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4 hours ago, tukafan21 said:

He looked to be in a lot of pain at times, I was actually surprised to see him in on that TD when like 2 plays before he looked like he badly strained his groin.

It's a catch 22, because you can't sit him right now as he is the offense.  But at the same time, with how much pain he looked in at times, it just feels like he's bound to end up making it worse at some point and missing some time if he keeps the same work load.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't

Yeah, get him checked out and let him largely manage it.

12 hours ago, CRA said:

The formula for us to to win games is just so microscopic.  We have overachieved.   We are basically the Steve Wilks Panthers.  The fact we don’t have a QB is going even out down the stretch.  It’s hard to watch us and say it’s a good football team 

Us finding ways to win bodes well for us in the future. At least we are building a core of players that know HOW to win at the NFL level.

It looked like a groin injury he was able to play through. I think that really depends on severity. 

What we don't want is that strain to become a tear. 

I think it's safe to say that the rest of the season without Rico is not likely to end in many more wins.

14 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

Let's enjoy it for what it is. And that first post was hilarious.

We somehow keep winning games in the least expected ways. This is getting to be a scrappy team that no one should want to see coming up on their schedule.

This probably won't be our big year, but you'd have to be a big cynic not to think something good was building... finally.

It's also nice to see it be on the backs of a what appears to be a decent core of young players. 

I am certain that tape will be one of the first things his agent throws on the table.

1 hour ago, ok2h8pep said:

I still have my doubts on the Green Bay touchdown.  You  can clearly see his momentum stopped well short of the ball breaking the goal line and actually goes backwards; then somehow he's able to advance the ball with both hands up in the air and at least two players on top of his lower back.   Unless he's levitating, that leverage had to come from somewhere between his upper chest and his feet.  I would say a knee (or two) is a good candidate.

https://www.packers.com/video/game-highlights-packers-vs-panthers-week-9-2025

He wasn't down. His momentum was stopped but he was still not down. That happens all the time on goal like plays. A player gets stuffed, they aren't down but they either are able to extend to the goal line or move forward on the pile of humanity.

Think about all the plays you have seen where someome is "tackled" in the open field but somehow they land on an opposing player without touching the turf. They can still continue advancing the ball if they are able to get up. Same as the opposing team could strip the ball away because they weren't down yet.

5 hours ago, strato said:

My biggest issue with keeping Darnold, which I felt we should have done, is we would still have Fitterer. And everything that came with that.  I think Morgan is going to be good. 

Baker, just did not play well at all here. Not sure what else we were supposed to take away from it at the time. 

That’s my short ‘I don’t want to argue about it’ take. 

Well Baker was clearly a good NFL QB and Darnold was clearly not. It appears that Darnold may have turned the corner, that's not a check I would personally cash.

I mean, the fact that Baker immediately played significantly better with the Rams was pretty much a dead giveaway. That didn't take time, that was the same season.

People are also jumping to the conclusion that Darnold would have figured it out here. I very much disagree. He needed a place where he could be a backup for a while with no pressure. So all the pining over him was pointless. Highly unlikely he would do anything but continue to fail had he stayed here.

The one that got away was Baker. He was not as bad as he seemed here. He was always a good player but we were a two bit, middle of the road college program grasping at straws.

Had we invested the time in Baker that we have done for Bryce, history would have been quite a bit different. To what end, who knows?

Doesn't matter. There are a million hindsight stories that are very unkind to this franchise. There is no one that is more significant than the other. It is what it is.

2 hours ago, Dave Gettleman's Shorts said:

spending a year learning with shanahan with the 49ers and then with KOC in minny helped save his career

funny enough, darnold would be the perfect QB in canales system

Yeah, Shanahan helped him a lot.

Also, I think he is the type of player that needs about 7-8 years in the NFL to mature.

People forget that he had a lifetime total of three years playing QB going into college at USC. 

He should have stayed in school his entire career and his NFL transition may not has been as rough.

3 hours ago, BlazeCarolina said:

That's why he plays defense.  

Unpopular opinion, but I think it worked out better that he didn't.  I don't think he would have made it that far, and that gave us more field to drain clock.

The Mike Jack slander around here is a bit crazy sometimes.  I have seen people claim he is not a starting caliber corner in this league.  That's just nuts.  He's solid.  Ease up.

Eh. I mean you gotta catch that. He knows it.

I don't think this is losing your job worthy. He just needs to fix the concentration.

11 minutes ago, Lurk21 said:

Zavala got hurt and at 1 point Lewis went out. Cachran(think that's right) came in and did a good job. Lineup was

Icky Lewis Corbett Cachran Yosh.... 

Moton and May's should be back next week and Hunt is looking at a week 14 comeback  off IR

I wouldn't expect to see Hunt back this season.

So do Panthers, you stupid midget ass bitch.

He won't be called on for KR/PR duties, that's for sure.

26 minutes ago, gakonline said:

How about a shoutout to Rozeboom?

7 individual tackles, 15 total. 

1 hour ago, electro's horse said:

is this really outcoaching? because of the choosing a side thing? that was a decision made well before the game im sure

he doesn't touch the defense which shut down one of the best offenses in the league

he settled for a 50 yard field goal with a rookie kicker to win

he won with the RB he refused to play for two weeks

i dunno kinda feels like he just sorta kramer'd into this win

As I said in the game thread, seemed like he finally read into the Huddle thisbpast week.

Literally consensus here was finally the gameplan he rolled with offensively. About fuging time.

Ball control, Rico heavy, QB light.

1 hour ago, L-TownCat said:

2 3-game win streaks in the same season?

Are we allowed to do that?

It's been banned by the NFL as of 2018.

53 minutes ago, Pantherxtreme said:

I know people notice the explosive way he runs, but his biggest attribute is his vision. 

He finds the right holes, he was a option read QB in high school, so he understands blocking schemes and how to read the the way the defense is playing the run, which I think gives him an advantage.

Yeah, his vision is insane.

I mean, he's very bad but he is our very bad QB.

I swear to God, if this MFer misses this....

Bryce really is quite bad.

Whelp, better block this kick.

Just now, Hoenheim said:

We are gonna lose by the 1 point we didn't get because of the Rico TD celebration, aren't we?

Celebration? That dumbass kicker should make a short FG. 

Gotta lock in. We cannot allow them to score because the game is over if we do.