Khyber53

Tight End coaching, sponsored by Charmin. Really? Dignity is cheap in the marketplace, so very cheap.

I wish I could argue against this, but there it is. Luvu and Tremble might blossom this year. But yeah, outside of Shaq, those cupboards are pretty bare.

If Mayfield ends up in Seattle, it will be the best thing for his career. It won't be like Brees getting a restart in New Orleans after being jilted by San Diego, but it sure could be a Tannehill like story. I think Baker has the skills to really succeed if he can get good, solid coaching and is on a team that has some cohesion to it. I think he had more to do with making the Browns relevant again than he gets credit for. The talk of him being not so great with the locker room there may have less to do with Mayfield than it does with an organization that has been the measure of futility since the 1990s. If he came here, instead, I'm not sure he'd have the same success under Rhule that he'll have under Pete Carroll.

I hope he finds what he needs here, is wonderfully happy and then turns out a fantastic season for us. It's a tough job and one that wears on the soul as much as the body.

The biggest con was that "they made JR sell". JR already wanted to sell and he took billions of dollars and happily fell on a plastic sword to protect the league.

I think we'll know by mid-October. There's a good chance we'll know by mid-September. Honestly, I just want Rhule gone and we move on, sooner than later. There are some really talented young men on this team whose best playing years are being wasted while Rhule does his on-the-job training bullshit. Let's move on and he can either go back to the middling college game or get him an assistant coaching gig with another NFL team. And as for Tepper, I wish we'd have taken a longer time in finding a qualified buyer. He's just not a good fit for the NFL, the region or the fans.

Unflushable Phil, the turd NC can't seem to get rid of.

That's great! My daughter shows our dog and Westminster is the big, big deal. Winning best of breed there means big money for the pups/breeding fees. Her dog has been getting second place awards to one other dog all season so far and that dog just got Best of Breed at Westminster. It was kind of a big boost to her confidence (this is her first year of showing dogs).

Too young, far too young. RIP.

Awww, no. I enjoyed his commentaries. RIP

I want to be surprised this year by the team being incredibly good. I really want to see it. I just look at the coaching and see a team that's just spinning its wheels, stuck in the mud, and completely unable to compete against decent teams. I'd love to see 11 wins, but I'm afraid we might have just three.

Straight up truth.

There a lot of narratives in every bad break-up.

Darnold, since drafted, has taken bad teams and bad coaching and been pretty bad. Mayfield took a historically bad team with shake ups (and questionable) coaching and made them a playoff team in 2020 and made them at least a contender in his other years. Darnold is playing out his fifth year option and hoping to make enough happen to get a back-up gig somewhere. Mayfield is in his last contract year and is looking for a place to get a new contract as a starter. History has to give the nod to Mayfield. Career arc is also to Mayfield. Cost savings is to Darnold. Darnold will definitely get Rhule fired. Mayfield might. As much as I want to see Rhule go, I want to see the Panthers win. I think Mayfield gives us the best chance to make use of the weapons we still have here and gives us the best chance to overcome the coaching.

Might be best for the Panthers to just simply turn off the tube and quit watching the soap opera that has become Watson and the Browns. If things get bad enough they'll come begging. If not, well, we've got a season to prepare for.

Hasn't it already? Here's my one take on it: If we get Baker Mayfield, that's great, he is an upgrade and I think he'll play with a vengeance here as he makes his case for some team to pick him up as a long-term starter. He brought Cleveland relevance and no one had done that in two or more decades. Say what you will, he QBed a bad team into a contender in one of the hardest divisions in the NFL. He could do that here as well... he rose above some bad coaching and bad team management. They'll just have to remake his commercials and turn it into Bank of America stadium --- there's a lot of hay they can make of that.

So, I guess nothing happened yesterday?

Good luck to him.

We'll see. Even with those new QBs, they have better built and led teams than we're fielding. And even if the Browns have to eat crow and put Mayfield back at #1 QB, they've still got a major leg up on us. I hope I'm wrong.

Before Oct. 23, we have only one team that probably won't be a contender (the Giants on Sept. 18). The Browns, Saints, Cardinals, 49ers, Rams and Buccaneers are (barring some kind of collapse by one of the teams) will be a murderers row for our early season. If we come out of that 2-5 it'll be a surprise. If we are involved before the trade deadline, it's because some other team wants one of our guys to fill in for an injured player. I don't think we'll be in contention at that time, and I'm almost certain we'll be operating under a different coach and a damage control unit by then.

This won't age well. Expiration date is going to be about Oct. 7, 2022 give or take a few days depending on refrigeration.

The first time they hand him the ball, the increased versatility he offers will become evident.

I'd take him on a serious prove it deal.

Try not to drop the gold watch when they hand it to you.

I just keep driving my 22 year-old Montero, taking good care of it and putting off replacing it for another year. Still looks great, drives well and rolls on with no payments. I might want one of the new full-sized Broncos, but I'm going to just hold on until sanity in the marketplace comes back around. It might take a while.