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You're not wrong, but sometimes we have to try. It's our 'pessimistic', 'hater' way of showing hope for our fellow fans that are lost in the rose-colored garden of false hope.

I mean, Tepper came out and started his spring press conference by thanking Rhule for hiring NFL coaches. Who does that unless it's a specific sore point and credit needs to appear to be placed on the guy who apparently didn't find it necessary when he had zero on his staff in key positions before? It's fully reasonable to assume he was voluntold to do so. Who said anything about playoffs? Those examples were playoff teams, yes, but dude was poor in year 1 and managed to do wayyyy worse in year 2. The bar was low and he still flopped under it. You're the one making the statement that contradicts the evidence. You're the one who needs to support it, and at this point there is no clear proof to refute the 2 years of Rhule suckage we have already in the books. Lets see where it stands in 8 weeks. Since when is being realistic automatically the same as being angry? I made a post yesterday that being objective is not the same as being pessimistic... guess we need one saying that being objective isn't the same as being angry as well.

Objectivism is not pessimism. Rhule has sucked to date and looked incompetent at the NFL level... fact. Until there is evidence otherwise in the form of several weeks of looking actually competent at the NFL level, at least 8 games IMO, nothing about that perception will change.

Better than the past two teams is a pretty low bar and bo one owes anyone an 'apology' if that some how happens. Being objective about what the last two years have actually been and seeing the same person in command still doing some of the same head-scratching things does not equate to being 'enamored with hating Rhule'. The guy has earned every bit of fair criticism and even cynicism and has a ton to prove on the field.

He was gonna name Corral the starter but that plan got ruined. Has to hustle back to the drawing board. ...

Not only not hiring NFL people, but with he himself being a pretty unproven coach on the college level (never more than 3 years at a spot, never beating actual competition, bad bowl record, etc...) the trainwreck was visible a mile away. Will this year be any different? We're on the verge of finding out.

Watching from the hotel bar at the St. Louis hotel I was at for a fraternity President's conference. I had literally just told the Mankato president, "Big play, Steve Smith, right here... bank it" when it happened. After the play, that guy just looked at me with his jaw on the floor. I thought long and hard about ducking out and getting a scalped ticket... we were up in the arch and I could see the stadium as the game was going on, with my mom and girlfriend texting me updates as the game was going on. I decided that the football gods would smile on my sacrifice and give the team a boost.

He interviewed McAdoo for QB coach and/or TE coach, not OC. Brady had already been hired at that point.

Gross/Otah is the best, even though it was only for one year. That 2008 offensive line as a whole was pretty dang solid.

McVay had 5 years of NFL coaching experience before stepping into the OC role at Washington, which FWIW was also the team and players he'd spent the prior 4 years with. Rhule's decision-making with his staff was flow out poor out of the gate, and it's unfortunate that Tepper was OK with the college crew just coming in like that. I still think that Rhule was voluntold to hire some actual NFL level coaching personnel and am not confident he did it fully of his own accord. Hopefully it will be a net positive but as I've said before, if that's the case then what is Rhule actually bringing to the table as an HC? Regular season's almost here and that will tell the story.

Cam's finish in that game was fantastic, but it's also a textbook 'Rivera off the gas' game where Carolina blew a 28 point lead in less than 20 minutes to require such a closeout. One of Rivera's most infuriating traits.

The throw was back and to the left.

Assuming Stafford's elbow doesn't retire first.

I took CMC in 2018 when Barkley was getting all the hype as the best ever and it worked out. Does that help you? Not really. But how often can you legitimately draft a Panther #1 without it being a reach?

Reminds me of Richardson's response when asked about Sherrod Martin circa 2012: "I think he plays safety."

I couldn't believe how bad the surface looked in Chicago considering that the season hasn't even started yet. About the only one I can think of worse was Philly in 2001 when Baltimore flat out refused to play.

And this is what Tepper so desperately wanted to bring to Charlotte.

Watson got a warm welcome in Jacksonville tonight...

Fixed it for you.

I think part of the issue with scenarios like sports teams is that the owners typically push a community-first agenda, wanting to make it look like that's as big of a priority as anything, if not moreso. In the case of Tepper the whole '2 Carolinas, 1 Team' message at the heart of the new facility doesn't jive with the fact that Tepper could comfortably complete the project on his own if it was indeed his priority, but is instead choosing not to for business reasons when the deal had significant risk from the outset. I'm not saying it's fair or that the perspective is without flaw, but IMO it is more nuanced with things like sports teams vs typical businesses.

Ball was already long gone before he peeled off. Must have had no idea it was thrown but he was running with that receiver when Willis threw it. Lucky outcome or not, the throw was on the money though.

Wth was that corner doing peeling under that late after the throw? Willis got pretty lucky there.

Sure, but that was a classic Rivera 8-8 team that stumbled into being 6-2 at the halfway point. Cam didn't notably fall off until week 14 and during that time they regressed to the mean and showed what they actually were. The whole '6-2' thing is just not what it seemed.