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Of course not. Back then we all longed for consistency. We just couldn't find a way to put together good seasons but we'd mess around and have good seasons often enough to keep things interesting and give reason for hope. That's a helluva lot better than just being the league's doormat year after year.

Panthers fandom under Tepper summed up perfectly. LOL

And now we know that it was a Panthers problem, not a Baker Mayfield problem.

Just enjoy it. It's funny. That's all we have left as Panthers fans.

Following up on this, it's gonna be interesting if their D continues to dominate or if teams start to adjust after getting more film on them. That DC is in his bag right now getting an amazing shiny new toy to play with on the eve of the season kicking off. He's just gonna be a step ahead of the competition for awhile until they figure out how adding that new chess piece is impacting how he deploys his defense. I think they'll probably tail off a little once more film is out but I still think they're gonna prove to be one of if not the best defense in the league.

There's always going to be mistakes in the draft, it's a crapshoot in a lot of ways. Our problem isn't just bad drafting, though it's a big part of our problem. Don't oversimplify it. It seems like Tepper and his gang of clowns sit around and see if they can come up with new ways to fug up a football organization. We draft bad. We make bad decisions in FA. We give big money to the wrong players in house. We hire bad GMs and coaches. The scouts are either ignored or completely suck. There's not much of anything that we do right. It goes far beyond just the draft.

I mean, there's not much to figure out. The guy can't deal with pressure (either in the form of pass rush or in terms of feeling pressure due to the situation in the game/season) and he can't threaten you deep, especially if he's being pressured. So what do you do? Pressure the hell out of him. Blitz him and focus on taking away the short to medium range throws knowing he can't burn you deep. I just don't think there's any scheming around these deficiencies at the NFL level. I'm not all that high on Canales but I'm not sure any coach could make this offense work. People cling to the success we have when trailing multiple scores while refusing to recognize that the Cardinals stopped doing all the things you should do to throw off Bryce and as soon as the game situation forced them to go back to doing them Bryce went right back to looking like pure trash again.

Me neither. That's why I said my entire issue with Shaq all along really wasn't about Shaq, it was about the outsized resources the Panthers chose to invest in him.

It amazes me that people still fall for Bryce padding stats against prevent defense. He looked like trash to start off the game because the Cardinals were running their game plan. Once up big they started focusing on containment with their rush and soft zone coverage just to avoid giving up chunk plays. Why? I don't know. NFL coaches for the most part are just super conservative and risk averse. Let's stop doing what's working spectacularly because we're scared. As soon as they were forced to abandon the prevent D and go back to playing aggressively Bryce went right back to looking like trash again immediately.

Yeah, a dog that are up cap space to be a poodle. I joke, I'm not trying to poo on Shaq. My issue with Shaq is really just an issue with Panthers decision making because it's solely around the fact that we spent a 1st round pick on a tweener player we planned to play at our position of deepest depth and we then turned around and paid him like a Luke or TD successor when that's just not what he was. He was a check the box starter. A guy that if he's penciled in on the depth chart your not concerned about it but you shouldn't be building a defense around the guy and you definitely shouldn't be playing him like he's an All-Pro.

To be fair, Shaq was a JAG.

I tried to tell people on Moehrig. I tried to tell y'all that he was a safety straight out of the '80s who was basically an undersized LB who can't cover his own shadow. I tried to tell people that Legette was a one year wonder in college bailed out by a super senior year that wouldn't have happened had it not been for COVID who wasn't a natural WR. I tired to tell people that Bryce had no NFL level physical tools and his style of play wouldn't translate to the NFL. I just can't understand how a guy who just casually watches the sport and hasn't actively played it in nearly 30 years can see this stuff when our "professionals" can't. That doesn't make any sense. I get it, every misses in the draft and in FA occasionally. But a lot of our misses are of the "well duh, how did you not see that???" variety and that's just inexcusable.

Good lord, Geno. That's full Bryce. You sucked tonight buddy.