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Bill: Dammit! We missed one!

Also, prepare yourselves for plenty of judgment calls against us this coming drive for Houston.

DJ, Royce, AND tremble from here on out.

Now, go bust this fuging nerd's ass!!!

NGL, that was an incredible call by Brady. War Tremble!

Also, just speculating here, but I think Jaycee broke something.

The refs bogged this game down with their bullshit and got us to play the Texans game. Now it looks like we're running at half speed compared to them. Same poo they did in SB 50.

Late hit much?

They're definitely not. I've always felt you could argue teams are lined up offsides every play, bc they all do it. But clearly, the NFL made it a point of emphasis against us tonight, and I think it was by design to slow our defense and pass rush down.

They're even worse for us, and I don't mean injuries. We just never show up. Also, Cam's career essentially ended on TNF. I have been saying for years, I don't even want to be in them... even if it is our only national game each year, I'd rather not have any.

Agreed. They've been nudging them along every drive. 3 offsides lined up in the neutral zone??? Every team lines up that way, and yet now they just called the 4th... not even jumping, where we're lined up. This is fuging bullshit.

Well, good to see the officials points of emphasis for tonight's game only came from the Texans. I swear I fuging hate the NFL.

In line with our tradition of TNF showings, the cherry on top would be Joey Slye kicking and converting an NFL record long FG attempt for the win.

I've been saying it for years - no winning team invests heavily in RB. No matter how good or versatile they are, you just can't. The Niners are on like their 8th RB and still whopping ass, because your offense shouldn't be built around them. It's lazy and will eventually bite you in the ass, as it is currently doing us.

Pretty sad that your starting RB getting injured exposes that your starting RB is your best pass blocker.

Welp, offense can't move now... on the road, CMC out, and now the defense is getting exposed by a rookie QB who pbarely played college football. Just another TNF game for our Carolina Panthers.

Can't hide our deficiencies on OL anymore with CMC out. Paradis sucks. This is gonna be a rough few weeks.

I knew CMC was gonna end up on the shelf with how much he was being used. And now here we are... remember how stagnant the offense has gotten when he went out a few snaps the first two weeks? Welp, thats the offense now for the foreseeable future. And this, ladies and gentleman, is why you don't invest a lot of money in RB, no matter how gifted and talented they are. This sucks.

Thats my expectation, but I'm setting the bar low due to my life experiences as a Panthers fan lol, and simultaneously hoping we blow the doors off in complete dominance.

NGL, I was legit surprised 66 or whatever it was is the 6th highest QBR. I know 50 is considered the average, obviously, as it's on a scale of 100, but I was legitimately surprised it was that high. And the clean pocket stat is nothing but encouraging considering a lot of the concern about him was that he would be antsy and see ghosts from his time in NY. Very, very encouraging.

Damn, what did we do to Sporting News. Also, Football Outsiders are the only authority I trust on advanced football analytics from this point on... fug Collinsworth.

Yeah, the Brown and Bouye inactives make zero sense to me. No way Bouye's is due to the same "soft tissue" injury he missed all of camp with. I just think Rhule is uncomfortable messing with what's been working and/or is worried about Bouye's conditioning translating well into the game. Also, I 100% believe in this team, so I don't know if it's repeated trauma haunting me from seasons past, but this game is much bigger than people are making it out to be for us. It has all of the makings of one of those sneaky trap games that we have faltered in in the past - injury depleted team, short week, prime time/nationally televised game, and we're starting to pick up momentum as a national darling of sorts. I really hope Rhule keeps our guys hungry and don't allow them to buy into their own hype thus far. Play this game like we're 0-0, the opponent is at full strength, and we haven't proven anything yet. Just the circumstances around this game give me Fox/Rivera era heebie jeebies.

Just saw this on the NFL ticker... not buying it's injury. I think it could be there comfortablitiy level with his in-game conditioning and/ornot wanting to mess with the chemistry that has already been building with the guys who have been out there. I disagree with this, because I would rather let him work his way in on a game against Houston, rather than Dallas next game.

I aint offering a player. I'm giving you some mid round draft picks next year and maybe the year after. Thats it.

Was gonna post this yesterday, as the Lions held him out if practice while they pursued a trade... but, from what I saw, the Pats and Rams are the only real suitors. Dan Campbell still refers to him as an athletic LB, but apparently there has been a question with his effort, so they're playing younger guys in front of him and looking to move him. I thought initially it would be a good fit, but the more I have thought on it, I think Rhule believes in the guys he has here and would rather grow with them then bring in someone else at this point - other than kicker of course.