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Toe injury that will most likely require surgery

It also showed the importance of good TEs Panthers don’t have one of those either Kelce dropping passes and Gronk catching but both were targeted often

I may not live long enough to see the Panthers be relevant again this whole business with the QB situation is depressing I just feel like the Panthers had zero plan for the most important position on the field and they swung for the fences with bridgewater and got mediocre the handling of Newton. Then bridgewater and now what seems like desperation to find somebody, anybody other than who that same brain trust brought in yes I know there is new gM but same HC and OC who brought us Bridgewater is this what a good franchise does? this upcoming draft is the most important draft in franchise history.

Too many oline injuries and too many distractions with Reid’s family then the kc receivers are not making plays...being out muscled then, there is the curse of mike remmers. How is he even in the Nfl still panthers haveva long way to cime close to Tampa or the other Nfl south teams

Some names that probably aren’t as known ...in case the Gzm does trade back https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/gallery/panthers-2021-nfl-draft-sleeper-prospects/

Big Ben comes to mind

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2021-nfl-mock-draft-micah-parsons-falls-to-new-england-saints-grab-mac-jones-to-replace-drew-brees/ panthers draft Trey mack Jones to Saints

You and Zack have done a tremendous job giving fans a place to vent and share knowledge and meet players thank you

I have a lot of empathy for people less fortunate and lucky than I have been. athletes, are a different story. Met enough to not buy in to their pathos I applaud those who use their platforms for good even if they do it for not necessarily for noble reasons (publicity or a tax break) or because they really are trying to make a difference they are still human but a few of them, of their transgressions are the very worst of our society I appreciate their athletic gifts and their ability to maximize them but that’s it just like the comment about the locker room...please...it’s a job...at my job, I had to be teammates with people and produce. Spent 60 to 80 hrs a week with them. Sometimes more. It didn’t mean we were bosom buddies or I wanted to see them after the assignment was done If anything, I didn’t want to be around people who lived and breathed work. to be frank , when I read Bennett’s stream of consciousness statements, i wanted to say ‘for fug sake, grow up’. Life is hard and sometimes disappointing. Just put your big boy pants on and shut up

Exactly Rhule acts like he walked into the office one day and was told this is his quarterback if he is as brilliant as he thinks he is, he should have seen Teddy on tape to know what he had before agreeing to bring him in.

Yep. It’s why I retired. Too many sleepless nights of having to layoff great workers and their only sin was being a US resource I was told who was going and I had to do it or I would go as well. They didn’t care about the person, the client ratings, the skills, the need for those skills to grow the business It physically, spiritually made me sick and mentally exhausted me I could not even thank them...had to read a prepared script as if they were nothing

Quite frankly, that was my first thought with all of the coaching departures after year one Years at my Corp IT job, I managed people and was managed. Lot of yelling and screaming by Execs who had been taught better. By and large, they all failed the most successful Exec VP, I and others worked for, was a very very smart and kind five foot tall woman. Direct in her ‘asks’ and her expectations and she never raised her voice. I had hardened engineers working very late at night for her without being asked because they knew she had integrity and was trying to make things better. Morale and productivity was very high. When she retired, people cried There is ‘no crying’ in corporate America but true leaders were few We knew with her retirement it was back to Dilbert. I share this story because yelling and threats only work for a little while. I doubt Andy Reid is much of a yeller. I don’t know about Rhule. Time will tell. I hope for my season tickets he is successful

No one makes anyone do anything he made more money in one year than most on this forum make in 10 there are plenty of people working two jobs and trying to keep food on the table and the heat on and medical bills paid people in food lines in America for god’s sake he had a gift. He had an opportunity. He was paid well for it. What he did with it was up to him. He could have left at any time I do not feel sorry for athletes I feel sorry for men like my grandfather who grew up during the depression, drafted in WWII and had back injury and surgery back then made it worse but he got up and went to work everyday to provide for his family until the stress of that injury killed him at 62. He had no choices Martellus had many

And Lawerence didn’t ? a lot of people say these things and truthfully I watch college football on Saturdays, most receivers are open by a lot more than the Nfl I stopped watching college for a long time because they simply had no defense most college defenses are not that great..they simply aren’t

Good share it’s funny, the knock on this kid is competition and small school i had to watch Zack Wilson in every game as my SO is a BYU alum its not like BYU’s competition were world class either. More like a D1 team playing D2 give me the choice and would take Lance of size, accuracy potential but not to worry, knowing the Panthers ability to screw up, they will probably trade and pickup Sam Darnold. I don’t think they have any idea what they need. If they did, Bridgewater wouldn’t be here while he is more accurate and a bit smaller he reminds me of Cam with his athleticism and you can’t teach that

Rhule said the same thing about Jones he also said the same thing about Bridgewater he says a lot of things

Well Simms did play the position in the NFL so there is that I didnt want Stafford and I don’t want Watson either. Costs too much one thing about Rhule and this new GM, they sure do talk a lot probably not a good idea in poker or in the world of NFL personnel The desperation is apparent Who knows...maybe it’s the world’s greatest smoke screen

Yep and I particularly loved Rhule who talked about ‘building a culture’ to justify the win and then bringing in Dwayne Haskins it is mind boggling Rhule would do that and even Haskins turned him down I mean talk about a ‘winning culture’ that game meant nothing. He could have started some fringe players to see if they were worth a roster spot but hey. Winning culture I want to like Matt Rhule but I just don’t think he is ready for the big time and while bridgewater is inadequate, it’s not like he dropped from the sky. Rhule agreed to him being here his coaching decisions cost a few games too. Best see improvement thus year, with it without Teddy

It came from PFT today with Florio and Chris Simms. Simms quoted a close associate/friend of Stafford’s who says Stafford stated he didn’t want to come to Carolina

Yep. If the snip of the clip pops up today I’ll share it I think it is far better for the Panthers to draft their own QBs and groom him their way anyway as I’m not sure how veterans view their career with a staff that has done nothing Just fact not criticism

appreciate the effort however No need to convince me about Breet or anyone else as I didn’t say it chris Simms said directly that he had a close contact connection with Stafford who said ‘Stafford didn’t want to come to Carolina ‘

Just repeating what was clearly said by Simms on that show and he was direct i said previously it takes two to tango and I’m not sure the Panthers are currently a place that free agents want to be Given the panthers record with free agent, not sure that’s a bad thing too how players are treated matters in essence two Panthers QBs have not exactly been handled very gracefully by the org

No he stated not New England first and then when the Panthers approached, stafford said ‘no’ er the TV report so their were two NE and Carolina per Simms contact

Just quoting what was said. simms implied they would rather live in LA among other things

Report just now on Pro Football talk on TV hosted by Mike Florio and Chris Simms Simms just stated on the show that per a reliable inside source that: 1. Stafford did not want to come to Carolina and the 2 Panthers did offer Lions the number 8 pick which of course was higher than the Rams this year