kungfoodude

At this point it's repeating it to call them out on their idiocy. I will let it go after this thread, as only one of them had the nuts to show their faces in any of the post-signing Robby threads and not a single one of them had the nuts to say they were wrong. /rant I don't get upset about most of the Huddle nonsense but watching our own fans start that rumor and spread it pissed me off.

I have lived and worked all over the country for the past couple of decades. It never ceases to amaze me that wherever you are in the country, you can find some backwards people that still exist like that. Some places are a little more "special" than others......

I wish I could believe that. I wish I could believe that too.

It wasn't just him, poo.....there were a lot of them. Most of them crawled away into their little corners to pretend they never said that poo. The hysteria over missing optional workouts was classic Huddle overreaction. OPTIONAL

Yeah, that's obviously the ideal scenario. But it would be nice to just be one of those teams that if we wanted to make that kind of splash signing at the most important position in football, we could get an elite QB to come here because we are a contender. That's why I want to see. Players WANT to come here because they see an opportunity to get a ring.

The thing that pissed me off so royally about all that poo was that it was a rumor primarily started by our own fanbase, based on no factual/verifiable or even reasonable rumor mill information. We had rumblings from a lot of areas about Cam's last year and him potentially wanting a new deal. There was some media smoke and inside sources that at least spoke to that. This Robby nonsense was 100% self inflicted wounds. It was our fanbase creating an issue where none existed at all. Even worse, you still have people doubling down on this after it was so thoroughly proven incorrect over the past couple of days. Edit: Even worse, was some of the Sunshine Squad that cry from thread to thread in this forum about all the negativity that kept perpetuating this idiotic and harmful narrative. What the fug kind of fan pushes some poo like that?

This is the correct perspective to have.

Yeah, he took a beating at times while he was in Detroit so I don't think I would want to step in here behind this OL either. Not to mention, the Rams have championship pedigree and a track record of recent success. We can't offer up 4 straight winning seasons, three playoff appearances, two division titles, and a Super Bowl berth in our last four years. That's a pretty easy decision for me if I am Matt Stafford. That's why when people talk about a guy like Rodgers or Rivers wanting to come here, I just chuckle. I get the fantasy but this isn't the 2015/2016/2017 Panthers. All our luster is gone, however much it was in the first place. We just have to grind each season and offseason to build back up to being a team that a veteran QB wants to come to. Maybe in 5, 6, 7 years we can be the win now destination for someone like Russell Wilson, Dak Prescott, Deshaun Watson, etc. Someone in a similar position career wise as those guys are now.

My anger was having to sit in a sports bar in the asshole, middle of fuging nowhere in southern Georgia Cam's HOME STATE and listen to a bunch of racist fuging rednecks trash him and root for the "Great White Hope" in Peyton Manning. You want to talk about raging anger. The only reason I didn't get into a fight was I had a couple of work buddies there with me. I'm not that type at all but the poo I had to listen to while we were taking the screwing of the decade from those refs and our coaching staff......boy I was fighting mad.

Those comments were still here a few days ago and even in the signing thread yesterday.

I figured that is what you meant.

Yeah, that moment is forever seared into my brain. He was instantly transformed from being this larger than life figure, playing one of the toughest positions in football into looking like a scared little kid. That poo was rough to watch.

I think that was something that was suspected at the time. It sucks for us as a franchise that we missed out on a potential franchise QB but I don't blame any long term veteran QB for not wanting to come to a rebuilding team. The Rams are built to win now, we are building to be that team in a few years. It is what it is.

There is no source. I keep hounding these dumb fugs for sources and no one has ever produced one. As I said in the signing thread, this was a conspiracy invented out of thin air that our lower life forms latched on to. I get it when the media rumor mill starts swirling but with the Robby not wanting here schtick I have never seen from anyone but social media trolls and Huddlers. I'd love to see a single credible source that said he was unhappy here or planning to leave. I'm all ears.

I have a buddy that is a lifelong Broncos fan that was needling me about the game last week. I wanted to slug him. I am still sore about that game. It's also the game that made Georgia one of my most hated states.

But....but...but....teh Huddle told me he was a malcontent that we needed to jettison because he was secretly holding out.

I think you could basically see that this seemed to be their plan(keeping our drafted guys and not spending wildly in free agency) with the moves we made in the offseason. I somewhat agree with that strategy, although if you need to make a move to get a critical position in a "win now" mode, I think you spend the money if it puts you over the top. I am glad to hear that he is always open to talk about new deals. That alone makes us a more attractive spot for both our drafted guys and potential free agents.

I don't think who plays for the Steelers will have much impact on us. Darnold is likely to play this game. I suspect how much will be determined by how much of our offense is playing, as well.

You are thinking of the combine. He was 363 at the combine. He was reportedly well north of that weight during the offseason/preseason this year.

I have become a "wait and see" guy and try to temper the expectations. It's been almost three decades and most of it pretty disappointing. It's just easier to start out expecting little and be pleasantly surprised when it all works out. I gotta be honest, prior to the playoffs in 2015, most of that season didn't even feel real. It was like a dream I kept waiting to wake up from. Then when we got to the playoffs, I was all in. I knew we were a top team. By the Super Bowl, I had absolutely no doubt at all we were the superior team. Then.....well.....you know the rest. So, it's pretty easy as a Panthers fan to temper the expectations.

He showed up really out of shape and was getting roasted in their camp anyway. I think with or without him, Burns was gonna feast. Definitely hope he recovers well, though. I liked him as a prospect and those brain injuries are not a joke. The puking thing is really concerning.

The modern NFL diminishes the ability of a RB to have great impact on winning games, even if they are the best in the NFL. Having to account for CMC basically opens up the rest of the offense though. You have to account for him on every play especially as a dual threat back. Definitely was not a fan of the contract we signed him to but with the cap projected to skyrocket with the new TV deal, it probably ends up being a decent deal for us in the end. We just need to keep him healthy. That's the only real concern.

Joey, you aren't getting it done. Maybe you can take this failure and turn into success with your next team. Or maybe Joey's mom/dad/sibling. Definitely has to be related to be defending him at this point.

I'd probably rather shuttle kicker after kicker through to find "the guy" rather than keep a guy we absolutely know cannot get it done and will directly be responsible for multiple losses.