Best and worst PFF grades from Panthers' Week 5 loss to Bears

[Waldo]

8 hours ago, CPF4LIFE said:

TE should be addressed like the guard position. If you can't draft somebody to fix it need to just pay a top tier FA to come here. Screw it. 

I would rather get middle of the pack OGs in free agency and trade for TEs that are underutilized in their current offense. Paying top money to free agents is a bad strategy IMO.

Edited October 8 by Waldo

[PantherChris]

Just gonna give a shout out to ICKEY for all the bashing he is still taking here he's been our second best lineman....

 

[Jay Roosevelt]

3 hours ago, Mage said:

Top tier TEs usually don't hit the market.  TE play league-wide isn't pretty.  Only 2 TEs have over 250 receiving yards this year and one of them, Dallas Goedert, was just on a bye week.  Behind them is Jake Ferguson at 229 yards, and he's also only played 4 games.

TE is just a hard position to hit on.

This. It's why the Greg Olsen trade was one of the best in franchise history.

Having said that, TE is also not a position you generally see players come right out of college and perform at a high level at. Even guys like Kelce, Kittle, Goedert, etc. took time to become impact players.

[fanpanther]

He was a drop away from having an Int during his very short amount of time on the field against total prevent defense.  Not even sure how he registers with such little playing time. 

[AceBoogie]

18 hours ago, BIGH2001 said:

Any list with Bryce Young and “best” in the same category immediately loses all credibility for me. 

The thing about data is that it’s unbiased. He played well in garbage time in minimal stats. Why does that bother you so much? Hmm

[frankw]

4 minutes ago, AceBoogie said:

The thing about data is that it’s unbiased. He played well in garbage time in minimal stats. Why does that bother you so much? Hmm

But we've already seen this. That was the justification for giving him a free pass in the first half of his rookie season. Those losses that were over by the 4th quarter he put together a few decent drives when the opposing D was playing prevent. We obviously know how the rest of that storyline played out. It is completely understandable that anyone would be highly skeptical of more of that now.

[mrcompletely11]

33 minutes ago, AceBoogie said:

The thing about data is that it’s unbiased. He played well in garbage time in minimal stats. Why does that bother you so much? Hmm

Its not a true stat though, even you can (hopefully) see this

[ForJimmy]

XL and Wallace are looking good here. We need to hit on these draft picks. Hopefully Brooks will look good. I’m not too worried about JT because tight ends usually take a couple years… Gives us something to build on plus DB coming back. 

[AceBoogie]

2 hours ago, frankw said:

But we've already seen this. That was the justification for giving him a free pass in the first half of his rookie season. Those losses that were over by the 4th quarter he put together a few decent drives when the opposing D was playing prevent. We obviously know how the rest of that storyline played out. It is completely understandable that anyone would be highly skeptical of more of that now.

Everything that you said don’t change poo about what that isolated data is telling you. 

[AceBoogie]

1 hour ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Its not a true stat though, even you can (hopefully) see this

Yall are the only ones attaching deeper meaning to it or trying to suggest it didn’t happen. It did happen and it doesn’t mean he’s figured anything out. 

[MHS831]

On 10/8/2024 at 8:14 AM, Waldo said:

I'm done expecting projects to be fine. When they are I will celebrate but we have seen a few not make it here. Like I said, I'm happy he is getting the reps he is getting.

I saw something in him during preseason, but that was preseason--I think he has the tools and I assume they will be fine until they prove they aren't.   I get your point, but right now, if we were Chief fans, we'd be saying that about players. Instead, we are waiting for the next bust and injury.

[BIGH2001]

On 10/8/2024 at 5:50 PM, AceBoogie said:

The thing about data is that it’s unbiased. He played well in garbage time in minimal stats. Why does that bother you so much? Hmm

fug off

[Waldo]

7 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

I saw something in him during preseason, but that was preseason--I think he has the tools and I assume they will be fine until they prove they aren't.   I get your point, but right now, if we were Chief fans, we'd be saying that about players. Instead, we are waiting for the next bust and injury.

Pretty much. I think his hype got a little out of control but it's a position we have needed an upgrade at for a while now. Like you said a project in the 4th isn't bad like in the first and second.

[45catfan]

On 10/8/2024 at 7:58 AM, MHS831 said:

A 4th rounder in his 4th game.  He is going to be fine.

Just like Ian Thomas.

I can't scream from the mountain tops loud enough, bang my head against the wall long enough or grit my teeth hard enough any longer. 

FIX FUGG'N TE POSITION!!! And no, taking a dude who "dropped" to the 4th round in a sh*t TE class save the top guy, isn't going to do the trick. 

I'll even take a FA at this point. I wonder if the Raiders would swap Young for Mayer straight up?