Mr. Scot

Get the feeling Morris is doomed, so it's a plausible scenario.

Also this from our good buddy John Ellis... Non-specific to the slide question, yesterday's officiating was the sh-ttiest I've seen all season.

Brown on yesterday's calls...

Canales has improved over time, but he's still learning. That he's actually capable of learning puts him a cut above a fair number of unsuccessful coaches.

NFL coaches do indeed sometimes call and / or design plays with an eye toward drawing a penalty. You can go back as far as old clips of Marv Levy coaching the Chiefs to see evidence of that. I have pretty much zero doubt that Shough's final run falls into that category.

And likely to have a new DC next season

Wouldn't be the first time...

Just a couple of weeks ago we were asking why we aren't trying to go further downfield...then we started trying it and we won games. That discussion and this one both center on the same person, and it ain't Bryce.

Get Robert Hunt back healthy and this discussion changes significantly.

Inconsistent application, and not just in this game or specifically against us. There are controversies about the endorcement of this rule on a pretty regular basis every season.

To be fair, a pretty large portion of that allocation has been injured all season.

We aren't the only ones having it...

Quick note on a news item i just saw that's not Panthers related but is a very "WTF" kind of story... And in a bizarre turn... Damn

He hasn't looked at the All 22.

I'd vote for it

Thought I remembered it being something like that...

Yep. Likewise, I 've always wondered why it's never "rigged" when we win. For the rigged game narrative to be believable, you have to be able to make a convincing argument that we could have won the game if it weren't. Our prior game performance vs the Saints fix makes that a more difficult task. What makes it even more difficult is when you can point to identifiable mistakes. You can certainly do that in today's game.

We're not playing against the Panthers defense

We're at least a year away from any chance of making a permanent change at quarterback, and probably longer. While we're waiting on that moment, we definitely need to shore up other areas.

Don't we need help if we lose one of the Bucs games? That's certainly be the best path

Don't buy that game being rigged either. They didn't need to. We played (and coached) like dog sh-t

I said one mistake by the braintrust as a whole. You still haven't picked up on what that mistake is.

The only point stat that matters is who has more at game's end. Canales, Evero and company were successfully able to pull off wins against several good teams this season. It's pretty sad to have to watch us beat teams that have a good chance at being in the Super Bowl this year only to turn around and lose to a team that was eliminated from playoff contention around week four

I think this game was winnable (hell, we almost did).

Play action and toss it to the flat and we probably win. Hell, do what the Voles did with McCarthy a little while ago and I'd still say better odds.