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Oh, I can just see the Huddle reaction if things don't go well with the offense this year.  He'll forever be called "Top Idjit."

26 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

Morgan didn’t wait so long on the Burns trade that he got bent over. If he did the trade the day he was promoted to GM he wouldn’t have had any more leverage than he did when he traded him. Once Fitterer declined the Rams’ offer, all the leverage was in Burns’ hands and everyone knew it. 

Especially after Burns admitted to playing not to get hurt.  What GM worth a poo is going to give you more than Dan got out of the Giants for a player that would do that or even say they did it?  He did get a hefty contract from the Giants after the trade, but the trade value just wasn't there. 

My wife and I were seated in the front row of the club section on the upper deck behind the end zone. Ram fans were all around us. When Smitty caught the ball he was running straight towards us.  When the play started, the noise in the dome was deafening.   By the time he reached the end zone, all you could hear was a smattering of Panther fans cheering around the stadium.

It was glorious.

1 hour ago, Tbe said:

Im not counting the Denver people. They just started.

The Denver owner is ranked higher than Tepper.  Now if you want to change that to the Washington owner, who just started this season, you might have something.  He's ranked dead last..

I also find the win percentage for Robert Kraft amusing.  Deal with the Devil, maybe?

3 hours ago, jayboogieman said:

Exactly what I was thinking when I read Seltzer's comment.  In my opinion, trusting Hurney to be competent enough to continue as GM AND help choose the new coach was by far a worse mistake than hiring Rhule, as bad as that was..

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

That's cool and I'm glad for you but that isn't how the NFL works.

I hope it works out for him to win all the championships every year. But I just need the one. I want to see one fuging championship and I can at least have that.

You probably haven't been a Panthers fan very long but losing two Super Bowls sucked. A lot.

I definitely feel for OG Bills fans from back in the day. I don't know how you don't pull the plug on your fanhood after that kind of heartbreak.

Exactly right. I know we've lost 2 SBs, but they were 12 years apart. Can you magine losing 4 straight?  Damn, that would be demoralizing as well as humiliating.

2 hours ago, The NFL Shield At Midfield said:

One thing I wonder about is, whether acting like a little naysaying bitch on the internet ever gets old for some people.  Clearly for him it doesn't.

On topic though, Cam Peoples.  Next question.

Yeah, he's always been that way, even as far back as the old Charlotte Observer Panthers forum. If he's ever said anything positive about the Panthers, I don't remember it.

Now someone said earlier that the best 3rd & 1 or 4th & 1 QB was Tom Brady. He did it by getting low and basically going under the linemen. What better QB to do that than Young whose already closer to the ground?

Well, if you follow the OP's logic, all but one team's season is WASTED every year.

But, yeah, Rhule is by far the worst coach this team has ever had.  And I've been around to see them all since the outset of the team.

11 hours ago, L-TownCat said:

In middle school the offensive line had a loose ball/fumble drill that we called the T-drill.

1v1, 3 point stance, Coach spikes the ball, contact then recover.

Win you get to take a knee, lose, back of the line.

Last man left had to turn his helmet backwards stand on one leg and chant “It’s me, it’s me, I’m the Big T!”

 

We had a similar drill in high school, but involved all players.  Win or lose, though, you got back in line. I tried to be ferocious in fumble drills and usually came up with the ball.  Unfortunately, I broke a teammates arm in the 1-on-1 drill one day. 

But the drill did help as I recovered several fumbles during games.   

13 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

One of my favorite bits from Caldwell...

My first response probably would have been "Well, he's sober."

Well, he's already tried the worst way possible, so hopefully with this staff, it will be better. 

3 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Maybe he's gonna do this every February just so he can listen to everyone talking about how great he is, then go back to playing until he gets another Super Bowl win 

And to top it off, we have that damn movie "80 for Brady" coming out, too.  Which I will not be going to see.

Catsfan69 said: 

Tepper is the biggest idiot in the history of football. 

Jim Irsay says "Hold my beer..."

7 minutes ago, GuessWhosBack said:

So basically we ran the South for 3 years..even with Sean Payton on the other side...and didn't Wilks just sweep the Saints, I mean Payton gone but Rhule couldnt even do that.

 

You win your divison first. Wilks rn is the best coach in the Nfc south...point blank period.

