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It's a good one. I just think most here are more angry with other posters then the team. This place is an argument machine when there is nothing really great to talk about, which is a positive and a negative. 2015 was a lot different then what we have seen the last 3 years around here. As far as the Rhule bashing, it's kind of like a punching bag. It is where all this frustration a disappointment stems from, not totally but that guy has a hand in everything except Tepper's bag. Why not use it the way he set himself up? Let off some steam on a guy who earned it. If it is above the belt, have at it.

It is my go to move in times like these, dream of a better future after the flush in a realistic way. I feel for you, I only do the Panthers and if that ever ended then I will not be doing any other teams or sports.

Another year of bad football and I need to look for moral victories or forced optimism or wallow in pessimism? How about being a realist. I am looking at what the next staff has to work with and under going forward. There is no hope for Rhule. He is a bust as an NFL HC. Them's facts.

Lol my bad. It was their preseason stats. Tuesday and lots of stuff still not updated. Good catch, I was like where the hell did some of those come from.

Everyone is a bust in that scheme. It is all busted.

They had 8 sacks and we had 0. Ugh, Riddick may just indeed be missed. Looking for droped passes. I remember 2 for the Browns but wanted to see how that played into the passing game and pass D. Couldn't find it tho.

Why would any team throw it when they can run it at will? The Browns looked determined to screw even that up lol. Not great yet not surprising.

I truly dispise the Cowboys and Jones but I'm not talking down to any team until we fix our own gigantic pile of issues starting with a competent HC hire.

I never thought Gino was close to this level of competency. Physically talented but not dialed in with any understanding or comand of the offense. The tape may change things in the big picture but he looks to be having the game of his life.

I did not expect this from him this year. Got to eat that crow lol. Gino looks great.

Of course he is a good coach, had great teams that were great opponentsto hate on and play. It just looked like he was running out of gas. I get trading Russ after the drama and cap restrictions from his contract but to go into the year with Smith and not blink to this is just impressive. Lots of talk about him being close to hanging it up. Looks like he has plenty of fight left.

What did Carrol do to Geno Smith? Maybe the old coot has plenty of gas left in his coaching tank after all.

That sounds so much better than what we are facing this year. Getting the #1 pick is just a bonus

And it has once again lol. Baker is not the worst but comparing him to those 3 is pretty funny and completely untethered from a realistic perspective. Just wait until later in the year when it all gets weirder.

It was such an epically poorly coached game. If we won then it would be less obvious to some but that ugly turd was going to remain the ugly turd it was. Even by opening week sloppy football standards it was a turd.

BUT PFF SAID! Clasic PFF garbage oline grades. Fugging Elf. I couldn't even stop laughing long enough to look at the rest. LoL

He will thrive with a heavy run game. His best year they ran 4th most yards. Other years were 4th, 12th and 13th. It really isn't hard or malicious. Just run the ball.

He needs a run game. It sets up his good playaction and covers his deficencies. His 4 years in Cleveland proved that.

You still can't see it and that is so much funnier. There is no media fuggery here, not that I can see. He is using the timeframe in the quote to suggest how clueless and craptastic Rhule is. That is zero slight to Baker but the coach. All Rhule had to say was Baker improved and got the lead back. Instead he opens his mouth and eventuslly runs into some BS he just said or did. It's his thing and it doesn't apear he will ever change.

It's not about Baker but Rhule. He admits he has only been here a little time and has set him up for failure. You are way off the point and are defending something that there isn’t a fight over. Baker isn’t the biggest problem in Pantherlan. He wasn’t set up for success and they didn't call the plays in a way where he can thrive. Hint, it's not in a pass heavy O. This is all Rhule bashing and he earned it by being a crap HC.

You missed the point where he crated a fake competition that was settled at the trade and wasted a big portion of that time frame much like he did with Ickey. That is the context here. Vet QB learning basics of the playbook? Ok. Maybe scheme a run first game to help them out, especially since they are known for needing it. Or start the game with help for the rookie at LT going agaisnt one of the best DEs. Maybe throwing some playaction that the QB they traded for has a positive history with. Just some more context being discussed