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My bad, I thought Fitts drafted him. Either way, I welcome any evidence that Fitts is going to prove to be a competent GM.

I don't see why we have some folks who are convinced he's going to be a great GM. I don't see any evidence for it and plenty to the contrary.

Can't be. I've been assured that Fitterer is godlike and only held back by Rhule and his staff.

I'm not going to cry about us missing out on nepotism. And I don't think it actually mattered if we had a succession plan in place or not. It seemed pretty obvious that the league had made a deal with Tepper that he was next in line to get a team and they saw an opportunity to force out a geriatric owner to make it happen sooner than they had anticipated. Not to defend JR's actions, but I mean damn, Dan Snyder still hasn't been forced out yet

This is the hard truth that plenty of us have been preaching for quite some time now. Tepper is running this thing into the ground so fast here in Carolina he'd probably welcome being part of that international expansion effort just to GTFO of dodge.

We actually looked like a competent offense on the two minute drive.

Yeah, TE is probably our weakest position group and McAdoo loves TEs. He was always a baffling hire for our roster. But a good TE isn't going to turn us into the Chiefs. Don't kid yourself. Maybe we'd go from abysmal to just run of the mill bad.

Is that Tommy Chong? Nice.

Firing Rhule now would make the fans feel better but it wouldn't fundamentally fix anything this season and would likely induce chaos in the organization as a good chunk of the staff followed Rhule to his next college job. As much as it sucks, honestly retaining Rhule until late in the season is honestly maybe the best course of action.

I really do believe those Mac Jones rumors. There was way too much smoke for their not to be some fire and there was no reason for the Niners to be putting up a smokescreen. Then again, Mac Jones sucks too. I really think Shanny just got caught up in the hype train of that QB draft class and just had to get him one at any cost. Now he's really handcuffed himself on how to fix his long-term QB problem due to that trade.

Jimmy G sucks but he's basically Teddy Bridgewater. I mean, they've already gone to a NFC CG and SB with Jimmy G. That roster doesn't need an elite QB to contend, they just need something better than Trey Lance who really did look Mayfield level bad. They gotta regret the fug out of that trade.

That and Stafford is very obviously not right. He looks bad. I think that elbow is a problem.

Bobby Wagner would've gotten ejected for targeting in the college game for the hit he put on the fan on the field. He hammered that dude. https://www.facebook.com/SportsCenter/videos/801867677795935/?flite=scwspnss&mibextid=cV6XMN5UE6oGu1k3

Oh, 100%. Even if Stafford's arm is shot that trade was absolutely worth it for them.

I mean, it's true.

Evidently it's tendonitis and that poo takes forever to get over. I've dealt with elbow tendonitis before. Fortunately mine was mild but it still lingers forever and certain movements just send a lightning bolt down your arm. I honestly don't think you ever truly recover from from some soft tissue injuries. My elbow will still occasionally flare up and so will my big toe from a turf toe injury years ago. Injuries to tendons and ligaments are just a motherfuger

The announcers have been hesitant to flat out say it, but Stafford has pretty much been terrible tonight (and this season). I think that elbow is a problem.

Pretty sure Longo is the planned successor to Mack.

Jimmy G is ass. Which is still better than Trey Lance. And anyone we've had playing at QB since Cam's shoulder fell apart.

Millions of dollars in the bank and knowing your coaching staff is clueless likely creates a whole lot of DGAF mentality. Hell, it probably becomes a coping mechanism.

The sound of ping pong being played in the background says it all.

Every time I think the Panthers have hit rock bottom they break out the heavy machinery and bust right through it.

The one singular aspect of NFLing this crew has proven proficient at is finding competent kickers. That ain't gonna get you far but I guess it's something.

There's no sugarcoating it. Tepper has been an utter disaster for the Carolina Panthers thus far. The vitriol toward Rhule really needs to be at Tepper IMO. Tepper is the one who gave a college coach with bare minimum NFL experience full control over the football organization right out of the gate. That's setting him up to fail. I don't think any first time NFL coach is ready for that type of control. Hell, very few NFL coaches period are going to best operate with that type of control.

With Rhule having final say and without knowing really how much input they've had on personnel decisions it's pretty much impossible to say for sure. I lean pretty heavily toward no unless inside info says this is Rhule's clown show, they've tried to provide good guidance and he's ignored it to do clown show poo.