Khyber53

Nope, not accusing him of faking it. I would say he's smartly taking his time on getting back and getting fully healthy again. This coaching/management regime isn't going to inspire anyone to Jack Youngblood it and play in the Super Bowl with a broken leg, yanno?

The defense has been getting worse and worse each week. Holding the Giants to 5 points in the first half is pretty much what every team they've played has done. They were roundly considered one of the three or four worst teams in the league. They are riddled with injuries along the line, have a questionable QB and their star RB is out. (Sound familiar?) Our defense balled out the first three weeks against bad teams. We threw a defense out there that was somewhat novel and caught some of the other bad coaches by surprise. Dallas pulled us apart and we lost Shaq Thompson. Haven't shown any real dominance since then.

I don't think he's injury prone. I think he may know more about pro football than any of us here (growing up with his dad in the NFL and all) and he can tell bad coaching and a bad team as well as anyone. I think he's making some business decisions, again, to ride out this season on IR as much as possible and hope for something to change. Stay at home with the girlfriend, do some modest workouts and rehab, cash checks and not throw your health away for inept coaching? Seems like a smart, Stanford-educated idea right there. I mean, why Barry Sanders it? Same thing for Thompson in my opinion. And I can't blame him, either.

For the first three games our defense ruled the whole game, or at least three quarters of it. And then Dallas came to town with the blue print on how to beat us. We haven't won a game since and other teams have been marching on us at will, including the Giants yesterday. The Vikings just kept having their way with us throughout the game. The Eagles, the freaking Eagles, just ate our lunch. No, the Snow Job is just about as bad as the rest of the game.

No, I understand football. And I understand the offense's part in giving the defense a good shot. Our defense has been found out. And just like how Buddy Ryan's 46 defense kicked butt until it was figured out, the Snow Job defense has been figured out. We did well during the first quarter, but they just moved on us after that. Our defense, however, is quite a bit more effective than our offense, but that's just comparing rotten apples to questionable oranges.

Never thought someone would make us miss Hurney and Rivera... but Fit and Rhule are doing just that. Heck, David Gettleman's team just ate our lunch and showed they had more depth and desire to win. David frikkin' Gettleman. I mean this is send in Chris Weinke bad level of coaching and management.

If Fitterer is on the phone for Watson right now, then it's like the Captain of the Titanic gunning the engines and trying to hit yet another iceberg. It's time to put the cork on his fork.

The defense isn't that good. Hasn't been since week four. They just gave up 23 points (two were the offense's fault directly) to the hapless Giants. They moved on our defense pretty much at will (well, for the Giants that was at will). HC, OC, DC, STC are all basically mid-tier college football guys and that's where they should have stayed. New GM was a mid-level scouting dude for a team that drafted well a couple of times nearly a decade ago and have been falling apart since. He's out of his element and cannot evaluate talent, especially under Rhule's guidance. The tools for fixing this team aren't in the coaches offices or front office, either. And the owner is just a self-possessed, bloviated tyro who wants to grab his trophy wife's ass at press conferences.

I was like, yanno I've never seen that happen before with this team. Talk about sinking to a new low.

Now it's just how soon the firings begin that's the only reason to pay attention. Team might be midflight over Maryland when it happens.

"We're going to get at least 33 rushes this coming week." 16. Rhule and Brady need to be pushed off of a pier and left to swim home. Might as well push Snow in after them because once someone went back and looked at 1953's Best Defensive Plays Quarterly, we haven't been able to stop anyone.

Sideshow Bob, just another bad deal from Temple. Clean house. Top to bottom.

First thing, Teppper will need to eat the rest of Rhule and Co.'s coaching contract. Second, get rid of Fitterer. Third, hire an outside consultant to help with hires for the ENTIRE staff including the scouting department. Fourth, then we can think about new QB. And finally, get rid of 90% of the frikkin' Temple players.

Possibly the worst performance by the Carolina Panthers I have ever seen. They should tell the players and coaches to find their own way home after the game. fug 'em.

He didn't. That may have been the worst I've ever seen the Carolina Panthers play. Ever.

You're seeing the same thing I am, then. It's really easy to confuse massively busy with competence. Right now, he's hit on Hassan Reddick and that's it for the droves of new add-ons here, from free agent signings to trades. And that draft class is looking, well... I'd have to give it an incomplete. Jaycee Horn looked good until the injury, but we honestly would have done better with an LT or QB in the first. Terrace Marshall Jr. has been, well, okay I guess for a WR3, but he hasn't made any real noise. Cristensen has been on the bench (first/second round gradeables my ass), Tommy Tremble has been okay but really just a serviceable TE. The rest either haven't seen the field or have spent most of their time sick in bed with a nurse, yanno? Fitt just might not fit. And it might explain why he wasn't moving up over with the Seahawks. A team that lucked out on a QB, could never build an O-line and stockpiled DBs... hmmm, sounds familiar doesn't it?

Really a question for the next General Manager here. Not sure if the guy we have now makes it past this season. Maybe past October.

So, in the preseason, I said if Rhule found himself with another five win season he'd be on the hot seat and probably be released at the end of the season, contract or no contract? People laughed and laughed. So here we are, week 7 and as a fanbase we're ready to call for his head already. My premise doesn't sound so stupid anymore does it? Rhule, Brady and even Snow are coaching for their jobs right now. Sitting across from them is Joe Judge the guy the Giants were left to hire after Tepper put the big money contract in front of Rhule and would not let him go to NY before signing it. If these guys lose to NYG today, then the band starts playing the death march. It doesn't matter if it is an ineffective offense or a defense that gives up 500+ yards. It won't matter if it is a single botched special teams play. If we lose this one, then it's dead men walking. And considering how Fitterer has busily stocked the shelves with some real dented/labelless merchandise, he may well be gone, too. Me, I want Rhule to succeed. I want him to be able to deliver what he said he would. This team, though, is even weaker on the field than it is on paper. And I think we're seeing a lot of business decisions being made by players with injuries and "injuries." Today, Rhule needs to prove the narrative is wrong. He needs to show he is further along in this rebuild than the Giants are, that he is the better coach and worth the belief we put into him. Nice guy and all, but if you ain't winning, you're making losers of all of us.

We're quickly becoming the convalescent home of the NFL. Feeling a little achy, need to take some time off but still get paychecks? Have you got a nagging injury that's hard to pin down? Need to spend a bit more time at home with the kids? Then come on down to the Carolina Panthers! Our newly expanded IR list is ready to put your needs first. Heck, Coach will even tell folks you just might play each week, just to keep your agent and PR firm happy. Just give Scott Fitterer a call as soon as you can, he's in on every deal!!!! We're dealing while you're healing!

Grilling out burgers since we've got this nice weather!

The latest Snow defensive scheme is ready to be put into action: the 1-1-9 defense!

I'll watch us play, I'll still care, but I'll be counting the days until there's another regime change around here.

PJ isn't the answer, never was. Warm body, that's all. Darnold, unless something just monumental and unexpected happens, isn't the answer either. He could maybe be a serviceable back-up next year since we're on the hook for him. At the end of that the math might work right and we get a comp pick for him if someone else snags him. We're going to either have to draft a QB and hope for the best, or, better, draft o-line early and often and try to find a steady journeyman QB to see us through. Really, the o-line is key here. Guys like Trent Dilfer have a Super Bowl ring because they have a good defense and an o-line that gave them a chance to perform.

Gotta quit eating 'shrooms you find in your yard man.

Whew. I just never know what to believe when Rhule talks. He's just about lost me. If we drop this one, I don't think I can believe in his abilities anymore.