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I think it is a combo of the Chuckie Cheese issue and adding booze to it. Some psychologists have broken down why you see all the Chuckie Cheese brawls. Basically, you have people that have shelled out too much money and are stressed out. They aren't even able to enjoy themselves in reality because they are deep down consumed with the cost at something that is supposed to be enjoyable. They become ticking timebombs. So take that, and add drinking all day to it. NFL games cost way too much. Lower bowl for family of four? Food and drinks. Google that Sunday Funday bill. Stadium is full of too many stressed out people spending money they don't have.

Skip Bayless spent years saying The Golden Calf of Bristol was a great NFL QB. You basically can't recover after exposing yourself as a for click troll to that degree.

Top 10 in receiving this far. Rams have a rookie and a 2nd year player in it. Atwell and Pucua. They lost Kupp. It’s their scheme and playcaling that help everyone top to bottom. You take any WR we got and I’d bet a nickel they would find themselves more open on a team like the Rams. its not the only issue, but Frank does no one any favors. He isn’t going to give Thomas the call sheet because it would highlight the fact Frank isn’t good. And he knows that is the narrative setting on him. It’s why he got fired. It’s not just the execution. You can put players in bad/tough spots and the execution then becomes harder because of what you are asking players. We got 1 slow guy that can run legit routes. So yeah, you can ask guys do things that they will excute poorly. Take a Shenault. He is the best example. You have to help him because he is limited. His execution will suck on a lot of the asks you could give him.

I think Campen is overrrated around here. If you are on 5 different staffs/teams in 5 years and end up on Matt Rhule’s squad…..you probably aren’t an all star. I don’t think he is a bad coach. But he sort had been billed as on of our strengths and his resume doesn’t back that.

Theilen is the only legit route runner and he is slow. He should be #3 on a good roster. Our Ricky Prohel. Mingo, TMJ, Shenault are just potential. Chark is a niche fast guy. Relying on that was just poor management going into a season.

Only 1 with a winning record as a starter in this post Ron era

Frank Reich makes Joe Brady calling plays seem not that crazy

We never go to the Super Bowl in 2015 if 89 stayed. So much of that ride was about the environment Cam created. 89 gets in the way of that. Which was basically the point of releasing him IMO. mine is what would the Delhomme era of been like if Tommy Jone never did what Tommy Jone does

Eh, we went into the season with CMC, Moore and Anderson. Going in still matters. Because that’s the actual plan for the year. So last years talent was better. It got a lot worse when they thought they could fire Rhule, trade CMC and tank. it’s cherry picking down to the back half of the schedule on an implosion team frankly thinking they could tank vs a lot of dysfunctional teams and we got absolutely smashed, game over, in the first quarter vs. the one actual good team we faced that back stretch. and I’d still take that back half stretch team because of Moore over this group. We finished with DJ, TMJ, Shenault and Shi. And DJ is just a big difference over present day Theilen.

I’d take a strong #1 WR corp over a group with a better #3 and #4. Especially when that “better” depth is just potential. this is a pretty historically weak cast for franchise that has never had strong WR groups IMO. and it’s probably the weakest backfield in decades to pair You got to go back a LONG way to find a weaker overall cast around a QB in Carolina than this 2023 squad. It’s bad. Potential down the road? Sure.

Thielen is older now. And was always largely complimentary WR in his prime. He is basically all we got. And asking him to be the main dude. The rest? Chark, Mingo and TMJ? None of them are what I would consider good NFL route runners. Potential. Chark basically is a niche player. it’s just a weak cast. Even our 2 TE sets are super weak because it’s features an average starting TE paired with a bad one.

Texans, Colts, Bears is the stretch to find a win. Maybe 2. I think we are winless going into the bye.

I really want a Frank Reich gif. Rhule had the shrug. Ron had the Star presser stare. A shame Frank is as emotionless as our QB and probably never gives us one to suit our needs here.

Fitt was offered a ransom for someone he wouldn’t do contract with….. we could of done a lot with those draft picks

majority of Heisman QBs are busts. Young is what, our 4th Heisman QB?

