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Proudiddy

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  1. TBH, I kept up with it almost as religiously as football and basketball growing up, but it fell by the wayside as I got older. I hardly have kept up with it in adulthood, aside from maybe league leaders and playoffs here and there. It's boring to keep up with from a distance, but man, is it a beautiful experience and qorth following in-person. That's why I'm all for it... and I think once a team is in place here, people will go all in to support it and fan out just like they have for all of our pro teams. I know I will.
  2. I think NC is overdue for a MLB team considering the history here... I think I read some years back though that the studies showed Charlotte wouldn't be a great candidate because of various factors relating to already having an NBA, NFL, minor league baseball team (and now a pro soccer team). There has been a huge push to get a team in Raleigh. I think the viability studies showed Raleigh is one of the top potential markets, so that would be dope. I dont care which city would get it, but it would be awesome to finally have one... I feel bad for Oakland fans, but it's Cali... they have plenty other teams to pull for that no one cares about.
  3. Everyone here knows how reactive and generally pessimistic I tend to be, but I am optimistic. It seems like for the first time, in possibly ever, we have a sense of direction and an actual plan in place for building our team. Decisions seem logical,, reasonable, sound, and fit together, which was never the case in the past... Fitt, Morgan, and the new-look FO seem to be everything we have spent decades hoping for from their demonstrated measured approach and moves they have made so far. Free agency was calculated and a massive win with additions like Reddick and bargain signings like Bouye and Jones. Draft was possibly the most value-laden class we have ever had on paper. Tepper is passionate about winning and putting the right people in place and then stepping back and letting them do what they do... something that we didn't have in place before and obviously held us back from the ownership standpoint. I also believe Rhule is one of those rare game-changing strategists as a coach, of which there is only a very small few present in the NFL, so that gives us a huge advantage over most teams as well. And we already have a proven and promising nucleus in place. Now, the only thing I'm pessimistic about - Darnold. I'm hoping for the best, but not expecting much and really hope I'm wrong. But for all the good we've done thus far and the moves we've made, if we trust Darnold to be THE GUY, and he is actually just the guy he has been, then we have wasted another year. Any success and progress made this season hinges on Darnold.
  4. Isn't part of the rumored issues behind his wanting out of GB his is wife's desire to make a life somewhere more conducive to her career? I think it's California, New York or bust.
  5. Also, has it occurred to anyone else, as it did to me upon looking at the depth chart following the draft that they actually plan on shifting Chinn to be the primary FS now being that we signed Denzel Perryman, have Shaq, and Carter came on strong late last year to round out the LB corps. I don't think they're looking at FS as big of a priority as we are.
  6. Wow, Blount still has kids young enough to be signed to play pro football?
  7. A couple things from the bullet points I've read here: I really, really hope our staff and so many of the analysts (Riddick, Kiper, McShay) out there who have spoken on it are right on Darnold. Everything hinges on it. As I've stated elsewhere many times, I just never saw "it" from him coming out of college, and what he looked like in NY was about what I expected. Now, could having a coach who wasn't a coked out idiot made all the difference? Sure. But, we just don't know. One thing I will say that stood out to me from Louis Riddick's comments about it during the draft was not only his conviction that Darnold was good still, but that when they interviewed him before their Jets' games, he would not make excuses or throw anyone else under the bus. And from Riddick's take, it sounded like everyone knew how bad the organization was and Darnold had every right to throw them under the bus. So, that really stood out to me and impressed me. But again, I just was never impressed by what I saw physically, but I really hope I'm wrong. And just to play devil's advocate, I know he mentioned the hit rate on QBs in the first round being so low, but you never know, this year could be the year that all of them hit. Again, I just hope they're more right about Darnold than they are wrong for passing up Fields. Also, they seemed to love Stafford, and he's really good, but I really prefer a QB who can not just extend plays with his legs, but is a threat with them a la Cam and Fields. If you remove their names and tell me I can choose from a QB who has been in a dysfunctional organization for 3 years, has statistically been one of the worst QBs in that time, has a good but not great arm, and is an OK athlete, or I can have a guy who is a rookie, has put up huge numbers against the best programs in the country on a few occasions, can throw it 70 yards on a rope, has 4.4 speed, and their both roughly the same age - I'm taking the latter. But, I also see and agree with the logic of getting Horn to fill a need and hoping you're right on Darnold. Anyway, as someone else said in another post, at worst, if we are wrong on Darnold, the 49ers have provided a great blueprint... if you do a magnificent job of building up the rest of the team first and all thats left is QB, the price to get one is one worth paying at that point, as they did this year (if they're right with Lance). Also, it could be recency bias, but I just don't remember Hurney or Gettleman ever speaking on their picks with this much certainty and conviction that they were coming in to contribute right away. Part of it may have to do with, even from the outside looking in, that there appears to be a legit plan in place, and the picks bear that out. They took guys that made sense, filled a need, and clearly show they plan on throwing them in the fire immediately. Under Gettleman and Hurney, we always had those headacratching picks where it literally felt like they just were throwing darts in the war room - no need, not athletic, etc. And in the presser, it also was clear through their generic responses that they weren't clear on how that pick was going to be used or if they even planned on them being on the roster come August. We are clearly in a different era, and I love it.
  8. He's baaaaaack... and no opposing team's fan base nor toilet is safe.
  9. I guess if he comes as a cheap insurance policy, but according to my friend who is a Bears fan, this dude sucks. And the fact they released him after drafting a rookie LT tells me I dont think this was just cap related.
  10. Just to play devil's advocate, because I do believe he looks fairly out of shape, even for a big boy... but, I don't think Norwell was super athletic. I have hope for him though. He has the pedigree and there have been quite a few interior OLs taken over the last decade who have succeeded in the league with pretty disgusting measurables.
  11. Wow, did not know that was his uncle! I was just thinking about this story yesterday... ESPN made a 30 for 30 short on it and it makes me tear up everytime I watch it.
  12. Welp, I had no idea about that. I was referring strictly to my knowledge of JOATs existence and content within the Panthers forum. I had no knowledge of any of that.
  13. Just wanted to recognize JOAT for stepping up yesterday and creating the draft pick threads. He has been a Huddler since our earliest of early days and one of the good guys. Thank you for your help, JOAT! Everybody show JOAT some love and #KeepPounding!
  14. I liked him in 2019, but he seemed to tail off... hoping for the best.
  15. Yeah. I'm not gonna get worked up about it. I just liked his value in the 4th because of his athleticism. And we could use a good coverage LB.
  16. I know what you're saying, but I'm not sure if that's what Rhule was inferring.
  17. That is the first one I am legitimately upset about missing on in Jabril Cox. We were there and could've taken him and traded back.
  18. This is getting ridiculous. See y'all in the 2022 Draft, because apparently we aren't picking in this one. But, I will say, again, that last night Rhule said their guys have said a 3rd rounder this year is the equivalent to a 2nd next year, and I'm assuming they've applied that logic for each round, with the implication being this draft is deeper and has more value. Also, they Fitt said they felt comfortable trading down bc they know there is more value grouping in the areas they're trading to versus where they were originally picking. But this is crazy.
  19. Welp, see you guys at the 2022 draft. wtf???
  20. I like Wade, too. Why did he drop? Was it off-field stuff? I thought he was once considered a first round guy.
  21. I'm liking Cox, Michael Carter, and Gillespie here with our next pic.
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