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Stroud was pressured like hell against Pittsburgh and they are a FAR better pass rush team than NE. Collins being out will be a thing, for sure. New England is a less effective defense than Pittsburgh. I think it still comes down to which QB fugs up the least. Weather may be a huge factor with LA. Don't forget that finger injury to Stafford too. In that weather, no less.

Propaganda is the direct implication that this is he being used by the Panthers to spout a message. This is a poor example of that, in my estimation. He is far more likely to just be a homer. This isn't abnormal behavior from him. It's hyperbolic because you are spinning it as some greater thing from Panthers HQ, which is very likely is not.

There was only maybe two guys worth "significant" draft capital in this class, one of them went back. This class is deep on Day 2/3 guys.

Are you now equating best/worst rush defense with best/worst defense? Those are separate things entirely. For rush defense, depending on how you quantify it, he has been largely in the bottom third of the league his entire career as a defensive coordinator. As you can see, aside from his one year in Denver, he has never been above 20th in yardage. Now, there is context to consider which is most coordinators choose to run on him(24th-32nd ranked in his three year in Carolina). So, if you just simply look at Y/A, it has been a relatively mixed bag. Twice a top 15 defense but twice a bottom 15 defense. The thing the should make all this good/bad run defense a lot clearer is the right most columns. Evero's defense has always prioritized pass defense and confusing QB's. That's the core of his defensive philosophy, as has been reported relatively widely. As much as there are ample personnel issues on that side of the ball(many of which he contributes to with his below average talent evaluations) his defenses may never be truly elite in rush and pass defense unless they are stocked with defensive talent. Like....his Denver defense that he inherited was. To that point, if you look at all those rankings from the three years Fangio(of whom Evero is a noted disciple) it shows a progression of getting steadily better into the far more elite defense it is now under Vance Joseph. As far as his HC interest, recall that he was a hot commodity after Denver and that cooled significantly after his first two years here. I suppose if you count getting interviews for HC positions as a benchmark for being a good coach(most would not) then he is middle of the packish.

If you know your world history, you will know this has always been a charged word.

Lol. Propoganda has been a charged word for well over 100 years. Are you a vampire?

Darnold is such a limiting factor for any playoff team.

I mean with Caleb there would be no reason to have Darnold. That was one hell of a trauma inducing trade.

Correct. Boy wouldn't that be a "bad feelings" game. Interestingly enough, Ben Johnson probably has very little fire about that given that it all happened before his time there. Verus the fire he has for his divisional rivals.

So, basically your entire argument is Sam Darnold??? So one data point is now a "storied history?" Speaking of hyperbole.... 95+% of these "oh you'll see when he leaves he's gonna be eliteimtellingyouhewillbetheguy" episodes end up with crickets shortly thereafter because those players rarely excel elsewhere for players that the majority of the fanbase wanted gone. That is very rare.

You also have to be aware of your faults and Dave seems very slow to recognize and fix those. Hence why we are so often ill prepared and make poor in game adjustments.

You went hyperbole in the thread title, bruh. Propagandist??? WTF. He is a homer. We got a ton of them, Reddit's full of them, etc, etc. They all might be somewhat to very annoying but J. Stew has a pass that none of them do. He gets the Luke, Olsen, Cam, TD, etc pass of being one of us and also LEADING us. Also, the Huddle should really be more attuned to going after former players in the post-Dan Morgan incident era. We all may have varying opinions of Dan of some of the poo that gets thrown his way is absolutely unconscionable. Like the head injury jabs, etc. We have no reason to be doing that poo to our own. /rant

This isn't a good Bills team, though. That's the rub. I think if Sean Payton really pushes to run the ball down their throats, they can easilu beat Buffalo. But....I don't think Payton has that in him. He is too arrogant about his offensive playcalling prowess to just sit back and play 3 yards and a cloud of dust. The NFC is brutal. You have a ton of exceptional defenses but only one elite QB(Stafford) and one potentially elite QB(Williams). Darnold and Purdy are just trying to not fug it up. Purdy can catch some magic but IDK if it can be sustained the whole playoffs. Darnold is just waiting to implode. He has been in the bottom quarter of QB's in the NFL statistically since the 49ers comeback win. That is what is gonna be interesting to watch about Houston and Seattle, if they are able to overcome having such bad QB's.

J. Stew is mostly homer and also isn't ever going to be a neutral party for a ton of reasons. On the Panthers payroll, ACTUAL fan of the team, experience as an NFL player, etc, etc. Leave the man and his opinions alone and don't trash a former Panthers great for something so trivial. You don't have to agree. He isn't trying to brainwash anyone.

It's divisional eve, so let's get some early thoughts and predictions in. Predictions Buffalo 24, Denver 23 San Francisco 20, Seattle 12 Houston 27, New England 13 Chicago 31, St. Louis(yes) 28 Thoughts - Josh Allen has probably never had an easier path of opposing QB's in his NFL career. Nix and Stroud/Maye are all very young, very unproven in the playoffs and haven't been in the same big game situations that Allen has. I am not saying this is his year, but I am not envisioning many years in the future where he is going to avoid Jackson and Mahomes. - SF vs. Seattle is a fun test of two extremely TO prone gunslingers. I give the edge to SF, despite their elite defense because I suspect that Darnold will be unable to recover from his mistakes the same way Purdy sometimes is. Darnold is averaging 174 yards passing and has 0 total TD's against SF this season. - CJ Stroud was exceptionally bad versus the Steelers. 3 sacks, 5 fumbles(2 lost) and 1 INT. Maye also struggled tremendously with 3 TO's. Which defense will be able to take advantage of the young QB's more effectively? I am leaning towards Houston and their +17 TO differential defense(2nd in the NFL). - Bears/Rams just has Rams blowout written all over it. Sound familiar? We also were able to make St. Louis(YES) have to fight and claw for a victory. In a gunslinging battle, that obviously favors Matt Staf.... Caleb Williams has amassed an incredible 7 4th Quarter Comebacks and Game Winning Drives in the 2025 regular and postseason. And these aren't Bryce Young GWDs. He has seemed to have an extra gear that is hard to fathom considering he had the lowest CPOE in the NFL during the regular season and an insane -14.0 CPOE in the comeback win versus Green Bay. There is just something about this kid. Bears win.