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We might be dealing with a more lucid version of late stage Al Davis.

Oh, I'm definitely keeping Burns. I think he's scheme versatile. He can be a 3-4 OLB or a 4-3 DE.

He sounded that way when he was sticking to the script. The longer he went and the more frustrated he got the more he seemed like the same old cocky asshole.

I'm far from convinced that David Tepper himself isn't the Panthers' biggest problem.

Lots of NFL flops have Heismans.

Yikes. I knew he was older but I didn't realize he was typical 2nd NFL contract old. A literal man amongst boys. No thanks on Weinke/Weeden 2.0.

I haven't even started looking at candidates. I honestly thought we were probably at least two months away from actually firing Matt Rhule.

Wilks is a cover three guy. He likes his CBs playing off the line in soft zone and reading the QB to maximize opportunities for INTs. The problem is that we have a bunch of man cover CBs. Like McAdoo, Wilks was never a fit for our talent and was just a resumé hire for Rhule to show Tepper he can get real NFL coaches to work for him. Henderson is trash and the Jags figured that out very quickly and got what they could get and moved on.

Hopefully Darnold can heal up and get back out there. Just so folks can be reminded of how dreadful he is too.

I can't see anyone getting off their couch to try to salvage this offense.

Good grief. Best of luck scheming around a guy being terrible.

Jesus, man. Wilks was his position coach. Literally directly coaching him in technique everyday. He still sucked. Trust and believe it's not in anyone's scheme to simply fail miserable to cover someone. That's what Henderson does constantly because he sucks. You can't scheme for sucking.

The Panthers' organization has always thought much higher of Shaq Thompson than anyone else has. That's been a very good thing for Shaq's bank account but it hasn't done much for us on the field. He's a JAG who's paid like a future HOFer. Shaq's only problem is his contract. If he was paid like a decent starting LB he would be an asset. But his contract is a liability.

Say what? Wilks has been his position coach all through camp and this season. He still looks awful.

This might trigger some people but I'd shop Shaq Thompson too. I just doubt we'd find any potential takers for an average starting LB with a massive contract.

If I'm the Panthers I insist on the Bills' 1st. I don't care if Singletary is part of the deal or not. I'd take anything I could get for Robby. If we ideally want a 4th and 7th and GB wants to part with a 6th try to come to common ground with a 5th.

Good for Fowler. The Charlotte sports media is usually a bunch of useless kiss asses. It was nice to see some actual tough questions asked yesterday and Tepper didn't like it one bit. He was a complete dick to Fowler and honestly made himself look like a jackass. I mean, telling a guy to read his own column in order to basically read your mind? Sick burn bro.

I mean, Tepper started being noncommittal on Cam the instant he took over.

Honestly, it would be a lot more efficient to start with a a case for him being a good NFL owner. It would be a much shorter argument to make.

This will honestly be the only fond memory that I will retain from the Rhule era.

Nice play there. Good route design. I especially liked the part where the two receivers smashed into each other. No doubt McAdumbass was taking notes.

That was a bizarre call to go for two.

At least this has been a fun game (outside of some awful officiating). There haven't been many of those in primetime games this year.

7 catches for 25 yards and 4 TDs is one of the most bizarre stat lines ever.