panthers55

Paying starter money for a backup on our team makes little sense. He may start elsewhere but not here except for injury

If we can limit the guaranteed money upfront and pay out bonuses and incentives based on reaching certain playing milestones we can give him a great contract without too much risk

If he was cheap I would like to see what Canales could do with Fields. If Field could read defenses and throw with good mechanics, he has all the physical talent to be a great starter as well as backup.

One thing Dan keeps saying is they want competition at every position and QB is no exception. Bryce has won his place on the team and to be named starter. But to stay the starter he needs to play at a high level or I hope we bring in other guys to challenge him unless they think Dalton is the guy. At which point I hope they draft a guy like in the third round who drops and at that point is BPA. Or bring in a young guy drafted high earlier who didn't work out and let Canales work his magic.

Pressuring by blitzing can actually help a defense that is young and inexperienced. The secondary doesn't have to cover forever and can allow QB pressure to help with any blown assignments. Plus putting 7 guys on the line instead of 4 that are easily accounted for helps disguise where you are bringing pressure and messes up protections. Evero never varied his coverages to even take advantage of what strengths he did have. This defense gave up more points than any other defense in history and gave up more points in the last 2 minutes of each half than any other team in the league. That is bend until you break prevent defense and it was historically bad. That makes no sense and there is no excuse for it.

I dont doubt he can coach when he has his players for his scheme but honestly I don't like his scheme. I want an aggressive attacking style with press man and blitzing up the run gaps. You can run it with a 3-4 or a 4-3 like LeBeau for Pittsburgh or Jim Johnson style for the Eagles. I hate the bend until you break rush 4 crap Evero used all year. I guess I will cling to the notion that so many injuries made him keep things simple and fail to change or adapt rather than he gave up.

I think you are right. This is to calm down concerns about wholesale changes. Let's see what shakes out when interviews start and lets see if Evero draws interest. I hope he does.

That is a stupid view as well. You clearly didn't watch the game or don't know what you were watching.

While I don't know if he can keep up his recent performances and late heroics but he was huge under pressure over and over today. He put the team on his back and decided the only way to win was to outscore them and score last. What you can't trust was the defense and Bryce took over several times needing a score to regain the lead once again. He was the difference today no question about it.

It is tough to decide who is a top 10 QB since QB rankings are dependent on so many factors. But things like good against pressure, clutch in the 4th quarter, good in the 2 minute drill, manages the game, good TD to Int ratio, etc. tell you more than simple stats like completion percentage or passing yards per game and the like. What I know about Bryce is he is tough and gritty and gives it his all. And he is mentally tough as steel. Will he be the franchise guy. I hope so given what we have invested and his character and resilience. He is the kind if guy you can build around.

But the draft is the best place to get expensive pieces like DEs, left OTs, QBs and top notch middle linebackers. So to have your starting and backup QBs both on rookie contracts would free up a ton of money for free agents to plug in holes. Expand your point of view.....

He wasn't my first pick but his resurrection was amazing and unexpected. To score 44 points against a team fighting for their playoff lives with a bunch of backups was far from promising. It was the best quarterback play by a Panther QB in several years. And to beat the dirty birds at their home in overtime with a walkout TD is the stuff of panther legends. Bryce put the team on his shoulders and decided if we keep scoring we can't lose. I am still on board to draft a QB if a great one is there but Bryce had one of the best QB days from a scoring production point of view as any in franchise history.

The scheme is inconsistent and ineffective. It doesn't matter who is out there. We sucked when we started the year and haven't improved much in points surrendered which is the only defensive Stat that matters. We give up more points in the last 2 minutes of either half than anyone else. That has to be scheme. I want an aggressive attacking defense whether it be 3-4 or 4-3 or some hybrid. Evero's weak zone bend until you break drives me crazy. I for one won't miss him if he goes.

Spot on. When you hire a head coach with zero head coach experience you have to expect issues along the way. He never called plays and head coached before at the same time. It is a learning curve. His job was to fix Bryce and the offense. Both very much works in progress.

Seems we use who is healthy doing what they can do. Sanders has been hurt and Tremble has missed time as well. Which one besides Sanders resembles a receiver? I doubt Canales avoids using the tightends so much as they rarely win their matchups and too often drop the ball. Isn't hard to see why they aren't targeted while a guy like Thielen will be on third down. Adam is open and makes ridiculous catches.