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And did MJ piss some people off at the league offices? These officials are atrocious and blatantly one-sided.

I thought those calls are reviewable?? Wtf is going on?!?!?!?

Also, they're running a high pick and roll with Brogdon and Sabonis and Plumlee's lurch ass is sitting down at the free throw line looking around with this thumb up his ass. 3 by Brogdon.

They are beating the absolute poo out of Hayward and the refs can't find their whistle.

That was a foul on Melo on that board.

Way to contest that, Oubre.

See, and thats a prime example right there of what I'm talking about with JB... Melo is scorching hot, he goes to the bench about halfway through the 3rd qtr and he doesn't bring him back in until the Pacers had already started coming back almost a third to halfway through the 4th... and he did the same thing last season almost like clockwork. There is something about the 6 minute mark each quarter. It's like a benchmark for him. Meanwhile, Plumlee is getting bitch slapped up and down the court by Sabonis, and he just leaves him in there. His rotations suck ass.

Get Plumlee tf up out of there.

Hell yeah. I'm over waiting on CMC to stay healthy. He's a fantastic player, but he plays the least valuable position in football, which we invested heavily in and he can't stay on the field. And honestly, if our name is already out there still being rumored to be pursuing Watson, and Darnold already appears to be skittish and on poor footing with the staff as he reverts back to his Jets habits, we may as well pull the trigger. Darnold likely won't improve from this point, and if he does, it will be marginal. So...

Like this... I dont understand, why is Melo still on the bench?

That was a ton of contact on Hayward there

Now this is the team we've been waiting for since the last week of last season.

We are officially the Pacers' bitch. And for the record, I still don't understand why we extended JB. He might be solid with player development, but he is not a good in-game coach at all. Rotations and adjustments are always garbage.

It all starts and ends with the bigs. And as long as they keep trotting these JAGs out there, its gonna keep being a problem. edit: also, you said 60+? We might be setting that floor a little low.

JB is looking to get his ass canned this year.

Nice foul on Hayward's dunk

McConnell looks like he enjoys snorting coke.

Sabonis may have 50 and 20 tonight if JB doesn't put someone else not named Washington or Plumlee in. This is ridiculous.

I'm not disputing that, but much like with our OL with the Panthers, at least if JB gives the young guys like Richards, Carey, and Kai these minutes, I can be hopeful they'll develop and grow into their potential with them. I can't stand bigs like Plumlee. You can't fuging defend your position, your hands are iffy, you have little to no offensive ability, so you're just out there because you're big as poo.

If their name is Plumlee, they are a guaranteed goofball on a basketball court. My God this guy is hard to watch.

Yeah, I don't even give a poo about this stuff anymore. Until the staff shows they're competent, none of this poo matters.

And as an aside, this is as much an indictment on Brady as it is Darnold. I mentioned in the gamethread Sunday that I didn't understand why we weren't incorporating more of the concepts the Vikings were to get our guys open in reference to how the Vikings started running our of doubles and bunch forms and dragging their receivers across the field to avoid Taylor locking them up. We used both DJ and Robby this way last season, but it's like the offense is different now... and even with the shift in routes and concepts in this season's iteration of Brady's offense, when the receivers do come open, most of the stats show Sam is missing them on a vast majority of them. And with how bad the OL is, I'm still not understanding why we don't do more underneath stuff and use motion to get the ball out quicker and then start taking shots down the field as the defense tries to counter that. This offense feels a lot more like Shula's for some reason.

This was from David Newton prior to the Vikings game and I did not see it posted here already, so forgive me if it has... but, this is why I don't get any of the Robby bashing despite our receiver's performance this past Sunday. https://www.espn.com/blog/carolina-panthers/post/_/id/35556/carolina-panthers-wr-robby-anderson-and-qb-sam-darnold-still-searching-for-chemistry-they-had-with-ny-jets An animated Anderson went to the sideline and yelled at receivers coach Frisman Jackson. He wanted to run a “double move, stutter and go,’’ understanding the defensive back that had been sitting on his routes most of the day. He called the outburst “passion.’’ “Somewhat frustrated too,’’ Anderson said on Wednesday. “I felt like if I had the opportunity, I could have made a difference in us winning the game. That’s my biggest concern, winning.’’ ... Anderson lack of involvement is one of the biggest mysteries of the season. His catch rate of 41.4% is a significant drop-off from his 68.5% last season, when he finished with a career-best 95 catches on 136 targets for 1,096 yards and three touchdowns. Clay says Anderson appears to be the third option on most plays, based off of the depth of his routes (15.3 yards, up from 9.4 yards last season) and number of targets. “I’m not too much in control of that,’’ Anderson said. “I’ve got to do what’s told of me to do.’’ But, he admitted, “My role has shifted a little bit.’’ For one, DJ Moore is getting more of the shorter routes, which may explain why he’s getting 29% of the targets compared to 17% for Anderson. Last season, Anderson got 27% compared to 22% for Moore. The Panthers are trying to fix things. Anderson has been targeted 18 times the past two weeks after tallying 11 targets the first three weeks, which prompted Clay’s tweet. In a film study of all 29 of Anderson’s targets, with help from ESPN Stats & Information and NFL Next Gen Stats, these things stood out: Eight of Darnold’s 28 off-target throws have been to Anderson, including five on his first nine. Anderson has been open on 31 of 35 routes where he wasn’t targeted. This is defined by NFL Next Gen Stats as 3-5 yards of separation. Anderson has faced man-to-man coverage on 94 routes, compared to 70 during the same span last season. Darnold has a 47.9 Total QBR versus man coverage, ranking 24th of 32 qualified quarterbacks. Anderson excelled in 2020 on crossing routes, which accounted for 13.7% of his plays. That number has dropped to 6.9% in 2021. It was 13% with Darnold in New York. Anderson’s tight-window targets have risen from 15.4% to 20.7%, but his receiving percentage has dropped from 28% to 12.5%. His open-target percentage has dropped from 23.5% to 13.8%, and his wide-open target percentage has dropped from 17.6% to 6.9%.

TBH, the more I've thought it over, as a stand-alone stat, I agree.

No doubt the offense is trash. But, it's also clear Sam can't make the plays needed to be a quality starting QB in the NFL, and that isn't just based off of this stat.