PghPanther

The team that has created the monster here is the Panthers............and its sucking the life out of all its fan base.

There is huge truth here.............I worked in 10 years in motorsports marketing and a blind person could see that coming but Nascar was too busy riding the corporate wave to profits to consider the consequence of the long term impact it had on its core fans who were abandoned and ignored while they expanded to corporate ticket "event experience" customers who had little interest in repeating that behavior once they attended an event or two. They ought to ask the NBA and NHL how did their European leagues work out? The NFL has grown over the years and now has reached a maturity in the US marketplace and is experiencing the Ray Kroc (McDonald's founder) business curse.... "When you are green you are growing...when you are ripe you are rotting"

Successful hedge fund managers accomplish their moves with positions that are contrary to market sentiment.......after they analysis a situation they turn their back on the crowd to "hedge" a position that is unpopular to those holding the current investment logic of a situation. Think about the housing market and the hedge on it to fail in the movie "the big short". That's how Tepper made his fortune...........being right when everyone else is wrong. A life long friend of mine was a hedge fund manager and made a fortune for his clients and himself doing this exact same thing. Now think of what is going on right now with the Panthers and their HC.............and let that sink in.

So the NFL goes and hires an "independent source" to determine concussion protocols.......... How would this sounded years ago......... The tobacco industry hires an "independent source" to determine a link of smoking to lung cancer. The NFL knows the score..... Look a concussion diagnosis is still not an exact science..............since it is trauma to the brain you must assume or error to the side of caution when it comes to such injuries............do you think the NFL's "independent source" is doing that? Besides this "concussion" protocol is just window dressing they are only responding to from the pressures of those within the medical industry............ The real problem here is the repeated head trauma from almost every play some positions expose players to..............while the skill set positions are the most obvious hits where attention is drawn to the lineman are repeated exposed to sub concussion head trauma almost every play. This is an area of grave concern in the medical studies that much like smoking, playing football in contact positions exposes the heads to 100s if not 1,000 of sub-concussion trauma over a season which has a cumulative effect over time equal multiple traumatic concessions. But the NFL is too busy trying to become a world sport like Nestles is trying to buy up all the water rights in the world.

Panthers D will hold the 49er's to 21 points but the cats still loose by 4 TDs.

The strange.....frustrating and disappointments of other teams in the 2022 NFL season in no way elevates the odds for this dumpster fire of an organization to making the playoffs. The Panthers are so bad that the 49ers could forfeit the game this weekend and the panthers would still end up losing it. So I don't think a Matt Ryan tipped pass into the turf 5 yards out of bounds or a Russell Wilson inerrant throw into the 8th row of the end zone seats will make a difference to what happens to the Panthers. I suggest you spending time thinking of other things.........

They'll be no celebration at Morris Jenkins......... .......and criminals robbing everything at locations with security systems set up by CPI........ and Sir Purr will be sniffing black market catnip in some deserted alley on the East End....... Losing......the official sponsor of the 2022 Carolina Panthers.

Rhule said. “I think we need to make more plays on offense. " Hell..........why doesn't he just say we need to score more points than the other team to win?

Why don't the Panthers just forfeit the rest of the games.........do it one week at a time........hehe. Per the NFL rule book.... Note: If a team forfeits a game, the opponent will be declared the winner by a score of 2-0, but the points will not be added to the winning team’s record for purposes of offensive production or tie-breakers.

I hope it helps some here reminisce of better times but it doesn't work for me. Growing up in my 20s during the 1970s I saw the team we loved win 4 super bowls in 6 years and those memories are enough for a lifetime. It was made more special because of personal connections we had with the team and ownership.......my brother was friends with Art Rooney Jr growing up..............Mike Webster belonged to our church and I often sat with him in the pews and talked weight lifting after services.............I used to work out in a gym where LC Greenwood and others lifted...............and I used to serve food and talk sports at the country club pool I worked at with Andy Russell after he retired and worked in banking... I wish others here a chance at some of that glory the Steelers of the 70s had with your team someday............but unfortunately for me spoiled from the 70s .......any memories of the Panthers are at best "what could have been" Leaving Pgh and coming here when I was 43 yrs old in 1998 and following the Panthers was kind of like adapting a red headed step child after the 70s........but then I could have said that for just about any team back then after what I experienced.

