Gapanthersfan

This season is all about the run. Stop theirs while imposing ours. Bryce will look serviceable if we can pick up chunk yards on the ground. It’ll enable him to do his short game and rely on the shear ability on the receiver to make a play. I see run to pass being 65:35. We failed miserably at run stopping on crucial drives last year and it lost us several games. Teams that can’t stop the run do not win in the nfl. if we can do both we’ll probably win 5-6 games. If not, 2 maybe 3…

The unmentioned thing with the dad bod QBs seen above is… they can make ALL the throws, in the clutch, on their third read, when it matters, to B level talent. If a qb is able to do that, not much else matters. If they can’t… not much else matters there, either. Jake to Proehl and Mangum. Cam to Byrd. That’s how teams are able to go deep in to the playoffs consistently. Injury cut both careers short, and we’ve been flailing ever since. When your QB can make B talent in to pro-bowlers, teams win. JAGs go off. 6 catches for 140 and 2 TDs. Every play is a potential TD. Draft order goes o line, d line/pass rush/corners then WR. RB in 5th round or later. They don’t fall for the ‘generational talent’ seen every year BS. They just draft solid. Dudes are traded before big contracts for premium assets. You keep THAT DUDE that keeps other coaches awake at night. True blue chip guys that have no equal, and will be the reason at least 2 games are won every season. Garrett, Watt, Donald, Bosa, etc. the ones you know won’t check out after their first big payday because they’re thinking HOF. Your stud QB makes that all possible. You attract top up and coming coaching talent with HC aspirations, not washed up has beens or never were(s). It is the recipe. Trying to do it any other way might be doable for a season or 2, but it is just 1 bad draft or key injury away from imploding in to a complete rebuild. It’s fragile. I want Bryce to exceed my wildest expectations because small ball scares nobody. It will be figured out quickly. Bryce, please prove me and a whole lot of other people wrong. First impressions are everything and you have a serious uphill battle. Tepper wanted to cut in line. He came in feeling like he cracked the code nobody could crack. He completely ignored the leadership and culture side of the business. Players saw how badly he disrespected Wilks. Through Steve’s leadership alone, defying everything Tep wanted to do, For a brief while, he brought some level of respect back to the organization.

I can get on board. Hopefully tepp leaves him alone.

I was thinking this EXACT thought this am. We have a very kind sports media.

Burns. A fitting verb for how so many fans feel after they turned down the Ram’s offer.

Nothing about Bryce fit the template for what the team was trying to do last year. Frank signed on with the promise that it would be Stroud or Richardson. Guys who could actually make the throws that his offense needed to run. Frank thought it would be his chance to start from scratch with all of his guys, but got duped on the key cog needed for the whole thing to run. When your jerk boss says ‘so it’s a consensus’ … then it’s a consensus. a severely undersized qb who wouldn’t even throw the ball at his weigh in and has glaring, significant physical deficiencies… is the #1 overall pick? Roh kay raggy. Was Fitt really that bad? Did he need his zyprexa dose cut back some? Did he really think he was out moving everyone and getting the next Brady? I normally get over stuff really quickly but this is so hard for me to let go. How did this dude start for Alabama? How did he end up the #1 pick?! Bryce bro, please make me eat my words. You button hooked me with the GB game and I drank some of the cool aide. Animal Dan and Frank the tank, Deuce Staley…yup, Bryce is my guy!! … please.

There is no way that anyone who has played NFL ball wanted this kid. I do not care what reports said about who wanted him… and I will never be convinced otherwise. Morgan in his prime played like a damn animal, and would have salivated at seeing Young lined up under center. Young ain’t his dude. He better ball out, quickly.

NY sports media is going to be glorious when BB takes his first checkout day.

Burns playing like a bum all last season tanked his trade value and contract. If he shows out and plays like an animal all season, we get at least a first and he might have gotten the money he wanted. Instead, he showed the league he’s all about the business decision. Sounds like a GM killer to me. Morgan would have taken a Burger King Italian chicken sandwich (bring it back, BK) to get him gone.

If Bryce starts giving games away on the regular and Canales leaves him in… team malaise sets in… 2-3 wins, only because our goal is run the rock and stop the run… and games are still won in the NFL that way. 5-6, but only if Bryce displays traits of an NFL qb.

Once Burns was full engaged by any O lineman, it was usually a wrap after that. He never just straight bullied people and was easily handled. Brown and Luvu were our chance at not letting run go for 7+. I sincerely hope the attitude is there so it changes for the better this year

Can elite level players truly be ruined psychologically, or is that just an excuse people throw around for a top pick dude that never pans out? Next to Cam, CMC took the biggest beating ever seen by a panthers player. He’s doing ok, I guess. DJ Moore, Mr 1000 yards? My point being, Elite players rise to the occasion regardless of the circumstances. I think Bryce needs to give the panthers a fair shot.

You cut bait on quitters. Quitters never win. Morgan was a DAWG. Bro still stares holes in people. He knows what he wants, and it damn sure wasn’t Burns. Bryce needs to watch his back. Aw shucks, good game, we’ll get em next time… No pampering this kid. No kid gloves. No worrying about self esteem. Push him to be better and expect better. The team can’t see a double standard. With every fiber of my being I hope Tepper has realized that a football team needs football players.

