kungfoodude

I legit forgot to mention that we have held our opponents under 200 Passing Yds/GM 6 other times. This year we are averaging 188.9 yds/GM passing. The other times are as follows: 2009 - 191.0 2006 - 187.5 2005 - 191.1 2003 - 187.7 2002 - 187.1 1997 - 187.9 Really this information shouldn't be a surprise as almost all of our head coaches in franchise history have been defensive minded head coaches.

That was a once in a lifetime kind of find, unfortunately. It's pretty rare to find a dumpster dive QB like that(Kurt Warner comes to mind). We need something. Honestly, I will settle for just a guy that won't fug it up for the defense while we try to find The Guy.

Measuring by talent will always be subjective. Measuring by results will never be subjective.

No.

Chip Kelly-esque.

Nor do you have any proof of your claim. I know that Teddy Bridgewater did better here with a similar situation. Let that sink in.

I don't blame the OL coaches or QB coaches for the turds they have been given to shine.

Most elite QB's would have done far better than Darnold has here. Most average QB's would have done far better than Darnold has here. Most QB's would have done far better than Darnold has here.

Rhule is like, "PJ got this, bruh."

Well that is what people said about Darnold/Gase but Darnold doesn't appear to work anywhere either.

True. We aren't likely to win this game anyway.

If we weren't playing them this week, I'd be down for that.

The offense performed similarly but the defense was much better.

Our Red Zone TD% has gone from 50.88% in 2020 to 56.00% in 2021. Teddy had a QB Rating of 80.19 inside the 20 and 95.83 inside the 10. Darnold has a QB Rating of 100.74 inside the 20 and 93.38 inside the 10.

I view them as one and the same decision. IMO, they completely intended to pick up that option once they traded for him. So, ultra stupid decision, not a calculated gamble. Had they simply turned down that 5th year option, we are basically just making a cheap, longshot gamble. Given that Darnold also cost us significant draft capital, I would have much rather signed Trubisky for 1 year and $2.5 mil. That would have been the much better and much smarter route to get a bust QB.

We'll trade for Collins and Fuller with our 2022 1st and 2nd round picks. We'll lead the league in pass defense as a 6-11 team.

Better version of Darnold but the same sort of bust reclamation project. At least he's a project on a 1 year, $2.5 mil deal. That's the kind of bust I would be after, a very affordable and very ejectable one.

Rhule deserves more blame than anyone in the franchise other than perhaps David Tepper. Ultimately, Rhule took a job where he had complete control of coaching staff hires, general manager hires and final say on personnel decisions. The buck ultimately stops with him. He chose all these coaches and players that aren't performing well. So, he should absolutely shoulder the bulk of the blame for the OL, Darnold and Brady's struggles. Those were 100% his decisions.

Not sure we would see dramatic differences between PJ and Darnold against that pass defense. Historically, there are only two teams that Darnold has a worse career QB rating against(Eagles and Vikings). He also averages the third most TO's/game against NE at 2.67(also behind the Eagles and Vikings). Of course, PJ has almost twice the career INT% that Darnold does. Sooooo....run the ball. A lot.

At least someone is trying to upgrade their QB or backup QB. Must be nice.

This has stood out this season, however if you look at the numbers, this has been a Panthers problem since Matt Rhule became the head coach on the offensive side of the ball(although it has gotten worse in 2021). The PPQ differential in the 3rd quarter this year is a startling -4.5. That is the largest single quarter scoring deficit we have seen since 2017 when we had a -4.5 point 4th quarter. 1st Quarter 2020 Offense PPQ: 5.6 2021 Offense PPQ: 5.5 2nd Quarter 2020 Offense PPQ: 6.7 2021 Offense PPQ: 5.9 3rd Quarter 2020 Offense PPQ: 3.6 2021 Offense PPQ: 2.1 4th Quarter 2020 Offense PPQ: 6.0 2021 Offense PPQ: 7.0 Interestingly, this is not the same for the defense: 1st Quarter 2020 Defense PPQ: 5.3 2021 Defense PPQ: 2.4 2nd Quarter 2020 Defense PPQ: 7.3 2021 Defense PPQ: 4.1 3rd Quarter 2020 Defense PPQ: 5.0 2021 Defense PPQ: 6.9 4th Quarter 2020 Defense PPQ: 7.5 2021 Defense PPQ: 5.8

Last year was a lot easier to watch than this year, TBH. Our offense was far better last year and that kept things interesting for most of the game, although you knew a choke was likely coming. This year has been rough. We are shooting ourselves in the foot left right and center. It's awful.

This is the biggest mismatch of the season, coaching wise. Our staff struggles tremendously with basic things and Belichick has this poo down to a science. But....Ron Rivera didn't really have much trouble with Bill, so there is that.

NE, Miami, ATL, WFT and a Taysom The Golden Calf of Bristol led NO team all give us shots at it. The question is whether our new look offense can maintain their effectiveness. With a hypothetical PJ and CMC combo on Sunday, we will know pretty quickly.