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I still can't believe people were calling him a bust after a couple of games. What am I saying? Yes, I can. I absolutely can believe it.

All of us knew that Fields would forever be brought up in this forum when we skipped over him. I said it in so many words around that time. Just because Rhule is gone doesn't give us that short of a memory. Fields will always be the guy that we fuged up on if he turns out to be a legit franchise QB. He's on his way notwithstanding extremely fuged up circumstances. Just deal with it as a part of life as a Panthers fan.

If my heart is pounding, I'm gonna keep pounding.

What a difference a week makes, huh? Not really. Just a very few random thoughts: The top three coaches can't be responsible for such excrement and expect to be serious candidates for their respective positions. After this display, a new coaching staff is damned near a certainty. Burns is a problem as some have already stated (including myself) He's just not a complete Edge. An equal problem is that YGM has never EVER played anywhere near his draft status. We need a complete Edge to complement Burns if we decide to keep him (and even if we don't). Much like D.J. needs help to shine on offense, Burns would benefit from a legit threat on the other side on defense. My opinion, but I don't see either as consistent solo needle-movers. We need to draft a more complete Edge rusher, and a receiver that's known for being a route technician. That would facilitate more consistent productive efforts for our guys. Speaking of problems, it is a problem that we extended a JAG, drafted a JAG and acquired another JAG at TE. We need a legit starter at TE, and it's obvious. Any person has to be blind not to see this. It's probably a good idea to spend at least a 4th on a complete RB. If we don't go that route, I'd say that Rojo is worthy competition to add to our RB stable (though I don't know how he blocks, but something has to be amiss there). Within that same vein, Hubbard is underappreciated in the Huddle, but is a necessary part of the offense as its presently constituted. But he and Foreman are simply replaceable (Hubbard because he has oven mitts for hands). We need another DT, and possibly LB. I can't really say because I can't say that the coaches are putting players in the best position to succeed. The surprise is not that we lost, but the way that we got our asses handed to us. It was a little excitement for the season, being in contention to win the NFCS, but the reality is is that we are a bad team that I suspect underperforms relative to its talent level on defense, and is hamstrung on offense by ineffective QB play and coaches that aren't creative enough to maximize the talent that we have on a consistent basis, particularly against the better teams of the NFL. Change is coming, and it needs to, and it's a good thing.

You just can't force thee ball to DJ.

70 percent of the snaps and a conditional 5th

I actually beat you to it.

I guess it wasn't what he was seeing, but what he wasn't seeing.

I really don't know what PJ was seeing right there. That was a horrible pass.

It really burns doesn't it?

Terrible clock management for the play called.

Don't blame me, I would've taken that deal.

Being outplayed and out-coached

Tommy has to make that catch.

Getting run over early.

fug Boyd! TMJ gonna eat today!

OMG! WTF?

There's more than one way to skin a cat. That being said, I'm rooting for CMC, and I do think he'd have given them a better shot. I think that CMC's potential will be better realized in San Fran however, so I think that he's in an overall better situation than had he gone to the Bills. I don't think Hines is anywhere close to being a scrub, and his relative productivity says otherwise. He was never on McCaffrey's level, but there's no shame in not being CMC.

I get what you're saying, don't get me wrong, but I still don't think it's a good idea to pass up on a potentially great player at one position for an inferior one at another. Who you take should be based upon scouting, and you have to trust your grades and your board to have a legitimate method of executing the draft, or it's all for naught. If you're just willy nilly up there going off script, you won't be successful. Stick to the board. By the way, In today's NFL, I don't think that it's a coincidence that the last three champs have had highly rated receivers. It just makes the life of the QB so much easier, and can easily lead you to a championship, provided that you have a franchise-level QB.

Let us pray that it doesn't come down to a kick.

I know that it gets old and sounds like GM-speak, but "BPA, BPA, BPA!" You shouldn't draft players out of need, especially on days one and two.

We haven't, but I didn't say that we had. I simply answered a question. It's not totally inconceivable that we wouldn't begin a treadmill of reaching for a QB, being that we have relatively new leadership. I don't think we'll do it, but that's only based on a feeling at this point. But, again, I was only answering a question based on a possible hypothetical occurrence.

On the real, Hooker missed some passes, and he looked like he folds under pressure inside the pocket. Granted that he was probably tired of getting beaten, but he doesn't appear to be a legit first rounder to me.

Go dawgs! They'll make anyone look bad to be honest.