Sgt Schultz

For those interested in the Mayfield snap count, I found this site: https://www.lineups.com/nfl/snap-counts/carolina-panthers-snap-counts 70% is the line where the draft pick we ship to Cleveland goes from a 5th rounder to a 4th. Mayfield also gets an additional $250k, but that is rather trivial. After last night he is at 54.12% of the snaps according to my whiz-bang math.

Make it a double, and keep them coming.

Last night was kinda like watching the football game in the movie M*A*S*H.

I was thinking the exact same thing. The logo was washed out because of the lack of contrast. The Falcons use a black logo on a black helmet, but outline it with white and silver so it stands out. I'm also not a fan of black helmets in the September sun when it is 85-degrees. There have been some studies on helmet color, most of the on motorcycle helmets, and the temperature difference inside the helmet is noticeable. In something like professional football, we want every advantage we can get.

Part of the improvement is increased chances since the CMC trade, part is the OL coming along and getting better almost weekly. I will say this about Foreman: he made some moves, mostly on interior runs, that had the Falcons' equipment manager collecting shoes off the field between plays that were left by defenders being juked out of them.

Yeah, saying Walker "led" the Panthers to a win is stretching it. Mostly, he didn't give the game away, but he tried. As has been talked about, he hit two defenders in the hands, one of which may have been returned for a TD had it been caught. His limit is the short passes they are running with him and hail Mary's/bombs, that even if they are picked should not result in points against us. That is why I have never thought he was viable backup, either.

Brown's development is not unusual for young lineman on both sides of the ball, and good players in general. Decent to good first year, the "sophomore slump," and then re-establishing themselves in the third year. The "sophomore slump" is not even necessarily their fault nor really a slump, just the upward curve of their performance slows down. Anybody tagging somebody a bust until we see them enter their third year, assuming they were not dog dung their first year, is just being reactionary. Patience, grasshopper. When you see a DL toss the guy trying to block him to the ground like a rag doll, that is a pretty good indicator.

Don't forget picking fourth and fifth round talent in the second round.....and sometimes trading up to do it.

Brown has become what we hoped he would. He looked like a grizzly bear out there. I guess it happened when they moved him to DE......at least that's what Amazon's graphic had him playing.

I agree. Under normal circumstances, I think the league would fight to keep their own internal investigations to themselves. But Danny Boy decided to play Wyatt Earp, so he gets what he gets.

That's the problem with reducing everything to numbers. With some exceptions, there are almost always factors in the situation being examined that are nearly completely random or arbitrary. Even the formulas that try to inject randomness or account for arbitrary decisions somewhere in the chain generally fail to reflect the reality. As the normal disclaimer goes, "all other things being equal." Yet, those addicted to data and numbers seem to forget that disclaimer, along with the fact that all other things are rarely equal.

I was not looking to move Burns either. But, everything is available......for the right price. IMO, the Rams offered the right price. And yes, the people who see the Rams putting up enough wins for the next couple of years to be drafting later than 20 are seeing a different Rams roster and cap situation than I am. They are more likely to be drafting in the early third in each round than the late third.

They'll be the best evah in '33. By '34, hey will all suck.

And don't forget one more assertion when they are picking Maye apart and wanting to draft that DE.....The 2024 QB class will be epic!

Not a problem, sir. Glad to do it.

That is one of the major reasons I was not in favor of dealing DJ away. I remember going into every draft with our first need being WR. It may be again at some point even with DJ, but in the "old days" we didn't even have one on the roster to point to.

i would have kept Moore, too, largely because I don't think the goal is to rip the thing down to the foundation and rebuild. I understood the point of those who would have jumped on it, since the Packers' draft position seems to climb by the week with no hope of falling. I was mildly against taking what I think was the initial offer on Burns, the firsts in 2024 and 2025. When the Rams added the 2023 second.......sold. I've seen people push back because they could be late round picks, but not the Rams team I've seen, with the cap situation they created going "all in" to win last year. Those picks are more likely to be top third in each round than bottom third.

I remember it more of Fields or Slater (once Sewell was off the board), but yeah. The number of people I remember wanting Parsons was a small minority.

That is my hurdle on figuring out what was Fitterer and what was The Process. That line is just unrecognizable until October 10. Even after October 10, we have no idea what role Tepper played in the decisions leading to the CMC deal or Burns non-deal. Organizationally, we are a mess.

Well, you know how people think: they have to have one person to blame. That's one reason why bureaucracies exist, to make it impossible to find out who is responsible for a decision. But, yeah, it is hard to buy into Fitterer sitting at his desk deciding to not take the Rams offer on his own. At some point someone has to make the final call, but if that person routinely talks to three others on all similar matters and those three all said it was a lousy idea, even if the person with that responsibility thought it was a fine idea, it is doubtful they would forge ahead on their own. Especially when one of those three who disagreed with their assessment signs their paychecks.

Once people accept that, the explanation for everything else falls into place. Anybody who expected great things after The Process was terminated during the season from a roster that has some fundamental flaws (despite some talent) was deluding themselves. They gave us a kick in the pants when they made Brady pout, but overall, the roster and its flaws are roughly the same as they were on October 9. Let's hope the owner doesn't hire another NFL zero, although there is hope. In his last search, The Process reeled in his able-bodied assistant with meatballs.

I'm not sure where the idea of hating a player because the organization did not trade him. Even if we were talking about Sam Darnold or Robbie, the hate would not be any higher because the organization whiffed on a trade offer. Now the hatred for people in organization may go up, but that would be expected. @Mr. Scot nailed the difference between any comparison between Burns and Rhule.

I think they will sign a journeyman to be the temporary starter or backup. Then they will probably roll with our new draft pick, the journeyman, and Corral. The grand plan last year, after we traded for Mayfield, should have been Mayfield, then Darnold, then Corral in that order. Perhaps you could sub Walker for Darnold, given who the HC was and eat the dead cap. The idea being to work Corral into the #2 position at some point during the season and put him into a position to compete for #1 in 2023, if he is up to that. If he isn't up to it, then you know what you need to draft in 2023, and you probably do, regardless, since the depth chart would be down to Corral at the end of the year. But, that was overRhuled. The Process didn't want Corral and did everything in his power to ignore "the freshman." Looking ahead, who knows? The odds are against him. But it is not a sure thing that a new coach won't like him in a similar pecking order, with a temporary vet and the 2023 draft selection as #1 and 2 (in some order), and Corral as #3 with the plan to move up to #2 before the vet's contract expires. The odds are Corral is yet another one screwed by The Process.

Hell, if Rhule were still the coach, I'd be tempted to wear a plastic bag over my head. But, since The Process was terminated, there is really not much point. It would be like piling on at this point.

My main concern is that the NFL will do something. Every time they address a rule or situation, they seem to somehow make it worse. After last week, I would not be at all surprised to learn that they sent an interpretation to the officials reversing a previous interpretation, and that was why last week's penalty was nothing this week. I honestly don't think they have managed to touch the rule book, provide interpretations, or "points of emphasis" since the Rozelle days without either making a situation worse or creating a problem where there was none to start with.