Mr. Scot

Only if our college coaching staff actually figures out that pro teams adjust at halftime. Hopefully guys like McAdoo and Wilks being on board makes a difference there.

I'm hopeful on Gross-Matos, but not convinced yet.

The factors for me... Personnel acquisition prior to this offseason was skewed to the defensive side of the ball. Defensive player acquisition has tended to emphasize speed over power. Rhule and Snow basically built a defense that was heavily geared toward defending the pass. Defense looked good early but once teams figured out they could run on us, it fell apart. Not sure if Snow tried any major changes or adjustments, but if he did, it didn't show. Bottom Line for me: What defensive improvement we've seen is probably due to the personnel emphasis, but the coaching and scheme have been lacking. Not sure that changes this year.

Who replaces him that's better against the run, though? General read is that the pass rush opposite Burns is "by committee" at this point.

Winston's got a lot worse accusations in his past than the crab leg thing

Honestly haven't seen any... Have read loads of "cougar" jokes

General concensus is the Mayfield trade "slams the door" on Newton being a Panther again. That's probably reasonable to conclude.

Uuummm... Don't know how credible this is but it's all over the place.

From a writer for a New Orleans TV station...

Note regarding "winning" Jimmy Garoppolo...

Very possible. People are so impatient these days that this sort of thing happens a lot. Everyone who's worked with him says he has a bright football mind. Maybe more experience will help him get where he wants to be

I would definitely shoot for whatever I could get for him in a trade before cutting him.

I'll take that as everybody is right about you. Maybe you should go ahead and shoot for account number four.

I've got a feeling we're going to watch an improved offense only to see the defense go backwards.

It isn't.

He doesn't have twenty plus lawsuits?

Yeah, the Bears aren't looking for a QB. And if Seattle loved him, they'd have offered something. They never did.

Yeah...that's not a reason. I genuinely hope Corral is a good quarterback, but if Mayfield proves to be the guy I'll be okay with that too.

If he did well in camp, why would we trade him?

Well yeah we do, given that the ones we're paying can actually play for us.

This is the thing... I actually feel like we may just have somebody who can build a legitimate roster. Unfortunately, the coaching staff at this point is a mixed bag at best.

My word, you're miserable. I'd normally try to be sympathetic, but your constant stream of negativity toward everyone else on here is just so damn boring.

Don't know (outside of the obvious) but that will always be one of the damndest things to me. His loyalty to the NFL knew no bounds, yet it always seemed to be a one way street. And at the time that he most desperately wanted them to have his back, they hung him out to dry. Classic case of "they don't love you man, they're just using you."

Maybe the TV my family had back in the 70s, but it doesn't work so well with a flatscreen...