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Cam - The four-turnover Arizona game. Luke - The pass interference penalty that wiped out a game-sealing interception in the Buffalo game. Those are as bad or worse than DeAngelo's fumble. I do not think it is fair to judge an entire season off one play, especially one that didn't cause us to lose the division or miss the playoffs. As for productivity, I disagree. DeAngelo was playing excellently (aside from the fumble) the first three games - in fact, he was a workhorse. He had 62 carries (21 per game) for 291 yards (4.7 YPC), and was getting around 70% of carries. This makes sense considering Cam's rib injury. Once Cam improved and Tolbert was given more carries, his production tapered off a bit after that, but in the 7 games before Jonathan Stewart returned he had 114 carries (16 per game) for 477 yards (4.2 yards per carry), or about 68 yards per game. Extrapolated over an entire season, that's nearly 1,100 yards. That's not great, but it's pretty good for an older back splitting carries with two other backs (Tolbert and Cam) while running behind a fairly bad line. Once Jonathan Stewart returned, his production plummeted. In the five games he split carries with Stewart (he missed one game due to injury), he only had 50 carries (10 carries per game) for 185 yards (3.7 yards per carry). For comparison, over those five games Stewart had 34 carries for 141 yards (4.2 yards per carry). In the remaining three games without Stewart, he had 37 carries (12 per game) for 181 yards (4.9 yards per carry). So, in the 10 games where he wasn't splitting with Stewart, he had 151 carries (15 per game) for 658 yards (4.4 yards per carry). Over a whole season, that would be roughly 240 carries for 1,050 yards. Once again, not great numbers, but pretty good for our system (with carries split between two other runners). Take out the Jonathan Stewart games and he has a fairly decent rushing season.

So were Cam and Luke Kuechly.

I seriously do not understand what the Brenton Bersin hate is for. He's our #5 receiver. Hardly our biggest replacement priority.

I thought he sucked and nobody would sign him?

This time they have a rookie quarterback Derek Carr who played very, very well with awful receivers, as well as a very good defense. I'm by no means a Raiders fan, but if they can get some receivers and a marginally good running back, they can make a run in the AFC West.

The Raiders actually have some very good pieces. They are on pace to be very good very soon.

His winning percentage was one of the best in the league over the period.. and it would have easily been six playoff seasons (add in 2004 and 2007) if it weren't for injuries. Heck, we maybe could have made the playoffs in 2006 too. If you think the mid-2000s Panthers were below average you did not watch the Panthers during those years.

Forgot a few: Chuck Smith and Reggie White in 2000.

Brentson Bucker (2001) - Came off a 7-sack season with San Francisco. Big-name signing. Stephen Davis (2003) - Two years off of leading the league in rushes, and four off of leading in touchdowns, and was on pace for 1,100 the year before signing. Mike Wahle (2005) - Longtime Green Bay starter. Big signing. Ken Lucas (2005) - Came off of a six-interception season. Big signing. Keyshawn Johnson (2006) - Not a big player, but a big name possession receiver. Justin Hartwig (2006) - Big-name center from a big team (Pittsburgh). That's six off the top of my head. We probably had a few more.

Looks like literally everyone on the offense is on the trade block but Drew Brees and Brandin Cooks. This season is going to be so fun.

Looks like paper bags will be back in season there.

At this point, I'm going to trust Gettleman. Oher wasn't awful in Baltimore his first few years, and we have his old line coach. Maybe our other guys will pick up the slack.

As a #2 Crabtree would be excellent. Definitely an upgrade over Cotchery.

I was as critical of Gettleman as anyone last offseason and I don't see a big problem here. Last year cap space forced us to let loose many of our key players and replace them with rookies and scrubs - this year, we have all of our free agents of value back and we have fewer holes thanks to an impressive rookie class. We are improving. Right now, we're waiting for the initial insanity of free agency to wear off so we don't overpay on players. We'll go for some mid-level free agents, we won't overpay, and we'll have a better team than last year while everyone else in our division is backsliding. There is no need for cliff-jumping.

People forget just how good Jake Long is when he's healthy. He was a four-time Pro Bowler and 2x All-Pro with Miami. By all means give him an offer, just not anything ridiculous and with only a bit of guaranteed money. If he bites, great.

What dat at the bottom of the NFC South?

Not a fan of this move. Even when he's healthy, Bradford isn't really better than Foles.

Gentleman is in our nuclear bunker and will come out when everyone stops firing nukes.

At least they got more from him than Greg Hardy

Holy fug this is like the best offseason ever

But Ted Ginn ain't no good as a receiver #STEPHENHILL2015

Really I don't think Harper looked half bad the last part of the year. He played much better when we had our young rookies in there.

That might actually be the case. This is from the article on the signing from Panthers.com: "When I walked off the field and Melvin (White) – one of my good friends – hit me and made me fumble, I knew right then and there that it was a possibility I would be playing in Bank of America Stadium again," Ginn said with a smile. "I just tried to put a return (in the Panthers') ear. If we get an opportunity, let's reunite."

If you're seriously going to complain about our #5 receiver not being good enough I don't know how to help you.

As a #4 or #5 receiver he's not a bad option.