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D.J. Hernandez, the older brother of late NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez, was arrested last week amid concerns that he was allegedly planning school shootings at the University of Connecticut and Brown University.

According to TMZ Sports, officers from the Bristol Police Department in Connecticut arrived at a residence where Hernandez was on July 19 after he posted threatening messages, including, "Will I kill? Absolutely, I've warned my enemies so pay up front."

TMZ: Aaron Hernandez's Brother D.J. Arrested; Allegedly Was Planning School Shootings | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report

 

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9 minutes ago, WUnderhill said:

Definitely. It was funny watching in real time how much better DJ Moore got in the media’s eyes the second he was traded to the Bears. You’d think we gave up Jerry Rice.

True 😄

It's probably fair to acknowledge though that the Panthers haven't given the NFL (or their own fans) much reason to have high expectations over the last few years.

Here's to hoping that changes.

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40 minutes ago, WUnderhill said:

The media has been hyping them up since they traded the pick. I don’t get it either. Fields has yet to prove he can  even be an above average passer in the NFL. They were the actual worst team in football last year and they drafted a RT in the top 10, added DJ Moore and D’onte Foreman, and some linebackers.  I don’t see how that gets them into the playoffs unless Justin Fields all of a sudden becomes Peyton Manning, or the rest of their division is a dumpster fire.

I think they could be picking t5 next year…with their own pick.

It’s super weird. Like at best, they’re the 3rd best team in their division this year with the potential to be the worst if Jordan Love is good because the Packers have a better overall roster than Chicago does. They legit might have the worst D-Line in football. 
 

Also, we didn’t even pick in the top 5 once through the Rhule era so if somehow the pick we gave them turns out to be top 5, something went horribly wrong. 

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Good god they need to go ahead an execute that worthless sack of garbage now and get it over with. Better yet just lock him up and let him hang himself with his underwear. I doubt anybody will miss him much more than they do his idiot brother anyhow.

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13 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

True 😄

It's probably fair to acknowledge though that the Panthers haven't given the NFL (or their own fans) much reason to have high expectations over the last few years.

Here's to hoping that changes.

Yes, hoping we’re done with the gaffs and constant over correcting. I feel like we’ve been see-sawing since the end of Foxes tenure.

First we brought in Meeks and wasted 2 years drafting tweeners and undersized guys who couldn’t physically compete in the NFL. Then we brought in Ron who brought a Coryell coordinator to bring us out of Foxball offense, but couldn’t tell you what a screen or a slant was. Then we move on from overly loyal Hurney who handed out too many albatross contracts, to Gettleman who was the opposite end of the spectrum with our vet players and chased guys like Gross and Smith out the door with no real backup plan. Gettleman arranges his draft board by height and weight and we swing back on the other side of the tweeners to guys who are just big but we ignore major red flags.

Everybody hates Gettleman so much that we see-saw back to overly loyal Hurney. We fire stuck in his ways old school players coach Rivera and swing the pendulum to young fast talking college recruiter Matt Rhule and let him put a staff together of college coaches. Hurney was notorious for missing on mid-round prospects, so we bring in a GM who was part of some of the best mid-late round drafting over the past decade. And now we’re here, we’ve swung back to old head stable NFL coach. He’s hired a really good mix of younger and older guys, but I think the real test will be to see what happens if we lose Ejiro Evero and/or Thomas Brown to other coaching gigs after a year or 2.

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21 hours ago, Gerry Green said:

Until a QB pay scale gets worked out. Or the Cap goes up to account for those larger salaries. I'm afraid teams are going to have to find ways to cut costs. Last year the WRs got lesser contracts, and this year it's the RBs. 

 

The Cap was supposed to help level out the field. All it has really done is muddy up the waters.

 

Putting a Cap on the QB pay scale would make it easier to even out the spoils. But I wouldn't hold my breath on it happening.

They should do something like tie QB salaries to a percentage of the cap.  Like 15-18% of the cap per year, max. 

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1 hour ago, WUnderhill said:

Definitely. It was funny watching in real time how much better DJ Moore got in the media’s eyes the second he was traded to the Bears. You’d think we gave up Jerry Rice.

How will we ever replace his 1000 yards and 4 TDs a year?

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38 minutes ago, joemac said:

They should do something like tie QB salaries to a percentage of the cap.  Like 15-18% of the cap per year, max. 

 

I mean, that sounds like a good plan. But let's face it, QBs are just going to get more. It just puts more pressure on drafting the right guys in the first place. You may not be able to keep all of your home-grown talent, but if you draft well, you can at least keep the cupboards from getting bare.

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5 hours ago, WUnderhill said:

The media has been hyping them up since they traded the pick. I don’t get it either. Fields has yet to prove he can  even be an above average passer in the NFL. They were the actual worst team in football last year and they drafted a RT in the top 10, added DJ Moore and D’onte Foreman, and some linebackers.  I don’t see how that gets them into the playoffs unless Justin Fields all of a sudden becomes Peyton Manning, or the rest of their division is a dumpster fire.

I think they could be picking t5 next year…with their own pick.

Where are you getting this from?  All of the recent power team rankings mostly have them in the late 20s.  The only one in the teens I could find is pff at 19.   That’s an odd take that the media is hyping the bears.  

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27 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Where are you getting this from?  All of the recent power team rankings mostly have them in the late 20s.  The only one in the teens I could find is pff at 19.   That’s an odd take that the media is hyping the bears.  

I haven’t been looking at power rankings. I was mainly referring to the media coverage surrounding the trade and the draft since that is the bulk of the media coverage I have consumed on the Bears. Somebody said Bears fans were talking about playoffs, my response was that their fans have been getting hyped by the media since they traded the pick. Not talking about power rankings. Talking about how great they’ve been getting told DJ Moore is, how badly they fleeced us, how great their draft was, etc.

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