Mr. Scot

Power running teams do tend to kick our ass...

Also why I couldn't support hiring another one, no matter how big their name is.

Barkley still managed to hammer us when it counted the most. We pretty well sold out to stop the run. Guessing we probably didn't think Jones could beat us passing, but he did.

Don't know if these count, but... Surely we can beat Nebraska, right?

Or they could play Dalton... I'd feel a lot more confident about that if I hadn't just seen us lose to Jacoby Brissett and Daniel Jones.

Pro Football network has chimed in... Their analysis: Matt Rhule might survive another few weeks, but there’s a good chance this team is 0-7 when they meet Atlanta in Week 8. With games against the Saints, Cardinals, 49ers, Rams, and Buccaneers in consecutive weeks, it would take the James Webb Space Telescope to see where they can notch a win. The offense was never going to be outstanding, but it’s been non-existent in the first two weeks of the season. Rhule fired Joe Brady before the end of Year 2, hiring Ben McAdoo as his replacement. In an age of offensive innovation, this never felt like a step in that direction.

That's the thing with the Panthers. Your average NFL coaching roster has guys that have been part of several coaching staffs. Ours has several guys that have followed Matt Rhule around for a pretty significant part of their careers. The longest tenured Rhule loyalists... DC Phil Snow (of course) DB Coach Evan Cooper LB Coach Mike Siravo RB Coach Jeff Nixon Assistant ST Coach Ed Foley S&C Coach Jeremy Scott The good news? Most of those guys are either non-essential or fairly replaceable. For example, Wilks can likely take over DC duties while still coaching the secondary, Al Holcomb can handle the linebackers and other assistants who stick can shift duties to cover what we need. Not like we're losing anybody that's world class or anything...

The Lions "energy"...

Or Tabor...

I think Lady Cowboy Fan might disapprove

We thought we were getting somebody that would be different than Jerry Richardson, but what's disheartening is just how many negative qualities Tepper actually shares with his predecessor. Richardson: "If somebody's good at one thing, you can trust them to be equally good at something else, like a sportswriter making personnel decisions." Tepper? "Oh this guy knew how to run a soccer operation so I'm sure he can run an NFL team just as well. It's pretty much the same thing, right?" Richardson: "I trust Marty Hurney." Tepper? "Ditto. Matt Rhule too. Hell, let's give him the keys to the whole damn thing! I'm a genius!" Richardson: "Jeans Friday" Tepper? "Deshaun Watson" Oy It's like he never left...

From last night...

To be fair, Hackett's still only two games in. Early returns had us thinking that Dan Campbell and Nick Sirianni were going to be bad too. Speaking of Campbell...

FYI...

Same as any other first time GM. Would you rather defer to the wisdom of the guy who thought giving a big contract and full control to Matt Rhule was a great idea?

We had one...with an extensive background in soccer (another prime example of David Tepper's hiring prowess)

Or Szell in "Marathon Man". I kept expecting her to ask me if it was safe

I didn't have it last year but I remember hearing people say that getting All 22 was a pain in the ass.

Heh I changed dentists a while back when Lady Cowboy Fan and I moved. The hygienist I see with the current one is a riot. The previous one employed a hygienist who I referred to as Helga the Torturer

I've got a dental appointment this week

Well, if you take the latest power ranking seriously, we are the bottom.

Still a lot of research to be done, but if I had to pick one candidate right now it'd probably be Rich Bisaccia. I kind of like the idea of Brian Callahan provided he brings his dad with him.

So to be clear, you think you can judge how good the draft picks are (in their rookie seasons no less) independent of who's responsible for coaching them up? You also seem to think you can judge free agents when they're running schemes by guys like Phil Snow. Is that fair? As mentioned previously, this is where your line of reasoning puts us... And hell, even Hurney would have deserved the benefit of a doubt if the roster he put together had been touched by someone like Marty Mornhinweg.

For the curious, the teams that ESPN has ranked behind us are the Texans and the Falcons.

You don't necessarily have to wait that long. The Browns blew a lead this past Sunday and lost to the Jets (with Joe Flacco as their starter).