Mr. Scot

I think at this point, even "Cliff" knows that. Sadly, "Dave" doesn't. Perhaps Dave might have seen that sooner had he actually looked at the Cliff Notes. Unfortunately for us, he instead chose to consult the Marty Notes

Having "a vet" on the roster would be fine. Having both Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold on the roster...is stupid. Having both Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold on the roster plus thinking you you need to have them in some goofball competition for the starting job...is insanely stupid. Having both Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold on the roster ridiculously competing for the starting job while also having PJ Walker and using valuable training camp and practice reps to try and help him find his next NFL job...is beyond stupid... It's Matt Rhule.

Lady Cowboy Fan got a good laugh out of my reaction to that play. And I'll grant that if you weren't a Panther fan, you'd probably have found it funny.

I've spent a little time following football, and I can tell you that in that time, I've yet to see a third round rookie who only got a minimum number of practice snaps come in and look like an All Pro. I don't know what Corral is yet, but I do know that judging him off of today, especially given the way that Matt Rhule has handled his development to date, is extremely premature.

Mentioned elsewhere, but if you read every post of his as saying "This is me trying to convince people that I'm really smart by claiming everyone else is dumb", it makes way more sense.

If he'd gotten practice and looked bad, then we could talk. But as has been mentioned, several NFL staffs have done a decent job prepping rookie quarterbacks this season. Ours? Not so much. And unless you can cite examples where other third round rookies have come into the league and looked like world beaters after barely practicing at all, interpreting this as "well, I guess Corral must just be bad" is lazy. Bottom Line? Corral is Matt Rhule's first experience / attempt at coaching a highly drafted NFL rookie quarterback. And for the sake of the Panthers future, hopefully also his last.

Bush league is probably a compliment. I don't put it on "the staff" though as much as I do Rhule. These are his decisions.

Hate to tell ya, but it's actually not the Carolina Panthers responsibility to make sure PJ Walker has a job. It is however kind of important that they develop that guy they spent a draft pick on and talked up as a quarterback of the future. Yet with those two things in mind, guess which task Matt Rhule is putting a higher priority on?

Would probably help at least a little bit if the coach would have him...you know practice Said it a couple times already but it bears repeating: Rhule is handling Corral as if he were a college freshman rather than an NFL rookie. Again, he's proving rather conclusively that he's not an NFL coach.

Or that play where he had a wide open field to run two yards for a first down but chose to chuck a poor pass instead?

Kinda hard to get better as an NFL rookie when your dumbsh-t coach doesn't give you any practice time. And if you wanna talk "real", PJ isn't gonna be on the regular season roster. Corral is.

Shopping him's kinda pointless when pretty much every team in the league knows he's not making the roster. Course, I wouldn't put huge money on him making anyone else's roster either.

He'll be an even longer project if they continue to not give him practice reps. (it has nothing to do with expectations)

Yeah...that's frighteningly stupid. Rivera used to pull dumb sh-t like that.

That moment will never be forgotten...

I'd feel better about the situation if I had more trust in the guy managing it

Kenny Pickett coming up....

In most cases though, you're talking about a throwaway guy, not someone you're trying to develop for the future.

Are you basing this on that three play sequence late in the second?

That number's kind of ironic...

Last time I recall seeing a punt go like that was that one time Randall Cunningham did it.

Yeah

You can get away with sh-t like that when you're a contender.

I managed to do both.

As big a Rhule critic as I am, he probably is smarter to not coach like he's desperate, even though I agree he absolutely ought to be on the hot seat.