Bama Panther

1 hour ago, Car123 said:

Meh

Chee 

Could be an ACL for Ehlers. That hit to the right knee didn’t look good. 

No creativity on the PP. 

Dolphins are burning it down. 

4 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I think evaluating QBs making the transition to the NFL is just a lot harder and more nuanced than draftniks make it out to be. That and the rookie wage scale means that if you don't have a franchise QB on the roster and you think this guy might be one you're almost forced to draft him now that you're protected from giving that guy a future HOFer type contract before he ever plays an NFL down. The expectation for mist of these guys to play right away is also not helping IMO.

I think that’s all a part of the right answer. I think it really boils down to a combination of bad teams and drafting dudes who really should not be drafted as high as they are. 

17 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Everyone always acts like a top pick is the only way to find a franchise QB but in this current century it has empirically not led to championships.

I think an interesting follow up would be how many of those QBs went on to win a Super Bowl at all. From some quick chatGPT questions, it seems only 3 of them (Eli Manning, Matthew Stafford, and Sam Darnold) have gone on to win a Super Bowl as a starter. 

While teams picking in the top 5 generally aren’t great organizations, I think the fact that 34/37 haven’t won Super Bowls can’t just be pinned on the organizations. Maybe quite a few of those guys never should have been top 5 picks. Here’s looking at guys like Blake Bortles, Mitch Trubisky, Joey Harrington, Bryce Young, Tua, Mark Sanchez, and the list goes on and on.

Maybe there is just something wrong with QB draft evaluations, as many analysts thought the majority of those 37 dudes were top 5 picks. 

Just now, Hoenheim said:

Christian Gonzalez has JSN on Lockdown.

That was not lockdown. That was an awful throw by Darnold. 

That makes two. 

That’s a nice PP goal for Jarvy. 

 SO attempts after the first three were awful. 

This power play is cheeks. 

6 hours ago, 45catfan said:

As one draft site ranks Indiana players (overall):

Mendoza-QB #1

Ponds-CB #42

Sarratt- WR #59

Smith-OT #72

Kamara-Edge #91

Farrell-S #104

Cooer Jr.-WR #105

Moore- S #151

Fisher-LB #154

Hemby-RB #159

Benson-OT #160

Daley-Edge #162

Nowakowski-TE #164

Coogan-C #204

 

 

 

But it thought it was a negative to draft dudes that are 24, 25, and 26 years old. lol

10 minutes ago, frankw said:

How does anyone still not know how to activate an ad blocker?

I have an ad blocker on both browsers I use to browse the Huddle. The effing Kohler as still takes over. 

This game is a fine display of terrible offensive football. 

LFG!!!

Pouring it on these effers tonight. LFG!!!

Something is off about this team. 

So we don't have any high level goalies now?

24 minutes ago, DavidEng said:

wtf i fix something to eat come back and wings up 2?? 

His name is Freddie Andersen. 

Here’s the thing: the Panthers could give other teams permission to interview Evero for HC positions. Since he is under contract, if he gets one of those, the Panthers get big time comp picks.  

1 minute ago, tgrfan01 said:

bryce couldnt get it done when the game was on the line. sucks he probably locked up a 5th year option tonight. offense will continue to be garbage with hm leading it

I don’t think Bryce is the long term answer, but that last drive wasn’t on him. He was scrambling for his life basically before the ball got to him on every single play. The Rams brought the pressure the Panthers should have brought during the Rams game winning drive. 

5 minutes ago, bigjohn said:

Horn being out really hurt that last possession.

That’s a nice thought, but it would not have mattered. Evero would have still been in that soft zone BS. 

2 minutes ago, Carolina Cajun said:

KEEEP!

POUNDING!!!

Just now, Castavar said:

Every QB in the playoffs right now makes that throw 

Not every QB 

F Bruce Young. F that dude.