LinvilleGorge

It's crazy they'll throw you in jail for grass because I think I'd be in jail without it.

Yeah, I have no problem acknowdging that Bryce IS playing better. What I want his supporters to understand and what I desperately hope that the Panthers understand is that his margin of error is and always will be incredibly small. For Bryce to deliver acceptable starting QB play he and his supporting cast have to be damn near perfect. That's a big reason why we've scored 13 or fewer points in 7 games this year and we've thrown for fewer than 200 yards in 9 games (and a 10th barely breaking that with 209). He's averaging under 200 passing yards per game. We're 25th in the NFL in passing yardage per game. It is really tough to consistently win in the modern NFL with that type of passing production. It's fun to actually have a winning record in December for the first time in forever but we have to be mindful of how anomalous it is how we've gotten there when it comes to making decisions on the future. Hell, we beat playoff bound GB with Bryce throwing for his statistically worst game of the season with 102 yards, 0 TDs, and an INT. When it comes to contract decisions you can very easily shoot yourself in the foot out of fear of getting worse instead of the courage to try to improve. Looking at the whole, his play is honestly not really approaching mid-level its significantly below average. You can't let overall team performance skew how you judge individual performances when it comes to making decisions on the future.

It's highly likely he has another sub-150 yard game with a couple of turnovers before the end of the season.

It's pretty much always been soccer players at kicker. They usually just find them in HS.

Brandon Aubrey is a complete cheat code at kicker. It's crazy that he was a college soccer player who hadn't kicked footballs at all until he was watching football after he washed out as a professional soccer player and was like "Hell, I can do this better than these guys!" and damn if he wasn't right.

They showed the playoff odds of both teams with a win and a loss. Both teams over 50% chance with a win and it plummets to sub-20% for the Lions and single digits for the Cowboys.

Can't see a wildcard coming out of the NFC South. Division champs or fishing.

Not just expensive but aging. Moton will be 32 next year, Hunt 30, and Lewis 29. It's an OL built to win right now, not built to build around.

When you have a QB who cannot throw the ball unless the pocket is perfect that's what you have to do. I don't think a lot of fans grasp how fuged we would be with Bryce on a franchise QB deal. You can't put the pieces in front of and around Bryce that ge has to have to succeed if you're paying him $50M+ a year. Hell, we struggle to do it with him on a rookie contract and it's forced us to duct tale a defensive roster together.

I've given up on this team ever having a true FS.

Who knows with Lane Kiffin. I honestly wouldn't want to go from college where I have full control and at a program like LSU where I have a major resources advantage and an gobble upbekife recruits to the NFL where I'm going to be reporting to a GM with roster control and a more level playing field.

Yeah and we took Shaq when we had TD and Butler when we had Star and KK. You'll take guys at positions of strength when you think they're by far and away the best talent available but you better be right when you do. Drafting a bust like Butler with a luxury pick at a position of strength is a real kick in the teeth

Figure it out over the last few games.

Draft status follows you. 1st rounders get chance after chance. Mid-rounders often don't. I mean, they get roster chances but not necessarily chances to compete for starting roles, especially at QB. Evidently the Seahawks were interested in Howell in the draft and the guy on the staff primarily responsible for scouting him was their QB coach at the time... Dave Canales. Canales was the Seahawks representative sent to the UNC pro day. https://seahawkswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/seahawks/2022/03/28/seahawks-quarterbacks-coach-unc-sam-howell-pro-day/80280994007/