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I will be interested to see if he ends up being the polar opposite of Teddy. Teddy consistently took the easy and open receiver, regardless of the scenario. I am curious to see if Darnold passes on easy options and tries to bomb it, regardless of how ill advised that decision may be. As good as our WR corps appears to be, they aren't going to consistently win jump balls.

Yeah, if he was on a $5 mil deal I wouldn't even have been upset at all about the signing.

That is pretty much the reason that a portion of us are down on him in general. He didn't show much improvement from college to the NFL, nor did he during his time in the NFL. Eventually, that becomes the player and not the place. Those doubts are very valid.

If we get out of this series I just hope we get our poo together. I was honestly expecting to dominate the Preds and show we were one of the favorites. Very, very, very, very concerned about that now.

You do realize he was basically describing you in his post, right?

That doesn't have player contract breakdowns, however. Agreed it is probably the most accurate but has nothing about what people are usually referencing which is player contract info.

You know, I never noticed that scar on his forehead before.

Whew. My crap posting worked. I am gonna try it in Game 6 if that's what it takes. I'll take it over believing like hell in Game's 4 and 5.

Well, they did turn that into a title. Maybe we take this ass whipping and turn it into a 2022 Stanley Cup. I am fine with that.

I mean.....I have been a fan since they came to NC, I am well aware of what we are. Sadly, it just wasn't our year. Not fun but we are built to be contenders for a long time.

At least since we are done in this playoffs we have the young core. We have to just get there eventually

Unfortunately that wasn't real. IMO, we lost in game four.

Unlikely we win another game so "dominated" is on the table. At the end of the day, we need to dominate. That has to be the thing we exhibit in 2022.

Lol. It's over. I hate I because we are a better team than this but it is over.

It sucks to lose to this team. It makes no sense to get dominated by a team like this. Eventually we just have to make the most of our situation and be better than we can.

So, what are the thoughts on 2022 now that our season is basically over? I have to assume Dougie is gone. Who is Seattle taking? Where are we headed as a franchise?

OTC. They seem to be more accurate.

You post in a lot of absolutes, Ms. Cleo.

That's because most use the much more common "acclimate."

I don't think it's always about the work. I don't doubt that Darnold puts in the work to be successful. Some players just can't process information at an NFL level or have the competitive drive to be great. I'd point you to the really excellent article ESPN did on the Jared Goff situation after the Stafford trade. I thought that had a lot of good "inside baseball" tidbits about why the coach eventually lost faith in him. Sometimes no matter what the skillset or ability, you just don't have what it takes to be a great player in the NFL. That happens to the majority of these guys coming into the league. That's the thing, it's not really right to be mad at Darnold if he doesn't pan out. He is probably maximizing the abilities that he has.

Yeah, that's basically over offset language and signing bonus structure. Those are appreciably the only really things that are possible to even negotiate. Those protracted disagreements don't happen that often, in fact they are quite rare in the modern era.

Well, he has also never been healthy for a full 16 game schedule in his career. This is something that probably doesn't get talked about enough.

I don't think rookie holdouts were really much of a thing since they went to a rookie scale for the draft in 2011. The disagreements are limited because there isn't much leeway on the contracts, other than some finer details(still important).

For reference, he would only have to beat.... Passing YDS: 3024 Passing YDS/GM: 232.6 Passing TDS: 19 Passing TDS/GM: 1.5 INTS: 11 INTS/GM: 0.92 Completion %: 61.9 Rushing YDS: 217 Rushing TDS: 2

Otah was good. He just got injured. I am not sure there is even a close Hurney comparison to how bad Little flamed out. Maybe Clausen?