Panthers Blew the Offseason?

[Aussie Tank]

Blew the NFCS wide open 

[Call Me James]

It's BR, but if you look at our predraft commentary here and what eventually happened in the draft his take is fairly logical. Especially with regard to Oline and the uncertainty at the QB position. 

[Daddy_Uncle]

Well I've personally loved our off-season and I'm the only person im worried about

[Zaximus]

It's too early tell but they "could" be right.  If Darnold is who he has been and Fields lights it up in Chicago, our team is going to look real bad.   

The bit about Samuel is goofy.  We couldn't pay him and Robby/Moore and we got a steal at WR in the draft.

[glenwo2]

8 hours ago, Trainwreck said:

Joe Brady positioned himself for a great situation next year in Chicago as the Head Coach. He got Rhule and Fitterer to pass up on Justin Fields and Teven Jenkins. He’s stepping in as a first year HC with a franchise QB and franchise LT. 

Yeah...attempting to Sabotage the Panthers was exactly his plan all along. 

 

Edited May 14, 2021 by glenwo2

[Mr. Scot]

8 hours ago, Trainwreck said:

Joe Brady positioned himself for a great situation next year in Chicago as the Head Coach. He got Rhule and Fitterer to pass up on Justin Fields and Teven Jenkins. He’s stepping in as a first year HC with a franchise QB and franchise LT. 

This is quite possibly your dumbest take yet.

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

Bleacher Report on literally any team that didnt take Justin Fields:

"Horrible draft, horrible off season"

[pantherj]

Personally I'd rather have Darnold and Fields. That way if Darnold flops we have an immediate backup plan, and all it would have cost was passing on Horn. Sure Filed could be a bust as well, but I'd like to roll the dice on him.

If Horn and Fields both pan out to be very good players, then Fields is way more valuable than Horn obviously.

Fit and his scouting staff have seen something in Darnold that makes him clearly the better prospect over Fields. Rhule won't talk about Fields in a negative way to explain what makes Fields a less valuable prospect, but our scouts have seen something.

 

[glenwo2]

5 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

This is quite possibly your dumbest take yet.

And that's saying something considering we've been talking about a Bleacherreport article.     lol.

 

4 hours ago, pantherj said:

Personally I'd rather have Darnold and Fields. That way if Darnold flops we have an immediate backup plan, and all it would have cost was passing on Horn. Sure Filed could be a bust as well, but I'd like to roll the dice on him.

If Horn and Fields both pan out to be very good players, then Fields is way more valuable than Horn obviously.

Fit and his scouting staff have seen something in Darnold that makes him clearly the better prospect over Fields. Rhule won't talk about Fields in a negative way to explain what makes Fields a less valuable prospect, but our scouts have seen something.

 

I think the 3 seasons of experience combined with how Sam was misused in NY attracted them into acquiring Sam.    

They believe they can have Sam come in, learn the playbook, and basically "hit the ground running" so to speak as the Starting QB without too much of a learning curve (ie. Young QB learning how faster the speed of the game in the NFL is)

Edited May 15, 2021 by glenwo2

[iamhubby1]

9 minutes ago, glenwo2 said:

And that's saying something considering we've been talking about a Bleacherreport article.     lol.

 

I think the 3 seasons of experience combined with how Sam was misused in NY attracted them into acquiring Sam.    

They believe they can have Sam come in, learn the playbook, and basically "hit the ground running" so to speak as the Starting QB without too much of a learning curve (ie. Young QB learning how faster the speed of the game in the NFL is)

 

Sam has a leg up on every rookie QB in every conceivable metric. Except learning the playbook.

 

Sam is in a great situation.

 

If he doesn't thrive? It's pretty much on him.

 

HOWEVER...on the flip side. If he does succeed. We are golden.

 

So...win-win

[glenwo2]

1 minute ago, iamhubby1 said:

 

Sam has a leg up on every rookie QB in every conceivable metric. Except learning the playbook.

 

Sam is in a great situation.

 

If he doesn't thrive? It's pretty much on him.

 

HOWEVER...on the flip side. If he does succeed. We are golden.

 

So...win-win

 

Exactly.  And Sam has to realize that this is it.  

He fails HERE, then he's done as a Starting QB in every team's eyes. 

[iamhubby1]

1 minute ago, glenwo2 said:

 

Exactly.  And Sam has to realize that this is it.  

He fails HERE, then he's done as a Starting QB in every team's eyes. 

 

It is a lot like Jameis down in NO. If he does well, he is back in the game. If he fails, he is probably going to need help to get back to starting.

 

Just the nature of the beast. Do well, and you eat. Don't do well...well it ain't pretty.

[glenwo2]

Just now, iamhubby1 said:

 

It is a lot like Jameis down in NO. If he does well, he is back in the game. If he fails, he is probably going to need help to get back to starting.

 

Just the nature of the beast. Do well, and you eat. Don't do well...well it ain't pretty.

Well I don't personally like Winston's chances.   He never really impressed me much.

Sam, on the other hand, has that "It" factor.

All he needs is a supporting cast(which he now has) to use it.

[iamhubby1]

1 minute ago, glenwo2 said:

Well I don't personally like Winston's chances.   He never really impressed me much.

Sam, on the other hand, has that "It" factor.

All he needs is a supporting cast(which he now has) to use it.

 

When Winston came out, he scared me. But every year that fear has subsided just a little bit more. Now? He still scares me, because you never know what you will get. 

 

Now Sam? He scares me as well. Had a roller coaster career at USC, but showed enough talent to get picked at #3. Had an up and down career at NY, but showed enough talent for us to give him a shot.

 

 

It's like Good Jake, we could compete with anybody. Bad Jake? Well, let's not go there.