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Fooled by shotgun play action or RPOs? I will say the shotgun play action kinda feels half-assed, like the QB is clearly looking up reading the defense while hes "handing" it off lol

Maybe I am wrong but I feel like we do run RPOs quite a bit? or am I mistaking play action from shotgun as something different?

What about Eviro? The success of Ryans down in Houston kind of shows you can be a defensive head coach and still be open to new concepts/aggressive on offense. I guess they may run into the same issue if Slowik is hired elsewhere, having to find a new playcaller etc all the time but I think the job Eviro has done with an injury depleted defense, with an offense sabotaging games is pretty impressive.

Just as an FYI, if you are a student (or can use someone's student email) you can get the Youtube Sunday Ticket for like 100 bucks versus the 360 or whatever it is.

You may think that, but reality is, that's not the market.

Yeah, hes tough as hell, I dont think anyone can take that away from him. Still though, can we please fix our o-line? Its not ideal long term lol

Oh my, the Panther fan in me felt like he was going to miss that second one after the penalty we couldnt decline lol

Does anyone have a strong feeling the offense is largely going to look the same? I feel like we have a tendency to skewer the person with the final say while giving excuses for the people who are involved, ie: Fitterer getting off the hook while Rhule was around, turns out he doesnt look much better once hes in control. I have a feeling not much will change with Thomas Brown calling plays, outside of the actual playcall, he was heavily involved in the offensive design. I dont feel like its going to be some night and day difference people expect

I know people want to see some more deep shots connected, I do as well, but if you watch this and don't see some promise, or something to get excited about, I don't know what to tell you.

I did find it strange that David is meeting with Frank weekly, like I dont think thats typical for an owner to meet with the head coach that often, especially one that has zero football knowledge in personnel or schematics. I could see the occasional meeting with Fitt, kinda see how things are going, what some future plans may be type of thing, but meeting with the coach? What kind of stuff is Tepper suggesting? Theres zero chance of a turn around if he continues this.

I guess I never understood the pointguard mentality, isnt every QB a pointguard? They all pass the ball to their receivers lol. I get maybe like Cam or AR are more capable on their own making plays because they can run, but Stroud is more of a passer than runner, the point guard thing was always a strange thing.

Yeah, I think you need to totally clean house, too many holdovers constantly from previous regimes. New FO, new coach, new staff, new scouting department, and most importantly, a new President of Football Operations so Tepper can stay far far away.

This would be very Panther like to drop games against terrible teams and randomly win this one to inspire hope

Yeah, If we trade him, he will go elsewhere and never be injured again lol.

Lost in all of this, I kind of forgot Jaycee Horns 4th game would be the Lions. Have they said any updates when he will be returning possibly?

Yeah, its really not ideal. I remember the early Tepper days, much excitement, much hope lol. Now... feels like he can't make a single right decision. Its kind of crazy, like you would think just out of law of averages, he would get something right lol.

Is this updated for all weeks? I know we saw this a couple weeks back, is it the same graphic or one that is updated?

People love to be miserable. Have things gone how we wanted from him? Answering truthfully, no. Some major FOMO seeing Stroud? Of course. But to say he hasn't improved pretty clearly each week just isnt the case. If he continues this path, he will be fine.

I can't imagine Tepper is going to be happy watching the Lions and Ben Johnson dominate us this week while Frank is on the sidelines struggling to get 2 ypc. I still have a feeling if Frank is canned at the end of this year, Tepper may offer Ben Johnson some ridiculous contract to be our coach. Also, I think he's a smart OC, but I'm not entirely sure the system works as well as it does without Dan Campbell and the juice he brings to motivate his players.

Yeah, as much as I have not been impressed with Frank at all, you really cannot fire him 6 games in, you'll never get any good head coaching candidates that have other options, outside of desperate re-treads. The whole "Frank came into the interview with such a well laid out plan, much more thought out than the others" never made sense lol, there's a reason he had so much time on his hands, he had been canned while the others were game planning in the playoffs. Did Tepper expect Steichen to spend valuable time to look at our roster in detail instead of preparing his team? Such a joke

Was the Chark TD drop the same series at the Ian Thomas one? I feel like it was but cant remember

Oh yeah, he was looking huge too lol

Agreed. I have no problem with the trade-up, honestly most drafts its not even possible to trade up as the #1 pick team usually needs a QB, so it would typically be much more expensive than what we gave up. But you absolutely cannot whiff on that pick, I hope we win some games cause it will sure hurt to give up #1 or #2

Lol right, I swear every year there is always one stud safety coming out in the draft, and then you never hear from them again... I still remember when I wanted Malik Hooker so bad lol

I think you take the dead cap hit of 9m after this year and get out from it. Even though dead cap isnt good, it beats having him on the books for a 15m cap hit next year. You can find an upgrade for 6m or just play a young guy.