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I just don't care as much anymore and it feels good. I've got too much poo going on in my life to let a sports team ruin my mood. But even from my most passionate standpoint it's really way too early to be writing multi-paragraph diatribes about the failure of this current staff and team.

Horn was an extremely questionable pick but Icky was a slam dunk let's not get that twisted. Local kid who had enough cred and talent to be the #1 overall pick.

I mean my dude, chill. It's been two preseason games with a rookie QB and a brand new staff. If it was Week 9 with a 1-7 record then rant away.

No, they just need to commit to running the ball and keep Reich’s fancy passing plays on the shelf until the team develops more

I can already tell you what the problem I with the offense is going to be all season. It’s going to be Frank Reich wanting to get cute with fancy passing plays that aren’t appropriate for the personnel or called at poor times during games. That knock has followed Reich everywhere he’s been. With a rookie QB and a team returning 4 out of 5 starters on an OL that proved they can open up huge holes in the running game, they have to lean on the running game and use play action and RPOs. They honestly need to take the ball out of Bryce’s hands as much as possible. I don’t care how much smoke the team blows up our asses about how far ahead with the playbook Bryce is, if the OL can kick ass in the running game, run the f*cking ball.

Whether we want to accept it or not the panthers are a bad franchise that occasionally has a good season. We just skipped over that occasional good season the last 6 years or so

No

Corral finally showing something. OL looks better than last week

The problem is the team actually made some progress at the end of last season for the first time in what feels like forever and to come out like this with the money and experience put into the coaching staff is quite surprising. It’s still preseason so hopefully this is just a motivation thing from the starters but the backups look like ass too so that’s definitely not good.

It’s preseason so I’m not in panic mode and I’m trying not to really give a sh*t how this team does but I’m really surprised to see how much worse this team seems to have gotten despite a major upgrade in coaching experience.

Not “showing anything in preseason” is f*cking stupid. It’s not like every game during the regular season you aren’t “showing something”. This is the NFL.

I can’t say there’s anything positive going on on the field right now except that it’s still preseason. If I was watching the regular season and it looked this bad, might as well burn it down again.

I think between Hubbard, Brown, and Blackshear they will get the running game going. The only mistake I think they made was signing Sanders in the first place. I would have tried to get Foreman back on a 1 year deal and roll with the young guys, and put that money into depth on the O-Line or LB. But that's just me.

I'm assuming Brady Chistensen is the backup LT but it seems the bigger problem is depth at guard since everyone seems to suck ass

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/michael-oher-claims-tuohy-family-tricked-him-into-agreeing-to-conservatorship If anyone was wondering what Oher has been up to since his retirement, apparently here’s some drama. Last I heard he had serious neurological damage from the concussion that ended his career.

I’m down to let him play out the preseason but holy poo some of his reads were like man, your first read is open. Throw the ball. His first throw was to a wide open receiver. Whifffff.

Was there anything positive to take from that game? Yikes.

He did miss a wide open receiver on his first throw, and on 3rd down on the latest drive he had a receiver in the post he pulled up on for some reason and got sacked. I think he might just not be any good

Not a good start for the offense. I get it’s preseason but did we even get a first down?

Some teams are more open about showing their practices than others. Rhule was insane about not letting the public see the practices.

I hope there comes a day where we never discuss this cruel joke of a game ever again

Brady had already played in the NFL for 2459 years so he proved he knew how to avoid taking punishment. Let's be real, Bryce is small, but he's probably smart enough to find ways not to get hit like Brady was though.

Definitely a night and day difference to the coaching staff and team dynamic from last year. I just hope despite his size that Bryce can hold up for a long NFL career. Even if he doesn't it sounds like he could have a future in coaching.

With Houston opposite Burns, that is a formidable front 7.

If he has anything left in the tank it’s a good signing. Played well in spot duty for Baltimore last year. At the very least he can mentor or be an example for the younger guys