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Hello CSR! Welcome to Brian Answers, your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! This week got a bit overtaken by movie talk, which is honestly fine with me. We’re at the point in the off-season where all we can do is speculate on OTA reps and depth charts, so sometimes its great to take a break and just have a conversation in the community. And like I always say, this is YOUR place to ask your questions, whether they be Panthers related, football related, or even completely off topic. I feel we really captured the essence of what this column is supposed to be this week. So read on for my answers to all your questions!
@WTMealey: You’ve injected DM the GM with truth serum and you can ask him 3 questions. He will disclose all the details without the coachspeak/GMspeak. What do you ask him?
Good_Ol_Boy: Which of Kevin Costner’s many sports-related movies do you like best?
I think these are easy ones, but Field of Dreams and For the Love of the Game are personal favorites. One that popped up in the comments was Draft Day. I have to be honest; I HATED that movie. It was super unrealistic as far as the trades that happened. They may have nailed the draft room scenes as far as authenticity, but I don’t see any way in reality that the big trade to get his picks back would EVER happen in the actual NFL. None of it made sense to me.
GooseCreek: Carolina is going to bring in an ex player to assist in evaluating the large crop of QBs coming into the NFL via the next draft. Who do you bring in? Delhomme? Newton? Kuechly?
I think Luke Kuechly is the easiest answer, just because he’s such a film junkie that he’d be able to have a real conversation with the guy about most of the on field things. And it would be a really fun conversation to unpack if they did end up drafting someone. Second choice would be Greg Olsen, the dude also just gets it from an on field perspective and clearly made an effort to understand his QBs when he was in Carolina. He was a great player athletically, but he definitely developed a connection with his QBs, and that’s something you have to do mentally, not just physically.
schrodingersblackcat: Brian, what is the all-time greatest action movie?
What are five movies (across any/all genres) that would easily make your personal all-time Top 10 list?
I went ahead and linked your question because it started a really cool discussion in the comments. I’m going to respond in several ways because, this is my forum and quite frankly I can.
Yes, Aliens is absolutely...
