Manna

I feel like it's too obvious to deny. The NFL wasn't going to allow Manning to walk off into the sunset without a SB ring. Cotchery caught it. However, Ron and Shula still could've given Remmers some help.

He’s just arriving to work early. Nothing to read into it. My mother with OCD always made us go to appointments 30-60min early, so being early doesn’t necessarily mean anything.

Enter Matt Corral who's taking this competition seriously:

Not to say that the off season isn’t busy, but hopefully he’s able to keep losing or keep the weight off during the regular season when it gets real busy.

Up-Up, Down-Down, Left-Right, Left-Right, A-B-A-B, Select, Start.

I believe we've been undefeated against the Cardinals since that 2008 playoff game, but if anything they avenged for that playoff loss with the most recent playoff blowout in 2015.

I feel like the panthers have atoned for the sins of that game already

Finally, part of my Madden dream has been realized.

I know right. I'm cautiously optimistic at this point.

whatever he's done prior to joining my panthers is irrelevant now. He has a clean slate, for now.

Because the staff is just throwing poo at the wall and hoping something sticks at the QB position. I have nothing against Baker, I just dislike that he’s one of the poo being thrown at the wall by the staff.

Because he's not a second hand QB.

for the second season in a row, our (presumably) starting QB faces their former team opening day so my excitement level is 5/10.

I'm wondering if this was the plan all along to where they drafted Corral just to drive the asking price of Baker down. I'm hoping this isn't the case because I'd like for us to actually groom a QB.

I will try to be positive here and say that it’s a win-win situation. Baker plays which will allow Corral to ease his way into the NFL. I believe Fitterer made comments along the lines of not wanting to thrust a rookie QB into playing right away.

At least he knows it's not a bear

1000% because I’m a glutton for pain.

it's that time of the year for optimism until reality hits.

At least try to develop someone.

If this will help Corral, then do it. If not, then don’t. I’m tired of these bandaid QBs.

I prefer to just roll with what we have and get some “stability” in the QB room for once instead of rolling out new QBs every year. I’d consider that a win regardless of the outcome. However, I do appreciate this coaching staff for their willingness to make (some) changes.

I wouldn’t change the 2015 roster until the SB that year. I would start Moton at RT.

Team has been disastrous since he took over, but I'm willing to set aside my frustration to see what he does in year 3. He does have a huge learning curve coming from college to the NFL, so hopefully behind the scenes he has taken lessons from his first 2 years in the NFL and will apply it this coming season.

Sucks, but I remedy that by playing in franchise mode where I can create a winning franchise.

Like I said in my original post, I don't know what their financial situation is so I wasn't talking about them. I'm talking about other folks in my experience who were well off but still create these fundraisers. This was in response to the post I was quoting. Even then, being curious means to gather more information, hence, why I put "seemingly" in quotation marks as things may not be what they seem. Regardless, condolences to the family. I can't imagine what they are experiencing at the moment.