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And even Brown has been more disappointing than I expected. I was more amped about that signing than Wharton. He has been fairly middling, TBH.

I don't know how much it will be anyone's decision inside the organization. It's basically all on Evero. His contract is up. If he wants to return, then it will come down to if an offer is made to him. I would assume that would be a Tepper decision because he was the one who hired him.

The rules are the rules. Is it fair that a 7-9 Panthers team gets in the playoffs over other NFC teams with winning records?? I mean...we still won the division, right? Random old men didn't decide that the five top ranked conference champions would get automatic bids....the fuging conferences agreed to that format. Also, I am gonna point out that 100% of ALL COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS are 100% OPINION BASED. There has never been anything but opinions that dictate college football champions. It's has been that way since it's literal inception. Again, it's why it is so criminally stupid as a "sport."

And then if the ACC were to change the rules to suit the "aggrieved" parties, a couple of years from now they would be crying about those same changes that now went against them again. It will be fun to see one of the Notre Dame, Alabama and Miami fanbases absolutely losing their poo by this afternoon. There is no logic behind Miami suddenly jumping Notre Dame, so they seem pretty safe. It's going to come down to how far Alabama falls in the rankings. Anything is possible with the rampant corruption in college football.

I mean.....we have basically been Bryce or bust recently. We currently have both Bryce and Dalton under contract for 2026. Are you that sure we are going to switch that up? You are aware the other QB's we have had on the roster and PS during Bryce's career have been Jack Plummer, Hendon Hooker, Mike White, and Jake Luton? Does that seem very serious about upgrading to you?

It's all on the table when crybaby time comes around during college football/basketball season. It's funny that this rarely happens in professional sports because they all know the rules and follow them. The NFL has some wild tiebreaker rules too once you get deep into them, down to a literal coin toss(not making this up). Yet....rarely crybaby poo like this annual cycle that whatever form of the BCS/Playoffs/Newspaper national champion there is. It's genuinely why I hate college football fans so much. Lowest common denominator in major US sports. Anything doesn't go their way and it's a parade of crying and excuses.

The issue is that he is significantly worse than Robinson, who was far, far, far cheaper.

Yeah, I was wrong about paying him that money. Dude has absolutely been worth it. Wharton was a panic signing on a bad deal.

INB4 that clown says "BuT, BuT, BuT, wE bEaT fSu. VeRy QuAlItY wIn!!! ThEy LoSt!!!" Despite the fact that Miami would get drug by just about every non-G5 opponent in this playoffs, including Alabama. This is just FSU crybaby poo 2.0, minus the actual logic of being undefeated. You don't get bonus points for losing games you should have won against vs. Louisville and SMU.

Yeah, I mean all the crybabies like Miami didn't win the games necessary to even be in the same position as Duke and UVa. It wasn't the ACC that was laughable. It was their supposed "strong" teams that became a laughingstock. Miami, SMU, FSU, Clemson, etc.

And the ACC is officially done in the playoffs.

The amount of shirtless UVa fans in CLT in this weather is concerning.

How about, how is he dramatically different from the other bust Alabama QB's? He is basically Carson Beck without the tape to prove he isn't poo, IMO.

It's actually fairly impressive that Alabama and Georgia are as successful as they are without any real NFL QB talent. I mean, I get that the rest of their roster is stacked and packed with NFL talent.

Brother, that is simply not true.

BYU having a full meltdown.

I think we would really have to break the bank on him.

Honestly, the biggest issue I have with him is that he hasn't seemed to have been a guy that elevates a defense, even going back to Denver. So, if I always have to assemble an elite defense to make him have elite results....is he actually a great defensive coach?

Nice chunk of high level NFL prospects in this TT/BYU game, FWIW.

I think you should always endeavor to be better at every position you can. Him playing better does give you the ability to not be panicked about getting that slot filled in the offseason. I do think we should be trying to draft his eventual replacement.

And, does he want to return here after we didn't allow him to interview with the Rams? This will actually be one of the most interesting offseason storylines for us.

I am not against spending top dollar for top pass rushing talent but it needs to make sense at the time. I definitely don't think Hendrickson makes ANY sense for us given age and where we are as a franchise. Phillips does make some sense as a younger guy but, again, we are in the infancy of our roster building comparatively. Why blow a ton of money on free agents every offseason? We spent a lot the last two offseasons on veteran free agents to some success but a chunk of these guys may never see the completed result of our building. Overall I agree. Be selective about free agents, especially in premium positions. The one big credit I will give Morgan is that he seems to be building younger. That is very smart.

On the TE tip, that was why I was so perturbed about our decision to pass up on very good TE's several times in this past draft. This was a STACKED TE class. Guys like Fannin, Taylor, Gadsden, etc were serious needle movers(in my eyes) and they were a few of the guys that have provided instant impact, as well. I wasn't a big fan of the Evans pick and although he has drastically exceeded my expectations we did pass on a legit offensive weapon in Gadsden who is ehat we tried to get and largely have failed in Sanders. Honestly, considering the early success for the 2025 class, I don't want to be too harsh but I am always annoyed that our FO never seems to take players at a position of need when the classes are very strong or definitely whiff on the better players(Evans/Etienne). It's absolutely mind boggling we keep doing it. I am with you on upgrading at TE, though. Tremble is a fine player, I am happy to have him but he has probably come pretty close to what he is going to be. Sanders just doesn't appear to really have appreciably developed much. If he can't develop some overall consistency by the end of 2026 or make some step forward, I would classify him as largely a lost cause. Evans I have liked the potential of but he has played only 35% of the snaps on offense. I can't understand why he gets so many less snaps than a guy like Sanders. I know they are used differently but it isn't like Sanders is being targeted a ton. He has 30 targets compared to Evans 18 in WAY more snaps.

I think ideally you make your decision early in the offseason. I say that so that we can attempt to move Bryce early while he still might have some minimal amount of value left(Rosen scenario). Alternatively, as you stated, see what happens in free agency and the draft, then decide to move him or not, which would likely be tied to that 5th year decision. My take on how this ultimately goes is that we don't make a move at QB(we stay with Bryce/Dalton), we don't draft a QB and we pick up the 5th. No serious extension talks, though. I think they go partially in on Bryce but not all-in.