Gapanthersfan

I thought I was just being too sensitive.

Thus far total team failure. THE WHOLE TEAM. From top to bottom. Bad. All bad.

Ickey getting exploited.

# 88 in the house!!! 38 to 17 good guys… hey, it could happen?

ANYONE who can survive the Rhule and Reich era while battling injuries, especially at RB… that dude’s really alright with me. You pay that guy. You send a message to the team. Next up is Horn. Pay the man. Bro like that doesn’t just fall in to your lap every day. He is HIM.

I wouldn’t bet against it. Each one of them dudes has at least a $2,500 bag in their hand that they weren’t expecting. I really think we see what appreciation looks like this Sunday.

Also, calling it, Chuba goes off for 175 and 2 TDs on Sunday.

I’m sitting and popped a handful of tums, watching the fine ladies at Dillards wrap Mrs. Gapanthersfan new Christmas present LV bag and wallet (or whatever she called that thing), I can understand how strong of a gesture that was. I feel a ‘team’ starting to gel together. Haven’t felt this in a while.

Yes, yes they do, but I will contend that YGM is exactly the same as he was when he was here. Flash game. Disappear the rest of the season.

I like pool and try to play when I can. CJ Wiley is a pool player who had a pretty high gear in his prime. I’m not sure if he came up with this philosophy, but he said he has a shout out for it in Tiger’s caddy’s book. I can’t substantiate it. There are no hard or easy shots. They all are just shots. He attributes that thought process in him taking the next step in his game. The brain reacts differently in what it perceives to be easy or difficult. Instead, just look at a shot as a shot… or a catch is just a catch. X has made some stud, crucial catches and dogged some ones that he has no excuse dropping. There may, and probably are, other factors at play, but this perspective could be really helpful.

Every year there is a GM whose job is in peril and they desperately broker a dumb trade on draft day. Hopefully one comes calling.

This is correct.Roughly similar to how the Bears robbed us.

Trading #4 could net us a real haul. If someone wants to trade this year’s first and give us this year’s second and next years first… I’d probably take that action. I’d go LB in the first round as unpopular as that may be.

He would always have a flash game here and there, get our hopes up, then go back to the same baseline. New management usually cleans house except for just a few employees who fit the mold they want. It’s part of the culture change. Dan is trying to recreate an old school panthers defense as he once knew it, attitude and all… only better. Dave is in charge of the offense. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they trade back and go LB in the first round after changing back over to a 4/3. They are GOING to go hard on DE. Complete culture change.

Purdy is hot garbage. This is painful

I’m seeing 2 flat out bad offensive performances more than 2 lock down defenses.

I applaud his toughness for suiting up every Sunday and doing what he can. This may be the reason for a lot of the body catches.

Agreed, especially on Brooks. I’m not sure who pounded the table for him, but dang. I guess they were really headstrong on offense. I think an offseason with Bryce 2.0 will do a lot in taking the proverbial next step. This next draft needs a guaranteed blue chip 1st round defensive player and if we can luck our way in to a 3rd round stud safety or CB, we could really work on rounding out the secondary. Coming away with quality depth is a job well done compared to what they’ve done recently.

In the fact that they contribute and look like they belong in the nfl, this is the best draft class since I don’t know when. If they end up being depth at some point I’m 100% good with that. I don’t see sanders, XL, Wallace or Coker (undrafted) out of the NFL in 3 years so that’s progress.

Dan knows the type of players that are bad for the locker room. That move broadcast to the entire team that it doesn’t matter who you are, if you’re toxic and bad for team psyche, you gone.

I’m telling y’all, I’m buying more and more in to the hiring of Morgan as the GM. Every player in that locker room knows that Dan was that dude on the football field. He’s a Panthers old head. Double OG. When he walks in that locker room, you know those men listen. I really think they are beginning to buy in to what he is trying to do…. Rebuild Panthers culture. He can relate to guys that no x and o GM ever could. He’s one of them and played in one of the best SB of all time. This season they’ve gone from being completely unwatchable to actually competing with big dogs. It’s fun.

Rhule was a big swing and a whiff, but T thought he’d be a copilot. Fitt was an abject disaster and possibly/probably one of the main reasons for how laughably and embarrassingly unwatchable the panthers have been for the last 5 years up until recently, save for the brief Wilks stint. I still think Fitt was a yes man for the Teppers but that’s just like my opinion, man. The Frank era was another disaster dumpster fire from day 1. Back stabbing and infighting among the coaches? Yikes. Bravo, Fitt. Canales, thus far has has shown some promise. Thus far it’s been radio silence from the Ts. Eerie but refreshing. I hope it continues.

I like XL, I think he’s going to be ok, but a team CAN’T reach on a first rounder. You just can’t. If there is any project vibes or they haven’t consistently shown to be that dude every year, then you don’t pick them in round 1. You look at the board, you find the guy who is most likely to be an all pro, who fits team culture, that’s not a kicker, punter or RB… and you pick that guy. Know what an unneeded all pro safety gets you when you really needed a WR? An all pro safety. Oh look, round 2 had a DE fall your way and he ends up playing out of his head. Now your scrub team suddenly has a defense that’s a problem for other teams, and just got some blue chip young talent. Kuechly was picked when they already had Beason and Thomas Davis. … or you could reach at an injured RB and project WR and panther on. Rebuilding teams don’t have the luxury of drafting project players. Legit talent has to be amassed quickly, with visible progress shown, or the coach gets fired and the process perpetuates.

BPA. ‘Best’ takes in to account numerous factors, locker room fit and headache potential included. Sanders, I would think, would not be on the Panthers radar.

That line is going to be moving this week. Panthers will be a 3 point dog by game day.