LinvilleGorge

Yep. Guilty. My agenda is to have a competitive NFL football team just like your agenda is to have the most laughably homer take on everything Panthers related.

The OL is a huge issue. Everyone knows that. But Sam Darnold isn't out in unfortunate situations. Sam Darnold IS the unfortunate situation.

Time to pull the plug on Darnold. If we have any hope it isn't with Sam. I honestly think the only reason we haven't already is because we know PJ is even worse and Rhule is cringing at the thought of exposing that we really did go all in on Sam Darnold by completely failing to have even an NFL quality backup behind him, much less a true plan B.

So... the decision makers and coaches are the problem but Tepper who brought them all in isn't? Okay.

Exactly what would you like him to do differently? Teams are stacking the box against the run and the short pass logic says to threaten down the field. The problem with that is that when Darnold throws down the field he tends to throw to the wrong team.

Imagine if we fire Brady just to watch him go build a powerhouse at LSU or take another NFL OC job and have great success. It won't be at all surprising. I really don't think he's the problem. If you suck at OL and you suck at QB you're gonna suck on offense. You just can't scheme your way around massive deficiencies at both.

If you don't trust this staff to evaluate a QB (which is completely understandable given the two they've chosen so far) then you gotta clean house and start over.

If we think there's a potential franchise QB on the board, FUGING DRAFT HIM. When you need a QB you don't have the luxury of picking and choosing the absolute perfect timing. When the opportunity presents itself you have to jump. When you're sitting through everyone else's trash can to try to find the answer at the most important position in the game, that's exactly what you're likely to find - trash.

It's the way the offense is signaled. Most college spread offenses do it. It's no different than the old lifting of the leg.

Watch the last two seasons. He rarely ran at all. It's just been out of sheer necessity this year.

If you're a grown ass adult getting in a physical fight over sports fandom, you need to reevaluate everything about your life. It's not because of any "adult" atmosphere or *GASP!* promoting beer sales. It's because some people are classless pieces of poo with room temperature IQs.

The oddest stat by far to me is that this team has won 4 games.

Chip Kelly was having success until he wrestled full control and then it all fell apart very quickly. Very few are cutout to wear both the coach and the GM hat. It's just too much on one person's plate.

I was all in on trading for Watson until... well, you know.

I'd feel bad for Darnold if it wasn't for the money he was making. I'll gladly embarrass myself on national television on the football field for those checks.

Tepper. He's the one who went all in on Rhule and handed a college coach full control of football operations from jump street.

Gotta start shopping in the right aisle. You're highly unlikely to find the QB in the bargain bin where we've been shopping the last two years. Paying them too much or trading too much for those bargain bin QBs aren't gonna make them any better.

This is what Tepper and company replaced the "Keep Pounding" chant with. No bullshit. They play this exact clip and expect people to pound their chest. It's super awkward and people just look around like WTF?

Bingo

Beware the one year wonders. Joe Burrow is an anomaly largely created by a dramatic shift in offensive scheme his final season.

Figure out which QB Rhule and company like then bet the farm against that poor guy. These guys can't evaluate QBs. That's how you end up with Teddy and Darnold.

I pegged Darnold as a bust that year, but then again I also thought Josh Allen was gonna bust too. The strides that guy has made as a pure passer is just amazing.

Yep. All those pending FAs who are actually good will end up being re-signed or at worst franchised. Good QBs simply don't hit FAs unless they're old or have significant injury concerns.

Apple? Bro, this is Radio Shack.

OL is really important and this staff hasn't gotten the message. We spent a ton of money bringing Joe Brady here but we haven't given him much to work with at QB and in the trenches. We have great weapons, but trash at QB and trash at OL. It's like spending a ton of money on a race car driver then putting him in a clapped out F150 with nice tires and wheels and wondering why you're not winning races. Well, no poo you're not winning races. Same thing with Brady and the offense. If you suck at OL and you suck at QB, you're gonna suck on offense. Just no way around it. I'm not absolving Brady of any and all blame, I'd just like to see what the guy we thought was a wunderkind could do if we gave him something to work with.