Joe Bear

ML is ALWAYS good. 17 hits. But the spread can be tricky (see KC last year).

The team didn't fire him. He fired himself. Kind of like -- never mind.

Going 0-17 with or without Young is an entire pie, not a bite. Never turn down any return if it's the best return.

That would be pretty stupid to willingly forego any potential return simply to have the personal satisfaction of firing a player you don't like.

Cardinals ML won't get me much, but it'll get me some.

Yeah, and I've met Dave. He comes across as a good dude who'd thrive in PR (clearly). But his decision-making with regard to situational playcalling, like I said Sunday, is the coaching version of Young's. Just indefensible on so many occasions.

I liked Hooker at UT. Also was amused that Brad Nessler would never solely say his last name. Always "HendonHooker" real quick on every dropback.

Young and Legette, justifiably, get the most blame on here. I like both, but yuck.

Which is why Canales needs to be told he's canned unless he starts running the fuging ball on 2nd and 2 or 2nd and 1. Pisses me off so much to see Hubbard get 8-9 yards, then dial up a deep throw where nobody's open, Young forces it and gets sacked or picked.

The only reason I disagree is with a washed Dalton you're getting a different side of the same coin. They made this bed. Time to sleep in it.

Besides, if he has a good game in a week or two 1/4 of the Huddle will be back on the bandwagon anyway.

I say this as a HUGE Dan Morgan fan -- but I gotta keep it a buck. He's made some good moves but if this year's draft pans out like last year's, his seat will be white-hot and justifiably so. He's made some moves I thought were great (fleecing Dallas in the Mingo trade), some I thought were stupid but ended up being pretty good (Johnson trade) and then some I was indifferent about that ended up being stupid (the entire 2024 draft).

Dalton loves it here and so does his family. He's said so before. He'll retire a Panther.

If I were Dan I would consider drafting better players instead of future UFL rejects.

This is definitely true. He's gone from one extreme to another in that now, he'll ignore a wide-open checkdown to throw into triple coverage.

Go ahead and book your appointment.

It's even more simple than that. I don't think the playbook magically opens up for Dalton (and a 40-7 loss among other losses proves it), but defenses don't need to even execute well. Disguise your coverage every snap and as soon as the ball is snapped, it's like Young is wearing a blindfold. He has no idea what to do. I blame him for a lot of that but it's not just him. It's Canales insisting on throwing the ball every 2nd-and-short, every 3rd-and-short, poo like that. Like I said, they deserve one another.

Hammering the other team's ML (and almost always the spread) every Sunday at least offers me some monetary consolation.

Separate the struggles in the pass game for a second and just look at the playcalling and the lack of urgency on Canales' side. He was woefully outcoached by a rookie HC for the Jaguars, a team who did not impress me for most of the game. Anybody -- even 5-6 college teams -- can run for 200 yards on the Panthers. The Panthers won't have five sacks this season as a team. But look at the stupid offensive calls, the abject failure when it comes to situational awareness, and it's clear Young is not the only one who's not deserving of trust. But hey, remember that the next coach and QB will suck just as much. So no sense in being too harsh to either of them, I guess.

This is why it doesn't matter if Young is cut, traded or starts, or if Canales is fired or given a contract extension. The results will always be the same. The team hires shitty coaches and acquires shitty QBs. Fine by me to churn again, but at least you and I know it won't make a single bit of difference to the W-L column.

No. Neither of them trust one another, and I think you know that. They're also both in over their heads at this point.

This is how you get 20 straight 10-loss seasons. Years and years of bad drafts.

He probably doesn’t. Remember this is the same team that had coaches stabbing each other in the back less than two years ago. I can’t imagine any of the other 31 franchises being remotely this toxic and dysfunctional and that’s before we even bring up records and stats.

If they can't read a defense or wisely call plays based on the situation, a Carnegie course will only do so much.