kungfoodude

I don't know the scenario so I am not gonna judge him. I care that he produces during the season. If that doesn't happen and he lags behind the rest of the WR corps, then he deserves all the scorn you can pile on.

IDC if he shows up for OTA's as long as he shows up for the games. I have no concerns about him.

I like Robby. He doesn't seem like a diva to me. He is just a dude. Moose was a stalwart. You out him on any team in the NFL during that time and he makes them better. The ideal old school possession reciever.

So may forget how good Moose was.

Winning cures all.

Yeah, at least we scored on this fug.

And during the regular season we were that team. We just need to learn that during the playoffs there is a different level.

Let's drag this out 6 or 7 games to get the playoff reps. That should be the goal now. Still a young team.

And that is all she wrote. This is a shame but it's another learning experience.

As negative as this sounds, at least we have a bright future as a team, even if we don't get past Tampa. It's a good time to be a Hurricanes fan.

Nothing other than the score isn't going our way. This is so frustrating.

Vasilevskiy is so fuging good. He looks like the difference.

Whelp.

I think Scott will start the most games for us. I also think no one will start more than 8 games at LT as we shuttle through the options trying to find the best one.

It is a big bummer to lose Nino.

This is the correct answer.

I think they just liked Horn better. It pissed me off at the time but in reality he probably does have a higher theoretical ceiling than Slater or Fields. Also, most of what we did was straight out of the Seattle playbook, so I think we are basically trying to re-create that in Carolina. I definitely don't hate that, as they have been a very successful franchise.

Burrow appears to be a relentless competitor and had a reputation for having high intangibles. I haven't heard that kind of talk about Darnold. Definitely not saying he doesn't work hard, but there are just some guys that are at another level. Not sure he is. I don't think Sam was a desperation move, I think they considered him the best of a bunch of gamble options. We'll see. I'd much rather you be correct than me.

Plus we have a favorable early schedule, as well. We started strong last year, so I suspect we should start strong this year. But, we also had the element of surprise early last year whereas now there is a full season if tape on our offensive and defensive tendencies.

I think we will have our answer before mid-season, whether good or bad.

WR just depends on how quickly those guys get acquainted. Samuel was a very, very good weapon for us last year so I wouldn't be shocked if our WR corps wasn't a little worse this year just because his replacements don't produce like he did and/or are as consistent as he was last year. That could very well change in 2022 and beyond, however. QB....well....higher ceiling than last year, way, way, way, WAAAAAAAAAAAY lower floor. DL has been upgraded big time, IMO. Even losing Kerr, I think Fox and Jones and even Reddick make our pass rush potentially ferocious. That is arguably the most exciting unit on the team. OL....TBD. I don't think the starters will be much better but I think we won't see the dramatic drop off once injuries start being an issue.

I genuinely wish I could see what they see and you see but I don't. Where you all see the college play, the portions of an elite skillset and the promise of potential....I see his NFL career and what he actually DID when it mattered. As a buddy of mine once said at an AAU tournament, "Potential just means you haven’t done poo yet."

You are always going to see people that think they can motivate or get the best out of a person with "potential." I can tell you as someone who has done some career development for people in my field, sometimes all that raw potential just simply remains unrealized. They may fool you for a long time by you just simply being around them. They say all the right things, they do all the right things but once you set them out on their own....all that motivation and potential evaporate.

Knowledge doesn't always equal competence. I have worked for a corporate guy at a Fortune 500 company multiple times when he was a site manager. One of the best people I have worked for but I have also never seen a worse example of being able to make a full time hire. Literally bungled almost every job search and hired nightmare employees(almost all of them terminated by now). I saw at least a couple of the processes and it was "general knowledge" that he shouldn't hire some of these people. He did anyway, despite what the rest of us thought. Imagine the draft room when Hurney takes a guy like Gaulden?

Well, Darnold has never been average in his career so....it could also be a lot worse to watch. We have to at least be somewhat prepared for that possibility, as well. His playing style should be more fun to watch. That I am expecting.