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WHAT A PLAY

That sounds incredibly gross and unethical to me, but I can understand the temptation behind it.

I always prefer winning, even if it is a "meaningless football game" that hurts draft position.

Jackson Carman maybe?

But... what makes the narrative that you prefer common sense and not the other? Why is your's exclusively reality and the health of the position groups being a factor simple bs? There isn't any rational perspective here. It's a lot of emotionally driven fatalism. This isn't a zero-sum thing that it keeps being made out to be.

Wait a minute... if we're not supposed to believe anything Canales says then why are you believing him?

He was responding to questions about what he did during the start of the offseason and his exact words were: "I was kind of away from football for the most part, just living every other aspect of my life. Just hanging out, being around family, being around friends, getting back to a routine that doesn't revolve as much around football. For me, it was still being able to just enjoy and work out, but the Xs and Os actual football part, kind of stepping away from it. Legit, it sounds boring, like I'm holding something out, but I'm not. But it's really like I watch YouTube, I watch TV, I watch Netflix, and every once in a while, I'll go someplace to maybe look at some clothes or something. There's nothing really cool that I'm just trying to hang onto. I'm definitely kind of a homebody. I'm an only child, so I'm used to being able to just chill on my own. That's how I decompress. So it's really just that." Bryce was emphasizing that he didn't go out partying, worked on other business projects, did promotional work, etc. Just that he took time off to decompress and relax. He also said that he enjoyed sleeping in for about a week before getting back to his morning workout routine. It's just haters hating at this point. It's already been confirmed by multiple players that they got up with Bryce to workout and work on routes during the offseason.

For anyone that's interested, a snapshot of his PFF page + grades from 2023 and 2022 2023 2022

Went ahead and asked the Panthers discord. Sounds like as long as the Panthers have space on the 53 they'll get their picks of the litter. WOOT!

I'm looking at two different write ups where one says we'll get whoever we want when it comes time to put in a claim during those first 3 weeks like you mentioned while the other says it's not that way. I guess we'll find out next Tuesday/Wednesday. Personally, I want it to be the way you suggested where the team can just claim whoever tf they want and roll from there.

Not to say that we lose any positioning, but that when we put in that first waiver claim it won't have to be for a DB and the team ends up missing out on OL/QB3/EDGE. To my understanding (and please, somebody correct me if I'm wrong), being first in priority doesn't mean that the Panthers get all of their players that they put in a claim for but rather they'll get the first one, and if the second one goes unclaimed by the remainder of the league they'll be able to land them, and so on. Still trying to find clear and concise rules though to make sure. The way that I understand it to work means that the Panthers can put that first claim towards OL, QB3, or EDGE instead of putting in for the CB first and potentially losing a guy at one of those other positions that they want to bring in.

Trading for Jackson also means that the team can use that waiver wire priority to pick up their favorite OL, EDGE, or QB3 instead.

Keep an eye on Jonathan Cooley. If Evero goes next season to take over somewhere as a head coach I can see Cooley being in the running for the DC position alongside Todd Wash if neither of them follow Evero.

It's worth mentioning that with Dane Jackson out for at least the first 2 - 4wks (making him a potential PUP candidate), Lamar Jackson + Anthony Brown leaving the Jets game with injuries, and after getting a cpl of days to look at Chris Wilcox + Willie Drew that the team still wanted a veteran presence opposite of Horn that will execute within the defense. 6'1" 210lbs CB. Looks like we're going to lean on secondary players with good size which makes sense given Evero's scheme. Disguising coverages with big bodied DBs has got to be stressful for QBs and receivers alike.

Weird... the other thread disappeared. For those that didn't get a chance to catch up: Mike Macdonald has history with Michael Barrett from his time as the Michigan DC. Seattle is currently deep at CB but has injuries at WLB and need somebody that can play ST. Jackson was the 26th ranked CB out of 229 according to PFF grades last year. Panthers were able to swap a 7th round rookie that had never played in a regular season game for a guy with 5yrs in the league. Not bad.

Jordan Fuller wrapping up