MasterAwesome

Instead of attempting to subjectively interpret what he said, why don't we just read it as it is written? "A strong passing game and solid rushing attack are not mutually exclusive" does not mean "abandon the pass game and focus exclusively on the run game" as you interpreted. "We can utilize a power running game out of the gate without hardly any personnel changes" does not mean "let's pump all of our resources into the run game and completely overhaul our offensive line to get players who are good at run blocking and suck at pass blocking" as you interpreted. In fact, the only resource he mentions using is a Day 3 pick on a running back...which is exactly what you said smart teams do. Otherwise, sounds like he just wants to adjust the scheme which is not a resource investment.

All the guy literally said was "Young can benefit from a dominant run game" which is a pretty unobjectionable fact. Every QB can benefit from a dominant run game. It just seems like you're confused about the distinction between "Young can benefit from a dominant run game" and "let's completely ditch the pass and focus on being exclusively a run team". The latter is what you're arguing against, which is something no one is proposing. You do recognize that you can have a dominant run game without being one-dimensional, right? Those same top teams I mentioned earlier are proof of that. The takeaway being that a strong run game complements the pass, and vice versa. They're synergistic elements to the type of high-functioning versatile elite offense we should be striving towards. You don't want to be one-dimensional in either direction.

You can act like a strong run game is antiquated, but 3 of the top 4 teams in the NFL this year (Ravens, Lions, 49ers) are top 5 in rush yards & rush TDs.

Is publishing a book where you publicize your lowest points in life for people like you to freely judge and scrutinize, “selfish behavior”? It seems like he’d have more to lose than to gain from that, and going directly against your self-interests seems quite contrary to “selfish behavior”.

I get what you're saying as well, but I would suggest the head coach pretty much solely dictates the culture. Why can't Evero buy into and enforce Canales' culture, just like a Frankie Luvu or Derrick Brown or Bryce Young can buy into a new HC's culture? I don't think there's anything unique about a DC that would preclude him from buying into a new culture like any individual player. If they do decide to keep Evero, then I'm assuming that's confirmation that he does in fact buy into Canales' culture, otherwise I think they'd for sure drop him.

Intuitively I get what people mean about culture as a concept. It just seems like something that's virtually impossible to evaluate before establishing the prerequisite foundation of a talented roster that's able to compete in the NFL. You could pair the absolute best most elite coaching staff with an NFL roster full of Huddlers, and it'd still IMO be possible to have an 0-16 worst NFL team in history but with a strong ideal culture that everyone is looking for. We could hold each other accountable, fight to the whistle, call out laziness in practice, compete everywhere, but just suck cause we're simply not good enough. Then people on the internet would be complaining that we're wholly lacking in culture, when behind the scenes that couldn't be further from the truth. I just think it's quite nebulous and murky to try and separate culture issues from talent issues. Maybe you guys have seen articles or have access to information that I have not seen, but I haven't seen anything to confirm to me that our locker room was not holding each other accountable or calling out laziness in practice. I have however seen enough confirmation that our roster just was not talented to compete. It just feels like a "throw the baby out with the bathwater" situation where the end product sucked, therefore everything down to the individual component level must have sucked. I get that perspective as a fan, but I'd hope the actual people in charge would take a more rational and nuanced approach (since they are well-informed on every detail behind the scenes that we are not privy to) in sifting through the trash last year and picking out some positive assets to retain. If they do so and deem Evero to be one of those positive assets that they would like to keep, then I'm okay with that.

I don't think any amount of "culture" is going to overcome the sheer talent deficit on this team, which is far and away the most pressing issue. We need an influx of talent both from a player standpoint and a coaching standpoint, i.e. creative playcalling, scheming, etc., then maybe we can have a discussion on culture. Harping on culture I think is reserved more for teams like the Eagles who have a stacked roster but are underachieving on the field. How do you define "culture" anyways? That seems like more of a nebulous buzzword I would expect during coachspeak or something. Is it just like a locker room that holds each other accountable?

Yeah this pretty much exactly sums it up and why I think it's frankly incredibly silly to try and extrapolate optimism for your favorite sports team into some broader diagnosis of delusion, weakness, etc. lol like bro, it's entertainment. You can walk away at any point. I would argue "weakness" is being beholden to a stupid trivial sports franchise that causes you distress at every waking moment, and then complaining about them online day after day. I've never gotten to that level, but I'll damn sure immediately walk away from it all if I do. Lowest I've gotten is apathetic this past season, at which point I'll either just have it on in the background while I'm doing something else or skip watching altogether. Cause, ya know, I'm a big boy in control of my life and choose to prioritize things that make me happy instead of dwelling on things that cause me misery.

I know you weren't the one who actually posted the article, but it has virtually zero relevance to the outlook of a sports fan. The article draws a distinction between cautious optimists and cockeyed optimists: the primary difference between the two, being the amount of effort each puts into achieving their desired positive outcome. Whether the Panthers will be good or bad is entirely outside the control of us fans and our outlook. You or I as an individual choosing to have a positive vs. negative mindset about the team each offseason has no correlation to how well the team will actually perform. I don't know if the study dove into this, but I think the above concept plays into the excerpt that you quoted, highlighting the association between pessimistic outlooks and higher exam grades. I would imagine intuitively that a pessimist is generally more likely to overprepare for an exam than an optimist, particularly a cockeyed optimist who assumes everything will work out and therefore will opt not to put the work in to study. But then again this study investigates such a niche application of pessimism vs. optimism, i.e. with regards to exam performance of one psychology class at one university, comprising of a sample size of 67 participants.

