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PFF NAMES PANTHERS "OFF-SEASON CHAMPIONS" - Hobbit99 - 05-04-2026
It just keeps getting better....
Pro Football Focus has named the Panthers as the "Off-Season Champions". This because they believe the Panthers had an exceptional Free Agency period and an even MORE exceptional Draft.
***As told by Panthers Wire...
https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/panthers/2026/05/04/panthers-offseason-champions-free-agency-draft/89925148007/
Quote:The Carolina Panthers are still a ways away from capturing the first Lombardi Trophy in franchise history. But their work over the past few months, which has earned them a small (and unofficial) "accolade," may help them finally get there.
Pro Football Focus, in a recent Twitter/X post, has tabbed the Panthers as the offseason champions for 2026. The site holds their offseason activity in high regard, giving them an 'A-' grade for free agency and an 'A+' for the NFL draft.
General manager Dan Morgan and his front office began the legwork behind their NFC South title defense by reeling in two of the league's very top free agents—pass rusher Jaelan Phillips and Pro Bowl linebacker Devin Lloyd. Carolina would later add the top left tackle of the open market, Rasheed Walker, on a stunningly team-friendly one-year, $4 million pact.
Their focus on the blindside continued into the draft, where they grabbed Georgia's Monroe Freeling—the top true left tackle prospect—with this year's 19th overall selection. Here's what PFF had to say about their first-round choice:
Quote:Freeling is still a young tackle prospect with untapped potential, but he showed clear signs of improvement as a pass protector from 2024 (65.3 PFF grade) to 2025 (86.1). This provides Carolina with another starting option at left tackle, with Ikem Ekwonu coming off a major late-season injury.
Carolina then scooped up Texas Tech defensive lineman Lee Hunter in the second round, Tennessee wide receiver Chris Brazzell II in the third, Texas A&M cornerback Will Lee III in the fourth, Kansas State center Sam Hecht and Penn State safety Zakee Wheatley in the fifth and Miami of Ohio linebacker Jackson Kuwatch in the seventh.
PFF, with the exception of Kuwatch, marked every Panthers pick as a "steal" based off their big board.
Well.... At least we are not the only ones who think the Panthers did a decent job this spring...!!
RE: PFF NAMES PANTHERS "OFF-SEASON CHAMPIONS" - Ladypanther - 05-04-2026
RE: PFF NAMES PANTHERS "OFF-SEASON CHAMPIONS" - PantherFan007 - 05-05-2026
Dan Morgan & Company's Offseason and Draft moves have been "under the radar" more or less, in my opinion. Overall, I believe Dan improved the Team significantly, and some of these new rookies are going to be day-1 starters. Great to hear someone believes we are "off-season champions", but I want us to be "Regular Season Champions"
RE: PFF NAMES PANTHERS "OFF-SEASON CHAMPIONS" - Firstchance - 05-06-2026
But then we have this:
According to Garrett Podell at CBS Sports, the Panthers currently have the ninth-worst quarterback unit in the league.
Of course just one writers opinion. I personally believe we have made good moves, way overpaid for one, had a decent draft and then I remember, we have Bryce Young, all five foot 9 inches, 165 pounds at QB and my hope slides backwards.
RE: PFF NAMES PANTHERS "OFF-SEASON CHAMPIONS" - PantherFan007 - 05-07-2026
(05-06-2026, 07:08 PM)Firstchance Wrote: But then we have this:
According to Garrett Podell at CBS Sports, the Panthers currently have the ninth-worst quarterback unit in the league.
Of course just one writers opinion. I personally believe we have made good moves, way overpaid for one, had a decent draft and then I remember, we have Bryce Young, all five foot 9 inches, 165 pounds at QB and my hope slides backwards.
Oh come on, bro! He's at LEAST 170 lbs lol
RE: PFF NAMES PANTHERS "OFF-SEASON CHAMPIONS" - Firstchance - 05-07-2026
(05-07-2026, 01:44 PM)PantherFan007 Wrote:Okay 170 plus he has big hands…right?(05-06-2026, 07:08 PM)Firstchance Wrote: But then we have this:
According to Garrett Podell at CBS Sports, the Panthers currently have the ninth-worst quarterback unit in the league.
Of course just one writers opinion. I personally believe we have made good moves, way overpaid for one, had a decent draft and then I remember, we have Bryce Young, all five foot 9 inches, 165 pounds at QB and my hope slides backwards.
Oh come on, bro! He's at LEAST 170 lbs lol
RE: PFF NAMES PANTHERS "OFF-SEASON CHAMPIONS" - Hobbit99 - 05-07-2026
(05-07-2026, 01:44 PM)PantherFan007 Wrote:(05-06-2026, 07:08 PM)Firstchance Wrote: But then we have this:
According to Garrett Podell at CBS Sports, the Panthers currently have the ninth-worst quarterback unit in the league.
Of course just one writers opinion. I personally believe we have made good moves, way overpaid for one, had a decent draft and then I remember, we have Bryce Young, all five foot 9 inches, 165 pounds at QB and my hope slides backwards.
Oh come on, bro! He's at LEAST 170 lbs lol
LOLOL ...
The "truth is stranger than fiction". Oh yeah... I remember the truth before he was drafted. He was 'measured' before the draft and the numbers hovered between 5'9" & 5'10". He played at Alabama around 175-180. I heard him say it. No reporter picked up on it at the time, so it went largely unreported. At the combine he pushed fluids before the weigh-in -- LOTS of fluids. He supposedly got his pre-weigh-in weight up around 200. I don't believe it for a minute. He hasn't put on any visible muscle, so he can't possibly weigh weigh more than a buck eighty as a "playing" weight. So.... 5'9" - 5'10" about 180. That's what he actually plays at...BY is one of the smallest players in the league, and definitely way outside the "norm" for NFL QBs. As of right now -- There are a couple of QBs in the league around that size. Other than BY, Kyler Murray is about 5'10, and the new guy, UDFA Diego Pavia measured 5'9 7/8". Historically, there have been two or three QBs "smaller' than this around 5'7" or so - dating back to the 1920 - 1930 era. May have been one as short as 5'5" - there are few records that document actual size. Diego Pavia is a PERFECT EXAMPLE of how "stats" can be manipulated. While at college his size was "listed" as much as 6'0" - which was a complete fabrication. He also went UNDRAFTED this year.
So -- There is precedent for a QB as short as BY, but very VERY few. If BY should ever get ranked as high as Kyler Murray, I would consider that a win. Just don't think it's gonna happen.