Panthers trade up to #1

[ChaosTheory]

Originally Posted by rm1369

In fairness at some point they have to swing, right? Every year it’s either they aren’t good enough or we can’t afford to get there. The excuses are in some cases actually valid, but constantly saying “maybe next year” is going to alienate the fan base. It already got Reich fired. Ballard doesn’t have much rope left. If he leaves this draft without a QB he will be gone. While you will give him forever as long as he drafts decent positional players, most of the fan base won’t.

That's undoubtedly true. But that goes to Chrome's point. The question then is do you want your GM making decisions based on the ignorant mob? We've seen enough other teams blow their loads on iffy guys.

Hopefully Irsay wouldn't fire Reich simply because the fanbase was clamoring. Hopefully he had football reasons. And hopefully the same would apply to Ballard.