lightsout

There is not a fuging shot in goddamn hell we are seriously not letting Bryce do QB sneaks. fuging clown show.

My buddy is at the game and apparently, much of the lower bowl is looking like they're on suicide watch right now

Thomas Brown is our Obi Wan right now

Sanders is just not the guy man. Zero toughness inside, falls over like he's been shot. CMC looks stronger.

I need Thomas Brown to be seen chatting with Frank and then Frank to nod and hand him the play sheet.

We're definitely not being too risky with our defense. Definitely trying to keep the play on front and play off their mistakes. Fine so long as the offense functions and puts pressure on the saints to be risky. Not so good when your offense is fuging useless.

The most based of takes.

When you don't fuging try to back off a defense they'll sit in man and blitz gaps to stop runs. Because you're fuging doing nothing else. This is fundamental football. The most basic of basic. You HAVE to test deep at LEAST once

Jesus Christ on a cracker can we take a first down shot, just to have them guessing?

Thomas Brown needs to be calling the plays and we have got to go back to our twists on the defensive front. We don't have a "fug you up" bull rusher, so let's use the speed and range we have. It worked for a sack earlier.

I'm really not vibing with the play calls offensively. Our defensive schemes I'm digging though.

Beer'd because he needs a few. Sheesh.

Thank God I grabbed Akers and Van Jefferson in my draft. I had a feeling something like this could happen and my gamble might just pay off.

Disrespectful

Shedeur Sanders is gonna be ballin out for somebody on Sundays. Kid is special. Composed as poo and drops dimes if you give him some protection.

I'm sure the Storm Squad girls are still in the Triangle. Plotting against the Canes Crew for replacing them. As they should.

They've done good at masking Young. They let him sort of loose against the Lions. I think he's gonna shock the world a bit. Having said that, also expect typical rookie growing pains. It ain't gonna be an easy season. But it is gonna be really good.

Y'all are expecting game planning, intensity and a desire to win in a preseason game? Ok maybe some intensity at positions with battles going on, but it's fuging preseason. Y'all need to chill.

Little Fumble. Can't hold on to the football.

Apple is being smart. They're not overextending and taking huge losses like Disney did with Disney+. They're churning content at a lower rate and hoping to leverage other draws to fill in the blanks. If they get sports beyond soccer, they'll be set.

Fans need to curb their expectations. It's extremely hard to win consistently in the NFL, and it's even harder with an entirely new staff, systems, rookie QB and entirely new offensive weapons. It's like telling NC State to win the ACC every time they graduate a 2 year starter and hire a new coach. Could it happen? Sure. Is it gonna? Absolutely not. The difference in last season and now, with 7 wins, is had we not fired Rhule we absolutely would not have gotten those wins. We would've won another game or two at least had we fired him last off-season. We finished strong and got to 7. I expect us to struggle a little but be competitive early and week to week build and improve and it be apparent in the play. That's something we HAVEN'T had in a while. That should be our expectation, given our circumstances. If you're expecting playoff berth, you're likely to be very disappointed.

I've seen 3-3-5 teams stop the run effectively. Scheme matters less than matchup and execution. You don't want to run a base 3-4 against a 2 te set, but you don't want to run a base 4-3 against that either. Neither offers a distinct advantage in that scenario. Base defense is just presuming the offense is in a typical pro set, and pro set is often 3 wr and a single back, so that has shifted. 3-4 fits today's NFL best. We're a year or two away from truly being good on offense. It's why a 7 or 8 win season would be a good year for us this year. Rookie QB, new staff, new systems. We all should be wanting to see progression week over week more than anything.

I'm also in the Hulu+Bally sports app sub for the season. Sinclair fuged us all. I miss FSN regionals. Simpler times. Digital media is the future. Bally failed because the business model being around betting was destined to fail. But a bigger corp like Google or Apple or Amazon that wants the sports market will absolutely take it over eventually.

I'm going to assume Bally Sports goes under. When that happens, MLB, NHL, and NBA games are going to be a free for all. I can see NBA going highest bidder, but MLB and NHL need to maximize profits AND reach, so where do we land? Amazon? YouTube? Apple TV?

Bryce looked fine for preseason game 1. He went through some progressions. He threw with anticipation a couple of times (even though once, he was too good and his receiver didn't break it off at the sticks like he should have. Was a good throw and decision, just a receiver not understanding the situation). He hung in with pressure and delivered, he hung in with pressure and sailed one slightly down the sideline. Not a bad day, not a good day, just a decent performance with what he was asked to do. He wasn't asked to do a ton. He didn't do a ton. Nothing more or less than that to make of it, tbh.