Bama Panther

I hope not. In no world does Brian Burns deserve the NFL’s top AAV contract for a DE by about $3M.

If only Patrick Mahomes was a #1 overall pick, your argument would hold water, but he wasn’t. He was the #10 pick.

I don’t see how OSU gets in after that beat down. They got obliterated at home against one of the only good opponents they played (ND being the other).

If USC wins out, there’s no way OSU gets in. I think the committee would be hard pressed to justify OSU getting in after getting absolutely beat down by the one good opponent they faced. Even as a Bama fan, I don’t think Bama should get in this year though. They have just not performed at a level to justify it.

It was close, and I’m a bit biased. I think the replay showed the returner’s ring finger and pinky bend down as if the ball touched them. The UGA fan watching with me thought it showed the same thing.

Bama’s D really isn’t special at all this year. I cannot wait for To’oto’o to be gone.

They’ve been out scored 28-3 in the second half. Their 11-0 record coming in is simply the result of playing a Charmin soft schedule.

The missed facemask was huge. I also thought the refs missed a potential targeting on the ball that #12 dropped around the five. The DB hit the WR right in the ear hole with the crown of his helmet.

That would have been a tremendous haul to rebuild this team after the Rhule era.

I don’t know what that is.

Stationed in Korea.

I swear I saw two digits on the back of the jersey, but whatever. AFN doesn’t have an option to rewind to see it again.

That wasn’t the WR. That was an OL.

If Young was a couple inches taller and 10 pounds heavier, this QB debate you all have every week wouldn’t even be a debate. While size will obviously play a factor in his draft status, he is, hands down, the best pure QB in this draft.

So now we are speculating on who the speculative head coach may be thinking about hiring based upon speculative connections and speculative desires of the speculative head coach?

The NFL and the Dolphins did not police themselves here. The NFLPA (again, the players’ union, was involved in the investigation, and the findings that they signed off on include the fact that the protocol was actually followed. The NFLPA would not let this be covered up if something were amiss. If they believed something were covered up, they’d exploit it as much as they could to get more for the players they represent.

The NFLPA, the organization whose sole purpose is to advocate for the players, participated in this investigation. If the team and NFL really screwed this one up, the NFLPA would say so.

If only there had been a young GM in the making waiting for his shot around the time Richardson fired Gettleman.

They're not supposed to be done for the rest of the game. They are supposed to be checked, through a series of tests, for a concussion. The Dolphins supposedly did that with Tua last week, and he cleared the checks. Those checks also include an NFL neurologist unaffiliated with the team.

You stated earlier that his head was whiplashed into the truck tonight. That alone could cause a head injury and reaction we all saw. However, everyone is acting like this could not have happened without a prior concussion. I don’t believe that to be the case. No one but those inside the organization and the NFL’s neurologist know what happened with Tua last week. As a boxing/MMA fan, I’m sure you’ve seen a guy get his bell rung with wobbly legs come back to win a fight and be completely cognizant in post fight interviews. I don’t buy the back injury piece, but I’m not aware of any scientific articles saying every hit to the head, even a hard hit, causes a concussion. The NFLPA requested an investigation into the handling of Tua. I’ll just wait until those findings come out to make statements asserting that the Dolphins covered something up.

Yet everyone here is acting like they understand exactly what happened with Tua, the Dolphins, and the protocol during and after last week’s game.

I’ll tell you something I do trust. I trust Huddlers to bitch about the next coaching hire, no matter who it is.

Concur on Baker. He is an absolute spaz as a QB. No calming presence whatsoever.

One of the biggest complaints against Rhule has been the lack of halftime adjustments, was it not? Another was the way games wherein the Panthers fell behind often turned into wide margin losses, right? Both of those things changed in this game. While you are correct it is still a loss, it shows a progression from this staff that can bode well for the team going forward.

That is on the coaching, but it is also on the coaching that the team came back from that to take the lead.