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For some reason my old browser and the quote button are not getting along. Regarding the mediocre I guess it depends of your definition of that word. The biggest issue we had offensively IMO is we had no means of breaking the lock on the running game through the air. When they clamped that running game down we were cooked. I don’t know what mediocre QB overcomes that. Maybe that is the difference between mediocre and largely impotent. Maybe mediocre gets it done sometimes just not all the time.

Back and everything else. But even in his big games he needed a breather. Cramping up maybe. I don’t think he is a bell cow back. Just a nice piece to have in your backfield that can hit the hole quick and be through it.

Oh, no doubt they have their tar and feathers all ready for Simms. His mocking of them was funny as hell Top ten! I mean Simms himself was a mediocre QB, he knows what throws are cake and what is hard. Even a mediocre NFL starting QB is a hell of a QB in the big scheme of things. Bryce has achieved a lot. Over achieved. I don’t think he gets over the NFL reality wall.

I thought I had a very mild flu once. The next time it wasn’t so mild. The time after that I thought I would die. The time after that I wanted to die, anything to just make it stop. It is rough stuff.

The really fuged up thing about it a lot of fans saw it before the Panthers did. If they even do see it now, after three full years. I have to suspend belief or disbelief - however you say it - to imagine any professions could not see it. But I repeat myself, same as he repeats his bail and roll right plan. You know what I will say just like you know what he will do.

I think it was a pretty honest assessment. Negative overall, but acknowledged some positives. I hope he is right about what he said he heard. Or didn’t hear. 31 is where he ranks him? Lololol. Poor Stans

It’s only complicated if you plan to throw the rookie into the fire. If you want to sit him, which I would, you are set up to do it. Bryce can fulfill the terms of his contract and we don’t pay 26.5 million him not to play for us, like dumb asses. And he can put another year of marginal growth on his resume, along with demonstrating professionalism.

Boy that’s the truth. And just going to Rico last year his PFF scores were low IMO for the huge production. Then I rewatched - plus some all 22 - and there were huge holes for him to run through. When the holes weren’t there guess who didn’t run all that far?

I like the reclamation project approach. Not sure the failure rate is any worse than a 1st round rookie. Actually I like the throw the kitchen sink at it Reclamation, drafting, take every shot you have. Short of that ridiculousness of mortgaging your future for a serious long shot like Bryce. Also, man up. Pro up. If you are a QB in that situation, a lame duck on your way out, the best thing you can do is be 100% the same as you were when things were the man. People will be watching.

That’s what I was afraid of. I know more than I should about that. Getting off that stuff is horrible, I hope he can come out of it okay.

Addiction? What?

This could depend on who we take at QB. I am not opposed to the guy sitting his entire rookie year. I doubt we will be picking one or even top five. Bryce gets his FA status after an audition year starting for us and the new guy learned the system.

I like this. Hardball. Under contract is under contract. Not under contract only if I am the starter.

I may be way off base, let’s include this in that questions thread, but with the way the offensive staff turned on each other in 2023 I am happy to see anyone involved, gone. I had a bad feeling about Caldwell over it.

All that being the case or maybe being the case, we do not know Wharton’s timetable n the first place. They are being coy about it. Or maybe not. They say week to week the board says he is terminal lol and must be replaced. Who knows? It may or may not warrant a fairly drastic solution. Walker is a bargain and we are not well stocked at OL despite recent investments. Freeling has yet to have a single padded practice. Too much speculation driving this plan IMO.

I was frustrated with the unwillingness to run behind Icky and Lewis myself. Icky can run block a little.

Chuba too right? But somehow the general point that he has been an asset pit stands.

Since we had people actually pushing that poo in 2023 I will get on board with that. We should never forget that the people lobbying for him, started there. Playoffs are in sight now. Even this year (2023). Point guard. Makes everyone better. We don’t need to have a ton invested in WRs because he can make up for it. I am not sure what they are reduced to now exactly. Weapons something something. He is improving. I just don’t know what they are thinking. I sure don’t hear point guard and makes WRs better anymore. Playoffs I guess. Thanks to Atlanta.

If they are part of the 1st round TE/WR lobby, glad I didn’t watch it. I just get irritated with it.

An optimist might say that the non contact failure of the repair means it was a shitty repair job. And that one done right will hold up. I wish I were an optimist. I can get to how they might see it, but can’t believe it for myself.

That is true (but it took them until year 4 to act). And it does support my contention that finding competition shouldn’t be very hard. I am not as vehemently anti Pickett as a lot of people are. I think he is about interchangeable with Bryce’s level of ability.

This gets me to the what question would you like answered zone and I neglected to make an entry about Beyce and Morgan/Canales’ hiring and the terms of the agreement that are not in the contract. The only way this makes sense to me is there is a condition of employment that has Bryce as untouchable for whatever number of years the commitment is. Because why not put some real competition in the mix otherwise? Could they actually believe he is the guy? My many decades of watching NFL ball tell me he is not the guy. And that finding someone to beat him out wouldn’t be a real hard job.

Brooks has a lot of talent. I doubt it is going disappear because he hasn’t gotten the reps. It depends on how close he comes back to pre injury form. And can he hold up. Of course everyone improves with experience and he is no different.

And you believe he could take a team to the Super Bowl because Darnold did, since Bryce measures up to Darnold’s talent level. I guess. Without some seriously freak occurrences - like multiple team plane crashes - I think we are safe from having regrets of that nature.

FYI for all: after the schedule release the Panthers were upgraded to 7.5 over/under win total. I haven’t seen that posted here Still bottom third I think