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It seems like Rhule wants a run heavy offense and play action deep shots. Remember Shula?

Robby Anderson was considered a one trick pony as a deep threat when we initially brought him in.

Listen, I'm not saying to just trade Burns for anything. I'm just saying that unless we're willing to evolve the D into a true 3-4 front with the appropriate DL in front of them, Reddick and Burns are redundant so if you extend Reddick like I think we should you have to entertain offers for Burns. If the right offer is there, take it. If not, keep them both but also focus on bringing in some more beef at DE for the rotation.

They flip flop. Reddick and Fox were the only two front seven defenders who showed up on Sunday IMO.

They ran off left tackle all day long on Sunday. I bet they averaged close to 10ypc running off left tackle.

Burns is part of the issue why we struggle against power running schemes. Yeah, he could develop into greatness but unless we're going to transition to a full bore 3-4 scheme and go get true 3-4 DL, he and Reddick are redundant. For that matter, so is Haynes. We really only have two base 4-3 ends in Fox and Gross-Matos. The rest of our DEs are 3-4 OLBs. It's not a coincidence that teams can line up heavy and cram the ball down our throat.

This will be a controversial idea, but I'd like to extend Reddick and shop Burns. I still feel like we're right where we started with him. Waiting for potential and flashes of brilliance to develop into consistent greatness. I'm starting to doubt that it's going to happen and he and Reddick are a bit redundant and Reddick is clearly the better, more consistent performer right now... and we badly need to recoup some of the draft capital we've pissed away.

Barring a dramatic turnaround down the stretch I'm ready to move on.

He definitely has a gun slinger mentality to him. He'll have to reassess the risk/reward assessment both throwing and running in the NFL. He has a damn good arm but some scouts will question wether his arm will allow him to make the throws he makes at the college level in the NFL. He has more a prime Drew Brees type arm than say a prime Cam or Josh Allen type arm. There are also going to be some teams that knock him for his height. Being a 6' tall QB isn't near the knock these days as it used to be but most teams would ideally like a taller QB. I think he's going to really impress teams in the whiteboard. He's REALLY good at presnap reads. At the same time, NFL teams are going to exploit that early on with disguised looks. He'll have to learn how to read defenses at the NFL level but I'm confident he can based on what I've seen out of him in college.

You don't think players are pissed about their coach publicly going overboard healing praise on them only to soon thereafter get cut? You don't think they still have friends on the team and voice those displeasures? Work environments are work environments and the same politics, rumors, and BS exist across the board. Just because these guys make millions of dollars to play a game doesn't mean that basic human psychology ceases to exist.

I think what Tepper is learning is that there aren't perfect translations between business and football. The hedge fund world is not a fair fight. Big money, big analytics, and virtually endless variables create huge advantages for the deepest pockets. In the NFL, the hard salary cap creates a much more even playing field and the "stocks" you're looking at are much more limited. There's a lot more stocks than there are NFL caliber draft talents and quality free agents and coaching prospects. There a reason why the same handful of names are rumored to everyone with a need in that particular category. There's still a lot of variables at play, but way fewer than in the investment world and multiple firms can't invest in the same "stocks". It's an all or nothing proposition. It's just a LOT different and success in one doesn't automatically translate to success in the other.

I just think you're flat out wrong. You're telling me that if you had a high profile public facing job and your boss was saying things about you that you found to be misleading if not outright false you'd just be fine with that? No big deal? I call bullshit.

That's the thing. Rhule sucks at coach speak. How many times has he gone over the top with praise and then taken an action shortly after that shows that praise was bullshit? What Belichick does better than anyone is simply saying as little as possible.

9-8 would still be dicey. We can probably only lose one more game and have a legit good shot at the playoffs. We lose two and we're gonna need a lot of help due to tie breakers.

An embarrassing blowout loss where we didn't even come close to competing.

So in this viewpoint, is it ever possible to move on from a bad player without "scapegoating" them.

Oh wee mayne.

With 6 losses already, every game is starting to rapidly become a must win especially with so many of the other wild card contenders holding tie breakers over us. If we end up tied we're probably gonna lose out. We may only be able to afford one more loss. Two at absolute most and that would be very iffy.

I kinda think we do in Gross-Matos and Fox. I think Gross-Matos was out yesterday. In hindsight, that hurt. Against run heavy teams, Gross-Matos needs to be getting a lot of snaps.

https://c.tenor.com/T-83yVl1_5AAAAAC/red-flag.gif

Sums it up perfectly. "I can't read what you linked, but since it doesn't fit what I want to believe it's complete BS."

I wouldn't be opposed to re-signing Reddick and trading Burns. They're redundant and Reddick is a lot better. Burns is a lot bigger but Reddick plays a lot stronger. We're still kinda where we've kinda always been with Burns - hoping flashes develop into consistent greatness.

Marty always had final roster say under JR, even when he was brought back as im"interim" GM. https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article162361923.html

You asked for an example. I gave you one. It just so happened to be arguably the greatest coach ever.

Kinda seems like a bargain considering we're paying Teddy $17M this year to not play for us and we'll pay Darnold $18M next year to not play for us.