Mr. Scot

Another angle...

Well, if we're using Dante as a template, nine.

Here ya go... Mind you, those may not be the only changes.

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Noticed that. Huge contrast from Ron Rivera who never blamed himself or any of the coaches for anything.

A couple of other "positives"...

I'll just try this in here because it's as good a place as any... Week 1 always tends to have its fair share of illusions. Week 2 often exposes those for what they are. Are the Cowboys really that good? Are the Giants really that bad? Is something wrong with the Steelers? What about the Chiefs? Are the Lions for real? Are the Rams back to being winners? Have the Bears improved at all? As the soap opera narrator used to say, these and many more questions will be answered next week. I'll definitely be watching closely to see where the corrections happen.

It's...one...game

I'd actually like to see Tremble tried at fullback

I love play action on 4th and short

There are people pining for the leadership of Marty Hurney right now. We may have officially reached The Ninth Circle of Dumb

Disagree on TE unless it's for depth. I think Hurst is fine as a starter.

Love and Rodgers is kind of...different. High picks starting from the get-go is pretty much the norm these days. Ironically enough though, our current head coach is an example of someone who was meant to start while a rookie learned. Reich was supposed to help Kerry Collins ease into the NFL, but the staff panicked during an early bad game and threw Collins into the fire. You might say that didn't work out so well But now Reich's the guy choosing to start Young immediately. So I guess we'll see...

One of the provisions of the current NFL is that veteran contracts become fully guaranteed for the year if a player is on the active roster for the first game. Because of that, it's become fairly normal for some teams to wait until after Week 1 to add free agent veterans they might have interest in. Now lemme say up front that I haven't looked at the available free agents (I'm sure someone will) and I can't say whether the Panthers have any particular interest in anyone at this point, so I'm not making any predictions. But it's something to be aware of...

It is true that It used to be the norm, but you have to go kinda far back to see it. It's been much more of a rarity for probably the last twenty years or so (and I'm just estimating).

This is a strategy that I normally favor. In this case, I don't. Not only because I think Young can handle it, but also because now that you've already put him out there you have to stick with him. Let the growing pains happen, and don't panic when they do.