Lessons Not Learned

This organization is lost and soulless. It starts at the very top with a buffoon owner who always gets in the way, dictating schemes simply because that’s what Pittsburgh runs. The coaching staff is either too green or too incompetent to push back. Dave Canales looks terrified to open things up offensively. The Panthers refuse to attack downfield either out of fear an interception would crush Bryce Young, or, more likely, because their quarterback doesn’t have the physical tools to do it. On defense, it’s the same old failure: a three-man front that can’t stop the run and a passive secondary that shows no aggression.

With every passing game, the Bryce Young trade looks worse. All that draft capital for a quarterback who can’t elevate a team, but instead needs an all-star cast just to function. That’s not what you sell the future for, and it’s becoming harder to justify with each uninspired performance.

It’s never too early to talk about the draft. Canales and Young are dead men walking in Charlotte. Everyone knows it, and now it’s just a matter of time. It’s over, and there is no saving it. As someone pointed out to me, a normal organization could've been rebuilt three times since 2017. But the Panthers have a buffoon at the top.