Khaki Lackey

If we take Stoud and he doesn’t pan out, I would say, “Damn, he had all the tools. Oh well, some things just can’t be predicted. It sucks that we finally got a QB that had great size and mechanics and just couldn’t get it together.” Conversely, if we take Young and he flamed out, I would think, “How could we ignore historically bad measurables?” I would think Fitts isn’t a great judge of college to NFL talent and made the decision based on (as the huddle currently likes to say) “IT” factor, and obviously doesn’t have a great feel for how important that is. In short, Stroud busts = sucks, but unexpected. Young busts = Should have known, Fitts gotta go. (For the record, if we draft Young, I’ll be a fan and hope they know way more than I do.)

Probably. But if it seems obvious that coaching is good and personnel is the problem, Reich might get a pass if he's on the record saying he wouldn't draft Young.

Pretty smart of Reich to be a “consensus builder.” He may survive if Young is drafted and busts out. Fitts will not.

I think if it's close, you go with the guy with great mechanics and not the one with historically bad measurables.

I know you are all dying to know my thoughts. Here they are; If we draft Young and he ends up on his back throwing up alien gang signs like Tua, we are all going to feel like it was avoidable. That is going to be tough to forgive the powers that be for it, especially if Stroud balls out. If Stroud doesn't pan out and Young thrives, it's a lot easier to not blame them for not gambling on shaky measurables. For me, anyway. Stroud 2023. Make the Panthers great again.

Great city for a guy that likes to roll the dice. On herpes, anyway.

Pies are amazing. Any food group that ranges from Pecan (the best pie, hands down) to Pizza to chicken pot cannot be frowned upon. Also, cheesecake is technically a pie, as if the category needed to be improved.

How much do they value ham?

I know that everything is Rhule’s fault, but Matt must have looked pretty bad in practices last year if this is indeed true. I remember reading one day during training camp they had him on another field practicing hand offs. He may have been way further behind than advertised. He damn sure didn’t look the part during his only preseason appearance. (I know, I know, he was with the 3s.) There’s more to this story than we know if this “dream” coaching staff has already given up on him.

I'm not an expert by any means, but if he's got all the physical tools, but seems to process slow and make questionable decisions, that sounds a little too close to Sam Darnold for my liking.

Drinking juice from a roasted bean that isn't even edible is already gross enough.

Payton and Wilson being a disaster in Denver would be a dream come true, but when it comes to sports, the more I dislike a team, the better they get. So wager on multiple Super Bowls. Also, anyone who actually paid their own hard earned cash for any merchandise that read "Let Russ Cook!" should be sterilized.

Not yet, but if it makes anyone feel any better, we don't have the personnel to run a 4-3 very well either

It's actually a pretty good name if you're undrafted and love irony.

I think McAdoo gets a little too much blame on the huddle. Both of his HC’s wanted FoxBall, and he gave it to them. Given the poo show he had at QB, I think he did as good as could be expected. To be clear, do I think he’s great and should be retained? Absolutely not.

The fact that he called it like that with his career on the line is the reason I jumped off the Wilks train.

I thought it was a little odd that we were interviewing DC candidates before we even had a HC in place. Maybe Fangio is already on board?

Pretty much. I'm just so relieved it's not Wilks of Payton, that I'm somewhat happy with it. My low Panthers expectations are paying off.

It really surprised me how good he's been at it. Not that he wasn't articulate, but he used to have Keuchly syndrome where he would say, "Y'know?." 50 times per sentence like he wasn't comfortable speaking publicly. He's been outstanding, though.

Yards per point was the stat PathersFan4Life used to use as a metric for why TeeBow was better than Cam. Is that you PFFL? lol

If you want opportunities, you don't punt to Tom Brady rather than taking a shot at a play at midfield with a 70% success rate....with your career on the line.

OP, the thread title triggered some folk's PTSD from 2 decades of Fox/Rivera. I get what you mean. Luckily for us, our OL has potential to establish a great running game that would be a great compliment to an OC that can scheme a receiver open every now and again.

Word from the insiders is that Nicole Tepper thinks that Steichen is “dreamier.”

Imagining Russ and Cap'n Vicodin crashing and burning in Denver is magically delicious.

Because he's overrated. He had a HOF QB for 14 years and only won one SB that was gifted to them because of a storm. Also, No head coach has ever won a SB with two different teams, so statistically it's really unlikely that he'd be great here, especially without a Drew Brees and the ability to run an illegal bounty program.