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The team gave up nearly 180ypg on the ground with DB gone in 2024. In 2023, they were 16th against the run (104.1ypg). That was during DB's 103 tackle campaign. If we take that into consideration along with how this affects offensive play callers, then just the return of DB alone is a significant upgrade for the offense. The team was turning to Amare Barno to be a 3-4 DE at times... that's a massive downgrade from DB. Then when we think about how the players that ended the season as starters are going to be competing just to be back-ups this season...

I had to use one of the bathrooms at work this morning and the person who had just used it was clearly older because it reeked (and had that horrible spiritual/atmospheric pressure) of a prescription dump. This thread felt like the appropriate place to weep after that Hell.

You'd think that there'd be some type of league framework in place but it's mostly the burden of the teams to figure out and implement. I remember back towards the end of the Gettleman era doing a scrape and being shocked at what was discovered.

Yes. The last thing I need is one of the animals (child included) running across the keyboard or accidentally deleting an important email. I'd rather deal with the couple of extra seconds of having to put my password back in then compromise the data I'm trusted with. That's not extreme at all. It's literally the bare minimum that somebody could do next to nothing. Instead of chalking up blame to not knowing the future, we can prevent that future with just a little personal responsibility.

Y'all ready for the start of our first ever back-to-back winning seasons? ᕦ(ò_óˇ)

It is very, very easy for an org to set up an MDM that forces devices to lock after 5min of inactivity. Bad opsec to not have that (nor an internal policy that requires devices be locked if not in use) especially given that there's likely access to other information like plays, limited medical info, etc

Direct link: https://operations.nfl.com/gameday/nfl-schedule/2025-important-nfl-dates/ Panthers' specific dates: OTA Offseason Workouts: May 27-28, May 30, June 2-3, June 5 Mandatory Minicamp: June 10-12

Some will say it was due to toxicity, some will say it was because they were whiners. The world will never know. (it knows )

Semi-related/unrelated?: What are you looking to see from Allar next year? I remember you being high on him this year... were there any elements to his game that you see as a glaring weakness currently? I expect him to be a day one, at worst day two selection but if he somehow is there on day three...

There's always exceptions. The overall idea is more than reasonable as I mentioned... It's just hard to believe it as being sincere from some of the same people that have demanded another QB be taken ever since Bryce was announced as a Panther. If they exercise his fifth-year bonus option while actively working on a contract extension, then going out and throwing a day three flier at a prospect to hold the clipboard makes a ton of sense. It doesn't make much sense to do that now though (imo). There aren't many teams that are built to be fine if QB1 goes down and if they are it's likely because QB2 had just as strong of a chance of winning the starting position.

Only got the intro read so far and cannot wait to read the rest instead of event logs this morning.

It's difficult to take the "we need to make sure we have a back-up QB developed just in case" claim seriously when the only posters I've seen bang that drum are the ones that want(ed) Bryce gone. While it is a reasonable position to take, we've also seen that it's not exactly coming from a place of sensibility as much as it is hate for BY9.

If we get the same Bryce that started the first two games of last season, they have to consider making a significant investment at the position again. If we get the Bryce that played the last seven games of the season, then take the fifth-year bonus option leading into his fourth season so that there's plenty of time to negotiate a second deal.

He really likes to slide the edge that draws the double teams in those situations to create more confusion for opposing OLs as well which makes life even easier for the blitzing LBs & safeties. Also, with the addition of Ransom as @Basbear pointed out, that gives the team a third safety that can potentially contribute right away on both special teams and the defense. I wouldn't be surprised to see Evero march him out there in three safety personnel groupings. I keep reminding myself that the team is one more offseason away but it's really hard to not be excited about seeing how they develop this season. As much as I want W's, I'm more interested in seeing last year's draft class take the leap that Bryce did in their second year.

It was so weird and trashy to punch down on somebody that was already being actively punished for their actions. Ulbrich's kid will likely be shown the grace they never considered giving Shedeur.

If Caleb is the guy, then the Bears win the trade by nature of both teams getting a franchise QB but one gained additional assets. If Caleb busts and Bryce doesn't, the Panthers clearly win the trade. If both are the guys, then both teams win with Chicago getting extra.

I wonder if it was a combination of size + scheme? Being a shorter QB, Fifita has to be a film junkie for when those sight-lines go missing because somebody twice his size just appeared out of nowhere. Just getting one year in an offense is tough on any QB, but then throw in having to overcome other pain points that other QBs don't deal with... Babers' offense was also RPO-heavy and relied a lot on speed at WR but they were working with Fisch's recruits that were intended to be in an offense that used motion, personnel groupings, etc to create mismatches. Look at 2023 Fifita + T-Mac highlights and they look like different players. That 2023 tape gives me a loooooot of good feels thinking about Bryce throwing some of those balls.

I'm going to need to see a little more top end speed out of JT while he's in pads. There were times where it almost appeared like he was running in quicksand, but I also wonder if part of that is just a rookie still processing things and not at a point where he can just read and react. If it's just a matter of comfortability, then he might look even faster on the field this season. If JT can convince Tremble to hit the sled with him after they get done on the jugs machine with Chuba...

Link to article Excerpts below: Fun story about McMillan-Fifita's friendship and how they opted to remain in Arizona instead of taking a bunch of money to go to Washington (it helped that they were already taking a bunch of money in Arizona). Here's to hoping that all of that time with Fifita has gotten T-Mac/Nalo ready for Bryce's style of play!

Would be a lot of fun to see some of the old folks in here. Would be even more fun to revitalize the Huddle tailgate.

Oh for sure. Some folks want an argumentative mess where they can bounce around in the chaos and that's fine. Though seeing as how the numbers for the server keep going up meanwhile we don't see many new posters here that aren't alt accounts... so... idk about that last part... I also have zero doubt that LG isn't losing any sleep over this because that's not exactly something that somebody with NPD would do (which explains why he felt justified in promoting toxic behavior while trying to make it appear as if the people that left in opposition to it were unreasonable).

I have enjoyed the Discord. It's been awesome getting the more stable and knowledgeable posters from the Huddle over in there as well since there's good discussions going on and a lot of good information being shared. There's a decent bit of info I bring over here from there. There are also people that I enjoy here and engage with. Sometimes that means witnessing you ignoring information in favor of an unfettered opinion that you've taken a shine to pushing (such as "all the whiners left" when you're still right here bitching like you always have). If it hurts your feelings to know that there's a place that people have gone because of the environment you've perpetuated, that's something for you to work on. What exactly do you contribute to the board other than running off quality posters and enabling poo posters? I don't see any analysis, breakdowns, etc from you.

I don't think I've ever seen an open QB competition between five guys before... jfc it's bad up there in Cleveland