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Early season games are always a big coin flip since preseason rankings are just complete projections based on some varying combination of legit expectations and hype. I mean, we all know that the blue bloods are gonna be good but how the tiers are gonna actually break out and which mid-tier teams are gonna end up punching well above their weight? Total crap shoot. I think my Heels may have a chance to be one of those mid-tier teams simply riding competent coaching and a feather soft schedule. We'll see...

you win, I'm gonna go drop $1000 on TWO sunday ticket subscriptions

Yeah, now go watch them throw those balls. There's a BIG difference.

Dayum, so it went from a late round pick swap to basically a 4th. Not too bad. First mingo for a 4th and now this. His drafting skills are TBD but he at least so far has some negotiating skills

I wasn't comparing them, you were. Nor was I comparing their overall game in any way. I was comparing the single thing you pulled up as your argument.

Bit of a coin flip but I think you gotta favor Clemson in that one. Clemson probably rolling w/ the best overall roster in college football this year. Everyone returning essentially. At home. At night. LSU obviously has Brian Kelly as a HC and it's opening weekend. So, that's what it is. Plus, LSU got all sorts of new players and bodies everywhere to figure out. I do think the Clemson game will be the best of the big games from a pure entertainment aspect. And as a Clemson fan, best time to catch LSU is right now vs later when they figure things out more.

Yeah, when I watch Burrow play and then watch Bryce play I see no difference whatsoever. Switch their places and I expect we'd see minimal difference in the Panthers and Bengals offenses. Said no rational person ever. LOL

Perfect example. Now compare the receivers. Here's a secret for you. Deep balls and how good they are is actually at minimum 50% on the receiver. Their separation, their adjustment to the ball thrown, their catch rate, etc. The Bengals receivers greatly help those numbers. The Panthers receivers have historically very much so hurt those numbers. Deep balls are the most overrated thing to judge a qb on that there is.

3 games this weekend featuring matchups of top 10 teams? Heck yeah! and most of the more popular local teams got some fun looking matchups as well. Really need to prep the wife about how little I plan to do for her this weekend.

Neither outcome would be shocking.

yeah, what people are isn't irrelevant. Even your link acknowledges the square peg/round hole situation. the entire argument boils down to...but the round hole is trying to make the square peg work. And yeah, it can lead to some improvement when you try to make things that don't fit....sorta fit. But generally they never actually fit because one is naturally a square peg and one is a round hole. So it's making the best of a situation that really isn't supposed to be paired up. I'm in the present. But I have looked back at the scorecard for your annual preseason lectures though.....and it ain't a great record for you but it's all love. We will always have that magical season where we united on Luke Kuechly before the rest of the board did.

Agreed, although I do think some will go to Coker, at least at first. Hopefully, they can work Sanders in as well. One of the the things I liked about the last few games of last season is that I thought that Young and the offense did a pretty good job of spreading the ball amongst the receivers. Against Atlanta for example, there was no true number one target. We had 7 guys with 3 or more catches, and that is when an offense works best imo.

LSU will beat Clemson. Not some big upset. Buckeyes beat Texas as well. Should be fun

fug this noise. I pirate all the games while out of state. And when the day comes where all options are gone but forking over a preposterous amount to these companies, I will walk away from the NFL completely. IMO, the problem with prices does boil down to people like tukafan not putting their foot down and walking away. Real estate, entertainment, etc would all be cheaper if people didn't overpay/

The NFL is run mostly by men (I assume). So, as soon as you say "smaller packages" you have lost their attention. I'll see myself out.

We are surely overdue. And we better really improve if we are going to appear in the superbowl every 12 years. I think that is 2027.

Based on what I've seen from Smitty's commentary recently, this seems like the worst advice ever. Smitty is terrible on the mic these days. Listening to him ramble on and on about god knows what while Jake and the other guy desperately tried to pivot back to the actual game they were supposed to be calling was nothing short of painful.

That is irrelevant since Canales has adapted his style to Bryce. Here is an article which explains it. Again try to keep up and live in the present. https://www.readoptional.com/p/was-bryce-youngs-leap-for-real

I certainly hope so. That sure would be nice.

I mean, no was arguing BY fits the offensive passing tree Canales is in….. when we drafted BY. You are doing it now just because that’s the round peg/square hole reality that exists and you essentially always argue this time do the year the Panthers plan is strong

So how many years does a professional athlete need a grizzled old vet teaching him? Maybe we let Thielen go because there's litterally not a player old enough to mentor him.

Yeah it's really hard for a Boise State level program to replace that level of player.

If they did just Panthers for $40/month, then I'd probably do it. I don't need every game every sunday, and they really should have smaller packages like this to offer.

Cam needs to engage whoever Smitty hired years ago to help him with public speaking. Smitty use to struggle to find the correct word and is public speaking has improved tremendously. Cam seems to always struggle to find the correct word and this makes it tough to listen to.

Until now I agree. I really think Canales is the real deal in the Pete Carroll style of coaching. I don't know if he is an offensive genius like Andy Reid but a huge factor is getting players to buy into your philosophy and leave it all on the field. Players love Canales from what I have read and it seems his staff are good teachers. The jury is still out but this is the most positive I have felt in years. Then again I was hugely fooled by Reich and really thought he be much better than he was.