MechaZain

I'm usually team tank at this stage but it's important we use these last few games to make the call on Cam going forward. Don't even care about Rhule or the playoffs.

Rhule’s holding the line because he can’t admit out loud that his staff has no idea what to look for in a tackle.

This the dark side of an analytics obsessed staff. Slater was/is everything you want in a tackle in terms of execution but his measurements didn’t hit the magic number for our data crunchers in the front office to take notice.

Then bring in competition and let him hold out if he wants to hardball. They moved aggressively because they thought Teddy was the answer and would be off the market fast.

Even if everyone was healthy I don't think you can make a call on the Nixon and Rhule pairing after one game. Hell it's hard to evaluate on Nixon at all without an offseason under his belt.

I don't see any point in doing it mid-season. If it's just about making a statement he could have fired him with Brady. New coach won't push into the playoffs this year.

I'm not saying it was soley Brady's decision, clearly not. But he wasn't some unwilling participant either. He was the offensive coordinator and picked his QB. He has to own that. You're implying that they just forced a rookie OC to replace the former MVP QB which would absolutely have been throwing him under the bus.

I don't buy that they would just pull the rug out from under their new OC. Joe was a hot commodity when he was brought here. If coaching Cam was at all important to him he could have made it a priority as early as his hiring negotiations.

No, worse: Brady picked Teddy over Cam.

Please. Arguably the best offensive group this team has ever put together. Brady agreed, that's why he thought a JAG at quarterback would make us contenders. A guy he got to hand pick, mind you.

Rhule's ass is on the line and y’all expect him to trust another OC he doesn’t know to try and save it? Or Tepper to just force one on him? This is good. No one else to point fingers at. Everything that happens here on out is on Matt and his Baylor Boyz.

LaMelo is cruising his way to a supermax deal from Charlotte if he stays he's not going anywhere unless things sour drastically. Teams given him the keys and he's made it clear he's not looking to skip the town.

Definitely but that's what worries me. Our pro scouting staff saw no talent outside of the top LT in his class any armchair GM would have brought to Carolina.

I mean whether he still has good ball left in him or not we are literally in the twilight of his career. If dude is still trucking his way into endzones in his mid to late 30s he's unprecedented, and I think even with good pas protection it's too late for him to become the sort of pocket statue that could play at a high level in his 40s.

Well said. Never thought about it this way. Things may be going differently if the GM was calling the shots but Tepper chose the head coach as king.

Is this directed at me? That’s new. I’m black and usually accused of being “woke” or a Cam apologist around here.

Sports teams are toys for rich men not investments.

I’m glad that they patched things up with Cam, it’s deserved and everyone needed that closures. The struggles are not all on him. But I think he is who he is at this point, a dual threat at the cost of precision and a more accurate QB is needed if this era of the team is going to get anywhere. There’s still time for him to settle in, hopefully this is just rust, but I’m not comfortable with extending him as it stands.

yeesh I turned away and missed that

Why was CMC on the sideline on a 3rd down?

Not shitting on him. Don’t put him in the slot.

DJs scared of contact man..

Oak smoked. Happy Thanksgiving y’all.

I'll embrace SC with my cold dead hands David Tepper

They passed on Rashawn Slater because his arms were short. They don't have a clue.