is going to be pretty awkward. I guess we could plan on him starting the year while LaNorris settles in. I would rather that be a veteran though.

The trouble is that Kenny Pickett is a tiny little rock w/ nothing underneath and Haynes King isn't even that. Still mad we passed on Nussmeier in the seventh.

He would have to make a huge leap this year for me to agree w/ an extension unless it is extremely favorable to the team. Don't double down on the stupidity of trading the farm for him in the first place by giving him a Tua contract.

As much as I want us to draft a qb in '27, I am still worried many of the same people (minus Fitterer) would be making the decision.

Brooks is still not at 100%. I feel like he is going to have slow start and then break out next year, which is the last year of his rookie contract and we lose him in FA. That would be the most Panthers thing ever.

Our scout Jordan Trgovac (how do you pronounce that?) really liked him. Scroll down for the interview with her about him.

I will be so pissed if we forgo the '27 qb class to extend Bryce. We have him signed through '27 already with option(s) to franchise/transition tag him twice so we are covered through '29 if a miracle happens. Of course I said the same thing about the '26 qb class.