Khyber53

That's not a train, that's a ship of fools.

I sure hope we get to see that they're right.

There are 32 teams in the NFL. Shaq Thompson would be a starting linebacker on all 32 of them. Right now, and for the last couple of seasons (and sadly last year was cut very short), he directs traffic in our defensive scheme. He's excellent at it. Sadly, he doesn't get much credit from our fan base because, well, Carolina has consistently had THE best linebackers in the game for 4-3 defensive schemes since the early 2000s. Honestly, probably back to their start when you consider the Hall of Famers that have lined up for us back then. But in recent memory alone, Shaq has been compared to Luke and Thomas Davis. Those were his teachers, his team mates and they left mighty big shoes. Luke will go down as the greatest linebacker to play the game. It is a tragedy that injuries cut his career short. TD, on the other hand, is the template for recuperating and rehabbing athletic injuries -- the man had the knees of Wolverine, and the on-field demeanor to match. Shaq has been excellent for us for years, but he is probably nearing the end of his playing days, just because of his longevity. Quit downplaying his importance. He's not in the dark, he's just been standing in the shadows of giants.

Latest video and within our narrator shows that he's not AI and that he has a new book coming out. He's a great guy and he's been my best buddy for more than 30 years now. Btw, yes, the dog was safe. And yes, the man was not in his right mind when they wheeled him into the interview room. His Miranda rights, very carefully, were not violated in the least bit, as they were unable to even verify his name, date of birth or address fully. Once they couldn't do that, there wasn't anything else they could do. I tell you this just to give you a little look behind the scenes of when we do these videos. We do a public information request to police departments or other agencies to get everything they are able to share on these subjects. Some provide more than others, all redact some of the information. In this particular one, we got the video of the police officer rolling up, the quick roadside deal and then him entering the apartment. We also got the footage of the attempted interview. We received some photos and about 30 pages of police reports (many of which were just forms from an officer on scene stating that they were there and they watched such and such quadrant of the crime scene). That's it. And my job is to come up with a story for this, patch together the footage, photos and reports that we received into something at least somewhat compelling. In this case, there was no information about the victim or what happened to the murderer. And that had me digging for days. In this particular case, the murderer languished for nearly three years in the county jail because of the Covid situation, then there were literally dozens of pages of trial delay requests by prosecutors and defense attorneys (and a revolving door of public defenders). In the end, both sides just threw up their hands and offered the killer a plea deal, just to get it off their docket. Was Justice done? No, not at all. Was expedience the byword? No, not at all. Is this commonplace? I'm really afraid it is. And the victim? It took days to track down even the slightest information about him, and as said in the video, his published obituary only provided that he had been born at a certain time and had died on that day. It was a sad, soul-chilling thing to stumble across and it bothered me for days that this happens to people. So, there we are. I get an initial request to do a script about a guy claiming to have killed a Terminator and I have to do my best to bring it back around and make it about people as best I can. I've got to, for my own sake.

Somewhere, deep in that massive contract are a series of out clauses. Deep in that contract.

Tepper was at the games. He saw what we saw. A mistake of the proportions of that one needs no introduction, no explanation.

We looked competent and prepared. I'm not expecting us to be world beaters this year, but if we can be consistently competitive it will be a huuuuuge step forward. Just having Bryce look calm and collected, demure and mindful so to say, was a big step. Good on the coach.

Zappe could be a very good waiver wire pick-up. The kid has the chops, he was just stuck on a team that was destined to crash and burn the Belichick legacy.

The team that draft Shedeur will regret it for a decade. The guy has crash and burn diva written all over him and will bring a baggage train of hangers on and his dad as a Coach. And honestly, he ain't that great. His PR firm is stellar, though.

(Pst, I'm one, too.)

Stranger things have happened. This will be a strange year, it just has that feel to it. I hope it's a good strange. Not like an "upside down, you thought that was bad before" Stranger Things kind of strange.

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I agree wholeheartedly.

Figuratively, anything could happen with this season. Might as well tune in, cheer for the team and enjoy hope for as long as we have it. That's football. And, yeah, sometimes hope only lasts until that first game, partway through the first quarter. And then sometimes they send in some nobody back up QB who'd never got a shot before and he wins that game. And then he goes on to march the team to a Super Bowl. I mean, lightning could strike twice.

Was sooooo ready to argue this but, nah I think you've got it. Maybe Delhomme/Cam ... both completely different QBs, both had their ways, one the superior (maybe one of the most superior in NFL history) athletes, the other guy was just grit and heart and belief. But yeah, you nailed it.

Not sure, but it was just one of the chinks in the armor that wore him down, I'm sure.

I just keep flashing back to Cam getting injured on a pre-season game blitz versus the Patriots.

Okay, the fellow screaming at the practice facility... someone needs to get him some assistance. Really.

Good luck on the YouTube channel man. Gave you a like and a subscribe! It takes time to build it up but just keep cranking out the videos and learn along the way. One day you will see a number of views that will just completely blow your mind. It happens.

Was just about to put this in there. The kid looked like the real deal that first year and then into the second for a bit. Then he got injured and he never was the same again. I was never sure if it was a lingering injury or if it just knocked the grit out of him. Really had high hopes for him after he and Moose had that great season after Smitty got injured.

There's probably a lot of truth to this.

Remember back in the days when both Fox and Rivera had the mantra that you tried to win preseason games also, because you needed to teach a team that winning is the most important thing. Now it seems that we're only teaching how to keep your job and play not to get hurt. We've been missing something for a few years now. Backbone.

What a disappointing snoozefest.

I think our two least talked about, and possibly most important, organizational groups are our scouts and our medical training staff. Recent years have shown how poorly both groups have performed and how it has hurt the overall team. Maybe it's time to take an axe to both and restart those programs?

I agree wholeheartedly here. And with RBs being de-valued in the draft, it makes it much easier to snag a top end RB. But back to the cornerback thing... are we still looking? I think we've been unsettled at CB for, well, since that last SB run.