bigjohn

Would love to see some receivers get separation....

I checked in just to see the overreaction of the Huddle. (Would have if we were up 14 as well). As always, the Huddle does not disappoint.

23-20, Panthers win on a late field goal with Bryce leading us on the game winning drive to put us in range. Sanders gets 120 on the ground. Bryce throws for 240, spreading the ball around. Burns with two sacks and Fitterrrrerrrrrr decides he should have made the deal yesterday to save some money. Half the huddle declares Super Bowl, the other half declares the season a bust since we only beat a shitty team by a field goal.

How many teams that needed a QB passed on Howell?

Yeah I’ve laughed about this preseason stuff. When I coached high school basketball, we tried to play people better than us in the summer, tried different player combinations, put backups in against starters, played guys out of position…. Anything we could to prep for the season. One year we went like 2-9 in the summer, including a couple games blowing big leads (because little Johnny Turnover got his chance in the second half)… we ended up winning the conference that year. So as long as you have your guys, great time to look at individual matchups, decide who can play, what schemes fit, get some stuff on film and go for real when it counts.

Not a CJ fan but goodness that was a bad call. Officials need some preseason work too.

We have ourselves a franchise QB.

Dude talking trash that isn't even wearing pads. Punk.

Water hot as fire, not good. Supposedly El Nino makes for more wind shear which isn't favorable for hurricane development. Goodness I hope not. We just moved to the coast last fall, had a hurricane the day after we moved in.

Our play isn't as bad as Capers rug. And that's saying something.

This drive hasn't been textbook but I'll take it. And Mingo is learning some valuable lessons. He was too deep on that route that the pass was short-hopped. When he and Bryce get on the same page, get Sanders back in the backfield.... some things to build on.

A first down! Super Bowl bound!!!

Ok good job defense. Let's go.

Can Burns cover the tight end?

I picked a bad night to stop drinking.

Can we defend the slant?

VON BELL. Ouch.

So if our Oline gives up no sacks and just a few pressures next week and the Giants have less than 100 yards rushing, how many Super Bowl threads will we have next weekend? I love sports!

Most interesting thing for me will be adjustments made between now and next game, whether scheme or personnel. Certainly not hitting the panic button.

I don't want to see Bryce play one single snap behind anyone but the starting offensive line. Corral should see most of the reps. Give Bryce enough to get him comfortable. As a few others have noted, it's nice to have a coaching staff we can better trust with these decisions.

I thought all along AE should have gotten looks at QB or at least those wildcat packages. Just don't see changing positions at that point. Yeah, it's been done, but I tell ya he was special as a QB. And as many others have said, with what we had behind center at the time, whew....

I wish the best for the kid. I hope he ends up bringing us a ton of wins, and hope he’s a model citizen and never gets in any trouble. I have no idea what happened that night, but I’ve never hung out with guys that committed murder, and most of the athletes I pull for haven’t put themselves in that situation either.

My main prediction is a complete overreaction by about a fourth of the Huddle fanbase saying we completely fugged this pick.

Like Joe Montana saying "Hey, isn't that John Candy?" in the huddle during a game winning Super Bowl drive.

I was leaning Stroud but the more I hear and see about Young the more I like him. The leadership, intangibles, accuracy, intelligence...all the things I want in my qb. Happy we are in the position we're in regardless, with this coaching staff.