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That 1st... the Panther thing would be to trade it for a haul because Bryce slightly improved, and totally squander the haul.

Brother, I have no fallback. Was anyone but Bryce and he has done very little to change that into 'oh poo i am a dumbass’ but he could. My whole thing was/is, even if he somehow succeeds you are making it way harder than it needed to be. Why? He could succeed but that would still be true. And what degree of success makes people into idiots for doubting? Success will be a low bar for some, a high bar for others, mine is high.

The doubters for sure want the team to succeed. It is a matter of belief in him being the guy to make that happen that is in people’s minds. My official pole would put that number at 80% not convinced, there are varying degrees of doubt. And 20% has some degree of faith, with a good 10% all up his jock no matter what. edit: Not convinced, ranges from some uncertainty all the way to hell no, never-no way.

With a custom made scheme he can probably do better. I think we knew that last year. Never saw it. And what does ’better’ mean? It would have to be Clark Kent to Man of Steel type better to make enough difference. When the red jersey comes off, we’ll see.

They keep interviewing him, like he didn’t completely suck last year. All I want is him to keep his head down and his mouth shut and get his stuff together on his position. That’s all. Just do that.

So, I found more which is after the trade deadline vested vets have to pass through waivers. What I didn’t find is do you lose your position if you claim a player?

I kind of don’t care anymore either. The hopeful side says I want to see what they have done. The 2023 me might say 17 will be more than enough. I’m watching replays the last two years as it is.

Yeah we missed Beane. Man, titles... a single division title would call for a month of feasts and hedonism after what we have been served.

I thought Sueliman was in on decisions like not trading Burns, for one. Is that wrong? He’s gone too, probably for a reason.

It is something like the stages of grief, we are almost at acceptance. (or many people are, I probably should say instead)

Keep Panthering

Preseason: Walter Young.

1st one I thought of. Wahle was only here a year? We have had some pretty decent guys that we got from under the radar that pulled a couple of relatively decent years but that was mostly with Cam throwing to them. Imma give Proehl his first year as a wonder just because.

Feel that way too. Why the slow play gamble.

I do understand it and agree with the burning desire to see wtf we have with this new coach and outlier QB, I get that. But I got over it. I have no expectations for the team as far as like, winning. I am trying to look at it as if the season is one long project. The best practice they can get will be this year. That’s too bad for the guys that can already pull their weight to have to slog through a learning season but they signed up for it.

If he has the 5th year option in place I’d prefer to gamble that he raises his value with a good season rather than do something now. If you are going to do something. Okay we know absolutely tha every guy is not Thomas Davis but Thomas missed a ton of time and when he got straight he stayed pretty healthy and was a valuable player. I can’t name names but there are surely other examples of missing time on the front end of a good career...

It was last year. It is just interesting, I like to have some understanding wtf happened. I guess my main interest there is really pre all this musical chairs poo. The process that resulted in Fryce. Frank and Brycve. For myself, I’ve said Canales has the advantage of a whole season, and offseason, and is not going to be surprised, he has a chance to make his plan. His underlings are probably pulling the rope in the same direction. Not expecting any of those issues.

Okay, really. CJ Stroud is a traditional styled QB that every one of those 2023 coaches had ‘seen’ before. You can interchange a different QB for him that does that style of play... it isn’t a CJ vs Bryce comp, it is standard NFL QB style, vs something else with Bryce. We still don’t know what that something else really looks like. To think that was not difficult or challenging for the coaches to work with, how do I say it? Maybe think about a little more.

Crap, I have been through that as the fork holder. No way you could win.

For the record the waiver position holds through week 3 of the season. The day week four starts that stops. There is a day or a short time to conduct the process and then it is week 4. i guess they have to do MNF and then have that claiming period, then you are on to the next week. I looked it up last week or the week before.

I basically said that exact thing last year. They didn’t need film as it turns out. Maybe Canales is better.

I’d take the first couple of weeks for stealing one due to no tape but I said that last year and was so wrong. They didn’t even need any tape.

Brother I watch replays and keep my Sundays We can discuss.

I guess my idea was that would get him a shot elsewhere. Then I realized that we are the bottom of the barrel and to paraphrase some famous lyrics, to the tune of New York New York: if you can’t make it here you can’t make it anywhere. Hate it for him I liked his play.

Fans often over value their own. At the same time Horn has massive potential if he can stay healthy and we should require a fair sized ante up if they want to play.