Khyber53

Wow. Yep, that was a Tepper-regime level announcement. Turds, he's turned the place into a field of turds. He just wants to keep showing us a shiny new one.

Well, so far, it has been very much like everything else with the Panthers since Tepper arrived... a whole lotta whoop followed by a whole lot of nothing. We're waiting.

Well, we can either prove them right or we can prove them wrong. There are some mighty good young men on that team and I hope we don't waste their best playing years more than we already have. This has been shameful.

Great post OP. Thanks for shining the spot light on some guys that normally get left in the dark.

This 100% and he played like he knew that was the situation. Brought a lot of fun into the game and I hope he does well in broadcasting, too.

Maybe. There was some stellar rep touted on previous hires under Rhule, too. Let's just say that I'm going to have to see it before I believe it while Rhule is here. Twice bitten, three times shy I guess. But, on paper, it should be good.

On paper... but then, on field... I like the players and the potential. I'm looking at the coaching and feeling doubtful, though.

I feel the same, but I also have to look at last season with that entire offense. What we saw on the field wasn't great and it always made me think there were off-field issues that were affecting it. Maybe the ineptitude and strife hit the rookie hard and he'll come back better this year. We'll just have to wait and see. Still, second rounders aren't a sure thing either, but you expect more than we got.

Fair point. Like I said, not sure what to make of it because whatever the dustup is, it happens behind closed doors. Bienemy is a heck of a coordinator, but there's something that keeps him from getting the HC gig. I just don't know. I always find myself hoping everyone is a good guy, but I know it is rarely the case.

Has McCoy had any other problems with coaches? I know he's been moved around a lot, and he's had to prove again and again he wasn't done yet. So much can go into this whole situation that I'm not sure anyone on the outside can get a fair read on the situation.

Considering how long he had him on the bench last season, I've got to look at this a bit askance. They've looked like they fumbled Brady from the time he was picked, in all honesty. And it ain't the kid's fault.

They're just fumbling about like blind men when it comes to the line. Again. Who knows? Maybe they'll get lucky.

Sorry, Coach, I tried to catch a ride this morning and... yanno. Yeah, Robby, we know.

Honestly, I'm looking at our schedule, our coaches and our players. I've got three maybe wins, New York Giants, Falcons, Falcons. I'd throw in one win to a team that will be surprisingly bad (not sure who it will be, but there's always one of them). I can't get behind even five wins. Steelers? Nope. Even with questions at QB, they're a better team and better coached. They can just keep handing the ball off and run us over. Detroit? That's a bad team getting better. We're a bad team spinning its wheels. Seahawks? Better coaching and they take us after a bye wherein we may have just lost our coach and folks are making January vacation plans on the team. Yeah, I love some of our additions this off season, but I just have no faith in the coach. That being said, I'd love for him to prove me wrong, wrong, wrong, but that ain't going to happen.

He's definitely better with his right, the left throws tend to have just a bit of wobble in them. But this is a 14-year old kid. Seven more years of training and wow...

Unsettled.

Wish there was this much attention over the education rather than the sports at colleges and high schools. But, oh well, let the monster feed itself.

Mills looked like a guy who can keep improving. He's not hit his peak yet and Houston may have found at least a serviceable guy in him. His knock coming out of college was his lack of on field time compared to others in the draft. Now, he's learning on the job. Still, might not pan out, but the cost wasn't too high for him.

Those certainly wouldn't have been viable upgrades.

Doesn't look like he thinks there's much of a chance.

I had so hoped we'd pick up Tarik Cohen, but his recent, tragic injury won't allow for that to happy. Best wishes to the young man, but he was just the kind of RB we needed.

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...