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I just hope somewhat decent QB play (which we've definitely not had the last 2.5 years) will decrease our reliance on CMC to be the bulk of our offense. I understand the whole he's paid to play, and he's a unique weapon. But damn, there's a smart way to use a weapon. We treat CMC like a knife on Forged in Fire.

Okay, so we're Spinal Tap:

Them's fightin' words!

Baker Mayfield was a top QB in the draft. Sam Darnold was arguably a top QB in the draft. Jameis Winston was a top QB in the draft. And if you're dysfunctional enough to have the number 1 overall pick, the odds are better than chance that the top QB in the draft isn't going to be your franchise savior. So maybe you should start rooting for the team to do well with the pieces we have, and get over your loser mentality of hoping we suck enough that next year we might find a magic bullet.

That was my always my thinking. OBJ was and is just a headcase, and his talent doesn't balance out the radioactivity and distraction he brings to a locker room. And I remember distinctly thinking after watching Baker's really impressive, but raw rookie year that OBJ was the worst person you could add to the Browns if you're trying to help Baker develop. Now OBJ's on his third team, and the Browns gave up on their #1 overall pick. Baker's gonna surprise people here.

The pick isn't what matters. Hell, we should throw in a 7h round pick! What matters is offloading his salary and cap hit, which we'd take if we cut him. I have said elsewhere, we should all be rooting for Sam to show out in Training Camp and the Pre-Season so when Stafford's arm doesn't get better, Sam is worth a look.

Wow, Jeremy started this thread so early Matt Corral has already been in it for an hour

That was egregious. That should be an ejection right there. Honestly that could have paralyzed that dude for life.

Santoso sighting!

Damn. Remember when a 55 yarder was a Hail Mary? Now it's verging on being considered a gimme. That would have been good from 65. And right down the middle. The kicking game in the NFL is absurd right now!

I was only being slightly tongue-in-cheek. I honestly believe the way to make the sport safer is to get rid of the helmets. The padding is a double-edged sword, it makes contact less violent on the body, but paradoxically enables the players to use their bodies more violently. Take special teams as an example. You take the pads off people, you really gonna tell me two full-grown men will sprint directly at each other until they collide? But that's every kickoff and punt return with pads on.

So get rid of helmets. Problem solved.

...based on this statement alone, you should definitely not be a manager. But your "they were asking for it" attitude goes a long way to explaining why you're a sexual assault apologist.

My lingering suspicion since the Baker trade was the "QB competition" was purely to inflate Sam's value. That the splitting reps, and rotating him in with the ones, and the general act that Sam could potentially be a starting QB was to advertise him. So when a starter inevitably goes down with an injury before the season starts, it's 1-800-CALL-FITT. I also don't expect we'd get much, but if we could get a 6th, and get a portion of his salary off-loaded, it's a huge win for the Panthers. Frankly, we should all be praying from Sam to ball out during training camp and the preseason.

When the consequence of "guilty" is zero jail time, a slap on the wrist suspension, and then the richest contract in NFL history, I'm sure he's glad he's got a white knight like you on his side making sure we're all aware he was railroaded by the court of public opinion.

Anyone who doesn't have their head in the sand or firmly between their ass cheeks like you has seen rich, famous, and powerful men get away with sexual abuse with no punishment or a slap on the wrist enough times to know that they aren't in the same justice system when "innocent until proven guilty" applies. These fuggers, the standard is "where there's smoke, there's fire."

I'm in no particular rush to see Corral out there. I haven't seen this much hype for a third round QB since... ...hold on, I'm sure I can think of one. I really don't understand the rush for Corral to get all the reps, get all the starts, be the future NOW!!! Aaron Rodger was a first rounder, and everyone was shocked he lasted until the late first. And he spent the first 3 years on the bench behind a fading Brett Favre. I'd say that experience on the pine worked out well for Aaron and the Packers. Matt Corrall fell to the second day of the draft. He was taken in the same round as Will Grier. Historically, that's the level of quality NFL franchises thought Matt Corral is in the same league as. And everyone here acts like he's a surefire stud and the future of the franchise. If you honestly think he is, then you shouldn't have a problem with him spending a couple seasons learning the speed of the NFL game as a backup.

Good for him. Hope that means in a more confident place; stress-eating can be a bitch. I'm ready for (and perhaps foolishly expecting) Rhule to take a step forward in his coaching career. If he dropped some of the college locker room "DBO" nonsense like he dropped LBs, and he's delegating responsibility to the folks with actual NFL experience, I can at least hold onto my optimism for the season.

I get the distinct feeling from this post that you don't understand how lawyers work. Yes, the lawyers invested hundreds of billable hours. They have interviews on top of interviews with the accusers, they take the time to transcribe everything, conduct research on the accuser's claims, study legal precedent, consult with experts, type up legal documentation. Across a staff of partners, paralegals investigators and documentation specialists, yes, they've invested hundreds of billable hours before they tip their hand to the subject of the lawsuit. They're probably taking these cases pro bono, so the only way they get their costs covered is by recouping their legal fees through a settlement or a court awarded amount. They don't settle for an amount that just barely keeps the lights on.

The lawyer's aren't settling these cases for $50k. What's that, $20,000 per case for hundreds of hours of work? Not a chance. Each settlement is easily in the low-to-mid 6 figures. I think they're guilty, or at least complicit, and this move is a two-fold win for them; they get to silence the accusers behind an NDA before the details can come out, and on top of that they get to control the narrative and have the last word. We will never hear the accusers' side of the story, and the Texans can claim these settlements were some sort of altruistic gesture because they #believewomen. No one will ever be able to refute them. That's a massive PR victory for the Texans.

It was fine. I went and saw it because I had free time on Saturday, and I keep forgetting I saw it. Made no lasting impression. Christian Bale was perhaps a mistake in casting, because he brings real acting gravitas to the role to the point where he's just acting circles around the Marvel pretty people. It really stands out. It doesn't hold a candle to Ragnarok. But honestly, almost nothing does. That's one of the most fun movies I've seen in the last decade. Still, I'll see anything Taika Waititi makes. And if this is him missing the mark, he still outclasses 90% of directors working today in terms of making an entertaining product. But I will say, it was great to see a packed movie theater again! Not an empty seat in the house, and the box office returns are great. So I guess general audiences haven't tired of Marvel yet.

His bread is buttered by the NFL Network, which would benefit more from Stephen A. and Shannon Sharpe negative hot takes. Pandering to a small market fanbase is buttering a whole baguette with a pat of butter.

Apology accepted.

Someone try to make a highlight reel of Panthers QB throws from the last 4 years that's 2 minutes long. I don't understand the negativity. He's an improvement over what we have. We didn't give up an arm and a leg to get him.