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I mean...anyone who watched him play knew this was coming. I cannot see how you couldn't.

The beer so far.

Starting out with some breakfast burritos(a little upgrade with some smoked cheddar). Transitioning to smoked chili later on, with the first beer likely to be cracked in the next 15 minutes.

Calling a draft successful after six games is ridiculous. As ridiculous as you could possibly get. Almost every player from the 2020 draft started games for us. And now how many see any time at all? Basically our first, second and third. That's how quickly that can change. I mean, through 6 games where are you seeing these surefire hits? Horn? The promising guy that has looked great against Zach Wilson, Jameis Winston and Davis Mills for 2.5 games? Marshall? The 2nd round pick that has a total of 19.3 ypg of production? Christensen? The tackle that has a total of 75 snaps on one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL? Tremble? The talented TE averaging 14 ypg receiving and a max usage rate of 51% of snaps in a game so far? Hubbard? He is probably the closest. Averaging 90 yds of total offense since CMC got injured. Only 1 TD but has been pretty steady, minus some issues with catching ball. Nixon? The guy with a 16% usage rate(60 total snaps) and 6 tackles, 0.5 sack? Taylor? The talented guy that in 127 snaps is allowing 72.7% completion percentage and 110.0 QB rating? Brown? The guy that has literally not been on the active list minus one game with a total of 5 snaps on a bottom 5 OL unit? Smith? Active one game and in a total of 8 snaps? Fletcher? The LONG SNAPPER who didn't technically even make the team? Hoskins? The guy who has yet to be active in a game? So, while we have seen flashes from a few, where are these sure things that make this a successful draft through a total of six games? Is Mac Jones a superstar through Week 6? Trevor Lawrence? Justin Fields? Zach Wilson? Kyle Pitts? I don't recall too many busts or superstars at week 6 of their rookie year.

We definitely didn't accomplish getting any serviceable OL in the draft. I don't see any chance of getting serviceable OL if we squander draft capital on minor defensive needs or trading down repeatedly to gather late round picks. This past draft appears to be a pretty mixed bag(6 games in, which doesn't mean much), which shouldn't surprise anyone given that it was largely 2nd and 3rd day draft picks. If we don't go heavy OL in the 2022 draft, yeah, that will be a bad draft.

We gonna trade our first for three 4ths and 2 6ths? Awesome.

That would be my point to check out on the staff and FO if they take two picks on defense in a draft where we only have a 1st, 4th, two 5th's and a 6th given our needs on the OL. We have a top 10 defense and a bottom 5 offense.

Jeffers?

It says it is, "Local revenues divided by metro population, with populations in two-team markets divided in half." So, basically our local revenue divided by the population of the Charlotte Metro area. There are some other interesting tibits on there, like the Market Value($139M) and Brand($91M). Compare that to another small market team with a giant presence, the Green Bay Packers with a Market Value of $210M and Brand value of $264M. Another interesting comparison is a market roughly double the size of CLT metro, the Arizona Cardinals. Market Value of $136M and Brand value of $101M. Interesting to see their valuations. It would be helpful to see behind the curtain a little on how they came up with some of these figures.

Yeah, I am honestly expecting that other shoe to drop. If we waste this elite defense, it will make we sick to my stomach. I never thought this was a top 10 defense(although more than one on the Huddle predicted that). Now we have it and this offense just fugs it up left, right and center. It is so sickening.

It's been hard to talk football normally this season. Too much poo I didn't want to see happen but expected to happen has happened. This is a rough one.

No doubt. I am certainly not trying aggressively to come to Brady's defense. I just think he is the #3 in the list of problems we have offensively.

Next year??

fug me, I hope not. That would mean we are the new Bengals/Browns. I don't want to live through being that level of dumpster fire.

That does happen sometimes but there have been a lot of guys open that Darnold is either not seeing(which could be later in the progressions, so that isn't as big of a deal) but he is also late with the ball. That isn't uncommon. Like I said, I have plenty of criticisms about Brady but I think the OL and QB are bigger reasons why we are struggling on offense.

Yeah but he also is just a bad player. Erving has talent, arguably but he also sucks. Talent can only get you so far in the NFL. Well, the stats don't bear that out. Darnold has performed worse in a clean pocket in his NFL career than when pressured. It defies logic but it is what he has done.

I am not sure we have enough data to skewer him too badly, other than the OL. If we see the same in the 2022 offseason, I think we will know what the score is.

I have said repeatedly that I think he only shares so much of the blame. His guys are just not executing well at this point. He definitely isn't blameless but often the plays are sound and the players are just not making the plays.

Actually, I think it really begins and ends in our front office. We don't really spend significant draft capital trying to build there historically. There is only so much dumpster diving you can do and be successful.

Yeah, I mean perhaps that is true but he just isn't a guy I thought looked like he had much based on the Detroit game. He did okay versus a bad opponent and that was about it. He predominantly looked like an erratic gunslinger, which is what we have right now.

Actually, if you look at OL DVOA and Adjusted Sack Rate, there have been 3-4 years since 2010 that have been worse than this year. That's actually the most upsetting part. Poor OL play isn't rare in Carolina

Well, our OL is also a lot worse, as are the rushing efficiency stats since 2020. People also forget how good Davis was at replacing CMC when he went down. Passes to the RB are a big part of what helps our offense be successful and Hubbard hasn't help much in that regard. His catch percentage is very low for the type of routes he is running. So, while I agree we just have to start running the ball more, I don't think we are gonna see any type of dominant rushing attack. Not with the pieces we are working with. I think more than anything we are just seeing that there aren't a lot of really clear answers on that side of the ball. Brady shares plenty of the blame but the execution by our offensive personnel overall has been pretty poor across the board. We just aren't consistent at all.

It's a plus, as long as they aren't ill advised decisions. Remember this is a guy that has 1 TD and 5 INT's in his career. That doesn't indicate he is going to be a substantial upgrade from Darnold. Quite the opposite. Even though this is Darnold's worst season of his career, his TO/possession rate is 3.6% in 2021. PJ Walker's career rate is 8.9%. That doesn't solve the problem we are having.