Brian Burns out of practice, Frank Reich not saying if absence is contract-related

[Ricky Prickles]

10 hours ago, TLGPanthersFan said:

Let him walk. He will never be worth what he thinks he is worth. Which is elite money. 

A part of me feels the same way. He is a very good player but a part of me worries for paying top dollar for him and not getting Bosa like performance but then again we currently have nobody even close to his level on that line which concerns me for a replacement as well. I honestly have no idea what I would do at this point unfortunately.

[onmyown]

Meh, Burns will be completely wasted without anyone to take attention off him. If he has a down game or is taken out by the opposing team, the defense has already lost. Same story with CMC and the offense. And we remember comments that no that we have Young we can focus on defense lol. He has little to no weapons.

Panthers love replying on one player/dimensions all the time for some reason. Signs of a poor franchise. Would be nice to have to competency to get out of that pattern.

[Ricky Prickles]

1 hour ago, RJK said:

Burns is good. Is he two first round picks good? They’re tied to him now for better or worse and they’ll pay him what he wants 

Thats what scares a part of me. He is a good player no doubt but I truly do not believe he is best at his position in the NFL for top pay though. It feels as if we are going to have to pay him as the best in the NFL how this timeline is working out.

[mrcompletely11]

1 hour ago, RJK said:

Burns is good. Is he two first round picks good? They’re tied to him now for better or worse and they’ll pay him what he wants 

Rams vegas o/u 6 wins

 

thats a top 10 pick, cant imagine they are any better next season

 

In short Fitt done fuged up

[Ricky Prickles]

10 minutes ago, onmyown said:

Meh, Burns will be completely wasted without anyone to take attention off him. If he has a down game or is taken out by the opposing team, the defense has already lost. Same story with CMC and the offense. And we remember comments that no that we have Young we can focus on defense lol. He has little to no weapons.

Panthers love replying on one player/dimensions all the time for some reason. Signs of a poor franchise. Would be nice to have to competency to get out of that pattern.

I just wish we could have gotten Bryce Young and still kept DJ Moore. Even though Moore is not tops in the league he was still a proven playmaker when he wanted to be.

[Mage]

42 minutes ago, Ricky Prickles said:

A part of me feels the same way. He is a very good player but a part of me worries for paying top dollar for him and not getting Bosa like performance but then again we currently have nobody even close to his level on that line which concerns me for a replacement as well. I honestly have no idea what I would do at this point unfortunately.

You can't let players walk just because they aren't as good as Nick Bosa.

And Burns likely hasn't even hit his peak yet.

[Ricky Prickles]

2 minutes ago, Mage said:

You can't let players walk just because they aren't as good as Nick Bosa.

And Burns likely hasn't even hit his peak yet.

I realize that but you also cant consistently overpay for each player either. I hope he hasn't hit his peak yet but I also would not hammer out a contract until the off season either to see how this season goes first in this new scheme they have going.

[SmittysLawnGuy]

1 hour ago, onmyown said:

Meh, Burns will be completely wasted without anyone to take attention off him. If he has a down game or is taken out by the opposing team, the defense has already lost. Same story with CMC and the offense. And we remember comments that no that we have Young we can focus on defense lol. He has little to no weapons.

Panthers love replying on one player/dimensions all the time for some reason. Signs of a poor franchise. Would be nice to have to competency to get out of that pattern.

Brown and Houston say

 

 

[KSpan]

2 hours ago, Wundrbread33 said:

People forget this part. 

No one forgets that - everybody else just gets more expensive too, making it an irrelevant point. Setting deals in anticipation of salary cap increases that mag or may not happen should not be a primary strategy.

[csx]

36 minutes ago, KSpan said:

No one forgets that - everybody else just gets more expensive too, making it an irrelevant point. Setting deals in anticipation of salary cap increases that mag or may not happen should not be a primary strategy.

If you don't take the salary cap increases in to account account then you aren't making competitive offers and might as well give up. 

[frankw]

2 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Rams vegas o/u 6 wins

 

thats a top 10 pick, cant imagine they are any better next season

 

In short Fitt done fuged up

The NFC is historically weak. Unless the Rams are ravaged with injuries they will likely be competing for a playoff spot. I'm not high on Fitterer right now either but if we had traded Burns those picks we can't do anything with right now would not make me feel any better. Because the issue is we aren't even drafting all that well either.

[mrcompletely11]

3 minutes ago, frankw said:

The NFC is historically weak. Unless the Rams are ravaged with injuries they will likely be competing for a playoff spot. I'm not high on Fitterer right now either but if we had traded Burns those picks we can't do anything with right now would not make me feel any better. Because the issue is we aren't even drafting all that well either.

Kupp is already hurt and their roster is literally half rookies.  They gonna suck ass this year

[pantherj]

2 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Rams vegas o/u 6 wins

 

thats a top 10 pick, cant imagine they are any better next season

 

In short Fitt done fuged up

Big time. We don't have a roster that can win now, so we're building for the future. Do we really need Burns right now on an expensive contract? No. We have a rookie QB and a weak roster. You trade Burns to the Rams for the picks and plan for the future. Juice up the offense first, then look for a good DE in the future. That's not an "out there" plan, that's the obvious course of action. Instead we're going to do the opposite and sign expensive defensive vets with a Young QB who is still learning. Yikes. But Fitt has never done what I wanted, so it is what it is.

[frankw]

2 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Kupp is already hurt and their roster is literally half rookies.  They gonna suck ass this year

That's your perspective because you want those picks. You knock Fitterer for his decision making but you also want to entrust him with not potentially wasting said picks and locating our replacement for Burns which looking at our drafts the last few years is a tall order honestly bordering on fantasy. Burns or no Burns we need to draft better and people need to stop thinking Fitterer is some mastermind in his own tier amongst his peers.