Gapanthersfan

Atlanta has a ton of talent and potential to be an up and coming team in a flashy stadium. Good for business. the NFL doesn’t hate ATL. Now if it were us?

Elaborate on that for me

I’m a capitalist at heart, but I have a conscience. It’s not my place to tell people how to spend their money, but being disingenuous, especially when it comes to saying that you’re helping the poor, really pisses me off. Virtue signaling at its lowest point. Build a community center that offers an escape from gangs and drugs, offers after hours counseling and school tutoring. They could even name it after themselves for the recognition they seem to crave. Pay teachers $100 an hour as a side hustle. Make it safe and secure. Have behavioral health services. Hell, have a culinary program to teach people how to actually cook a meal, and not let diabetes inevitably happen. Drug abuse, alcoholism, smoking cessation and gambling addiction treatment. Give people who have given up on life a reason to have pride in something. True philanthropy doesn’t need a photo op.

Ditto, as well as GOOD mental health resources. The 2 go hand in hand. Can’t buy food if you’re broke. Crippling depression and schizophrenia.. a cause and effect of the former… but MH facilities are closing up on the regular and 60 year old “obsolete” primary schools are being torn down for a 30 million dollar school to take its place. Funny how college campuses will have 200 year old buildings and they’re just fine. Where is the after hours tutoring in poor neighborhoods to boost graduation rates and hopefully lead to good careers? It’s all lip service. Want to impress? Build a $30 million MH facility that offers inpatient services, well staffed with GOOD PHYSICIANS, and offer outpatient counseling and medication management. Have it tied in with a career training and GED program. People should donate heavily to food banks directly. I don’t trust foundations. Especially those that are Te**** approved. yeah. Until root causes for hunger are addressed, we’ll keep letting the car leak oil while we wipe up the stains on the driveway. MH is a large portion of my career, and I see what it does to people and families. /diatribe

Why do I feel as if that’s not high at all on the priority list.

This is in no way a rebuild of his lazy footwork. It’s a total greenfield, parts bin, project. Welcome to a bad team, it’s now your job to make it better. He either gets an at least average arm, which last season wasn’t even close, or you cut bait. I really, really, really hope it happens. Modern NFL film study?? Short passing scheme, weak arm, guaranteed pick 6 fest, and the point is inarguable. Like I said in another thread, if past prime Brees, Kamara, Payton and their solid o line couldn’t get there with the short passing game scheme and no deep pass threat, what makes anyone think this team can. There HAS to be the threat of connecting deep, or we will live in 3rd and 8, 47 yd FG, unwatchable football hell.

And you end up with a defense full of 3rd rounders, with the inevitable talent imbalance needed to make it work. Why we deviated from the proven formula I will never understand.

1000%. And if Brees and Payton couldn’t make it work with their beast o line and Kamara, what makes anyone think it can work here. Especially with the level of technology and film study that is now the norm. Not trying to be a downer, but it’s just truth. Teams will figure out schemes and routes by week 4 and there will be 6 points going the other way. Bryce flat out has to get some level of consistent success with 35+, preferably 40+ yard throws. I really, really hope he does.

Bryce either finds a deep ball this year or he doesn’t. His success hinges on that entirely. is there a successful QB currently playing that doesn’t have an accurate deep throw? there are only so many underneath plays in a playbook. if that’s all bro can do, expect a pick 6 record. Defenses are too fast and smart. A devastating run game is going to 1000% have to be the thing that keeps defense honest if Bryce’s deep ball doesn’t improve. The importance of that one attribute can not be overlooked. I so wish people would stop insulting Brees, a top 10 first ballot HOF’er with these stupid Bryce comparisons. Brees could drop a 40 yd DIME on a rollout or from shotgun. I want the Panthers to win. I don’t care who pilots the ship. I don’t really care about any of the individual pieces.

