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It's hard to get excited about tweets. Not enough video = not enough excitement.

These choices are all that was left. One guy literally bought up the domains and IP for every decent name that a rational person would come up with, and is asking the moon to sell it to the team. Boots on the ground here in DC, I can tell you the locals and all the young transplants who live in the District like the WFT. It's kitschy, and so humorously banal that it's ironically appealing to the hipsters. I'd absolutely stick with it!

I'd go positive. Very vocally and publicly call out players who do something exceptionally well. Pro players, I would wager, beat themselves up enough when they make dumb mistakes. Making an example of them in front of their peers is like rubbing their nose in it. And it's been shown time and time again people respond much better to praise than punishment.

If it's stupid, and it works, it's not stupid. I'd say compare our penalties and yards this year to last year, and then decide.

Looks like Trenton Cannon just took a KO to the house.

Damn. The GM straight up saying, "we think we can do better than the guy we've got." That's a refreshing departure from hearing about the answer being on the roster.

Hopefully the offense being so transparently out of sync today will encourage Rhule to let the starters get some serious reps on Saturday. Talent evaluation for cut day is super. But we really need to get some game situation reps for Darnold and company.

Oh, poo. We're gonna end up owing them something, aren't we.

Don't be so sure.

I loved it. Best DCEU movie. Best movie to come out streaming since the pandemic. I'm glad DC gave James Gunn the ability to kill off characters and make a movie with an R-Rating. Freaky. fuged up. Hilarious. It's James Gunn playing to his strong suit. And he writes such a tight script. It's amazing how quickly he plows through Act One and the exposition and gets right into the action without feeling like it's being rushed, or skipping on character development. I don't know how he does it, but it's really impressive. But what I think is the most impressive is his ability to get the most out of his actors. John Cena had me half convinced he could act. And Storm Reid, wow. Never gave her a thought after that totally forgettable Wrinkle in Time movie, but she totally blew me away in her first scene with Idris Elba. I had to look up the actress because she nails that scene. And the first 10 minutes is about the funniest thing I've seen in a movie since the X-Force air drop scene in Deadpool 2.

bP, I've been watching your videos for years, and you've come a long way! This looks professional to the point where you can envision it up on the jumbotron during the countdown before a game. Outstanding work!

I can pinpoint it. That was the exact moment I knew I was going to hate Gettleman. His personnel decisions were already irking me to that point. Then in the fourth round, picking the last player who we could reasonably hope to contribute before we get to the late rounds, and with a gaping maw of talent in our O-Line that's supposed to protect the face of the league at the time, what do we do? I remember the bafflement of the talking heads on the live broadcast, and the mad scramble to try to cut to any footage available on this guy, and all they found was something that looked like this: That was the exact moment where I started questioning if Gettleman was grossly incompetent, or was actively trying to torpedo the team.

I actually don't agree here. We've already got two "flyers" for backup QB on the roster now. We don't need another contender for QB3. A veteran backup is more valuable to the team at this juncture. Conversely, I can see the value in taking a shot at LS. If he's serviceable, we can free some salary cap space for several years with a rookie contract to a fairly niche position, instead of paying the vet minimum. Drafting the best at the position increases the probability he's serviceable. If it doesn't work out, it was a low-round, low-yield pick anyway. But in general, I'm not gonna get heartburn over pick 222.

No, and it's only partly to do with his personal life. Let's see what Sam's got.

Man, I've been a Panthers fan so long, that rolls off the tongue as easily as John Smith.

Player safety is a good thing. Armchair internet badasses can whine all day that they don't play as hard as they did when "real men" used to play. To that, I say two things: When "real men" played the game according to these guys, your average NFL linebacker looked like Bud from the gas station. The game has changed. Now, players are setting speed and strength records at the combine that would have turned heads at Olympic qualifiers in the 80s. They're bigger, the game is faster, and the contacts are harder. Are players gouging eyes at the bottom of a scrum? Probably not. But every impact between these guys is hitting with the g-forces of a car accident. And second, knowing what we know about CTE now, it's frankly perverse not to crack down on risks to player safety. Voluntarily consuming sports entertainment from league that's not taking every measure to ensure the health and safety of their players, while league retirees in their 40s are blowing their brains out, beating their wives, and have palsy so bad they can't even climb down their own stairs, is just barbaric. I mean look what happened to Antonio Brown, who's eggs got scrambled so bad his entire personality changed for life. Just because of a hit from Vontaze Burfict, who was every "it's a man's game" golden age fallacy fan's favorite player. Cheering on that kind of play for one's own entertainment is no better than gladiatorial combat. I enjoy football, but I seriously question the sadistic tendencies of anyone who complains that players are less inclined to grievously injure each other.

Lately it seems like corporations are cracking down HARD protecting their IP. I think it's been exacerbated by COVID, and everyone consuming their media virtually. We got the highest paid actress suing Disney because her contract stipulated her movie wouldn't be streaming. We got the a new subscription streaming service coming out every 12 seconds because aggregating content on a few streaming services is too convenient for consumers. We got every professional sports team trying to start up their own media empire. And I don't know if you're following what's going on with Games Workshop, that they announced a zero tolerance policy towards fugging fan animations. A lot of good will being squandered to net these pigs a couple extra percentage points.

You're thinking of a Conandrum. And it's not a snare drum, but a bongo made from the skull of his enemies.

And check out the release point. After all the grousing I heard earlier this week that his release point is too low and he was gonna have his passes batted. I guess he's smart enough to throw over D-Linemen, and not just throw casually from the ear like he does in 1-on-1 drills. Whodathunkit?

Right? He retreats from the monoliths from 2001: a Space Odyssey, spends 5 seconds thinking about "Industry Baby," and then inexplicably rolls out of the pocket unpressured before making his throw.

I wouldn't mind seeing these two teamed up.

Yup. Exactly this. Purgatory of a middle of the road performance is bad. Not even getting to see him this year and basically leaving us paralyzed for another year is the absolute worst case.

Maybe it's just me, but I didn't get the feeling he's suggesting that's CMC in the photo at all. I mean, it says he arrived "last night." That's clearly not a picture taken at night time. Seems like it's just two separate thoughts in one tweet. "Here's a picture of Panthers arriving to camp." And, "CMC arrived last night."

Call me crazy, but I put more stock into the talent evaluation capabilities of Fitterer and our scouting department than AceBoogie.