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Just watched that play again and man is that pathetic... Erving was in the play and making absolutely zero effort to do anything productive. It's one thing to jog from the backside of the play but that is just a sorry, sorry display.

I'm with you 100% on the overall safety aspect but your assumption here is that an actor would have the knowledge necessary to make that determination. The arming protocols are what they are so that every situation is treated as if an actor has no knowledge and to eliminate any risk of people making decisions about things they think they know about but actually don't, or at the least have less knowledge about than the experts hired to oversee it. It's a crappy and strange situation all around and if there is ultimately a lapse in judgment/error on Baldwin's part then he should be accountable for it, but determining the status of rounds in the gun is not one of them.

Why would he come to Carolina? Ignoring his physical limitations for a moment, the guy likely wants a ring if he were to return. It's fair to say that such a finish to Carolina's season is unlikely.

Maybe, but actual engagement might have let Erving actually do something there. 'Loaf in space and do nothing with a ball carrier right in front of you getting swarmed by defenders' isn't ever a secondary or tertiary assignment. And Paradis... no idea what he was doing either.

If only Carolina could find a 2nd day draft value like him...

Wtf happened to everyone's hands on the offense?

Yup. Die-hard out of town fan since '95 and my big dropoff came with the retention of Ron and Hurney for 2019. It was so very obvious that change was desperately needed and yet... nothing. Love the players and greatly appreciate their efforts on a human level but I'm well into 'just friends' territory with the team entity at this point. For all of the glaring football-related faults that JR had (the man appears to be a bad human being, but this comment is football focused), the team at least seemed to have a plan and vision even if they sucked at emulating the Steelers. Tepper just seems like he plays buzzword bingo at times and the organization is flailing a bit right now.

For what purpose? This would be upping the ante with respect to baffling QB-related decisions.

If there's one thing Orlovsky is qualified to comment on, it's subpar QB play.

If they did this, would they also go trade for Will Fuller so they can drop bombs for the 6 games a year Fuller is healthy?

Agreed. It can work (see Ravens w/ Dilfer, Bucs w/ Johnson, Broncos w/ husk of Manning), but it's so very rare given the parity in the league and omnipresent chances of injury that it's shortsighted at best and foolish at worst to have that be a primary strategy. This was the crux of many a discussion around the Teddy signing last year... lo and behold, the defense-centric lotto ticket hasn't cashed out.

I thought Silatolu blocking the long snap on a kick attempt with his leg vs Dallas in 2018 was the bottom of the OL barrel. Sadly, it seems I was mistaken

I wouldn't say scammed and don't blame Rhule for shooting his shot and pursuing what I assume was/is his dream. At this point in time though it's looking like the NFL may not be the best fit for him. Can't say it's all that surprising.

And I recall a few lecture-esque posts about how this 'isn't your daddy's Panthers'. Looks about the same to me, maybe worse.

Club Sub, Mike's Way with bacon but with spicy mustard instead of mayo.

The Appaloosa Model™ for the win.

As with Teddy the team needed t .move on from Ron even with the potential downside, and unfortunately Rhule seems to be trending down. I'm just not that impressed with Tepper thus far.

That's a big amount but still only a fraction of Tepper's worth. If he's anything, Tepper has shown himself to be someone who is not afraid to throw money around.

Eh, Alex Smith went 21 games in Andy Reid's offense without a TD pass to a receiver and no one is arguing he's worse than Clausen. It's unfortunate that Sam has infinitely better physical tools than Jimmy but all for naught without the acumen to go with it.

No facemask on Denver early in the drive, no holding on Bolles with his hand literally around Garret's neck on the play before... I despise the Broncos just about as much as Atlanta and NO.

I can't say for sure but looks like his responsibility is first rusher, which is the blitzer in this case, and then bouncing out. They were probably expecting the end to come upfield but he either read it or Minnesota had an advantageous coverage called that had the end reading/sitting. Can't definitively say that Erving failed here.

That's funny but looks like he was supposed to get contact and then move left to block the corner. The failure here was in that contact. And the answer is neither - they have nothing on Everette Brown.

Good thought, though he does have 3rd down back-type abilities as well.