Khyber53

I think a lot of folks remember him very fondly from his time here as DC during that 15-1 season and the Super Bowl appearance. Not trying to knock Canales, he's showing some promise, but he's still a young and unproven coach when compared. We aren't making any kind of trade, but...

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You've gotta quit crying about old girlfriends. Just move on. Plenty of fish in the sea and all that. Truly, though, Burns found something in himself and it may well have been that he found himself as the senior member of a line with some high drafts, low performance guys and he began to lead by example. I believe he's put on some pounds, too, which had been a knock on him early on. Good for him and glad to see him develop... those stories don't always work out so well. And yeah, we need some help at linebacker.

Buffalo, Seattle, New England, Rams Buffalo, Rams Buffalo.

And remember how the vast majority of us here on this board spend a lot of time in the locker room, on the bench and going out to dinner with the current players and coaches of the team. Who better than us to have our fingers on the pulse of what's really happening in the real Panthers. Sometimes our surety of statements around here gets so very, very thick.

I'll be honest with you, since they got into the NIL rules and quicker transfer portals, the quality of QBs coming out of college has sucked across the board. The ones who seem to do the best are the ones who sat a year or two on a bench, then had a year or two on the field under the same coaching staff, learning the game, how to manage and how to lead. Those guys are almost unheard of now. I know college football was monetized decades ago, but when they just tore the lid off of it, they made a mess of the game. (And let's not even touch how they have screwed education...)/

I don't know. Dart looks like he has potential and Harbaugh has experience with dealing with that kind of QB and helping him elevate to reach his full capabilities. Lamar Jackson was pretty raw, but gifted when he started out, but now he's looking at a legendary type career. And Harbaugh seems to have a steady, guiding hand on organizations. That may just be what the Giants need. They've been rudderless for a long time. Not that I really care, though... but I do like anyone who can make the seasons tougher for the Cowboys and Washington.

I frikkin loved those uniforms. Dark uniforms looked like bomber jackets.

The Giants have a lot of pieces on the table. But they have also had a very shaky table. Should be interesting to see how this one works out, because that place has been a mess for a while now and has the biggest microscope on it of any team in the NFL.

Well alrighty. Good luck to him and Ginn. Might be a reason to tune in.

Best of the world to him from here. Definitely a guy who never gave up on himself and gave his best for everyone who gave him a chance. Glad he spent some time with us.

I think that the Head Coach's duties during a game are to keep tempo up, handle issues that have arisen on the unit that is off the field, to manage the brakes/gas/clutch juggling and to cheerlead the players. An offensive coordinator, sitting in the sky box with an all-field from above view should be calling plays with some guidance from the HC. Canales can lead men but he has trouble delegating and, more importantly, he can become too timid. We need an OC who attacks and exploits. Not someone standing on the sidelines trying to juggle geese AND get plays in on time.

Brentson Buckner (who had a talent of grabbing and holding two O-linemen simultaneously without getting called for it -- just masterful), the vastly underappreciated Mike Rucker, the Principal Al Wallace and a fantastic supporting cast behind them... That was a helluva defensive team.

Of course, having Julius Peppers makes a colossal difference in that situation. If only...

We pretty much rely on Derek Brown to wreck their offensive line single-handedly in hopes someone makes it through. We are also terrified of being historically bad against the run, again.