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That is a Jets fan that came over with Darnold. He isn't here for the team.

I gotta be honest, not even sure that probably makes the top 20 worst things Eagles fans have done.

I have my doubts we make any more deals. Fitt loves to trade but trading picks for bottom of the roster churn over and over doesn't really seem like it will net much for this cycle. But, the dude did get draft picks for literally nobodies, so maybe he can pull another miracle.

I mean....it might not be a stretch to say they could be an upgrade.

Nah. We are deep enough to run the 4 TE sets we have planned.

I don't know that I would expect to see a blockbuster deal for anyone. So, if that is the case, it will be interesting to see what deal(s) we end up accomplishing. Do we want to give up much more 2022 draft capital?

We seem to have stripped down our biggest need positions, so I have to assume SOMETHING is being worked. If not.....I guess maybe we just aren't seeing the plan.

While I see the potential for Brown and Chinn to be superstars, I am not even going to say that is a sure thing yet. I believe it has a high probability. I agree on the optimism, as well. I just don't agree with some of these proclamations of greatness and "best in the NFL" without the actual playing time to bear that out. As Panthers fans, you would think that we should understand about managing expectations.

3500 yards passing 23 TD's 13 INT 63% Completion percentage Based on a 14 game schedule. Misses three games with injury.

I think the fans are getting a little carried away with our drafting "success." There is a lot to be excited about but you are also talking about two draft classes that have played a combined 16 game schedule. We probably need to slow our roll on that level of hype. That's a hindsight observation, not a foresight observation.

Yep. We got sold a long rebuild and it is likely to be that. Still a long way to go.

You sure about that now?

Smitty would show his ass as much or more than Cam and his intent was rarely to have fun, it was basically a "fug you" to the opponent. I say that as a guy that considers Smitty to be thr best Panther of all time.

It's worth the read. Trust me, do it.

That is a description that could be applied to many head coaches, successful and not. Being a great offensive or defensive mind does not always translate into success as an NFL head coach.

This is also something that hasn't happened. We don't know if we have mightily increased the bottom of the roster talent....yet. This is all theory. We are talking about "better overall career" at the point where one guy has never coached an NFL game and the other has coached 16. That's why I am personally leaning on history rather than what I may think of the coaches themselves. Seems like a safer bet to make a waaaaaaaaaay too early prediction.

No, he never had the kind of success those guys did. Predominantly because he wasn't a coach very long, even in college and went from one program to the next. Remember, his college winning percentage was only 0.522. That's because he built and then bolted. It could easily be argued that is a more valuable trait than going to a college power and succeeding but not all those coaches who came in had a stacked deck at every place they were successful in college. IMO, college success isn't a great predictor of NFL success(to be clear: I have NOT vetted this statement statistically) because the reasons for success in college football don't translate to the NFL. Same sport, but vast differences. It's like comparing NASCAR success to NHRA success. Both racing but completely different kinds.

This was literally the point you stopped reading the post and reacted.

Dead cap is already spent. Mostly tied to bonuses/guarantees that have long been spent but the NFL's rules allow to be spread out over the course of a few seasons for accounting/flexibility purposes. It's money that cannot be spent in that given year.

We still have Burns coming up too. The more money we can keep rolling over the better. Especially with what looks to be a solid, young core.

Yeah but the ORGANIZATION is aware that we aren't a Super Bowl team this season. The coaches and players have to believe they can. Otherwise it's over before it started.

Almost every college head coach gets this thrown at them. The Baylor/Temple thing doesn't bother me. It only lasts so long anyway because the pool of guys they know(pre-NFL) grows smaller and smaller as the years pass.