Cat Scratch Reader
Hello CSR! This week was a bit of a doozy with the mailbag, but I appreciate all of the participation week in and week out! As a reminder, this is your place to ask all your questions, whether they be Panthers related, football related, or even completely off topic! Most of the questions followed a similar theme this week; burn everything down. Let’s dive right in!
RandallPink11: Good Morning Brian,
This morning I did a quick search because I was qurious.
“What NFL team has the least wins in the past 5 seasons?”
Within seconds, my Googler returned…
“The Carolina Panthers have the fewest wins over the past five seasons, with 24 wins between September 29, 2020, and September 29, 2025”
Are we the new Browns? I used to feel so bad for Browns fans. Do other fans view us like that now? I can’t help but giggle at that thought this morning.
Have a good day, Brian!
Great way to start the mailbag! I will say from a general life experience, most of the time when I tell people I’m a Panthers fan their first question is; “why?”
I don’t feel that the Panthers are the “new Browns”, but they have a lot of building to do before most non-Panthers fans and pundits buy into any kind of upswing. But, constantly changing head coaches and quarterbacks certainly hasn’t helped the team righting the ship and finding a way to be at least optimistic about the future. I have a feeling I’ll be talking a lot about moving on from those two specific areas as we go in this mailbag.
Mickeygrant78: To me, year 3 is a make or break year for Bryce Young. Aside from a few flashes in the pan, overall he’s looked less than adequate as the QB1. At what point do we admit he’s not the answer??…how much more time are we supposed to give him to show everyone he can be an elite quarterback?
This question was presented as a quote, so I am assuming it was asked before the season or at least a few weeks ago.
Bryce Young has had a less than stellar start to the year, and I get fans wanting to move on from him at this point. I think we as fans can make our decision whether or not he’s the answer, but for the organization, I don’t think it really makes sense to move on completely from him until at least the off-season. Bringing in an outside quarterback likely isn’t going to fix the problems since that guy will be learning the playbook on the fly. I don’t necessarily consider benching Bryce outside the realm of possibility, but I think he’ll need to put up a real stinker against the Dolphins for that to be possible. Right now, the Panthers don’t have a ton of options long term, so giving Bryce the full season makes sense, and then I guess we can make a definitive decision. However, so...
