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I mean, was I actually giving him credit?

Matt Rhule didn’t need to be handsome to con Tepper. More impressive when you have the handicap of looking like Matt Rhule. I tip my hat.

Does he tho

You want to give him credit for reacting to what was obvious to everyone two weeks ago?

As far as being a salesman I agree he goes out of his way to talk the talk and it's why I generally tried to tune out the heavily processed Blueprint series this year. Talk is cheap. As of right now his resume is more often than not him getting outcoached when he runs into a winning team.

Not even 2.7 seconds worth of excuses? Lol

"Yeah uh, its a good day you know....."

You play to win the game. Worrying about feelings is how we ended up with Andy Dalton way past his expiration date.

They have their differences for sure, but both are selling snake oil; It's just that one is likable in his delivery, and one is kind of repulsive and gives off the "full of sh¡t" vibe. The problem now is that I don't know if Dave knows what the hell he's doing either, and admittedly maybe because of that, to me I'm beginning to ask myself if he's full of sh¡t too.

I think Chubba has been here for years, he has always been first in last out, a great locker room guy, and allegedly epitomizes everything you want in a Panther. I dont think its crazy to try to give him 2 extra starts to save his spot. Especially when the new guy wasn't on the team last year and is on a 1 year deal.

I can already hear Canales's post practice presser starting off with "What a great practice and opportunity for us to get better, we will be starting Chuba over Rico because I can't gameplan." lol

He's actually the opposite. Matt Rhule tried to lord over everything and everyone and micromanage every little detail with the franchise. But Canales is on the complete opposite end of the spectrum. He can't even dictate what he wants to his defensive coordinator. And he can't bring himself to sit a highly paid running back in favor of another who is clearly performing at a much higher level. The question is just how much involvement the Tepper's have in this process. We already know they essentially forced Evero to stay thus forcing him on their new head coach. Is Canales allowed to make these decisions without checking with the higher ups first? It's a legitimate question that needs to be asked. Because even if we fire this guy we could very well find ourselves right back where we started with essentially another puppet.

I never thought about it like that but damn you are right!

This just shows how cheeks Dalton was if we're already pining for the days of Bryce.

So, a more handsome, thinner version of the Nebraska coach.

Parsons about to introduce himself.........again

Anybody heard if Bryce is a full participant in practice today?

No one is saying much because no one believes Canales until he actually starts Rico and gives him time to get into rhythm. Dave is a smooth talking snake oil salesman most of the time.

Let’s wait to see some proof in game action first. I don’t totally believe him

I really hate to say it but Brandon Miller is giving Gordon Hayward vibes at this point. Lots of talent. But just cannot stay on the basketball court.

I forgot to run the guy who just had 2 great games of almost 200 yards a pop, then the Jets game they almost gave away while trying to figure out how to work Hubbard back in some and then went agaisnt a poor run D while getting blown out not running Rico. DC ain't it

He ironically had his best game against the Packers. This is as good a test as we could ask for at this stage in his career. We need to see him make strides. No excuses.

I touched on it, before what you are referencing came out. Pre game in the week he said he liked the split and he liked two fresh RBs etc etc In the postgame he said he would look at it That was a shift and portended a reversal. Or maybe a change. I looked an an analysis of the carries vs Buffalo and without going in the differences in the plays called for each guy, the film showed Chuba wasn’t getting good execution from his blockers And that Rico did get better cooperation. For instance, XL got flagged for holding on Chuba’s biggest run tricky tack call but there were things on almost every play by other guys So he would see that as well, but regardless, the wind is blowing in one direction.

It's plainly obvious he was trying to appease both players simultaneously which completely tracks with his persona as a head coach here to this point. That's been the legitimate question and criticism about him. He checks all the boxes when it's time to look good and sound positive and cool in front of a camera before any games have been played but when it comes down to the actual nitty gritty and having to actually navigate difficult situations he just looks out of his depth. This isn't even mentioning how alarmingly regularly his team has been blown off the field through his time here. He's either going to adapt and get better or he's going to continue to sink and get himself fired.