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This year is no different than any other. We have all of summer to get through before football season. I'd rather spend the time with optimism about the upcoming season. The reality of the fall will let me know if it was misplaced.

On 5/8/2021 at 11:48 AM, Moo Daeng said:

I don't get the impression Moton really wants to be here. 

Where do you get that impression? I haven't seen anything.

The only thing Moton wants is for the Panthers to 

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I've begun to question whether we ever really "pursued Watson heavily".

I don't doubt that Tepper wanted him, and that was the basis for a lot of the speculation we saw ("Tepper will pay any price" and such) but we've learned since from Matt Rhule that Tepper doesn't interfere in the football side of things, something I and others were very happy to hear.

There have been plenty of details available about the search that led up to Darnold. In those stories, the only mention of Watson has been that they were interested but knew that the Texans weren't trading him.

At this point, I think it's very possible that everybody got fired up over something that wasn't really happening.

Media pundits started mocking Fields to us because of reports that "Tepper wants Fields" and we all saw how that turned out.

33 minutes ago, CRA said:

just this offseason we have seen Watson, Wilson and now Rodgers try to flex some power on their franchises.  That's a trend. 

a trend I think Brady likely helped influence.  Yeah, Brady didn't flex to get out....but he took his talents to somewhere that wanted to win right now.  And that team on top of that gave Brady a pretty big say in roster acquisitions. 

All these guys saw the stacked team that TB immediately put around Rodgers and started looking at their organizations and going 'why didn't we do that since you had, you know, me!"

This is the May.

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Greenberg and Golic > Greenberg

I have no issue with this statement. Iconic pairing ended too soon.

3 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

 

1 minute ago, Scott12345 said:

thank goodness for nfl network, didnt have to listen to kipers dribble garbage on espn

I watched ESPN this year because of Greenie hosting. I've been a fan of his for a while. I thought he did a pretty good job.

12 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

My favorite two QB prospects in this draft were Fields and Wilson and both ended up landing in awful spots. We'll see how that pans out. I don't think Nagy will get a chance to fully ruin Fields though. If he doesn't get his poo together he's probably gonna get fired.

I worried Nagy's lack of job security could cause him to throw Justin out there before he's ready. If Justin shows promise even later on in the season, it could save Nagy and Perez's jobs.

6 hours ago, NCBlu said:

Tremble will be a great TE2/FB combo. Still think we start someone else at TE1. Slot WR would be DJ. Moore or the rookies. Slot CB Pride. 

I think people are going to very pleasantly surprised with Dan Arnold. Granted that I only got to see one game (ARI @ PHI) but what I saw was encouraging.

2 hours ago, Shocker said:

I thought the Saints had an extremely mediocre draft.  Happy day.

Could they gave felt Fontenot's absence so quickly?

"The way personnel people see it, a three this year equates to a two next year, then we picked up a four next year, so basically the Same Darnold trade is paid off." - Matt Rhule at the Day 2 press conference

All that maneuvering just so we can say that we got Sam Darnold for 'nothing'.

Former NFL scout

Creed Humphey OC - Would solidify OC where Paradis has struggled.

Spencer Brown OT - I'm intrigued by the size, but may be there in the 3rd.

1 hour ago, TheCasillas said:

yeah but that coaching staff is on the hottest hot seat. Fields will play this year. 

Perez and Nagy have essentially tied themselves to Fields. Their jobs ride on them showing they are developing him. He's got to play and probably will sooner than he should. 

2 minutes ago, NCBlu said:

And how long is old Joe going to be here? Joe gone as so as a team comes calling with a HC gig.

They'll promote Sean Ryan and he'll run the same system.

26 minutes ago, TheWiz said:

Panther fans have no reason to hate Sam Darnold. We ALL want him to do well. We just have no reason to believe that all of a sudden he's going to transform into anything that he hasn't always been. 

The reason to believe is Joe Burrow.

Look at Burrow before Joe Brady got to LSU versus Burrow after Brady got to LSU. I submit that Brady was able to transform Burrow into something he hadn't been.

(I really wanted the Panthers to draft Fields last night, but we didn't. Now, we have to hope that Brady can make Darnold into a great QB. )

6 minutes ago, Fox007 said:

No he wasn't lol. Darnold would be a top 3 pick in this draft nd they have gone over this already many times lol.

But he wasn't. You don't know what Fields or Lance or Jones or Wilson will look at the pro level. You've got three years of pro tape on Darnold. It was , to be generous, not great. And you're going to have to pay Darnold much more next year than you would any rookie out of this class.

1 minute ago, amcoolio said:

Nah. Won't be able to throw in the NFL. A smaller Cam with the arm issue already

Let's talk in 2023.

We'll regret passing on Fields.

3 minutes ago, jayboogieman said:

That doesn't make a lot of sense. Why would GB trade their pick in the first place? They could just demand Jimmy as part of the package and whatever else they can get instead.

This scenario doesn't have GB trading their pick at all. They get #3 and #15. My thinking is GB wants to turn the QB position over the Love so they'd have no interest in JimmyG. NE does have an interest in JimmyG (though as Proudiddy points out its fair to ask if JimmyG would be worth a 1st rounder to NE). If SF acquires NE's pick for JimmyG it gives them a better offer to make to GB.