CRA

we shouldn’t be running Frank’s system to begin with. We should have hired an OC that installed his own.

Seems selective to excuse him from a bunch of the shitshow mess that has gone down here. I mean he is our GM and now being tagged somehow as just a draft guy. But let’s say it’s all true. All the more reason to part with the guy then. We need a real GM. Who can do more than just poorly handle the draft primarily. Because our drafts under Fitt have sucked and he brings little else to the table then.

What makes you believe the general manager of the Panthers is primarily just a draft guy?

NFL also is a good ole boys club to an extent. Players and coaches. No different than the rest of the world. Lot of dudes find jobs because who they know not what they can do. always got to keep that in perspective when someone start the how dare anyone question the actions of anyone. Miles Sanders had an absurd red flags given the role Carolina claimed he would occupy.

Again, it highlights how bad our front office is which also needs addressing. They should have taken the deal on Burns because it was a stupid good deal that would have been our favor. Now you are wanting the Rams being insane and us being stupid in that moment…..to be some justification for us to continue being stupid. Brian Burns has never had a season where he was the best actual player on our team. NFL is about roster management. Right now we need to rebuild our roster and add a ton of talent and be Bryce Young centric. Burns is worth paying if he resets the top of the Reddick/Chubb player tier. Simple as that. And Reddick and Chubb are better players. He isn’t good enough to take up the cap or the Bosa/Mack tier because he flat out isn’t that type player. That’s just dumb roster management given where we are as a franchise. We have a bad front office. They botched this thing on Burns. I don’t endorse future stupid because they got egg on their face.

We don’t need to hoard cap space. We need to essentially rebuild the roster and add a TON of talent. so again, if Burns would keep pace with the Reddick, Chubb tier then you play him. You don’t overpay him Mack, Bosa money because Burns flat out isn’t good enough for that and we have too many players we need to add. Burns isn’t our best player and has never been our best player in any year. Burns isn’t worth 2 first. Every once in a while a team is just desperate and dumb….and we were too dumb to take advantage of the moment. Reason 848932 that Fitt should be fired

Recent winners have had some top tier receiving talent counting TEs. guess it depends on the definition of good.

Our roster sucks though. We have a ton of work to do…..and that requires a lot of cap. we need new OL talent, WR talent, TE talent, RB talent. And that’s just the O. Unless Burns is willing to take Reddick/Chubb money…..you let him walk. And I’m willing to bet he has already been offered more. Burns isn’t good enough to take up absurd cap space on a team that needs as much as we do

Well, I haven’t advocated for that. But the argument would be it’s an offensive league and our primary concern is building Bryce Young into a stud QB (and the cupboard is bare around him given Theilen is essentially an older rental). We got literally nothing outside of project Mingo be worked on for Bryce. We need OL, WRs, TEs, RBs. We need basically an entire new offense for the most part.

It’s a cap space league and he will impact our ability to add talent around Bryce Young. And we need to add a lot around him. OL to WRs to RB to TEs.

Miles Sanders was rated THE worst receiving RB in the NFL last year. That's out of every RB that saw the field. PFF is flawed. But when they tell you someone is THE worst at something in all the league......there is something there. He also rated very poorly in that regard in prior seasons. The Eagles beat writers covered his career of unreliable and inconsistent play. It was always something. Bad routes, bad hands, fumbles, etc. This front office is just bad. I don't even blame the players. They have come here and been basically all the same versions of themselves but in a bad offense w/ bad coaching.

Tommy Tremble straight up out snapping Hurst at this stage. Fitterer overpaying all these bums in free agency only for Matt Rhule draft picks to outplay them. Fire Fitt.

late round pick? I mean, Dalton is what he is and has been for some time now. And he wouldn't be anything for the Vikings but a warm body to finish out the year.

problem really isn't Ickey. Problem is Carolina. Our instability and lack of building toward an actual vision. Icky was a run centric LT. Everyone knew that in the draft. And was saw last season, the results are good when you use a player how they are meant to be used. Frank Reich's shotgun heavy scheme that is now featuring Bryce Young.....means Icky isn't meant to be the LT for that type O.

Well, give Sanders and Hurst whatever you wish. I conceded a D was generous. I had Chark at a grade higher because he is cheaper and has been more productive than Sanders and Hurst.

We barely squeaked out a W at home with a walk off FG this week to win our first game of the season. We aren't a should win several in a row type team now. We have the 30th ranked run D in the NFL. Houston can't run. Indy and Chicago both have top 10 run games. NFL is about matchups. That makes those specific weak teams bad matchups for us. Finding a way to 1 of the 2 would be a good thing. Expectations shouldn't be a 3 game win streak. We aren't very good. Both those teams are licking their chops too seeing us on the schedule thinking this is where they can get wins too. I call this stretch coin flip games. Hard to think we will win all the coin flip games. That wouldn't make them coin flip games.

99% of the NFL plays for paychecks. Professional athletes in general. If you want Higgins or whoever.....you can almost get anyone if the dollar says so.

I'd guess that is Mr. Stroud

Problem with the upcoming 2 winnable games is the matchup they present. NFL is just matchups. Which makes them harder matchups for us vs others. Bears and Colts both have top 10 rush attacks. They complicates them for us and makes them less easy games for us than they initially appear. Because our run defense is garbage.

If we are honest the retooling has to start in the front office. Because essentially every “issue” was largely obvious going in while they were calling it a win now and plug a QB in O.

He proved to be a flawed committee RB in Philly. A really good team told us what he was.

So this front office made 4 free agency moves to aid/grow Bryce while also declaring it now a plug in and win now team. To date, I’d grade those moves as: Adam Thielen - A Miles Sanders - D Hayden Hurst - D DJ Chark - C Heck that’s probably generous on Sanders and Hurst given their pay and being outplayed by freaking Hubbard and Tremble.

Ok. I’m not worried about that. That’s something sensitive Bryce fans are worried about. Stroud has outplayed him on the season. Our offense still sucks. The Texans have been a better team overall on the year because of Stroud’s play vs our QBs play in this system. Can’t really have that both ways.

Will Levis out there today throwing 4 TDs. 3 to Nuk Hopkins. We got a massive front office problem. meanwhile our front office out there signing Hayden Hurst and talking about winning now