LinvilleGorge

Same thing we're all doing. Talking about football and hoping we get better.

It's why I haven't watch much Panthers football in the past 5-6 weeks.

I would expect someone who would make a great DC to at very least make sure we had a safety over top of Evans at all times after he'd already torched us deep twice. Honestly, the D got worse after Snow was fired, quit, or whatever.

Winning meaningless games does nothing but hurt your ability to improve in the future. It's the downside of pro sports fandom. There's comes a point in bad seasons where losing literally becomes in your best interest. The fun thing about college sports is that there's never any competitive advantage to losing. You can always guilt free root to win. That's not the case in pro sports. Moral victories don't matter. They don't exist. You are what your record says you are. You're better off with higher draft picks than wins that don't contribute to a playoff appearance.

Can they keep him there? It's already a poo hole. He can't fug it up any worse.

Meh, why does it matter? He and his team can't control that. He's just trying to focus on what he can control. Nothing wrong with that.

Tepper has absolute zero good will equity to spend, but if he has any he'd be well served to spend it on announcing Wilks will not be retained to gut the team going into the final game to secure that L. But the guy is almost universally hated by the fanbase already.

It is for top 10 IOL picks. They're not common. Quentin Nelson is the only IOL drafted in the top 10 since and while he's certainly great, how has that worked out for the Colts as a team?

Linemen picks used to be pretty much guaranteed. Far from it these days. Plenty of 1st round OL busts. Hell, two of the more recently drafted top 10 IOL both were drafted in the same year and both busted. Johnathan Cooper and Chance Warmack. #7 and #10 overall. Busts.

Do you know who you're taking to? I've been focused on the draft since before Halloween.

Yeah, I think if we called the Rams asking if that deal was still on the tables they'd laugh and be like nah, we sobered up since then.

I like Burns. But I admit that not taking those picks was a mistake. I don't think he's worth paying like one of the best pass rushers on the league and that's what we'll be faced with doing.

All the best young QBs currently in the league had warts. Herbert played in a one read offense and wasn't trusted to throw in clutch situations. Allen couldn't hit the broadside of a barn. Mahomes played in a gimmick offense that inflates stats. Burrow was old and a one year wonder. There's no such thing as knowing for sure how a prospect will turn out.

I agree. We should intentionally harm our ability to compete in the future just for the sake of keeping up appearances. I mean, it's working so well! We're killing it!

Any GM that considers drafting IOL in the top 10 should get fired. With the possible exception of a good team holding that pick due to a prior trade with an obvious need at IOL. But a team that's there because they suck cannot afford to spend a premium pick like that on IOL. That's worse than picking a RB

We've been doing it for years. Winning meaningless late season games once we're out of contention with nothing left to play for but draft positions. Some fans keep telling me these moral victories will help us build for the future, meanwhile we still suck.

Nah, beating N.O. to win a meaningless game that does nothing but cost us draft position would be peak Panthers. That's what we've been doing the past few years.

I'm fine with retaining Darnold for backup money.

If I'm sold on Young or Stroud after thorough evaluation, I'm definitely calling the Bears. But three 1sts and a 3rd? Nah, I'm gonna punt on that. You gotta be convinced you're getting a slam dunk HOFer to make that trade.

I wouldn't make that SF trade.

QB, DE, CB, WR, TE, LB Those are our top 6 IMO. QB is clearly #1, the order of the rest will probably depend heavily on the preferred schemes of the next staff. I'd favor WR and TE to support the new QB.

Ouch. You're not wrong though. And D-Jax has to try to bounce back from an Achilles which is as tough of a recovery process as it gets. It's ended a lot better players than D-Jax. Beason comes to mind.

Henderson is awful. You should never entertain making a move for a player a year removed from being a top 10 pick that a team is willing to part with. That's as big as red flags get. The two recent ones that come to mind are Henderson and Josh Rosen. Yeah, you gotta be absolutely hopeless for a team to cut bait on you a year after making you a top 10 pick. Our CB depth is just flat out bad and D-Jax bouncing back from an Achilles might be a long shot. CB is a big need.

A bit of both. He definitely holds the ball forever and you rarely see him identify something presnap and hit it quick. I'm not saying it's a deal breaker, it's just a legit concern that warrants plenty of scrutiny as teams evaluate him.

That's why I want a QB now. If Maybe and Williams pick up where they left off this year, there's your top 2 picks in the draft. If we're drafting top two then something went badly wrong.