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I don't think CMC is the cure for our offensive ails. He is a big help but he can't throw the ball, block for himself nor call the plays.

I find it hilarious that people are still on the Darnold bandwagon. Then again, it took almost 3/4 of the 2020 season for the majority of the Huddle to see the obvious with Teddy. The level of deja vu is pretty crazy too. "It isn't Teddy's fault! It's *insert other unit/coaches*'s fault! Teddy can't do it all!" Fast forward to late season, "WHY ARE WE EVEN STARTING TEDDY??!! PUT IN PJ OR WILL GRIER AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE!!"

That would be pretty awful, especially to be the season that set the franchise losing streak record(four straight seasons). Fan apathy would probably be at an all-time low. I think at that point, Tepper probably has to regroup and consider moving on from Rhule. Either that or Rhule is going to have to justify what changes he plans to make to even get one more year. I suspect you would see Brady get jettisoned if that latter scenario happens.

I believe it would have been nice to keep a couple of key veterans around(perhaps Gilmore is one of those guys) and also to have some more NFL experience on the staff itself. It is extremely hard to build a successful NFL organization when very few in the room even have any real idea what that even looks like.

If we extend our losing streak to December, any wins we get in December would likely be other teams resting their players. That kind of losing streak would probably get him fired. Tepper watching the game alone in the box on Sunday probably doesn't bode well for Rhule, TBH.

I don't know about happy. I can definitely see it as a possibility and I can understand how you can get there. You can't expect a team with a bottom 5 OL(being very generous) and the worst starting QB in the NFL over the last 3+ seasons to have a tremendous amount of success. The shock would be if that didn't happen. So, those mistakes being what they are, what does the rest of the team look like after 17 games? Do we clearly have a defense that is capable of being a top 10 unit? Do we have enough weapons on offense to be potent with a better OL and competent QB? Is CMC going to be part of the future of the franchise(injuries, etc)? If we get a lot of affirmative answers to those questions, I will probably chalk the bulk of our issues up to the obvious.....our OL and QB are complete trash. Now, if the problem appears to be more and more coaching related(which is possible), then I will be very, very concerned. Similarly, if it looks like the first three games were the outlier and we are a very bad overall team(defense, CMC, offensive weapons, draft picks, etc), then it is time to panic.

That was a bad game yesterday, no question about it. But, I am not going to jump off a cliff after a bad game and I am not going to jump off a cliff after a three game losing streak. There are still 11 more games to judge where we are at as a franchise. I'm not peddling some dumbshit Sunshine Squad optimism, just saying we are in the midst of a season and we need to get the full picture before we start being definitive about anything. If we keep getting worse and worse as the season progresses, I am absolutely on board with the "Fire Rhule" bandwagon. But, maybe we still end up as a 6-9 win team and are relatively still on schedule for where we should be.

Hard maybe. Not sure it says much other than the decision to take a bust QB and put him behind a bottom 5 OL unit was extremely stupid. But, anyone with any sense could have predicted that wouldn't work out. It was actually pretty mind numbing how many didn't see that portion of our struggles coming.

I was initially a Rhule skeptic but let's keep in mind that he is just 22 games into his NFL career. I share the same skepticism that I initially did but I am not ready to jump off a cliff yet. Perhaps if we finish the season at 3-14. That's something we all had to know was going to be a thing. The coaching staff has a learning curve to navigate, as well. All while during a complete rebuild.

Pretty sure they said he had a concussion so he has to clear the protocol. Darnold successfully got him rocked, something he tried to do to DJ earlier. I'll be glad when the post-Darnold era begins. He is tough to watch.

We probably aren't going to see TMJ for at least a couple of weeks.

Yeah but he always looks like that. I can't tell if he is specifically in a funk or it is a larger issue with Darnold or the offense. I have a suspicion from yesterday's game but I will see how it looks moving forward.

Didn't we just try that yesterday?

I don't know what is up with Robby but something clearly is. Yesterday wasn't a great example, as the drops were EVERYWHERE. It was crazy. Like someone put a hex on the ball. I will be curious to see if that was just a bad game by the team or if there is something else going on.

I don't see any QB I would waste a 1st round pick on this offseason. We have bigger needs on the OL to fix, IMO. Not to mention we don't have many draft picks in 2022. Hopefully we can sign a QB or trade for a QB in the next couple of seasons. I was firmly on the "get the QB first" bandwagon but as bad as this OL is, fix that first before trying to draft a higher round QB prospect. If someone like Watson is available, that is a no brainer. If Derek Carr becomes available, that is a good option. Other than that, sign another failed QB for a cheap contract, build a better OL and hope you can make one of the turds float in 2022. We don't need to have "the QB" immediately. This is still a rebuild.

I am actually not freaking out over this loss at all. I am moderately annoyed. I didn't expect Darnold to work out, I didn't think the OL would work out and I thought we were a 6-9 win team. This is about what I expected in the preseason. Like many, I thought perhaps we had something better after the first three games but I never thought we were going to see the playoffs or any of the other crazy poo people were talking about. It is what it is. We don't have a ton of roster holes, so that is pretty nice. At least if Rhule doesn't pan out to be the guy, we will have a talented roster remaining here for the next guy to work with.

I would certainly not give him another season but then again I would not have hired him in the first place. IMO, they will stick with him another year. Just a feeling.

I don't think we will jettison him this offseason unless the wheels come off even more(which is admittedly possible). I believe he has one more season in Carolina before we get rid of him.

Sam Darnold was also complete ass yesterday. There is no reason to laud him as some sort of "above it all" savior. He has turned the ball over 7 times in a three game span. He, much like the bulk of the team on Sunday, poo the bed.

OL is a massive, franchise torpedoing problem. So, we must get it better. It doesn't even have to be good with only a single offseason to replace 7-8 offensive lineman. Just get me 1-2 more quality starters next to Moton. That's at least a start. QB is unlikely to be addressed in this coming offseason, so we will have to suffer through Darnold another season most likely. Outside of that, the offense has more than enough weapons to compete.

Slight nod for Fox over Rivera. Combined back to back winning seasons between the two: 0

1. Will I order this food extra spicy? 2. Will it give me diarrhea? 3. Will I be able to get to the toilet? 4. Will this emergency diarrhea be easier to handle than watching the remainder of the Panthers 2021 season?

Agreed. It's better to have a bridge QB like Darnold taking these shots. He doesn't have a future here as a starter, so he can do what he does while we build a better team around him. We basically only have him through 2022 anyway and he will be gone.

Yeah, I missed the key word which changes that entire post. NOT