Gapanthersfan

The all blue when 59 made Dallas his little B on Thanksgiving will forever be a great memory of mine. All black is still the best.

It’s amazing how a company that has made tens of thousands of dollars off of you will nut up the moment you have to beg and demand for some of it back. I’m a pretty right leaning, free enterprise guy but having to deal with the SOB insurance companies in the health care industry…. and what I see happen to people that are barely making it, or not making it at all… the entire insurance racket is just criminal. It’s different when business you’re legally required give money to has unanimous political muscle.

Solar on a roof is an awesome concept but in practice, a big nope. It’ll only begin recouping install cost if it never breaks… and the company hasn’t gone out of business… and if everything else goes ok for the life of the system, and you still live there 10 years later or you’ve found a buyer willing to buy the place. Oh, and hope you don’t need a new roof because good luck finding a roofing company willing to take on the liability. It’s such a freaking cool idea that is fraught with peril. And yes, screw the insurance racket. High rate of auto theft in Atl? You live over an hour away? Doesn’t matter. GA is now dubbed a high vehicle theft state, because of what’s going on over an hour away. I have an older Corolla and an old GX with 188,000 miles. Perfect driving records for >15 years and I’m 46. I get eaten alive. Big storm? Hail? Nope, looks like previous damage. Out of pocket car money. Roofer even called bs. Covid caused material shortages, skyrocketing costs. Rebuild cost goes up, house increases drastically in value, insurance rates rise. Ok, I didn’t like it but I could follow it. Well, material costs are better now. Have rates gone down? lol. Sure. Oh, speaking of your property value going up, meet my friend Mr property tax man. Sorry for the thread derail

I’m in Rome. Just rain. Buddy from school is in Bradenton, he’s good. His parents in Tampa not so much. He said he’s never seen a storm surge like this, even 1993. Saw one of my guys today who is an insurance adjuster and said most of the flooding won’t be covered in ATL. Something to do with being considered ground water.

Might be tropical storm force winds all the way up in to NW Georgia. I just want to keep my power. Good luck to all of Y’all especially if you’re close to this thing.

Not going to lie, PTSD had my buttcheeks clinched with every big throw from Andy, but they were all… perfect. Perfect spiral, speed, placement. The most catchable throws I’ve ever seen in a panthers game. 0 hospital balls thrown. It was some alternate reality I’ve never experienced. Even when Jake or Cam had a game where they were dialed in, it felt like a damnit Jake/Cam throw was going to come at any moment.

The DIME td throw to Thielen may have been the best pass I’ve ever seen from a panthers QB. #2 is Cam to 88 in Seattle to win the game. But the throws Andy made on the regular were incredible.

Week 10 trade to a team that’s right there in contention, but needs a WR for a SB run. A desperate enough team would dish a late second round pick if Johnson is 700 yards and 8 TDs at that point.

Everything is fluid in the NFL. Don’t get me wrong I want and still think we win this Sunday, but in football especially, big emotional wins are often followed by a loss. What if this is the week Cinci decides to wake up? A key turnover puts us down 2+ scores, we start pushing, they start sending the house, focusing on who missed blocking assignments from last week and what they were vulnerable to. Your catches everything every time guy is sorely missed on those days as your quick 3rd down outlet

Loss of Adam is going to really sting. Say what you will about his age, but he draws a ton of respect from defenses. You’ve got to respect the home run hitter WR who always finds a way to get open and catches EVERYTHING. Not that they don’t now, but when the rest of the WRs can show the same ability to catch every single ball thrown their way, coverage will be pretty tight. Expect more pass rush this Sunday that Vegas was not able to pull off. I don’t want to jinx it, but it could be a 5 sack 1-2 pick type day.

The o line spending is probably the most polarizing topic of conversation going. It’s loved or hated. I will go on record as an initial hater, but have come around to truly appreciate it. O line is the most important unit on the entire team, and it’s not even close. If they want to rebuild the team in to a winning franchise, it’s a good place to start. I don’t look at it as just signing a couple stud guards to huge contracts. We bought high level guys with the experience and ability to teach Icky, Zavala, and the rest of the group the right way to do things. This team had a bottom dweller o line last year that would have gotten any QB killed. Skill positions wasted. The team got 2 guards, but what they really bought was a top 5 o line. Thus far Icky looks nothing like last year. There is zero pressure up the middle. That’s nuts. Keeping Dalton AND Johnson here… don’t see that happening. If he proves to be that dude, do we trade him late in the season? Time to step up XL.

With the D needing significant resources, dropping more big coin on more offense isn’t a great idea. I think the Luvu money went to signing our o line warriors.

