DaveThePanther2008

Seriously, did Rhule think a game one rookie was going to be perfect against Garrett. It is those type of decisions that are going to cost us game after game. It's already happened once and it is only game 1.

Pretty sad when only one of your wins is against a coach that is till coaching.

I get you, but less than 20 touches is just not going to get it done. Too many times he was a decoy. If you are going to put him on the field he needs to be an option not a decoy.

Yeah I know and unlike Tepper, Jerry Jones will open 2 banks to get him there. Plus didn't he come from there when Parcell's was coach?

It really depends on how high of a draft pick. As bad as we looked yesterday there were several teams that looked even worse. If we get a top 5 pick I just don't see us passing on one of these elite QBs. I like Corral and believe he got a very raw deal during the preseason. Rhule should be shot for the way he handled Corral's situation. That said, it depends on who's available at our draft pick. If they are elite surefire starters, I think we'll take one. If they have potential, like Corral, we may go elsewhere for the pick. Don't forget if Baker has a great season we may have found our QB. Sadly for me I didn't get to see much of the 2nd half but Baker got us back in the game and it was only a bad call by the refs that cost us the game.

You can hate him all you want, and I do, but this man made Drew Brees a HOFer. He's good with QBs and if, GOD PLEASE IF, we fire Rhule, Tepper needs to be on his private jet before the power is shut off on the new conference heading to Payton's home and giving him whatever he is asking.

Rhule's first half game plan got mixed up with his son's flag football team. Every play was a pass. Absolutely stupid game plan. I get the idea we don't want to over use CMC but crap, using him as a decoy the entire first half isn't getting it done.

Yeah they look pretty atrocious but that is what happens when you juggle your offensive line all preseason and don't give them a chance to jell. There should be no reason why our O-line looked worse than 2021 other than not having much time as a unit. Defense played much better in the second half. I think it is pretty clear that they were gassed in the first half. Hell I think we had negative yardage most of the 1st half until Thomas's 50 yd catch.

If Tepper is not sitting in his booth embarrassed as hell than the problem starts with him.

What gets me is we had 2 @#$@##$$% weeks to get ready for this game and we look like a bunch of friends that showed up to play pickup football. It's embarrassing. Being a total optimist is getting old. We look terrible.

8pm here. I got my football App ready to go. Praying it works. It works great for college football so my hope are pretty high it works for the NFL. It has its own header.

When it was -2.5 I also saw where it said Cleveland had a 61% chance of winning. Maybe that is why they dropped it to 1.5. I don't bet so I really don't follow these guides.

As great as the passing game can be, it is and always will be teams that can run and stop the run are usually playoff teams. We have to stop the run, Period.

I used to love watching football games in the Mud. About 4th Quarter the only thing that differentiated one team from another was their helmets.

All of these predictions are a bit wild. NFC North Minnesota still has to go through Green Bay. Cousins needs to protect the ball a bit more and Minnesota needs to get over their yearly curse. NFC South Carolina. This is possible with or without Brady being great. They have a tougher schedule that we do just because they are playing divisional winners from the NFCN and NFCE plus the AFCW divisional winner. I said before we need to win those three games of the last place winners of NFCN, NFCE and AFCW. Beat Atl 2x and split with NO and TB. That's 5 wins. Plus match the win total against the NFCW and AFCN. It's possible NFC East Philly did a great job in the offseason and will be tough especially with Dallas hoping 40 yr old Peters can play one more season. Dallas IMO is more mixed up than we are. Washington doesn't really scare me too much. NFC West 49ers seems a bit of a reach. LAR are SB champs and have added some more weapons for their offense. Stafford may be the key. They say he's alright, but we heard the same thing about Cam. Lance has the tools but he looked extremely shaky in preseason. Arizona seems to have everything but falter down the stretch. KM will be playing to make a statement. I could also see the 3 wild cards switching with the projected winners with Brandt picks being WC.

We also have Hoskins and Roy from this class and it is way to early to give up on Marshall.

Real fan? Because you are pessimistic? please. There was a time when posters like you said Carolina would never get a franchise. There was a time when posters said we would never go to the Super Bowl. I've been a fan from the beginning and have been on this forum since 2004 and each year I have been optimistic during good and bad seasons. I AM A REAL FAN!!!! SPOILER ALERT!!!! Your opinion is exactly that an opinion. You nor I have no idea how this season will turn out until they play the game. You might be right, and you might be wrong. And even if you are right, it doesn't make you any more a real fan than anyone else. You can say the same thing about the traditional "the sky is falling group." That no matter how much more talent we add in the offseason we are always going to suck. What's worse about this group is they stick around and post in this forum as if they knew it all along that we going to be better this year. I would never call myself a"Wine and Cheese poster" I would call myself an eternal optimist. Sure, it's a tough schedule but guess what our entire division plays the same schedule, and we have 3 opponents that were last in their division last year. Gotta play well, stay healthy and hope for an exciting season.

I hear you. This is his year especially with a depleted oline.

It was very clear Brady, especially at the end of the season, was not the same Brady. Greatness cannot overcome age. His time has come.

That's great. CJ was having a great preseason before his injury. He's a better Zylstra.

So we are back to two open spots?

This We have to play the same non-divisional schedule. LAR, Sea, Ariz, SF, Clev, Balt, Cinn and Pitts) This IMO is the key to the season. We need to, at minimum, match the W/L as our divisional rivals. We have NYG and Detroit NFCE and NFCN 2021 last place teams. Gotta win these two winnable games. Finally Denver last place in AFCW 2021, which is the new 17th game. Another winnable game. If we can beat Atl 2x and split with TB and N.O. that would give us a 4-2 mark in the NFCS. Our divisional rivals have a much tougher schedule (hard to believe) than we do. If we could go 3-0 against these teams the chances of our divisional foes sweeping are much higher than ours. New Orleans has Minnesota in London, Philly in Philadelphia, and LAR in NO. TB has Dallas in Dallas, GB at home and KC at home. Atl has Washington in DC, Chic at home and LAC at home. As you stated health will be a factor. IF our core, including CMC, can stay healthy it might be ugly but we could win the division. And as they always say. Once you're in, Anything goes. OF COURSE I AM THE ETERNAL OPTIMIST

That was going to be my next question. Could Eason beat out PJ for that 3rd QB spot.

What an adventure it is for him. You go from literally nowhere to being a good football player. His story is a great achievement. I know he is a hero in the UK. Question for those that went to the game in London a couple of years ago. How many Obada Jerseys were there?

ME TOO