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I mean, we overpaid. That said, he has talent. I wouldn't cut him. I'd see how he pairs with whoever you have at QB next year. But he isn't going to live up to that deal. But he needs a QB to throw him into space and not have him battling for balls. and Robby could have some legit stuff going on that we don't know about. So there is always that. Remember, he was the only one that didn't show to the non-mandatory stuff this offseason. There was always a weird vibe coming in this year. Super hero football players are just people. So he could have stuff going on this year and just not be there mentally. Which, that is life sometimes. The fact he is worse than NYJ Robby just makes no sense on face value.

If Robby does what he does this week I would bench him. Marshall should be back by then. Promote Willie Snead and run with DJ, Marshall, Shi and Snead. Snead isn't great but he can catch a ball and run the right route... and is savy enough to use in a small role if need to limit the rookie loads.

I guess my arguement essentially was....given his business background he wouldn't be so focused on the 3 million a year he is eating on the contract....if he believes Rhule is ultimately costing him 10s of millions a year. COVID already had his revenues down about 100 million last season. Tepper is a big money guy. I don't think Rhule is out the door today. But if the current tragectory of this season doesn't change and plays out as is? I think that could be on the table to get rid of him. Tepper IMO can't just be patient for 7 years and suck...it will cost him too much money. It will cost him big Panther revenue. And if his rep becomes of being a poo owner I think that preception would impact the soccer excitement too. No one is going to believe he can build team 2 if he can't do anything with team 1. Rhule has to find a way to win. CMC coming back will help but he has a massive OL/QB problem and not too many weak opponents left. Given we got an extra game, Rhule needs to a way to climb to at least 6 wins this year. Bare bones.

the arguement wasn't Dabo should be a NFL coach. Dabo is 100% a college coach. my point was only IF you are going to hire a college coach (which I don't endorse)....someone like Dabo makes the most sense to go to the NFL. Specfically because of how Dabo has achieved his success. Clemson's rise has been built around the elite QB. Dabo's little Clemson dynasty follows the blueprint on the field of how NFL teams have real success. Dabo knows for him to win, QB is really the end all be all. Which is NFL football. A Dabo type isn't going to think Teddy or Darnold paired with his ability would get it done. and you can out talent your opponents. That is literally how Clemson's dynasty came about. And it's how the NE one, Seattle one, etc all came about too. You can out talent people at one position. That's the game. Clemson's overall rosters during this run haven't even been in the ballpark with the Alabamas, Ohio States, Georgias. Clemson just had it where it matters. Which is all the NFL is.

I dropped Robby in my money league last week.

Robby had a 53% catch rate his two years in NY with Sam. Better than this season, but the connection was always poor with a random deep mixed in that we saw on sportscenter

Tepper has a lot of folks in the Charlotte area he needs to keep happy and excited about sports. Especially with soccer coming too.

We don't know that. Sam was prepped to start all camp and is a 4 year vet. Chicago prepped Dalton all camp and then threw Fields into a Dalton offense as rookie. Gotta give Fields a little time. We have seen lots of rookies be disaters out of the gate and get settled in. Fields might end up sucking. Way too early to chalk passing on him or Mac as good moves though.

we've also lost some pretty good beat writers the last several years too. Jones, Jordan, etc. Panthers have acquired some like Gantt, Voth, etc.

I'm not a fan of the college route, but I would have more faith rolling the dice on a Dabo type. And by that, it's just about looking at how he has seen his success. Dabo at least understands one thing, his success has always been tied to and has been QB centric. QB play is the puzzle solver for problems. A lot of college football, especially lower conference play...isn't about that. Rhule might can build an overall decent football team. But he never put the type team together in college that is almost required to win in the pros.

Tepper isn't stuck with Rhule. He can still eat his contract. Especially if this shitshow starts to drag down revenues in a big way. and while these contracts are all guaranteed, they also have offset clauses. So if you fire him and he goes to coach at Penn St for example. You aren't paying him the full amount. Just the difference.

Hey, at least Clemson/USC will be entertaining this year. I mean, it will be an ugly trainwreck but will finally be a game. 6-3 in OT, Tigers.

I think it's largely having the talent to execute things properly and whose has the better talent when doing such. I mean, the entire time Luke was here he knew the majority of the plays coming at him and positioned our D favorably for it. NFL is more about talent lining up beating people and executing....than fooling them IMO. Opponents are largely going to know what the other is doing.

I think you get less emotionally attached as you get older. I do enjoy a good exciting football game though. I'd rather watch a legit random exciting game (whether that is big plays or some storyline/narrative that makes it cool)....than just watch the Panthers squeak out a random win that doesn't really mean anything.

Carolina football has been pretty boring for some time now. The entire Rhule era has been a snooze fest and so was the end of Ron's. That is what happens when your team is built around a RB in today's NFL.

1 INT, 1 fumble. 2 turnovers. Sam has been so busy showing his struggles as a passer of late some have forgetton how much he fumbles. I think he is due to remind folks of that.

reality is, that largely is the NFL. Coaches that don't have good QBs generally look bad. Comes down to finding a QB how far they can take you. Pete Carroll was talking this week about what his career would have looked like if he didn't have Russell Wilson. His answer? He probably wouldn't of lasted in the NFL long. Which is why if you don't have a QB. That should be priority one. We should of been adding bodies and buying lottery tickets the moment Rhule walked in the door. Draft a kid. Add guys like Menshew. Start having potential possiblities. Adding one vet that never was good enough.....isn't playing the QB lottery the right way IMO.

good news is Matt Rhule was an OC at Temple. He can do the job. bad news is his offenses as OC generally completed about 50% of their passes and averaged about 150 pass yards.

Rivera and Fox were both in the postseason by year 3. Both found their QB by year 2.

So you care at 1 million, 100 million, 1 billion, 5 billion, 10 billion? But 15 is the magic number where you no longer care? If Tepper just cares about winning football games at this point…why did he change the turf again? Equally passionate about multi use stadiums?

Couldn’t disagree more. And that’s okay. But you don’t become a billionaire by not caring about money/business

I do want our next HC to be offensive. Modern day NFL offensive. That’s was never Rhule.

I doubt Sam is burning too hard over that. I mean, turnovers are what he is known for dating back to college. It’s not like this is something unusual.

Thanks to covid I think Tepper’s year 2 saw almost 100 million less come in. That’s the stuff he is most focused on. The big dollars. People thinking Rhule is safe for 7 years no matter what because Tepper wouldn’t eat 3 mill a year or whatever on his contract is silly. If the current trajectory is going to start costing him tens and tens of millions each year….eating some money on a HC is just business.