Bryce Young is their lowest graded QB on the season - 40.8

I think it is safe to say Luvu is our best defensive player overall. So I guess the battle for 2nd or 3rd is a discussion on Burns vs Brown.

they could of been hammered the most in their run grades too. Article highlights it was the LG rookie that was the biggest pass pro disaster.

Offense - Best 1. WR Adam Thielen: 80.7 2. RT Taylor Moton: 72.8 3. LT Ikem Ekwonu: 68.2 4. RB Chuba Hubbard: 66.8 5. WR Laviska Shenault Jr.: 64.4 Offense-Worst 15. RG Cade Mays: 49.2 16. TE Tommy Tremble: 49.0 17. RG Calvin Throckmorton: 48.9 18. TE Hayden Hurst: 40.9 19. LG Chandler Zavala: 27.4 Defense-Best 1. S Xavier Woods: 88.2 2. LB Frankie Luvu: 87.0 3. S Vonn Bell: 81.9 4. S Jeremy Chinn: 77.3 5. LB Kamu Grugier-Hill: 76.7 Defense -Worst 14. CB CJ Henderson: 59.4 15. OLB Brian Burns: 57.9 16. CB Troy Hill: 56.1 17. OLB Amaré Barno: 52.4 18. CB Donte Jackson: 49.0 Panthers PFF grades: Best and worst from Week 2 loss to Saints (usatoday.com)

it's both. we have a bad playcaller. Which never helps and offense. and then on top of that, we have weak skill talent around Bryce. Our entire offense is made up of guys that are supposed to be complementary players. Backfield to WR. Given the lack of talent around Young you essentially have to have a good playcaller and creative scheme. so with me it basically starts at coaching. The rookie with the most above the shoulders was lining up behind the guard at one point to take a snap. Coaching has failed him early. Too many bad spots over and over. This offense essentially requires a high functioning vet given how bland it is and weak it is on talent.

Frank also opened up that presser a little Matt Rhule-ish. Felt a little like the "you just can't see it but it's 100% working" narrative. Playcalling isn't the issue per Frank and we are basically just a tweak away from putting up 30 a game lol. Yeah, ok Frank. This entire start was all painfully predictable. A bad play caller with weak skill talent. Starting a rookie QB and defenses all over the small ball game because you don't have the talent to do it.

Sanders didn't need more touches. Hubbard did. He didn't get a rush until the 4th quarter. And he drastically out played Sanders week 1.

Not any time soon. We just saw this shake out in Indy. Frank drove it home in his presser. Frank is bad at something he thinks he is good at. It’s ground hog day and starting early here. and what happens if we start 0-6? I’d be worried if I were Brown. horrible and disappointing seasons start the excuse and blame cycle. Guys benched, coaches fired… and the last time Frank’s bad play calling was called out and they sucked….he refused to give it up. But he did fire his non playcalling OC. He would be a likely first scapegoat to explain away the problem. Because it won’t be Bryce and Frank would have to have some excuse

Frank Reich is a bad playcaller in todays NFL. The book on that has been out for sometime. and then we somehow hired him and didn’t make it conditional he not keep doing what got him fired in Indy. And our 60+ year old playcaller is advised by 60+ year old Caldwell. It’s not an all star coaching staff. It’s stubborn old dinosaurs. everyone knows Frank’s playcalling is an isssue but Frank. Back tonight just like all those days in Indy….claiming it’s not the playcalling. Well it’s a big part of it.

Said going in to the year… 1. it’s a rebuild. Not matter the lip service. It’s about developing Bryce, not winning however, also said going in… 2. Frank is a bad playcaller. Predictable. Bad. He is going to help no one out with it. 3. Our skill position talent was way too weak for what they would be doing with Young. Opposing defenses would make life too hard playing the small ball. 3. Miles Sanders was drastically overrated and overpaid off one decent year rushing behind the leagues best OL. and that is going to be make developing Young hard. But you got to judge Bryce post bye week IMO.