Mr. Scot

Gantt...

As tthe game, I'm comfortable with the notion that Mayfield should look better this game. Far less comfortable that we'll see improvement from the defense.

Cleared your cache?

Don't doubt that. He's not very good when it comes to football though. My biggest issue with Tepper is basically the same one I had with Richardson. He trusts the wrong people. He trusted Ron, he trusted Marty, then he trusted Rhule. Until he trusts someone who's actually earned trust, I expect things to continue as they are.

Ouch

My Dad could have been called one of those, though the more correct term probably would have been "didn't give a sh-t" voters. He just went into the voting booth and punched a straight ticket every single time. Funny thing was my sister would go in and do the same for the opposite party so I guess they canceled each other out

Yeah, said elsewhere and if he has many more games like that first week, that star is gonna fade real quick. This is a big reason why I don't like hiring guys too early in their careers.

Oh, there are definitely NFL owners who don't seem to give a sh-t. I wouldn't put Tepper in that category. He does, sadly, still seem to be in the category of "owners that have no clue what they're doing".

From last night...

Brady wasn't ready to be an OC. He's on a much better path now. Rhule isn't qualified to be an NFL head coach either.

I don't know if humbled is the word I'd use but there are some things we do know. By his own admission, he looks at what's being said about the Panthers on Twitter. From that, we can know that he's aware of how both he and the team are perceived. Doesn't really seem to be particularly happy about it either. These things would thus indicate that how the team is viewed matters to him on at least some level. So where does it go from here? Unknown, but at least we can say that he's not living in a bubble.

I knew that a--hole would come back to haunt us someday. I just never thought he'd do it using my favorite football team

Not to mention someone who wants it. I'm not sure Luke does...at least not right now.

"Stats are for losers." - John Fox

If the team looks bad, probably.

Leftwich has only been coaching since 2016, Moore since only 2018. Dorsey has the longest tenure of the bunch, starting in 2023. There are guys who have been ripe for a head coaching opportunity for longer than these guys have even been coaching. I know it's not his fault, but older coaches have been pushed to the fringe because of how successful McVay has been.

Elflein was the one blowing the snaps.

Ironically enough, that's what the Packers are hoping for this season after starting off with an ugly 23-7 loss to the Vikings. I also remember when the Patriots cut Lawyer Milloy right before the season started. He signed with the Bills and in week one they blasted the Patriots something like 30-0. That season ended with a Super Bowl victory...over us

My biggest issue with Byron Leftwich is the same one I have with Ken Dorsey and Kellen Moore. They're all very intelligent and skilled, but I think they need more experience before they're ready to take on a head coaching job. I know everybody is looking for the next Sean McVay, but I feel like if you go that route you're probably more likely to find the next Joe Brady

Depends on the coach, or at least it used to. Traditionally, there were two schools of thought when it came to offseason training. You had guys like Tom Coughlin who would put their players through the most rigorous training they could. Those teams tended to come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, but the additional wear and tear took a toll as the season went on and all too often they'd be limping by the time they got to the playoffs. Then you had other guys (I think Andy Reid was one) who took things a little easier. Their squads were more likely to start the season slow and sloppy, but when playoff time came around they weren't necessarily so badly beaten up. These days though? Since the Players Association put so many limits on practice time, it's pretty tough for the hardass coaches to run things like they wish they could. I suspect Rhule would probably be that way if he could, but he can't. Makes me wonder if Rhule would have a different record if things were still under the old rules.

Seriously though, where you throw from, how well you see the field and the trajectory of your passes have a lot more to do with this sort of thing than height. Remember those flatline passes Jimmy Clausen always used to throw?

I get what Snow is trying to say there but damn that was a poor way to phrase it

I don't think he's too sort Just to be clear though, sort of what?

Depends on what hurts you. We had a stretch there of teams that we absolutely should have or at least potentially could have beaten. That made my head hurt