Khyber53

I hate that we've come to this, but I agree with you. I've never seen such uninspired play calling or lack of aggression from one of our teams. And I've watched every season since we started. It's bad enough that I'm beginning to wonder if Ron Rivera will be available at the end of this season.

He gets a lot of credit for guys he may have not had any direct hand in choosing in Seattle. Just saying.

Here's my latest one. Hey, if you're watching this, let me know what you think of the narration speed. Too slow, just right?

You forgot trading away CMC for a handful of magic beans.

Can't argue with the assessment. Most rookie QBs aren't going to perform well right out of the gates and Bryce seems to be one of those. But the real question is where will he be after three years? That's when we have to look at long term contracts and is he a franchise cornerstone. And no one here has the crystal ball that can answer that at this point. Maybe he will reach his potential and develop into a modern Drew Brees. Maybe he will go the Brady Quinn route and never develop. Maybe he lands in Doug Flutie land somewhere between those two. Or maybe he has the fate of RGIII and falls to injury. We don't know and we won't know for a while. And I think that he's suffering the slings and arrows right now because the team is 0-4 and it's not a very well built team and its one that doesn't play with much energy or fire. And personality-wise, Bryce isn't a fire and lightning kind of leader, nor is his coach. It's a complex situation and all we're looking for is a win here and there, some signs of progress. Sure wish we were getting some of that.

It has been solid in comparison to our offense. It holds up well through the first half, but gets completely gassed in the second half.

Just to make conversation, why are you comfortable with him there? Our defense isn't exactly the '85 Bears... Maybe the '85 Lions.

We have no offensive line. We have a rookie QB who is in line to be squished and injured in the next few games at this rate. We have only one receiver who can get open and he's 84 years old. We have four tight ends on the roster and we have no idea of how to use them. We have lost approximately half of our defensive starters to serious injury already and we just completed week four. Our best defensive player left is probably just sandbagging until the trade deadline, then will get "injured." The most reliable weapon on the team is Eddie Piniero and at the rate we're going, he will have to try a 72 yarder before week 9. Our lead running back has shown an incredible knack for finding the biggest knot of players at the line on every play and running smack into it, while the better and young Chuba Hubbard is passing out Gatorade on the sidelines. And our Head Coach has decided he will call the offensive plays and doesn't even keep up with which players on on the sideline under the medical evaluation tent. Detroit has the opposite of everything I've just stated. We are going to be killed out there.

We have four tight ends on the roster and they decide to send in Ian Thomas for a touchdown pass attempt? The guy can't catch. Can't get open. Can kinda, sorta, maybe block. And they sent him in. That's coaching's fault folks.

Always a great listen and show!

All I know is that there's been a massive turd midfield for the past half decade. It doesn't matter who laid it there, it needs to be cleaned up.

There is a very good chance that: Sam Darnold, Steve Wilks and CMC will get a Super Bowl ring before we have a winning season. AND Baker Mayfield may have a playoff win before we have a winning season. SMH

Timid. The play calling is timid. The rookie QB is playing timid. Our defensive stars are either injured or playing timid in an attempt to not get injured before they can get out of here. Our receivers outside of Thielen are playing timid. And Sanders, our RB1, may be the most timid running back in the NFL. Every week so far, we have allowed opposing teams to come into town, eat our lunches and kiss our girlfriends without saying a word. We are whooped before we even reach the field. I'm sorry, that falls on coaching. These guys don't have the same stones they showed when Wilks was the interim coach. Rivera, for all of his faults, never turned out a pile of chicken salad like this. Heck, even Rhule didn't. It hurts me to say that, but there it is. Wish I felt differently. And Bryce isn't Claussen. Yet.

Spam Spam Spam. Food of the Vikings. Maybe our luck will change if I try to appear as one of our opponent's supporters...

Wearing purple and having Spam for lunch. I figure that I've been wearing Panthers colors each game so far, and sticking with NC foods... maybe I can play the old Uno Reverse card here... Still, I'm worried it's going to be Vikings 74 Panthers 9.

It was kinda cute but the technical difficulties were a bit too numerous. Still, great effort on their part.

He needs help, man. It's not funny, it's tragic.

Most of those posts seem to have come from the Carolina Panthers Team Account. I think the rest of us have seen his game slide over the last three years...

Announcements like that are usually a desperation ploy. I wouldn't take bets right now on there even being games next season. And yes, the NFL could use a minor league. Perhaps Europe is the place for it.

Okay so, back in training camp it was such a major news story that when they were going to have a sit down with the offensive line guys, Bryce stepped forward and said he'd like to lead the discussion and tell them how they needed to work in this scheme. It was an amazing show of his grasp of the system and the people involved in it, a real leadership moment foretelling how great he was. They said. Maybe the scheme is so basic that a rookie without even a pre-game snap was able to explain it. Imagine what a defensive coordinator with years and years of practice and observation could get from looking at it. And then turn a bunch of sack monsters loose with the knowledge that the scheme is that easy to pick apart. The word we are looking for here is: roadkill. Wide-eyed roadkill. We were confident that a rookie QB could explain the line's assignments and the theories that went into making up the scheme. A rookie. And we're wondering why it won't work.

Far too early to grade any of the first rounder QBs yet. Far too early to really grade any team, to be honest. Three weeks in and we really don't know anything. It's just maddening to watch games go spinning away from us week after week. Hopefully we can stop it.

Double H certainly isn't Triple H.

This could be a very Miami-like scoring situation if we're not careful.