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I would add, I am a football fan. There were no Panthers when I started. The Panthers are my football team and have been for all their existence. But I don’t have posters of players on my wall. way past that type of ‘fanning’. Knock yourself out with that just GTFO too when you start throwing the cheerleading type of fanning at me telling me that is what I should be doing. I have earned the right to have a high bar, to be cynical, to be critical, all of it. Also to be happy when we pull one out. I look long term. what happened this week is great but where are we headed? That is more the way I think about it. As if you could understand that.

I guess Kase and you represent the common Panther fan, yes? Congratulations. Shake your Pom poms proudly.

I’d say we are still between 1 and 3. We have been pulling out close ones though.

It was the same his first game in 2023 if you go back and remember. And his second game in 2023. I hate to tell the truth to people that may not like it but there it is. I mean certainly the situation then and the situation now until a couple of throws today, is just a coincidence and nothing to do with him. It is the coaches or something. Or the receivers.

That’s true and surely was a factor but I don’t put it on Cousins for Robinson not being involved in the 2nd half.

Lol. Even sadder. It would make a lot more sense if he were 15.

I did think about some of those games when typing that post. Ugly but a different kind of ugly. We put up massive offense and then pulled a Falcons. Except we snatched the win away at the end. Still, winning and it not being pretty is much better than losing. That team knew how to win. Mostly. But look who we had.

They have had it worked out for awhile now. Any given Sunday. Or Thursday or Monday…..

kase, how old are you? 15? Do you shave yet? You are juvenile as hell. Give me another turd. Badge of honor coming from you.

That is what I think people overlook in pursuit of perfection or dominance. The good teams almost all have to win a couple of ugly ones. Getting that out of your team is real progress. Maybe a better indicator than the dominant wins.

I was saying kick it right away before something bad happens lol And the chasing 2 points that early didn’t make me happy.

I guess their board TATF is gone, too bad. That place would be on fire tonight. Like, fire everybody. Which they might should do.

With that QB too. And that defense last year. And Tepper. It ain’t there but it is way better than it has been really, since Tepper bought the team. People knew the axe was gonna fall for Ron. As soon as he was forced to switch to a 3-4 the writing was on the wall. They say you lose a game for every rookie you start. We got two or three starting. Probably more. Very young team.

We were stunned you lost too.

I think I under appreciated him when he was here because he was maybe misused and overused and hurt a good bit. edit in fact my first reaction to he will kick our ass, is will he play.

I need to look at the up down up down home away juju. Just saying SF has been beatable this year.

It is an away 1pm start for a WC team so we will have that goi g for us. It is hard t9 gauge this team week to week and I think without pressure Darnold is pretty efficient. And we get very little pressure.

That’s fair, it is just a discussion. Burns and Moore were late firsts and for sure paid off that investment.

Fair enough. When they whip our asses and we have a losing record remember your post. Maybe put down the bong.

SF might be beatable. I doubt we have much shot vs Seattle or LA Rams.

I’d have to put it this way. Which one has more to overcome? Bryce overcoming Canales’ limitations, or Canales overcoming Bryce’s? My opinion says the latter is most likely.

We are still the Panthers. Here is what I expect: that ankle swells up and we don’t get to see consecutive weeks.

Burns isn’t a complete player. DJ was very good but at this point T Mac looks better. And he should considering where they went in the draft. But that doesn’t always hold true. CMC, yes you could put him higher and definitely on actual league accomplishments. T Mac does give flashes of HOF quality. So much goes into actually being that and it has to be year after year so… not right now. But the potential is pretty obvious to my way of thinking.

Given the lack of value fits to our defensive needs at number 8, I got it then. As far as being a guy critical of all the offense padding at the expense of our defense I wanted defense. It just wasn’t there. But he has totally looked the part since he got here. Looks like a great pick.

That is not necessarily true. You get a shot to get your foot in the door you take it and worry about stuff like that later. (Difference is he wasn’t going to get the offers Ben Johnson was going to get, he was not a hot name with that track record. Many have pointed out what a long shot he was). He may have known he couldn’t do but so much with Bryce but saw that if he could turn a Bryce led team into a winner then someone would notice. I am not saying I know what he was thinking, just that if I were in that position it might be what I was thinking.