MHS831

Call me crazy, but I really like those Dr. Pepper commercials.

Just got off the phone with my brother-in-law, a chiropractor in Columbus and Ohio State graduate. The Michigan loss proves they cheated last year (signal stealing). He might be biased, but he might be right.

You are right--they got the Rams second rounder. Pull against the Rams for 2025

QB was supposed to be this draft's weakness, but by the end of the season, It could be deep. That is good for us because I think we are missing a second round pick, so we can't move up easily if we were to need a QB. Ewers, Beck, Sanders are possibly top 5 picks, but there are about 5 more who could join them in the top 10 by the end of the season.

since you brought it up, Bryce Young sucks!!! Tepper sucks!!!! The Topcats.... (just kidding--pulling for him)

THIS MEANS "YES!!!!!"

Ask the Old Guy: Richie from Richfield: Dear Old guy, Why are you so smart and good looking? Do you think the Panthers will punt much this year? Old Guy: Dear Richie, a real person I do not know, by the way. Thanks. I have information that may disappoint you, but the Panthers will punt this year, several times a game. I can do without.

Our third and fourth rounders could prove to be the strength of this draft. Hope not-but if our first two picks reach their potential, it could be the first layer of the foundation. And the best running back in college football--of course, if you defend the 3 WRs and focus on Brooks, his success could have been because he was not the first, second, third, or fourth concern. We shall see.

"New Norm" is oxymoronic.

I think Moton is a safe bet for a front-loaded, mostly guaranteed 4-year extension beginning in 2025. They have to get him down in the $25m range, and I think he would accept the security and longer term--who knows? Agents gotta agent, but if you compare his stats to peers, he is not pro bowling-he is an above average RT.

So you get better right before the season--no OTAs, no camp, no preseason. Didn't Brett Favre do that with the Jets and Vikings? Nice to have you back.

I am really interested to see how they use XL. I am nervous about this pick....We still will eventually get RB Brooks, OLB Wonnum, and CB Jackson back one day. I also think that TE Sanders will be the starting TE very soon (of course he will until Ian Thomas and Tommy Tremble return....I guessed that BC would be backing up Moton on the right side, however, it looks as though he is the backup center. Curious, because Raym looked pretty good in preseason. I have a feeling that situation is fluid....I think Horn and the Dane and Mike Jackson are safe as outside CBs. Hill and Smith-Wade (I am not sure where Smith-Wade will end up) are manning the nickel position. I think they need a fourth outside CB and a big nickel, so at least two of the the three acquired CBs have a shot at a long-term roster spot. The bottom of the roster is going to be fluid, and week 4 we will see a lot of movement. In my view, the bottom of the roster is how you start the turnaround process. We are playing for 2025, in my mind. I see 5 wins if this is what we are going with--6 or 7 if XL catches on.

I think they like to have cap room to sign free agents if there are injuries--I dunno. I know we were 4 million over--I understand Moton because he is steady and can play 4 more years pretty easily, but TUTTLE? he did not have a good season last year, but we can hope for a better performance now, I suppose. He is buddies with Brown, so maybe that will rub off.

I doubt he gets $35m and walks. We will spread that $35m over the next 3-4 seasons, keeping his salary around $30m, is my guess.

My guess would be BC--but when you are trying to protect the QB at all costs to see what you have, you keep Moton.

I see Moton being an effective RT for another 3-4 years. If you extend him for 2 years, you should be able to cover costs. He is only guaranteed (through 2025) what he has already been paid in signing bonus. So in terms of new guaranteed money with the Panthers, that number is only $3m starting this year, $0 next year. I think we could drop his salary to $22m and guarantee most of it through 2027, when he is 33-34 years old. That would increase his guaranteed money from $3m to about $40m, add 2 years, and save the Panthers about $8m per for 2024 and 2025. I normally do not get into the tall grass with money etc. because I do not know enough about it, but this seems like an offer a 30-year might consider, especially if he wants more security and to retire a Panther. Why Moton? He is pretty dependable and you can count on his professionalism and consistency--like Ryan Kalil when we kept reworking his deal

CAREER OVER.

Agreed and that was my point-I was saying that we are not adding an Edge via trade this season-that DE from Charlotte who plays for Tennessee--Pearce.

why are they predicting 16 game seasons? (PFF guy in video says 6-11, the TB guy picked 3-13--duh.)

I think we should sit tight--this is year one of a two year rebuild, imo. Barno and Wonnum are returning, and DJ and Leota have shown improvement. DE is a tough position to learn in the NFL, and our history with some of our best Edge players tells us that year 3 is often when the light comes on--Charles Johnson, Greg Hardy, Mike Rucker. MIke Rucker (second round pick) had 5.5 sacks during his first 2 years. Year 3? 9 sacks. Year 4? 12.5 sacks. Year 5? 10 sacks. Charles Johnson (third round pick) only appeared in 3 games his first season, so we are not counting it. His first two full seasons were not bad, but not good. CJ had 10 sacks in his first two full seasons. After that he had 52.5 sacks over the next 5 seasons. ( 11.5, 9, 12.5, 11, and 8.5.) Greg Hardy (6th round pick) had 3 sacks as a rookie and 4 sacks as a sophomore. Year 3? 11 sacks. Year 4? 15 sacks. Amare Barno is entering year 3. So far, he has 2 sacks over 24 games. He needs to step up--I hate that he was injured because he has tools. DJ Wonnum has 2, 8-sack seasons (4 total--8 sacks in 2023). Jadeveon Clowney did about as well in Baltimore (9.5 sacks in 2023). DJ Johnson and Eku Leota are developmental players in year 2. Neither has sacked the QB. We simply need a good year out of Clowney, Wonnum needs to have another 8-sack season and either DJ Johnson or Amare Barno needs to step up in a big way. Just one of them--and both are elite athletes with good size. Not ideal, I get it. But Edge rushers are difficult to find, and we are not getting one in a trade. I did not mention the Sheriff. Stranger things...

Help me out here--So Tremble thinks he is good to go today, but maybe they have decided to give him a week. We have Sanders and Matthews who can play this weekend, and we sign a guy from another PS (Swinson) and put him on the active roster. Tremble returns week 2 and Thomas returns week 4. We really don't need the new TE after week 1. This new TE does not know the offense--how effective can he be week 1? Furthermore, we have Phillipe Franks on the PS and he probably knows the offense. What do we do with Swinson after week 1?

I don't know where they are getting the cap room, but I have not looked at it. I am guessing Moton is getting restructured?

Cutting Tremble saves $3m. Thomas has no savings if cut.

he was reading the back of the Pop Tart box.