At what point will you start rooting for us to lose for Lawrence?

[MechaZain]

Halftime of this game.

I always want success for this team but Teddy doesn’t seem like that answer for that long term.

[stirs]

2nd half of the season when draft starts coming into view.  Panther fans always start looking at the draft before Thanksgiving, because there are seldom playoffs to look at.

[MGH1989]

14 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

I don't. If it happens it happens. And if it does, it has no guarantee the Panthers will win a Superbowl. What last #1 overall pick won a superbowl with the team that drafted him? 

 

A better outcome from losing would be Hurney getting fired. That may have more of an impact on long term success. 

I’ll never actively root for a loss. I physically  can’t watching the game. Even if I wanted them to lose it would just devolve into me rooting for a win. Having said that, I didn’t have high expectations for this team coming in. For that reason losses aren’t as hard on me as other years. Knowing the potential prize of TL, Fields, or Lance awaits makes it even less difficult to swallow a loss. Basically approaching it how I felt after several weeks in the Jimmy Clausen season.

[Harbingers]

What proof would show this fresh out of college QB could do any better behind this OL?

and we aren’t going to win anything consistently with this Poo Show of defense.

[JawnyBlaze]

Never root for losses unless it’s the last game or two of a lost season and our draft pick is going to be heavily impacted.  I resigned myself to a season bad enough to hope for a pick that can get us a high potential QB as soon as we replaced Cam with Bridgewater.  

[jfra78]

If I actively root for a loss I might as well stop watching all together.  There is no fun watching a game hoping to do poorly.  

[firefox1234]

Same way I handled Clausen's season. Just let nature take its course.

[jfra78]

2 minutes ago, MGH1989 said:

I’ll never actively root for a loss. I physically  can’t watching the game. Even if I wanted them to lose it would just devolve into me rooting for a win. Having said that, I didn’t have high expectations for this team coming in. For that reason losses aren’t as hard on me as other years. Knowing the potential prize of TL, Fields, or Lance awaits makes it even less difficult to swallow a loss. Basically approaching it how I felt after several weeks in the Jimmy Clausen season.

This

[t96]

1 minute ago, MGH1989 said:

I’ll never actively root for a loss. I physically  can’t watching the game. Even if I wanted them to lose it would just devolve into me rooting for a win. Having said that, I didn’t have high expectations for this team coming in. For that reason losses aren’t as hard on me as other years. Knowing the potential prize of TL, Fields, or Lance awaits makes it even less difficult to swallow a loss. Basically approaching it how I felt after several weeks in the Jimmy Clausen season.

Scenario -- Panthers and Redskins are both 1-13 going into our week 16 matchup. Next worst team has 3 wins already and can't pick 1st overall. That game is literally -- loser gets Lawrence, winner gets 2nd overall or even worse. Would you really root for a win in that situation? I'm just not sure I could root for such a meaningless win then when it could mean that we miss out on a generational talent at the most important position...

[Navy_football]

Ideally it would be after the team is mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. 

But I love football too much to ever cheer for my team to lose. 

[mrcompletely11]

I can see the big picture.  Winning anything this year just slows the rebuild. 

[FakePlasticTrees]

This is why I was so against the Bridgewater signing. He is a good backup QB who can win a few games. However, I think his arm talent limitations mean that a Super Bowl is likely never in his future as a starting QB. I think the Panthers are a team with very limited talent and the worse they are this year, the greater their chances to be in a position to draft a potential franchise QB.

Unfortunately, I think Bridgewater is good enough to mean the Panthers win some games they would otherwise lose, which means worse draft picks next year. Sometimes in the NFL you win by losing. I would rather have a 2 win team that a 5 or 6 win team. Time will tell.

[jfra78]

3 minutes ago, t96 said:

Scenario -- Panthers and Redskins are both 1-13 going into our week 16 matchup. Next worst team has 3 wins already and can't pick 1st overall. That game is literally -- loser gets Lawrence, winner gets 2nd overall or even worse. Would you really root for a win in that situation? I'm just not sure I could root for such a meaningless win then when it could mean that we miss out on a generational talent at the most important position...

Problem is the Saints in week 17. If we are tied with anyone for 1st week 17, the Saints will make sure we win. 

Edit nvm I see what your saying

[PantherKyle]

Right now. Can't win a SB without a QB