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Lmao

I don’t disagree. If you’re going to publicly preach/lean on an unusually lengthy window of patience by NFL standards, probably a pretty decent time to start exercising it from within.

I have no idea what David Tepper’s expectations are for the 2022 Panthers, relative to Rhule’s future here. We can certainly revisit their most recent comments. A few weeks back, Rhule said, while being pitched the gig, Tepper told him “five years” was the window for arriving at “sustained success”. Tepper recently added “maybe it could be 6 years.” I guess just trust that for now. Should be interesting.

Nothing about this is optimal for the short-term. Darnold hasn’t overcome his bad mechanical habits, and I’m not sure anything short of CMC healthy for 17 games will insulate Sam from that—and even then, he’s limited. Corral has promise, but he’s a 3rd rounder. We’ll see if he can win the job early and over-perform against the general yr 1 expectations. Jimmy G is not overly-impressive without the insulation of Shanahan’s scheme, their run game, Deebo taking quick screens, jet sweeps and pop passes. Right shoulder surgery, and has a prior track record of playing about 60% of the time in a given season. Bridgewater-like short-area processor, which is fine, if you can accept the limitations.

Anyway, should be interesting to see how this all plays out. If Mayfield wants to collect a paycheck, and if Watson does get a full year suspension, I would imagine they could work out any potential hard feelings (if such feeling exist, relax) and proceed as initially planned. I do not think Garoppolo would be a particularly good idea for Carolina, considering the portion of the salary they likely would have to pay + more draft compensation out the door. Decent quarterback, but has averaged just over 9 starts a year since he’s been in SF. I don’t know, maybe just roll with the rookie, and lie in the bed you made on the Sam Darnold front?

Sources? “I gotcha sauces right heah.”

JA has been on top of this for a few weeks. By the way, I’m a big fan of Julian and his pod… Just thought I would drop this by, as we spoke with Jon a few days back on Fox Sports Upstate.

Still plenty to work on as a rookie, but when Greg Cosell hands out praise, it means something.

Still plenty to work on as a rookie, but when Greg Cosell hands out praise, it means something.

Happy Friday guys. Had an opportunity to catch up with Michael McCarthy from Front Office Sports (reporter who filed the Sean Payton/Panthers article). Made an effort to extract some additional context from his reporting. Jonathan Alexander (The Observer) stopped by, as well. He was at minicamp today, and shared his initial observations. Some interesting reporting on a number of areas, including veteran quarterbacks, Rhule’s renewed focus, Tepper/Sean Payton, and more. Thanks for allowing me to share, and I hope you guys have a great weekend!

Greg is quite possibly the best at what he does, and we had a great chat about Carolina’s draft, McAdoo’s influence, the RPO, Sam, and much more. Hope you guys enjoy it!

Yeah, I’m certainly not suggesting there’s a right or wrong way to do things. But I do know a lot of teams value this data. Carolina seems to be one of them right now. But again, no guarantees. Here’s the 2011 draft class, top-32 athletic testing:

That’s fair.

Hope they can get that turned around pretty soon. Losing within your division on a consistent basis, particularly at home, is problematic. Need to see better trends after the month of October.

Appreciate y’all.

Had a nice conversation today with Ellis Williams on Fox Sports Upstate. Interesting perspective on the draft, the lingering questions about the rest of the roster, and more. Hope y’all enjoy.

LMAO. For the record, I don’t see it happening that way. Just trying to keep things in perspective. I’m pretty bullish about his ability to translate in the pro game. (He’s certainly different than Jimmy in terms of traits.)

Happy Monday! Billy and I put together a new pod recapping Carolina’s draft process, analyzing the traits of each of their selections. Hope you guys enjoy.

I think tomorrow or Tuesday.

Yep. The Jets were a key player here, too.

Always enjoy talking with Matt. One of the nicest people in the business…and one of the best teachers of the game. Hope y’all enjoy!