I’ll throw a Marlon Mcree in while I’m at it

All day long, Ricky Prohel. Mr Clutch. Game changing 1st downs. Snagged the game winner against Jacksonville to set the tone on 2003. I can’t remember him ever dropping a pass. His tutelage along with Moose that year is why Steve Smith turned in to what he was. #2 was Ginn. Randy Moss with bad hands. He had to be accounted for on every play. Incredible game speed. It was really cool having a guy who we knew would never be caught from behind. I loved watching the guy play. #3 Greg Hardy. He could have been out Miles Garrett. He had all the tools. Powerful and fast. Bull rush. Spin. Swim. Strong against the run. We destroy Denver in the SB with him on the team. Manning would have been in surgery that night.

To him, getting rejected for someone who does’t look like he even belongs in the NFL… yeah, that one stings. To this day, undisputed, the worst draft flub in the history of the franchise.

If they can achieve the basic tenants of football: run the ball and stop the run and win the turnover battle, then even the biggest deficiencies can be masked. I see the first 2 being a go, the third is TBD. If all 3 are done well, we win 5+ games. We’re not built to come from behind and win.

Tepper knew how undesirable this job was. He wants young energy. He really wants young energy he can push around and he can be able to take the kudos for success. I really hope this works out.

Exactly Correct. Morgan appears to be filling the coffers with some dawgs. My hope is that Canales knows what he’s doing, and knows how to speak dawg himself.

Guys weren’t exactly beating the doors down to coach here. We’ve got nothing to lose with Canales, I guess. It could have been worse. My concern is that Tepper sees a young guy he can push around. I will say that I have been VERY impressed with Morgan, and that probably means more than a good coach when it all goes down

Here’s a screenshot of that last play. I’ll accept that he’s a rookie, but I really hope we don’t see many more picks that really didn’t have to happen.

Dude played every single snap like his life depended on it. Seeing him evolve through the 2003 season was just wonderful.

Completely forgot about him for some strange reason. I stand corrected.

Greg was only second to Kuechly when it came to football IQ. And that’s a close second. Greg was literally everything you could want in a football player. Physical attributes, drive, can’t stand losing and his intelligence. He and Luke were mirror images of each other. Bro played every snap like he had something to prove. I would argue that he was a more complete TE than Crumpler, who is probably the best TE ever in the South. NOBODY liked it when they had to cover Greg. I love this young man’s energy and aspirations. I hope he truly understands the gravity of his statement, and achieves it. Not trying to derail the conversation, but I can’t stinking believe the level of talent we had in 2015. If Greg Hardy hadn’t come unglued and kicked off the team, we go undefeated in 2015 and murder Peyton Manning.

NFC south has been the most difficult division to forecast year in and year out. The Drew Brees lead Saints were the most consistent bet but besides him, you can’t say that for any other team. I know it can be said league wide, but in the South, when they’re hot, they’re HOT, and beat the piss out of the rest of the NFL. 2002 Bucs, 2003 Panthers, Brees led Saints, Brady led Bucs, 2015 Panthers, 2016 Birds, etc. Problem being is it being so hit and miss, and almost always driven by momentum, and history. Panthers do not win in Atlanta. Panthers love going to Tampa Birds hate going to swamp town since 2002, the NFC has been represented 6 times by South teams in the SB, won 3 of them, really should of been all 6 times but that’s another argument.

As has been said, I really need to see us win because of him, not in spite of. My concern is getting fools gold again. We’re going to put so much primo talent around him… will it make him look better than he truly is? Will it look like Bama? I need to see at least 3-4 clutch 3rd and long conversions where he made it happen. The ability to throw in to the middle of the field on a rope. Better deep shot hookups. NFC offensive player of the week sure would be cool too.

Never in 1,000,000. I’m still completely nonplussed as to how he was the pick. Facts: really undersized. Bad deep ball. Weak arm. Bad footwork. Needs elite talent to succeed. Never even threw a ball at the combine. How many more bad signs do you need? But somehow scammed us in to selling the farm. Unreal. Canales is upgrading talent across the board on the offense. He wants DUDES. It SHOULD help Bryce, as well as his eventual replacement. I know where Tepper is going to be stationed most of the time come training camp.

Alls I’m saying, is dude needs to be mic’ed up every game. I can’t wait to hear his trash talk.

Canales is clearly building an NFL offense, not a Bryce offense. They’re giving him a chance and if he can run it, good.