The 2022 Carolina Panthers..........................Berlin Panthers or bust!!!

He could be like Mahomes sometimes and look the other way when he throws ........or use his other hand. I'm sure the result would be a marvel to behold too.........

Tepper is over at the NC shoreline walking the beach one day last week all by himself...........he comes upon this lamp buried in the sand........bends over picks it up and starts to clean it off when .......poof!......out comes a Genie. The Genie says, "I'm the Genie of the lamp and I have one wish left for anyone who want it" Tepper says, "I have a wish (while he pulls out a piece of paper from his back pocket)..........see this paper...its a map of the Middle East .....my people and the Arabs have been fighting over land and property there for over 3,000 years............its caused great turmoil and tragedy for us and the whole world in general.......can you bring peace and prosperity to that region of the world instead of this continued fighting, tension and strife?" The Genie looks at the map and says, "Hmm that's a really tall order".........(then hands the paper back to Tepper) and says......"Isn't there any wish you want besides that one?" Tepper says........"Yeah......I own this football team and I just can't seem to get a winning season and make the playoffs with them.........My wish is you give us a winning season and make the playoffs this year" The Genie looks back and Tepper and says, " Hmm......well uh............Say, could I see that paper with the map on it again?"

.......to be on your own. ........with no direction home......... A complete unknown.... Like a rolling stone.

Trying to find patterns where none exist..............infants are hardwired to find patterns that form their mothers face and recognize that as a source of food and safety. Trying to find patterns is good for infants.......... Its bad for gambling...........investing and sports forecasting. as the disclosure always says in the investment portfolio. "Past performance is not indicative of future results" Let's put it another way......you've heard the saying........ "You can't win them all"...................and added for sales people the saying........"and you can't lose them all either" But you can in fact lose them all if you don't know what the hell you are doing. and just for those who crave pattern seeking in statistics....... Since 1990 23 teams starting 1-3 have made the playoffs............that translates to an annual average of a 4% chance of making the playoffs in any given year in the NFL with a 1-3 record. Enough of this subject............the 2022 Panther season is entertaining as hell from a comedic standpoint but bores me to tears when taken seriously.

Rhule getting fired???? Haven't you heard?.......... ........his firing is uhh..... .....well its a ......... A Process!!!! Yeah that's the ticket................its a process. and remember what you've been told............you must trust the process.

"........and steps in a puddle wearing socks this morning on his way out the door." That's hilarious ..............and its G rated too.............a tough combination these days.

I will watch each week and get my laughs and catch up on sleep like I do now.............

The length of tenure of most pro football players is so short these days that any bright spot in a season of the mundane will often fade or be gone before any change in direction occurs...... Barry Sanders anyone? As a result there is no bright spot justified on a roster when the team sucks.............. So to answer your question........any bright spot you see has an eclipse on it.

Is there such a thing as fun while losing......or does the fun while you still loose just make the whole thing more pathetic? Or is there such a thing as boring winners?........is winning ever not fun for fans of sports? I guess in your defense Cub fans for many decades always enjoyed their "lovable loosers" and battle cry of "wait until next year!"........but that's based on the fact they will be winners then.......... That stated, I don't know if the NFL has the same level of tolerance that MLB has seen having a team of lovable loosers.....................maybe Browns fans pre move to Baltimore felt that way?

for the 2022 Panthers the next game represents that threat.....

"stats are for losers" = Carolina Panthers. Arguing over these two QBs is like arguing over which diaper has leaked the least amount of crap on the floor.......

I'll reverse my assessment of the defense until they play a good offensive team...........the 1st four games so far Panthers have played either horrible offensives or offensives that played horribly...... The way you can tell is the snooze fest all 4 games have been.............the most boring games I've seen so far.........

Semi decent chance + Tepper/Rhule = Hell freezes over

They used a big QB as a battering ram in short yardage plays and shorten his career.........they have a midget for a RB that would be much better in the role of short passes and open field end arounds end up running between tackles and up the middle like a fullback........... Stupid........... CMC is not Mike Alstott but they try to play him like that more times that anyone else would dare do with this kid on their team..........ugh