I keep doing that. Thank you for correcting and furthering my point.

Since I’ve been paying attention to Panthers football (started inn2092 season), they have NEVER been able to develop talent. They either draft HOF’ers/fringe HOF’ers, or people that are out of the nfl in 3 years. Rarely in between. FAs 99% of the time come to Charlotte to grab a check and retire. Good FAs: Greg, Norwell, Proehl and Luvu. I’m sure there’s more, but the list is short. 2003 was lightning in a freaking bottle. Jake that year was a really good qb, and the absolute perfect pairing with a developing Smitty, but that season doesn’t happen without 89, Peppers and Morgan. Same with 2005. 2015. Men among men… Seasons that we don’t draft a HOFer on both sides of the ball, are either duds or barely .500, we’ll get em next year. Marty at least knew a blue chip player when he saw one. It’s been the only hope we’ve had for a good season for 20 years.

I don’t think Burns was the commodity he thought he was. Every GM in the league saw his unwillingness to play the run and that he quit on his team. He’s not going to like NY income taxes.

Your star DE is supposed to ice away at least 1 game a season. It’s their purpose and what they do. They murder the opposing team’s comeback drive. Bosa. Garrett. 1st and 10 turns in to 2nd and 10. 2nd and 10 turns in to 3rd and 13 off of a failed screen that he blew the f up. 3rd and 13 gets the bull rush, pro bowl LT on his arse, apologizing to his QB and team. wrap. Yes, there aren’t many in the league, but if you want to be paid like one, you better play like one. I actually miss Ginn. All effort. All about the team. Knew his role, and was a guy you had to game plan for. If he was having a good hands day, it was beautiful. Every play, it would be, look for Ted, he’s probably open.

And it’s not even like the moves were all that complicated. Take the franchise changing king’s ransom for Burns, roll another year with Sam, Foreman and Chuba. Put Wilks on a 1 year prove it deal. Keep DJ. Keep CMC (maybe), or at the very least hold out for a better deal. Winning 8 games is not a crime. Picking 12th and having 2 more first rounders and an extra second? Bro, you could deal with anyone to get your guy, if he’s there. Find someone to replace Wilks, but he showed that he could at least win a game in the nfl. Build some sort of winning culture, attitude and identity. Put your fans in the stadium. Over the ensuing 2 to 3 seasons, draft smart offensive (especially line) pieces to fit a style that wins consistently in the modern NFL, and take the next step. Attract good coaches. Don’t make dumb desperation moves, or you end up being the worst organization in pro sports. Fitt and T thought they could just flip a switch and out move the other 31 teams.

Bye, Felicia. Burns was only ever out for Burns. The impact player that never was. not taking 2 firsts was franchise changing.

Everyone on the team better have Aug 15th highlighted on the calendar. They, along with the entire fanbase got straight punked last season. Nothing but propaganda hype. I want to see reports of how it looked like the panthers took it too seriously.

New coach, new GM. They are free to move on from anyone, theoretically, Bryce and Ickey, including. Now Jerry had his guys that were untouchable, only those (SS89, Thomas Davis) were ballers. Hopefully T realizes how badly he just got scammed with Bryce. My hope is enough narrative is built that moving on from Bryce just ‘works itself out naturally’ — Bob from Office Space. Dave being in his videos gives himself just enough exposure for the recognition he desperately wants.

Propaganda film trying to sell ‘change.’ Look at his history and personality up to this point. Does ANYONE really believe this isn’t HEAVILY slanted, with every second getting his blessing. I want to believe, but I’ve been abused and lied to for 5 straight years. Things may very well be going in the right direction, but I have to see it before I believe anything they (he) say. With select clips, BTK and Ted Bundy could be made out as saints. An edited video can say anything you want it to say.

T’s rep is that he is behind every decision personnel wise. This is a propaganda film. Does anyone really think T would ever approve a film portraying him in any negative way? T has made the Panthers the laughing stock of all professional sports, in just a few years. The time for talk is over. You are what you are until you aren’t.

I’ve been a fan since 2002. I’ve loved it, until the Tepper Trainwreck piled up in what was a cool football stadium. Since then, it’s been nothing but a huge F you to players and fans. Buh bye grass. Spartanburg. Wilks…. Winning. Pretty much anything that was popular or worked, GONE. Turn down 2 firsts for Burns? Who the hell turns that down?!!? Give away DJ Moore. Christian. Gave the Bears the #1 overall pick in exchange for a kid that needs an all pro surrounding cast. Throws a drink on fans. Complete whiff drafts. It has to be a hit job. Has to be, and it’s coming together as drawn up. Tepper bought a stadium with an NFL team thrown in to sweeten the deal. His real desire is making $$ on events with the stadium. The Panthers are taking up valuable event time on Sundays.

Extending a guy that has something to prove will then give him little reason to then prove anything. Didn’t anyone learn anything from Robbie Anderson? This team needs to stop it with the desperation moves.