GDT: Carolina Panthers part 2: Is Darnold good or not?
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You don't remember Chris Weinke?! Or rookie Steve Smith? Or the #1 draft pick he "led" us to, allowing us to draft Julius Peppers?
Well I barely do either as those are some of my first Panthers fan memories after Kerry Collins, Wesley Walls, and Tim Biakabutuka.
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Yeah, can you think of ANY highly touted QB prospects who just completely flamed out?
"I once did remember before all the lean. "
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"I hope people remember me as I was picked with the same pick as Sam Darnold."
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Being drafted 3rd overall literally means nothing especially since Darnold had a lot of critics before being drafted. Yes he looked pretty good this weekend but he still has so much to prove.
HisIceness
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Fun fact, that 2001 team (George Seiferts last season) saw Steve Smith score a kickoff return for a TD on the very first play of the very first game. The Panthers beat the Vikings in Minnesota, never to win another game until next season. Then the Charlotte Hornets left for New Orleans. And some NHL team in Raleigh or something went to the Finals.
If we want to talk about bad QB prospects, Tim Couch was lousy. I know it was the re-birth of the expansion Browns so probably not fair to judge him that way but I was never that impressed. He ended up losing his starting job to a guy named Kelly. If you lose to a guy named Kelly, ouch man.
If we want to talk about bad QB prospects, Tim Couch was lousy. I know it was the re-birth of the expansion Browns so probably not fair to judge him that way but I was never that impressed. He ended up losing his starting job to a guy named Kelly. If you lose to a guy named Kelly, ouch man.
tarheelhockey
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MAN I wanted that guy to be a star so bad. Mid 90s Sportscenter would’ve feasted on it.
Navin R Slavin
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He is a star.
"Biakabutuka currently resides in Matthews, North Carolina, and OWNS FOUR BOJANGLES RESTAURANTS in Augusta, Georgia."
Tim Biakabutuka - Wikipedia
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tarheelhockey
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On second thought, things turned out really well for that guy.
Navin R Slavin
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It's totally one of those things where I was like "yeah, what happened to that guy?" and the result was amaaaazing.
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Talk about living the dream! Literally have like 1/10 the business of Chick Fil A and the employees are twice as slow at best. Dude is probably rolling in the money. And I'm sure nice guy, family man Jerry Richardson gave him a discount on the franchise fees.
He was a star to me dammit! Was I only 11 years old before his best season? Maybe but he's still a Panthers GOAT.
The NFL wasn't such a media juggernaut back in the day because I remember for the longest time it took me months just to find a clip of this.
HisIceness
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Yeah well, tell him to meet me behind the Bojangles, he knows which one
Only clip I can find, and it's just some random dudes TV
Holy hell that Metrodome astroturf just screams 90's/early 00s
Navin R Slavin
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I mean, The Bo is having a tough go right now, but at its peak a few years ago, our local Bojangles was the best and fastest fast food restaurant around.
tarheelhockey
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Yeah well, tell him to meet me behind the Bojangles, he knows which one
Only clip I can find, and it's just some random dudes TV
Holy hell that Metrodome astroturf just screams 90's/early 00s
1:50, fifty yard line.
Highest Boss
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"young quarterback Chris Weinke"
my favorite heckling story...
back in the fall of 2000, chuck amato was in his first year as nc state head coach and his previous employer came to town quarterbacked by chris weinke. and fsu did thoroughly thrash nc state by many, many points. my season tickets that year were on the east side, lower level, near the visitor's entrance/exit to/from the old a.e. finley fieldhouse.
after that thrashing, weinke was one of the last guys off the field. as he made his way in leisurely fashion, this one drunk dude was screaming bloody murder at him. "weinKAY!! weinKAY!! YOU'RE OLD! YOU'RE F'N OLD!!! YOU... YOU... YOUVOTEDFORNIXON!"
for some reason (probably because it was funny) i absolutely lost my shit laughing. i'm pretty sure i caught weinke laughing at it, too.
HisIceness
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Well to be fair to the drunk guy, Weinke was born in 1972 during Nixons first term.
Holy shit, Weinke will be 50 next year.
Holy shit, Weinke will be 50 next year.
tarheelhockey
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Remember when FSU was a juggernaut? Pepperidge Farm has a vague sense that this used to be a thing.
HisIceness
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I'm old enough to remember when State beating them in 1998 when they were #1 or #2 was a big deal considering they had just one ACC loss prior.
thing i did not know until today (thanks to a rimouski tweet) - tim biakabutuka has a nephew who will play with hamrla this year. got an invite to the sharks prospect camp. maybe that was known around here, but i didn't know. is he now the most bojangle's adjacent nhl player thanks to his uncle?
Navin R Slavin
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The high point of NC State football since the 70s. Chuck made Saturdays fun for a little while.
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I was there the first time UNC beat FSU after they joined the ACC. It was hilarious because once they stormed the field, they tried to take the goal posts down and couldn't. So you just had throngs of people hanging off it and I remember saying that if UNC's defense was as stingy as this goalpost they would have beaten FSU a long time ago.
HisIceness
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I saw him up close once, he has the biggest chest I've ever seen, even Brindy would probably be jealous. Kind of looked like a jacked-up Joe Pesci. I was expecting him to pop out of his polo shirt Hulk Hogan style.
Navin R Slavin
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DA CHEST
(weird, I feel a sudden urge to eat at amedeo's, which I probably haven't felt in 20 years)
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