Pass rush comes alive. 4 sacks, 2 PD, 1 strip sack and fumble recovery. 1 int for the secondary. Andy throws 3 more TDs, 1 pick, 340 yards. 1 of the TDs goes to Trimble on a seam route. Running game goes 185 yards total. Chuba goes over 100 and has a 17 yard run that goes for 6. Final score 31-17 us. We win the TOP battle by 7 minutes.

Gamer is a title I like. The dude you always have a chance with. Big to medium big arm. They have that fire in them. They need a decent line to make it work, typically. When a play breaks down, they make THE game changing throw… 80% of the time in his team’s favor, 20% in the other. You accept it because he wins you far more games than he loses. Sometimes he just doesn’t have it, and you know after the first quarter how the day is going to be. The game manager is steady Eddie. Not great, not terrible, but he’s Mr reliable. Medium arm. He’ll have a good game here and there if a WR is in a contract year. Definitely a product of the system guy. Signs a big second contract with another team and is never productive again, but very wealthy. So it comes down to typically arm strength and PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES. The elite guys are typically big dudes with big and accurate arms… you reading this Dan?

This is what I was looking for, THANK YOU. Not easily replaceable. Perfect.

I’m not speaking of Andy, or any specific one in the league, at all. I’m just waxing philosophical this morning over something completely pointless, and this came to mind. So far, although the sample size is small, it’s going as I suspected. Everyone has their own definition, mostly. For some it’s subjective, others it’s more objective. Perhaps why this is frequently a contested tooic? Criteria for what we consider of a JAG falls right in line with what we also call a game manager. Do your job, don’t lose the game with screw ups, let your better skilled teammates make the plays that win the game. It’s the same thing, but rarely a title used with QBs. Is it out of some sort of respect, or just tradition, or is there something I’m missing.

I’m tired of hearing it in the media. It’s the sanitation engineer nomenclature (my Big Lebowski reference of the day) way of saying garbage man. Seriously, all QBs are tasked with managing games. To not be the reason for a loss. It’s really just another way to say dude is decent, but doesn’t make big plays or elevate his teammates level of play consistently so… you’re essentially calling him a JAG in a nice way. You’re saying that he doesn’t make big time throws in big time situations. His job is to let playmakers make it work, and don’t be the reason why the team loses… so a JAG. So what do we call the next level of play? Gamer seems fitting?

Take it! He’ll just be the little guy in a locker room full of giants that see him as a kid, all over again.

Andy may sign another team friendly contract if it means playing behind a cushy o line and baller receivers in an effort to have one more go at it and pad some career stats. We need to stop the cycle of mediocre and losing. The road to ascension is build lines then get RIGHT QB. Every year we chase a damaged goods QB and put him behind an incomplete line. How has it worked out for us? Right now our o line is Balling, but it’s almost a certainty that at least one person will miss some time due to injury this year. Depth is essential. Quality reps with your skill players is important. If a QB is there with the physical and cognitive attributes that you want in the draft, go for it. Otherwise, go late round on an untainted flier.

No Projects. We suck at projects. We are not just a QB away. Keep building the team the right way. No reaching. No tweeners in the draft. Bring in a dude who is tough, teachable, pocket passer who can make all the throws. If it’s not there this draft, then keep team building with high picks, roll with Andy and bring in a cheap vet backup that is at least serviceable.

The team knows that Andy is literally, their only hope for willing a game. Majority have contract #2 money riding on this. We will see this team beat more teams this year that they have no business beating. The intensity we saw on Sunday will diminish, but not that much. You think these dudes want anything to do with Plummer? It’s Andy’s job to lose. He’s going to throw picks, and we’ll have games that are terrible, but he’s also going to throw a lot of touchdowns. This receiving core may not be far off from 2003 and this looks like it could be the best o line we have ever had. Andy has all the fire and I’d say 2 more gears on Delhomme. Older, yes. He will have more 300 yard 3 td games this year. This team has put a premium on winning and building a culture.

They are all, with a few exceptions, circling the wagons for their own. Panthers blew up a narrative they had all nicely laid out. Deep down, they know the Panthers under Andy have the potential to keep up with anybody point wise in this league. They have to wait for the shot callers to change the narrative before Panthers see better press. Panthers players and staff are keeping it class's regarding Bryce but the message is clear and everyone with eyes and an IQ over 80 can see the truth.

Did it look like he took a knee to the thigh when he was tackled?

Bro is so patient with seeing the gap, and then violent after that. His acceleration is impressive. Y’all just wait for the next few weeks. This was only after a week’s worth of practice.

That’s what a grown ass man with intact pride looks like.