I don't know that I'd say we ran the south for 3 years.  That 2014 season we had to win the last 4 games to win it with a losing record.  We had a 6 game losing streak prior to that.  And the only team we swept that year was Tampa Bay, splitting with the Aints and Failcons. 

3 minutes ago, GuessWhosBack said:

didnt rr win back to back nfc south titles?

Actually, it was 3 consecutive.  But the first (2013) and third (2015) were sandwiching a 7-8-1 record in a season where the NFCS was about as putrid as it was this season. 

On 1/3/2023 at 12:12 PM, KatsAzz said:

It is also not a given the Panthers will beat the Saints, considering how they beat the Eagles.

Yeah, but we thought there'd be no way we'd beat the Lions after they kicked the Vikings ass in week 14, either.  How'd that turn out?

But, I know, we  played the Lions at home while we'll be playing the saint in NO.  But still...

Norman only played a couple of snaps yesterday.  There was a pass thrown his way on the first one that was not close to being completed although it possibly could have been with a more accurate pass.

As for Darnold, he was not the reason the Panthers lost yesterday.  That was more on the defense, particularly CB.  Sam had a rather good day overall with the exception of one interception due to the pass being too short.  Had it been about 3 or 4 yards longer it would have probably been a TD.  He still threw for over 300 yards and 3 TDs.  He also lost a fumble on a strip sack (from Icky's side) near their own goal line but the Bucs only got a FG out of it.

I used to get very emotionally involved with watching Panthers games and would be very upset after every lose.  But as I've aged, I still watch and cheer for them when I have nothing else to do, but I no longer set aside Sundays just for watching.  My wife and I scuba dive and we usually go somewhere for that activity every Sunday up until late October or early November depending on temps in our area.  I'll still record the games if I remember to set my DVR and may or may not watch them, especially when they lose. 

I was excited watching yesterday's game thru the 3rd quarter, but then apathy set in when it appeared they were not going to win, although they did not give up and had a chance up until the very last play.  But I did not get emotional after the lose and accepted it as possibly being more of a benefit to the team than winning and possibly going to the playoffs.  Perhaps it will be more positive than negative in the long haul as it may bring in better coaching and players.

But I am still a fan of the Panthers as I have been from the day it was announced that Charlotte was getting a team and shall remain one.  Just not to the point of getting emotionally wrung out like I used to.

And @hepcat, sorry for the lose of your BIL.  Your family is what is important right now, not some in the grand scheme of things irrelevant football team or game.  Focus on them.

4 hours ago, Proudiddy said:

I may have missed it on the breakdown, buy that tip-toe sideline pass/catch from Darnold to DJ was one of the prettiest passes I've seen all season.  Was absolutely amazed that DJ was able to catch it and and stay in bounds.  Darnold threw it as perfectly as it could be thrown and still give DJ a chance...

 

No, that's the one pass they did not show. I kept looking for it but for whatever reason they didn't cover it even though I thought it was the best pass/catch of the game.

That was a real big boy play there.

1 minute ago, bababoey said:

It was a Monday night game.  Late in the season to maybe week 14 or 15

That's what I was thinking but wasn't quite sure. That was a while back.

48 minutes ago, ladypanther said:

I was at that Bucs game...think it was a Thursday night game?   Not sure but definitely a night game.  Playoff atmosphere.  Stadium was rocking...everyone standing the entire game.  Basically ended Gruden's run as the Buc HC. That was fun Panther football.  It is nice to have a game this time of year that means something.

4 minutes ago, Wolfcop said:

It was definitely a weekday game. Maybe MNF. 

I was there, too, but can't remember if it was Monday or Thursday night.  The one image imprinted on my brain, though, is JStew planting Ronde Barber into the BOA turf with one of the nastiest stiff-arms I've ever seen..

3 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

*11 1/2 years

You do make a good point, but the Fatt Fhule years were so abysmal everything else seems like a bright ray of sunshine by comparison.

Very standup type of guy. He owned the loss. Quite refreshing after what we saw for almost 2 1/2 years.

1 minute ago, raleigh-panther said:

Cutback was there for a td. Rb missed it 

Yeah, I saw that, too.

Looks like he's tearing him a new one.

I'm not a Vikings fan at all, but will have a great deal of satisfaction if the Vikes win since it means Matt Ryan would be on the losing side of the giving up the largest leads in both regular season and Super Bowl history.