Khyber53

I don't think teams get put in the 32nd place in any power rankings out of spite. Honestly, it's kind of a "usual suspects" thing. The same three or four teams are usually at that spot: Detroit, Jacksonville, NY Jets, Houston, the Giants... We seem to have joined that club but something is making the list makers think all of those teams have made more strides to improve than we have.

In this world today, I just think maybe we need to praise people who do good work. It seems pretty faint and few anymore.

Man, do we ever sound desperate as a franchise...

Let's see how it plays out. There are a lot of us who have been pointing out that this is the direction we have been headed and no amount of whitewashing it was going to change the overall results. Still, even I've got to admit we know nothing about how this season will really turn out at this juncture. We just had a draft, the big free agency push and the first round of rookie camps in the league. No one really can say how things will be once the pads go on and the games mean something. While I think we're set up to fail big right now (I don't believe in the coaching/game planning/overall well-being of the team), there's also a chance that Rhule will get built what he promised, that our draft picks will pan out beautifully and that the ball will fall the right way with us this year. I'm really torn between my optimism/hope for my team and the evidence that our team's coaching, management and ownership really don't know what they are doing. We are living in a weird space right now.

Some team will end up with either a pre-season injury or a poor performance from a bubble QB and make the trade for Mayfield. They'll probably be more competitive after doing so. And there's always the outlier that after this week's investigative interviews by the NFL that Watson might end up in a suspension situation. Cleveland then could end up having to make amends with Baker quickly. Of course, the NFL investigation could be just as flimsy as it's expected to be and nothing comes of it. Still, off of the list they gave in the article, Houston would be the most likely landing spot. If Cleveland just up and releases him, expect him to be there before the ink is dry on the pink slip.

Hate it for a guy so young to be injured and out of the NFL before really getting a shot. Best of luck to him and he still made it to the dream so many kids start out with yet never see.

Okie dokie then.

Everyone missed on him.

Verge knows more about draft candidates than 90% of the pro scouts do.

If he's good enough for @Verge to be happy about it, then I'm all in on the pick. They're almost never wrong.

Yep, that's it in a nut shell. I hope he proves me wrong this year and it all comes together. We need it. If he doesn't break .500 I don't see how he can come back. And if we're under .500 at the midpoint of the season, he might get Rivera'ed and shown an early exit.

We can always use a great lineman. Hope he pans out as a league leader.

I hate saying it, but we're going to drop our first three and talk of Tepper being on the hotseat will be real. I don't think he'll see game five from our sidelines. Edit: Nah, even I can't go with this. I think we'll come out of the gates roaring with CMC and a newly invigorated offense led by Corral from game one. We'll win the first two (I don't think Watson will play) and then our defense will let us down. Offense will keep us in the games, but our defense just doesn't make a stand. Tepper looks for a new coach by week eight.

Actually, I think Cleveland certainly has some charms to it.

This 100%. And we have to realize that we won't fix the defense with another one year rental of a sack specialist. Our defense is soft and that's a down to the core problem that can't be fixed with a coat of paint or a flashy new doodad.

Remember when the NFL didn't spend two weeks hyping the schedule release? Talk about marketing the poo out of your brand every single day.

Wow, that was a powerful piece. I knew he'd played here in Greensboro for NC A&T and he was a heck of a running back. Sounds like a good, Good man who has had to deal with the ramifications of others' life decisions heavier than anyone I could imagine. I hope he finds peace and I hope he finds another shot at football. We could use a guy like him here, high character and understanding of the sacrifices he's made and the sacrifices made by others to get him where he was.

Let's face it, the guy's having more fun than any other Panther.

Perfect show then, still holds up beautifully. Best ensemble cast ever. As much as I wanted more of it then, I realize now that no one would be able to capture lightning in a bottle like that a second time.

There's a part of me that wants to be optimistic and say that Rhule will come out and surprise us this season, finally make us contenders. I look at the draft and see potential there. And then I remember I felt that way for the prior two seasons. And then I see that we haven't fixed any problems on defense. I want us to win 10, but I'm afraid we're going to struggle to win five.

Of all the great linebackers to play the game, Ray Lewis, by far had the best lawyers.

As I pointed out, there were pretty much an equal number of good and better players in the red and yellow as there was in the good ratings. Perhaps RAS isn't any real indicator of success in the NFL but just a snapshot of a player at their peak in college against other college athletes?

Looking at the names, though, it doesn't seem like RAS correlates to success in the NFL very much. There are some real nothings in the green listing, some pretty darned good players in the red. Maybe I'm just not understanding this.

If Texas' ego wasn't big enough already. It's time to mess with Texas.

Sometimes you recognize the cow patty without having to step in it.