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Sounds like a bump in potential viewers.

Literally crawled into the stands and bawled in momma's arms.

I predict it'll be the primetime game with the lowest TV ratings of the season.

Oh, BTW... UNC back in the rankings at #24 this week. I don't think we deserve it but the "fug the haters" in me loves it.

Mack Brown said today that this Saturday against duke will ABSOLUTELY be Drake Maye's last home game and he'll give him the option of walking on senior night if he wants to, same as he did Howell. So yeah, anyone wondering about whether or not Maye will be in the draft this year there ya go.

The Commanders would laugh in your face for such a suggestion.

Tepper needs to fire himself from the football side of the house. I mean, based on the Rock Hill fiasco probably the business side as well. But definitely the football side.

I can't believe they gave him that contract. He's never been anything but bad or mediocre. Moving from bad to mediocre convinced them that he'd figured it out.

That dude is done. He has the deer in the headlights syndrome.

They're looking into a space for a graveyard for the hopes and dreams of Panthers fans.

This is absolute rock bottom so far. I've thought we had found rock bottom a couple of times but then Tepper breaks out the heavy equipment and breaks through to another level.

Honestly, they really did. They really were in that "one piece away" type scenario.

You just can't recognize that your definition of "intelligent discussion" is "opinions that I agree with".

And that's fine. I just wish you could realize that a lot of the ire you get on here you bring on yourself for not having those same reservations in quickly and condescendingly dismissing the opinions of others.

In that clip of them meeting with Stroud on the practice field you could kinda see it. McCown was very drawn to him while Tepper was kinda just there with the "Alright guys, y'all ready to head out? This was for appearance sake only. We're drafting Bryce Young." energy

Oh sir, I am VERY confident that we won't be drafting #1. The Bears on the other hand...

I really wanted Richardson but also said that interviews could convince me otherwise. I really thought the decision should've been between Stroud and Richardson but convinced myself to be okay with Bryce because I saw the writing on the wall and convinced myself that this very experienced staff wouldn't draft the guy if I was right about him and his talent was truly NFL marginal. Well, fug.

@Mr. Scot I hope you realize that you're about to be absolutely DRAGGED for espousing the very ideas that you have been condescendingly trying to shout down folks for voicing for the past weeks and months.

We've never been lower as a franchise. We are completely terrible. We're well on our way to our what, sixth straight losing season? We are getting worse. We have invested our near to mid-term future on a massive gamble to draft a QB who doesn't look to have the ability to be a high level starter. Our owner continues to make knee jerk desperation moves digging our hole ever deeper. Folks, we're the doormat of the league and look to be stuck there for the foreseeable future.

I'm not gonna go to a Panthers game and boo our players. That's just not a thing that I'm gonna do. But... at the same time, those folks paid their money and invested their time to go see a terrible product so I honestly can't blame them for doing it.

Meanwhile, Brock Purdy is starting to look more and more like Mac Jones with each passing week. Talent matters. Being a "super processor" can only take you so far if you're not physically up to the task. This is why draft evaluations are so difficult and why there are busts and steals every year. There aren't any cheat codes. Every prospect is his own unique individual evaluation. It isn't just a talent thing. It's isn't just an intelligence thing. It isn't just a mentality thing. It's the combination of it all.

Oh, he came in talking a BIG game. We were to bask in the glow of being in the presence of his greatness and needed to acknowledge and give thanks for the bounties he would bestow on us. Well, what about now?

I honestly think Tepper and his "muh analytics" mindset got sold HARD on the S2 test. He thought there was a legit QB evaluation analytical cheat code. Nevermind that this guy has the build and arm of a HS JV QB. He's a super processor. It's one of the few legit reasons I can come up with that Stroud was evidently eliminated from the running very early on in the evaluation process.

There will be very few Panthers fans there. This is one of the games where PSL holders are actually going to be able to get good return on their "investment". PSL holders have taken plenty of heat in the past for selling to opposing fans but I'm gonna be honest, I won't blame them not one bit when Cowboys fans overrun BOA that day. If I was in their shoes I would 100% sell those tickets.

I'm gonna be honest, Bryce Young is one of those Heisman winners that typically historically got drafted in the mid-laye rounds after the NFL evaluates him and determines that he just doesn't have the necessary tools to translate to the NFL but a team takes a flyer on him on the long odds that he can still somehow translate that magic. If Bryce Young played at Wake Forest he's a UDFA.