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Honestly I think it's driven by Tepper. He's been trying to downplay "Keep Pounding" since he bought the team. He wants rid of everything that was from the pre-Tepper era. By extension, I have to assume that he wants rid of the prior fanbase as well because holy poo, he couldn't be doing much better of a job of running us off.

I don't follow the NBA anymore but Matt Rhule and Phil Jackson might still be the worst 1-2 combo.

I feel vindicated that when I finally get to the point that I throw in the towel that I didn't quit on the Panthers. The Panthers became a completely different thing than the Panthers I'd always rooted for. We just grew apart.

It's so unfinished. I would think it was a work in progress with "The Brand" standing in for what the slogan was actually going to be except for that super cringe dictionary pronunciation key for "brand" underneath. This is HS project level marketing and that might be an insult to decent HS students.

I doubt Luke worked like a typical scout.

This is like the Kardashians concerning themselves about their brand when their entire brand is built around Kim getting dicked down on camera by a joke tier rapper. That's what the rest of the NFL has been doing to us in the Tepper era. That's your brand, Dave.

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"The Brand" is a fuging joke right now. These guys need to stop talking and trying to play bullshit marketing games and focus on building a winning football team. Some bullshit slogan about being a tough competitive team is just laughable right now seeing that we're in the midst of the worst stretch of football in the history of an organization with an overall losing record. It's truly stunning how completely tone-deaf this organization is under Tepper. The smartest move I've seen out of this organization since Tepper took over is our social media expert tossing up the deuces and getting the fug out of here.

Then they can play their games elsewhere. I'll just watch more college football. I'm getting close as is.

We need to trade down.

I was talking about the LS the WFT drafted.

They've been swinging in the trash heap though. 1st QBs bust a lot but they work out at a MUCH higher rate than trash heap vets.

Yep. The Jags are sitting at #1 overall again but they're not ready to give up on Lawrence yet. They're probably bummed there isn't an elite QB prospect sitting there. They could take him and flip Lawrence for a haul or trade the pick for a haul.

Hey y'all, remember that time we drafted a fuging LONG SNAPPER who couldn't make the roster over an OG who started every game for the 12-5 Chiefs who went to the AFC CG? I do! At least the LS Ron and Marty drafted actually made the fuging roster.

We couldn't even get that right. We drafted a fuging LONG SNAPPER and the guy couldn't even make the roster.

Trading a bevy of picks for the worst QB in the NFL certainly isn't the norm either. Most situations are unique.

It used to be the safest 1st round pick a team could make. Boy did that script flip over the past 20 years.

I was screaming to high heavens the whole time. It was an insanely idiotic trade and then we doubled down picking up his option. I posted the day the trade was finalized that this was the day that I realized that Matt Rhule is ultimately not gonna work out.

It's why I wanted him fired. This very much feels like a lame duck year because it's very hard to see Rhule getting this team to where it needs to be to get him a 4th year. It seems like everyone except the man ultimately making the decision has accepted this reality.

Yep. The Cardinals did it with Rosen. Drafted him top 10, weren't happy with him so they flipped him for a 2nd and drafted Kyler Murray #1 overall. Hell, the Jets managed to get a 2nd, 4th, and 6th for Sam fuging Darnold after he proved to be the worst starting QB in the NFL over the course of three seasons.

7-8 wins with a promising rookie QB on a team that improves throughout the season very well might save his job. I honestly think that would be his best reasonable path to a 4th year. I can't see him landing a vet QB that would get him there.

Nah, I've always been pretty honest about my take on UNC prospects. I laughed it off when people were giving Dyami Brown 1st round grades last year. Interesting you mentioned Mahomes - a QB with a lot of question marks coming out of college. It's an art, not a science and there will always be steals and busts in ever draft class yet every year folks want to take about the draft in absolutes.

I doubt anyone is trading for #6 until we're on the clock. That's why we're talking to multiple teams. Every team might have a different prospect(s) they'd be willing to make the move to get.

The disconnect is that I've watched every snap of Howell's career. I'd probably watched 5-6 total games of Herbert's. I know what Howell's mental make up is. I didn't know about Herbert's.

That's always been our philosophy. Wait til next year. How's that working out? I agree with Fitterer on this one. At some point you have to start swinging and keep swinging until you get a hit.