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I could see it. I think both Dowdle and Chuba are both better as bellcow backs. We spent draft capital to acquire RB depth in Brooks and Etienne, Chuba is on a long term deal and just last season put up 1,200 yards. Dowdle has been great, I want him to get the carries this week, but end of the day he’s a UFA after the season and I doubt the FO spends more $ at the position to resign him. Might as well feature him Sunday and see if the Chargers or Chiefs are willing to part with a 4th to fortify their run game.

FWIW PFF grades Mitchell Evans as the #1 TE OVR in the league so far this season.

21 is key. Fields is 0-26 in his career when the opposing team scores 21+.

http://twitter.com/keepblitzin/status/1977470698785484804?s=46

Why not give Horn a chance at PR???

I don't think so...typically on a RPO, the OL will wait a beat before going downfield, but you can see all of the OL sit back in a pass block set. I think JT is right that someone just blew an assignment. If I had to guess, I think it's on Etienne which doesn't surprise me given he's a rook. edit: watching the end of the video from the QB view, it also looks like a good designed look by Miami by showing 7 but dropping the LDE back and rotating the rush to overload the right side, think that essentially left Icky and Lewis to block one guy and left Moton and Tremble 1 on 1 with their own men and no one to account for the right most rusher

Folks really overrate Dalton. To be clear, I don’t think Young is the answer, but you have to keep throwing him out there and be 100% sure given the investment in him. Dalton is at the end of the road and riding out his career. His best two games as a Panther have been his first start each season and then steadily downhill from there. You mention the Raiders game stats yet conveniently leave out that after that game, he averaged 5.4 YPA and had 4 TDs to 6 INTs in his next 4 starts before the injury that put Bryce back on the field.

Canales getting cute af going away from the Dowdle runs smh

Why are we going empty 5 wide on consecutive 3rd and short plays??

The fact that this is what the offense looks like 20+ games into Canales' tenure is a huge indictment. I don't believe Bryce is the guy and hope we move on after this season, but I don't think the roster building or the offensive playcalling/scheme has done him any favors either. It's literally a failure on every level, from personnel to scheme IMO.

Shanahan isn't the best coach when it comes to game management, but man, can that guy coach up offense

Of course Eddy P drills a 59-yard go-ahead FG...

This is one of the most bizarre things I think I’ve ever seen in a locker room. Wtf?

It really does feel like we’re Jets 2.0. They last made the playoffs 14 years ago in 2011 and doesn’t look like they’ll make it this season. Panthers last made it in 2017. So it’s possible, like you say, that we’re only halfway through the suck…

More concerning is the Panthers have been down by 17+ (3 possessions) at half in 7 of Canales 21 games as HC. In fully one third of the games Canales has coached, the team has been DOA.

https://x.com/mike_e_kaye/status/1956810323056595146?s=46 nice.

I mean, we should have won 6 or 7 pretty easily even with Bryce's atrocious play from the first half...Defense giving up a game-tying FG with less than a min and Chuba fumbling in OT vs Bucs at home, defense folding vs the Chiefs late at home, XL dropping a perfect game winning TD pass vs the Eagles on the road, that's 3 potential wins right there

You keep assuming we're not going to take a RB in this draft tho? This 1-year, $2.75m deal does not preclude the FO from drafting a back.

They gave Javonte Williams almost the exact same deal we gave Dowdle. Dowdle is undoubtedly better.

$2.75m base value per Joe Person