“We look better”

[jb2288]

5 minutes ago, Jaxel said:

This is what if feels like to me. Just like the Lions when Campbell took over, they started as a joke and then towards the end of the season they became more and more competitive, until they started winning uglier games the next season and now look at them. I feel our team is fighting hard every game and are on the edge of turning that quarter. We need one more solid draft class.

Brooks looked great today, Sanders is legit, Coker is legit, XL is getting there needs to work hard in the offseason, Trevin will be good you can tell game is just starting to slow down for him.
 

yeah we can do this. One more good draft on the defensive side and we’re in it. 

[outlaw4]

This loss hurts. 

But it hurts because this team has given us reasons to care again. In a way, that does count as an improvement, especially considering we've had four close games in a row. Just that we're going to learn some lessons the hard way like with today. 

 

[SCO96]

I’m always disappointed when you lose a game where you outplayed the other team for 75% of the game. The game should have never made it to OT. We get there and still have a chance to win…only to literally fumble the game away.

That said, I’m proud of the team. Carolina showed no signs of quitting despite having significant injuries and fielding one of the least talented rosters in the NFL. Bryce Young is IMPROVING. He looked awful at the start of the season. Now he looks like a legit starter since the benching. Our 2024 rookie class is the best we’ve had in years. Another strong class could put us in position to compete for division title by 2026…and possibly sooner since we play in one of the weakest divisions.

 Bryce has to continue to improve. He’s showing more poise, a willingness to push the ball downfield, and better ball placement. Unfortunately, he can’t consistently throw a fade down the sidelines if his life depended on it. That has got to improve going forward. The defense gets gashed on the game too much in the running game and our pass rush doesn’t seem to show up when we need it most. We got to Mahomes last week 5 times but couldn’t get him on the last drive. Baker was able to put together 2 clutch drives to beat us today down the stretch.

We have a lot of work today, but for the first time in years I feel like the Carolina Panthers are trending up.

 

Edited 5 hours ago by SCO96

[SCO96]

3 minutes ago, jb2288 said:

Brooks looked great today, Sanders is legit, Coker is legit, XL is getting there needs to work hard in the offseason, Trevin will be good you can tell game is just starting to slow down for him.
 

yeah we can do this. One more good draft on the defensive side and we’re in it. 

I may start a thread on this topic to gauge opinions. I agree with you. The defense needs to get better. If we took the best defensive player on the board with every draft pick I don’t think I’d complain at all. 

[Pejorative Miscreant]

I am skeptical of Bryce’s ability each week and fo the past ew weeks he has surprised me. He is doing what he needs to do to keep his job. It needs to continue forward but he seems toe improving each week.  Whether it continues will be enough is a question mark.  He looks confident and appears to be energized. 
Team is losing but it looks like they have played 8 quarters of competitive football with two playoff teams. Sucks that we aren’t winning but the games are enjoyable. 
 

I think Philly might be a buzz saw with some regression from the entire team but still looking forward to it.  

[panthers55]

24 minutes ago, CPantherKing said:

He's showing he's a bottom 10 league starter at this point. There will be rookies better than him next season. A franchise QB wins on drives consistently, leads bad teams to wins against good teams, and can beat top 10 defenses in close games.

The bar is so low.

Bryce Young is a tier below Ryan Fitzpatrick. Do you think he surpasses that level, and how many years will that take?

He went toe to toe with Mahomes one week and outplayed Mayfield the next. Bryce was pretty awful until a few weeks ago but sitting and watching how to play with Dalton in was an eye opener for Bryce. He saw the windows he has to hit, the quick passing to counter a blitz and how to audible calls. Right now today he was a top 10 QB watching other games. How he plays down the road is still up in the air. But you are way off base and living in the past. Catch up to the present.

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

The lions looked like this before they finally broke through 

[TarHeel69]

It drives me up a wall that "fans" can't see Bryce's improvement.  I'm eating crow right now.  This young team has a very bright future.  On a side note,  the Thielen non TD was the absolute worst call  I've seen in the NFL this year.  Absolutely horrible.  The PI on Evans in the first half is a very close second.  Both were pure garbage. 

[Tr3ach]

1 hour ago, hepcat said:

I mean sure, it’s reassuring this team isn’t total ass and isn’t getting blown out every game.

But now we’ve gotten back the “find EVERY possible excruciating way to lose” team and that’s also not a fun team to root for either. Are we ever going to see a winning team again? I genuinely believe the team is cursed. We’ve all seen it so many times that I don’t think it’s just crazy nonsense anymore. Even when this team is “good” they have found ways to rip your heart out. I guess that’s just what being a sports fan is all about but the Panthers are uniquely adept at losing when they’ve exhausted all possible ways to win. 

We've got to keep adding talent to the roster.  Overall we are still near the bottom of the NFL in overall talent and when you have less talent then your margin for error is very small, so it comes off as finding a way to lose.

[frankw]

2 hours ago, countryboi said:

We said we wanted them to be competitive that’s what this looks like

By definition the team as a whole was more competitive. Especially the defense that had been getting a great deal of flack for weeks now.

Playcalling left a lot to be desired though. Especially on 4th down. That was pre Riverboat Ron esque and not where we want to be after hiring an offensive minded head coach.

[rayzor]

2 hours ago, countryboi said:

We said we wanted them to be competitive that’s what this looks like

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[FuFuLamePoo]

2 hours ago, TLGPanthersFan said:

I wish Canales would give someone else a change to call the offense. He playcalling was not good at all...again.

We’ve had, what? 850 or so yards of offense over the past two weeks?

[Donald LaFell]

I listened to the game on the radio and met friend at a sports bar for wings to finish it out. That was a lot more fun than Bryce looking like total poo. 

Not sure what the future holds but the team is competitive at least. The expectations are still low so the losses don’t sting so bad. 

[rayzor]

3 minutes ago, FuFuLamePoo said:

We’ve had, what? 850 or so yards of offense over the past two weeks?

The problem hasn't been the play design or calling or QB play. It's been dropped balls and a struggling defense.

Neither Canales or BY can catch the balls. They're doing everything they can to put players in a situation to get the ball caught and moved down the field. It's on the rest of the players to do their own job.