Brian Answers: Cam Newton vs Julius Peppers

Welcome to another answers edition of this week’s mailbag!

Hello CSR! Welcome to Brian Answers, part two of your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! We were light on the questions this week, but they were diverse! As always, this is your place to ask your questions, whether they be Panthers related, football related, or even completely off topic! Bring your questions in the comments of next weeks part one post, Brian Asks, and you’ll see your questions answered. Much like the ones we have down below!

Carolinamaybenextyears: If you had to pick one player off of the current roster to represent the Keep Pounding motto, who would it be? For me, it’s Chuba Hubbard. The way he came here and improved year in and year out, I feel like he has earned everything he’s gotten so far. Tough as nails with a great work ethic.

I would say Chuba Hubbard is a fine answer. He’s truly developed from a 4th round pick who needed some shine to an actual RB1 in the NFL, and the Panthers rewarded his efforts both as an individual player and as a leader with an extension last season. He’s one of the few gems to come out of the Matt Rhule era.

Other candidates, well I’d say Bryce Young has certainly earned that stripe as well. He was thrown into a horrific situation for a rookie quarterback, and then his ghosts from his rookie season haunted him to start the 2024 year. He played so bad he got benched, and when the situation arose for him to resurface, he had a bounce back that reclaimed his career. Bryce Young had to deal with both the media, the fans, and even his own coaches showing wavering faith in him, but he worked hard, stayed consistent, and found a groove. He capped off the season with a career victory against the Falcons, and he’s continuing to put in the work every day.

Vashti2112: Another CB signs a record-setting deal (Sauce Gardner), pushing Horn’s deal down to 3rd. Obviously, more deals will get signed, more record-setting contracts, and Horn’s deal gets farther away from the top. Maybe not this year, but the next.

So how many deals need to be signed before Horn’s deal is considered ‘good’?

NFL contracts are always going to be an exercise of one-upping each other until the salary cap stops consistently rising, or the NFL fades. Hard to say how many deals it will take, but give it another full year and Jaycee Horn probably will be closer to top 10 paid Cbs rather than top 3.

**positivebob: Does this team value the TE position and how do think it shakes out? They have 6 on the roster. I don’t know anything about Dafney-he is 28 or Pierre. Sanders is in, got some promise and only 22. Evans has a spot to lose. With Tremble hurt, and not that good when healthy, will they just keep 2? I think James Mitchell has...