Andy Dalton to start for Panthers

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(09-16-2024, 07:39 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Not really, the Panthers should be in prime position to select a top QB in next year's draft. And the contract money lost is comparatively small, compared to the days when top picks held their teams up for ransom to be the highest paid players in the league.

Ida know, the Panthers not only missed by not taking CJ Stroud (or really anyone other than Bryce Young) but they traded up and got rid of a buttload of draft capital and they traded McCaffrey and Moore (aka the only two Panthers players any can name) and they also moved on from Baker and Darnold who are showing they are at least guys who can hold down the fort while you build a team.  They blew things up for Bryce Young, specifically. 

A #1 overall pick QB getting the hook after 19 games is pretty nuts, but add in that the team that took him traded up to get him and was a 7 win team with QB play from two busts and an XFL/practice squad guy the year before.  Oof.  David Tepper is a meddlesome owner to trade anyone of note and make a talent bankrupt team onto which he will draft a QB who is like 5'8 and 190lbs.