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I guess that means Marty Hurney is more qualified than us, in that case?

Then why are you taking about college and studying?

100% agree. I think it was pretty clear how poorly Troy Pride Jr. played last year but I am not gonna write him off until the end of his 2nd or 3rd season without obvious improvement. We have Josh Norman, James Bradberry or even to some extent Daryl Worley as recent examples if guys at the position that took a little time and experience before the light clicked on. I am interested to see how the "spray and pray" draft method works with all these trades for lower round picks. I certainly hope that increases the chances of us getting more two deep players.

Yeah, any of the guys past about the 4th round that stick around on the roster for even 3 years are basically a win. Not even as starters, just as depth guys. Statistically, that is a big win based on the history of the draft. That's why I try and remind people to pump their brakes on a lot of this draft class. Don't come in here trashing them when they don't meet your unrealistic expectations. I feel the same way about Darnold and Horn. If Darnold is who he has been the past three years, you guys better be directing your vitriol towards Fitt and Rhule. Sam didn't trade for himself and he didn't draft himself. If Horn isn't a first or second year star, don't come in here trashing this kid when it often takes these rookie DB's a little bit of time(2-3 seasons) before they start hitting their stride. Be patient and direct the butthurt where it should be directed.

We will see how it turns out. I expect he will be a very good blocking TE/H-back and fill a role in that regard. The people expecting him to be a consistent pass catching threat are very likely to be disappointed. That's what I meant by the "outlier" comment. The examples of outliers are easy to remember precisely because they are outliers. The averages don't work that way, however. I guess we have to hope he is an outlier. If we somehow landed a class of outliers, then you have to consider the new FO and coaching staff to be hitting on genius level drafts. I am certainly perfectly happy if that is the case and my skepticism is unwarranted.

Inflation soldiers on while wages have been relatively flat for more than two decades. Oh we are all getting screwed in one way or another.

I don't think there is any question Ned is the guy. Not to me, anyway.

We should have them. Panthers news is about to be in a lull. For fug's sake, they talk about non-sports there all the time. Just look at all the soccer threads.

I wouldn't bother with this guy. He thinks playing recreation soccer at 6-7 years old makes him a "former athlete."

Funny, because those are multibillion dollar industries. I guess those are fake dollars, eh?

Understand, you are talking out of your ass and also never actually worked at sports.

Probably not until next offseason, provided another team doesn't get him first. At this rate, the smartest move he could probably make is to play this season a day ball out. If he does that and is relatively contrite about the situation, people will eventually be less pissed off. If he is available for our QB search next offseason, I wouldn't be surprised to see us involved.

Did you play college football?

I don't generally agree that NFL players are overly compensated as a whole(individually, certainly). Like you said, it was a lifetime of hard work to get there, most of it without compensation. Congrats on your son's accomplishment. All his hard work certainly paid off, as well.

Another Huddle pipedream player. Outliers are outliers for a reason.

Agreed. If he really is an elite guard, that was a phenomenal pick.

Yeah, amazing how that works.

Give the Single Barrel Barrel Strength a shot.

Hell yeah. We need some stat nerd backup in here.

Haven't found one yet. Still looking.

BT is a great every day bourbon. Sadly, it has gotten hard to get in NC. WT isn't quite in NC yet but it is in the surrounding states.

Well we weren't terribly successful prior to Hurney, either. It's been multiple waves of poor management overall. We just have to hope we finally have the owner, front office and coaching staff to do it. We'll know in the next couple of seasons.

Yeah, I definitely like some affordable bourbon but....I do also have a large collection of allocated and rare bourbon, as well. Lol. So, I am a little hypocritical in that regard.

Makers does some consistently very good stuff that isn't as hype crazy as all the Buffalo Trace products. Available, affordable, delicious. Works for me.

So....basically a guard.