You're conveniently leaving out the fact that Rhule was in his 3rd season and Campbell was in his 2nd. It's a lot easier to sell the fanbase on "patience" and "staying the course" halfway into the second season rather than the third, while there had been a clear downward trajectory. "There is a plan in place"..."preaching patience"...I mean, come on that's just a very minor repackaging of the same exact pitch we were fed on Rhule's whole "7-year process" lol. It's ironic because even your attempt at drawing distinctions between Tepper and Sheila, only further blurs the line between them IMO. You can bring Reich's tenure into question, but it's not an apples-to-apples comparison since he came after the whole Rhule fiasco so Tepper appears to clearly be adjusting his approach and willing to cut ties early on rather than letting things play out in the spirit of "patience". If Campbell didn't turn things around in Season 2 and the Lions looked dysfunctional throughout, I'd have a hard time believing Campbell would have been given a third season or at the very least, he would've been on a very tight leash in Season 3 (similar to Rhule). Their approach seems almost identical...but again, the difference (and the only thing that ultimately matters) is that Sheila got the hire(s) right the first time. Even her approach of hiring her close family business advisor Rod Wood as Team President very much echoes complaints people have explicitly levied against Tepper (unqualified nepotism hires...running the team like one of his businesses...etc.).

Owners have the luxury of stepping aside and letting the people they hired do their job, if they hire the right people. It's that simple...that's all that matters, and you're lucky if you get it right the first time. The worse your team is performing, the more likely an owner is going to intervene/"meddle". Which is obviously what anyone should want as a fan, unless you're saying you wish we were heading into Year 5 of Rhule's 7-year plan because Tepper is a good little owner who is entirely hands-off. I seriously doubt Tepper would be asking Reich to introduce certain plays for Bryce half-way into the season if we were 8-0 and Bryce was on pace to shatter every rookie record.

Imagine thirsting over a coach who is looking for the easiest/cushiest job. You all talk about wanting players who “have that dog in them”, well give me a coach with that dog in him who looks at our team and thinks “I’m the man who is gonna come in and fix that mess”.

It's funny to me that the projection of Burns' contract is exactly $100,000 more than Josh Allen. I'm not sure if that was deliberate...like Allen signs and Burns wants "more" than that or something in this hypothetical scenario lol. Allen has had a monster year but it's hard to tell if it's that extra "contract year" edge or if he has truly elevated his game. He's got a pretty crazy PFF rating (89.5) too, for what it's worth.

Nah he didn't leave that out. The OP kinda glosses over this point, but that's pretty much all it boils down to. Hiring the wrong people at the top can be catastrophic cause that trickles down to everything. Poor talent, poor player development, bad gameplanning, poor coaching, no culture, bad playcalling, apathy from players, bad salary cap management, and a million other things that all culminate into what you just posted. It all stems from bad hires.

Maybe he can even buy the team himself, with the settlement money he gets from Tepper.

It was really just Chark who stepped up. Thielen has been solid all season. I would love to see some big renaissance from our receiving corps but we’ll have to wait and see. We’ve seen Chark drop some easy balls this year so I think he’s prone to streakiness and this was good Chark…really good, even.

It ain’t that serious lol just be a good sport and take your lumps like a big boy. Especially after Howell put up maybe the biggest dud of the entire season only for his backup to come in and put up 21 unanswered points and almost win them the game. So much for all that “worst o-line in NFL history” “worst defense since 2016” etc. *cope* (to borrow your word).

Stroud also had by far his worst game in his last game before injury, putting up 6 points and less than 100 yards. Which just so happened to be his one game without Nico Collins and Tank Dell. So yes, weapons do matter…it’s not the QB’s job to single-handedly carry a weak receiving corps.

Woah okay Mr. Fancy Pants exclusive Discord Group. Nice humble brag...

Lol I’ll be honest, I had already spent a few minutes trying to find a Brady one earlier but I couldn’t. I think maybe he’s too unathletic to even clear the ground. But moreso, there’s not really a great search term to use for this: I was doing “*QB name* pass” but like 80%+ of the images are gonna be focused on the upper body and don’t even show the feet.

Lol hey I love Stroud and think he has an awesome future. OP is the one who is insinuating that Stroud is trash and needs to fix his awful mechanics because there is tape of him throwing with both feet off the ground.

Falcons are a top 10 defense in both yards and points, FYI.

Man...if only there were someone so unathletic and living on the internet...who could teach these awful bums how to be an NFL QB. Do we have anyone like that here? Maybe they could host a QB camp and invite all of these losers.

You can just google his hand size: it's 9 3/4". Slightly above average for an NFL QB; same size as Jalen Hurts who doesn't look cartoonish holding a football, so my guess is yeah it's doctored.