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Funchess, whether he kills it or not, is going to add another dynamic to the starters at least. Hopefully that will give us something to work with.

we should be hanging our nuts on them tonight, but guys can't freakin catch the ball.

To be fair, Corey has had some great blocks on runs this game. He isn't weak.

yeah i don't get why we aren't seeing different WRs in the game. On the other hand I'm almost ready to say for the defense this looks like Baltimore pre-season 2013, which is a great sign.

you gotta think on some of these Cam would just score it on his own.

What did Shaq do? i missed it. Kony looks like he's bringing something extra now.

fug that, we should be able to pick up those yards, we shouldn't need to finesse it. Tolbert sucks as a blocker and our O-Line needs to man up.

This is the year to flip the mattresses on some of these positions before they get really worn out by the end of the year. The only thing that gives me pause is are we getting carried away with how talented these young guys really are or are they legit? Right now it feels like GMan brought in some real talented rookies this year who are actually deserving of making the team and showing a lot of fire and fight to make the squad. I just don't see how we can let guys like Ward and Wegher go though. Those are actual talents for an NFL roster. Haven't really watched Redden, but if he can actually be a young guy who gets built up in the rotation, then that is huge moving forward.

say what you want about how the starters played, but keep in mind, no matter how bad it looked this team didn't stop and refused to lose AGAIN. from the bottom to the top, this squad has bought in. KEEP POUNDING

Oher v. Ealy it's just a matter of time. Also, josh norman vs. a miami wr when we practice with them.

I'm confused because it sounds like a lot of the o-line is getting individually praised in these tweets, but the overall protection is bad?

The other 4/5ths of the o-line vastly improved our team last season even with byron bell on the left side. Oher doesn't have to do much as long as the rest of the line is strong we can mitigate the left side. Here's hoping he can bring a little more than Byron did though.

honestly i don't think the tear down model really works in the NBA, i'm ok with us moving on from it. it plays to our strengths anyway. you can project the NBA careers of 18 year old players who are one year removed from high school and even if you find one that is a sure fire all star for the next decade you still have to pray to god that your lottery number is called at the right time. the case in point for how shitty and not worthwhile a tear-down project is is this team. the fact that a team like ours can go in to a draft and not get the number 1 pick and get anthony davis is unreal. there are too many moving parts a team has no control over that there is no way to bet the entire team and organization on some ping pong balls and statistical projections. i prefer the FA/trading path for us. you have a general idea of who you're gonna get and you can build a well rounded team. sure, you gotta draft some talent, but you don't strip the team down to the studs in order to draft it. i don't believe what philly is doing is gonna net them a championship. players won't pan out, the talent won't mesh, the coach will suck. any number of simple problems will continue to sap the original plan, and then everyone-- fans, players, and front office will have wasted their time. the NFL is a rebuild league, the NBA is just a money/asset/star league. and since we don't have a star, we just gotta roll with money and assets. with smart, quick deals, favorable trades, and a well rounded complimentary team.

congrats to him it looks like it was a beautiful wedding. on a practical note -- he must really like being a panther huh? i remember when there were first pictures posted from this a while back and it seemed like a lot of his friends and the guys there were panthers players and i didn't notice many or any saints. plus, he's got his panthers jersey and stuff everywhere and he had the wedding in NC. I know the Biltmore probably attracts people from all over the place for weddings, but still. and yeah, i mean i know he's a panther now, so why would he use his saints jersey, but i'm just saying if he felt it was a temporary thing he'd probably just not use any specific team at all, you know? anyway... just saying it looks like he really feels like he's a panther and that's pretty cool.

i hope frank hears the fans. look up damon stoudamire when he was drafted by the raptors as their first ever draft pick. i think what frank said about the bobcats isn't as big of a shot at us as people seem to feel like it is. in any case, it's true. but if frank thinks that right now then he better also be thinking he can be part of the reason why it's not boring to play here. we don't want mental midgets on this team. if he crumbles or is a baby about the fans not liking him, then he isn't gonna make it here or in the NBA. i hope frank hears how much the fans didn't want him and i hope he is ready to come in and work it on offense to show us that we're wrong. i hope he gets here and wants to show the city why they should want him. i posted before that what i'm really annoyed about with this pick is just the lack of variety and the obsession with one position and one type of player. i'd love it if cho came out and said hey we need an absolute all-star stud killer at this PF position because it's gonna be the one key position to making this team a top playoff contender. i'd just love to hear the reasoning so at least we know. the one thing that i think about is cho's time with portland and their history of having a stud PF, i remember reading about it in an article about aldridge. i think that's also the reason portland wanted vonleh. anyway, i think that we're in a good position even if frank is exactly like zeller except not as mentally weak. and by mentally weak i mean being a big man and going into the post and not getting blocked or pushed around. i don't care what anyone says, zeller is big and physically strong enough to not have what happens to him on the post happen. it's because he is mentally blocked from bringing the power down low, it has nothing to do with the NBA being a grown man's league. it sounds like frank has a lot more fire and grit than zeller and that is the key to making the talent work. frank is a killer and that's the difference between a guy like zeller and a 20/10 guy each night. if frank brings the heat then i'll be happy.

According to press conference tweets Gettleman said Williams will get work on both LT and RT this summer.

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my expectations are raised because at the press conference Ron and Dave talked about how smart he was and that he knew all the stuff they were throwing at him. I think if he is a hard worker and takes it seriously he can have a great season, mainly because he's walking into lining up next to kelvin and greg. He can capitalize on being played by the second DB in single coverage. Just learn routes and focus on catching the ball. Plus, he'll get a full offseason gelling with Cam.

I have a feeling we hold off on shaq if he's there. but somehow we're gonna try to get him later, just depends on how long we can wait.

I kinda wanted him

So if the tradition stays alive our guy isn't on that list. Flowers?

https://youtu.be/Sqd0NvWCzJI He is funny and sounds kinda like Aziz

We seem like his only option.

Armanti is cut. Nakamura is cut. Cason is cut. Frank is an unknown for now. We make our changes when we can. While those guys are around we don't want to tear them apart.

I thought we didn't want our coach to throw our players under the bus and bad mouth them to the media? Is he not allowed to do the opposite either? We want to encourage players to do their best, where's the incentive if they read headlines and quotes from their coach saying, 'nah he's not really starter material, we only brought him in to be on the bench and spur the other guys on.'