SmokinwithWilly

It's not the only way to succeed. It may be the only way to keep the job under Tepper, which is in and of itself a significant sign of a much larger issue. Whoever is hired should be able to provide an honest evaluation of Bryce without consequences from Tepper. Right now, Bryce shouldn't be the starting QB for the Panthers. Whether it's the QB or the offense, this isn't the right situation for BY to grow as a QB.

Better question is does Bryce start next week?

He was able to disect a play over 15 minutes at dinner, about 14:58 longer than on the NFL field.

He's the biggest difference maker on D.

I've been told that's not possible. He can see the entire field and his view cannot be obstructed.

Depends on if you ever plan on coaching again. If it's your last payday, taking a bigger paycheck could make sense if you don't really care about your legacy.

I laugh because I know it can't happen, yet cry because I know it will.

I used to drink on Saturday mornings too.

Picked up Titans D this week in FF. It feels wrong betting on Zavala to suck.

Happy Thanksgiving all you crazy bastards. Insanity is the only logical reason any of us are still here.

Unless we get a new GM and coach, it's just another name that won't be used properly and wasted.

It seems our FO has put far more importance on the ability to interview vs actual football skills. GM, coaches, players, good interview regardless of talent - you're hired. Bad interview regardless of talent - no thanks.

I think regular people have a much keener sense of drafting than some want to give credit for. Say what you want about fantasy football, but one thing it's taught me is to read to flows of drafts and be able to track trends in what player values typically fall where. For example, the likelihood of finding a WR who can contribute year 1 is much higher in later rounds than an edge rusher. Late round and UDFA rbs are becoming much more plug and play instead of needing to spend that high pick, CMC, Barkley, Bijan, Gibbs. So yeah, regular folks may not have the expertise to deal with a lot of the other issues, evaluating talent, tendencies, flow, and value isn't something that should be just written off so easily as they're just fans, they couldn't possibly know anything.

And anyone that disagreed had some kind of bias and was completely unable to evaluate talent.

I might just stop working and let Bryce ad lib it at the line. How much worse could it get?

It's her royal highness matched luggage.

He'll just have a dinner with Dave and Nicole and break down a defensive play for them. Thats worth about $30m per year, right?

I'd say his agent probably hired a PR firm to really pump the S2 results too. Stroud was the top prospect until all the processing hype was all anyone would talk about.

Burns is Reddick with a gimmick sack celebration.

2 1sts and a high 2nd. Rams are pretty happy Fitts is an incompetent GM about now.

My biggest criticism has always been the panic of Fitterer that led to the trade up and pick. Hearing a GM admit he panicked 2 years in a row never gives you the warm and fuzzies.

I'd rather have Nippleshorts back right now.

One thing I've heard is Wilks coaches from the booth and Ryans was on the sidelines. He was connected to his players constantly. It's rumored to have made quite the difference in how the defense has performed

Lance also spent a majority of his career hurt. By the time he got reasonably healthy, he had already been passed by. It happens. SF got lucky with Purdy, but he fits what they do really well and smart coaches don't bench the hot hand just because he was drafted last vs 3rd. If we had a QB of Jimmy Gs caliber, and it's debatable even with Dalton, and Frank wasn't such a stubborn ass, Bryce would be on the bench. The only game we have seen from Dalton he performed better than Bryce even with Zavala giving up 14 pressures and in piss poor weather. The only reason BY is playing is he was the 1st overall pick and with CJ lighting up Houston, there's no way he can be benched while the number 2 player in the draft is winning OROY hands down and is in consideration for MVP. That would just make things worse, if that's even possible. If BY had been a 2nd or 3rd round pick, he would be on the bench, where he should be. His draft spot is the only reason he's starting. Lance was never expected to be the savior of the franchise or be the most cerebral QB since Peyton Manning. He wasn't the next god of football. He was always a risk. He wasnt ever going to be the 1st or 2nd QB taken even in his own draft. Bryce was always high floor, low ceiling and was passed by the others during preseason. He was supposed to be the one QB that couldn't fail. You trade what we did, put the franchise all in on the biggest physical gamble at the position in modern NFL history, and get this level of play. Yeah it's safe to say he's blowing Lance out of the water in terms of busting.

This offense is god awful. It's boring and predictable with hardly any motion. Supposedly he picked Bryce. If that's true, he can be judged because this is his guy. If Tepper picked Bryce, then that means it's still Frank's fault for agreeing to work for someone making player decisions with absolutely no idea what they're doing. Might as well get a heart transplant at Meineke.