Davidson Deac II

I remember watching that game and wishing we still had Steve Smith Sr. Him vs Talib in that one would have been interesting to say the least.

I think so.

In fairness, injuries hurt us to an extent. Brown was having a good game until he went out. And I still think that if Stewart didn't get hurt, we win the game. He was starting to have an impact when he went out. Tolbert replaced him, and his fumble when we were driving to tie or take the lead really hurt.

I think DennisM1 might be Matt Rhule.

In fairness, under Rhule, almost nobody did it on Sunday's. Which is why we lost a bunch of games. Thomas may not be great, but I am interested to see if he looks better under the new regime.

Houston, we have a problem. Or we had a problem, and hopefully Houston fixed it.

I do remember Chark lighting us up in either his first or second year. Of course, our defense was the worst in Panthers history that year, but even so, I hope he has a lot of games like that for us.

We are undefeated.

What we hear is irrelevant. So many years, we would hear great things about one player or another in camp, and then the season comes and nothing. I want to see how he performs on the field in real games when his numbers are called. Everything else is irrelevant.

Rhule's best game as a offensive coach was probably the first game, against the raiders I think. But the offense got worse as he coached them up.

If the choice was between him and Rhule, then I would take Payton every single time. I think Sean Payton is a good coach. That being said, Payton had one of the best qb's in the history of the NFL, and still went to only one SB. Of course, he won it, which is great for Saints fans, but still doesn't put him among the elite coaches.

I visited Austin, had fun. Don't think I would ever want to live there though. To hot, to flat, and most of all, to many Cowboy fans. I do wish I could move to Hawaii, but don't think I can afford it.

Meh, I am not to concerned about it. His cap hit this year ranks in the lower 20's. For next year, its currently top 10, but that will change, and he will drop. After that, if he doesn't perform, we cut him for a big cap savings and he does perform, we keep him, perhaps with a restructure.

I do this as well. It's actually a fusion of Asian and American sauces and I love it.

As soon as I saw that Brady was going to get the ball back with just about a minute left, I felt we were doomed. All the kick did imo, is decrease the difficult factor slightly. To be honest, I felt that Fox shouldn't have called that final timeout on our own drive. Should have ran some clock to ensure we either scored and tied it and sent it to overtime, or we lost on our own.

Depends on how good Young is and how healthy he stays. If Corral impresses enough to get the number two spot eventually, (a big if) and then he gets to start a few games for one reason or another, it will be his chance to impress other teams. If he replaces Young for a few games and plays well, he could get a chance to be the guy for some other team. That is the way he should look at it.

Gettleman tried to build a team around Cam, he just wasn't very good at it. Benjamin was a failure and Funchess was average at best. Daryl Williams was ok, Trai Turner was solid. Ironically, Gettleman's last draft for the Panthers was his best offensive draft with Samuel, CMC, and Moton.

He could have success at Nebraska. Being a college coach is just vastly different than being an NFL coach these days. Steve Spurrier, Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, etc... excelled in college and failed in the pros. Rhule is a salesman, and can sell himself to recruits. That alone gives him a shot at being a winning coach in college. But in the NFL, being a salesman doesn't matter so much.

I mostly agree. I mean Bridgewater to me was a guy you sign when you have a team that can compete for a SB and you need a high level backup. And there was a good chance Cam's career was done. But I just didn't understand how signing Bridgewater was part of the "process". The best bet was to go with Cam for his final year, and if he really was done, draft someone. The moves they made were baffling to say the least. Looking back, I think Rhule felt that he was such a great coach, that he could take a average qb and win superbowls.

If TM is going to be a solid NFL player, this year is the year for him to prove it.

For me, it was when he cut Cam only to sign Bridgewater. To this day, I find that the most baffling move of his time here.

Maybe he is saying we will have at least one tie and finish 8-8-1.

And would the franchise make less if it moved somewhere else. And fwiw, We have seen in the past that the NFL as a whole doesn't necessarily decide if, when and where teams move. Usually the teams themselves decide, and the owners give assent. And I don't remember the owners ever not giving assent if one of their fellow owners want to move. The Chargers move was idiotic, and yet the other owners still agreed. Regardless, I don't think the team is moving.

Meh, not really. The NFL wouldn't suffer much if the Panthers left. The real question is where else would they go. Almost any place they would move would be a smaller market. Most likely scenario is that they stay in BOA for a while. Another scenario is that they stay in the Charlotte area, but build a stadium outside the city. The odds of them leaving this area entirely are slim, but if some city makes an stupid offer, its not impossible.

Fwiw, I think a lot of the money that is currently paid out for sports broadcast is unsustainable. Especially for college sports. ESPN pays 600 million to show College Football playoffs and a lot more than that to show NFL games. With ratings dropping, I am not sure this is sustainable over the long run.