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Rhule already said that Boye will be active against Cowboys. I think this is a depth play for what will be a touch secondary matchup on Sunday. Henderson may not be able to play and may need time to catch up on our scheme.

This is robbery. While he doesn't completely replace Jaycee, our secondary is now much better. Arnold and a third is a great deal. I am also excited to see Tremble get Arnold's reps now. Also - keeping all those TEs on the roster suddenly makes a lot of sense.

Honestly, it's on Darnold to recognize the blitz may be coming and tell Chuba to stay and protect, while ensuring he has a hot route option. .

It is early, and we must underline that. Okay, I will. It’s early. But the Sam Darnold experiment, through three weeks, both in what the eye can see and through the various analytical lenses of Pro Football Focus, is going well. September 2021 will be the second-best month of his pro career (he was 3-1 in November 2019 with the Jets, with a 107.5 rating), and with some soft defenses coming in October, Darnold just might keep this career renaissance going. What is better for him as a Panther than as a Jet (other than, of course, everything): • He’s taking better care of the ball. Last week, coach Matt Rhule told me to watch how they call plays late in games, putting the ball in Darnold’s hands instead of running it more (even with Christian McCaffrey out). “We trust him,” Rhule said. So far, through 12 quarters, Darnold has one interception and one lost fumble. PFF figures show his turnover-worthy plays—plays that should have resulted in turnovers—were at 4.1 percent in his three Jets’ seasons, and are at 2.5 percent so far this year. • He’s been protected better. You don’t think of the Panthers as having a formidable front line, but Darnold has been pressured on 32.5 percent of pass-drops. In his last two years with the Jets, he was pressured 42.0 percent of the snaps. • He’s making big plays. Another PFF metric is “big-time throws,” meaning passes that can result in big gains. Career average with Jets: 3.6 percent of his throws. Three-game average in Carolina: 5.3 percent. • Joe Brady’s helping. Nobody talks much about the effect of play-action on quarterback success, but the Carolina offensive coordinator is a firm believer. Darnold’s rate of play-action in his three Jet seasons: 25, 24, 21 percent. This year, it’s 30 percent in Carolina. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/09/27/fmia-week-3-nfl-sean-mcvay-tom-brady-new-england-peter-king/

You don't think the Saints are legitimate? They dominated against Green Bay and New England!

Teddy will regress back to the mean, wait until he has to orchestrate a comeback and throws a completion 5 yards short of the 1st down on 4th and 10

Agreed. Rhule is more like Bellicick than Rivera in this regard

I'm sure that will be one of the excuses that Aikman will use if we win

Fields looked like hot garbage. Sacked 9 times and netted only 1 passing yard. I am so glad we dodged that bullet

I know they’re overrated and should be 0-2 if the refs didn’t negate two Chargers TD on bs penalties.

You need more than the shaft? All righty then

Worth a watch. Btw I didn’t realize we have the 31st pass blocking line. Welp!

Starting corners are not unemployed or on practice squads

Encouraging info, I'm hopeful no more than 3 - 4 games for CMC.

I mean to say Daley. and Elflein played first two games and looked like crap. Keep splitting hairs.

I actually think he's been better than TD this season, particularly in coverage.

OL is our biggest weakness and will only get exposed more if they don't fix it. I am really hopeful that Brown and Christensen can develop quickly because Daley and Elflein have looked terrible.

Great news!

Not taking anything away from the Defense but they're not the 2000 Ravens or the 1985 Bears. Sam is not Trent Dilfer either thankfully. It will take more than a game manager to win the games in today's NFL. Sam will have to rally the troops like he did last night to build a lead that the defense can protect.

One thing that has come perhaps too soon due to injury to CMC is that this has now de facto become Sam Darnold's team. He is now the face of this offense and the team and he proved last night that he can lead through adversity. He didn't try to do too much but steadily provided the calm and composure that was needed to close out a scrappy opponent. While I can't wait for CMC to return healthy, I'm excited to see how he handles this new found position going forward.

Yes. At one point, I thought there was discussion about TNF teams only playing after their bye so they have enough time to recover and prepare. I'm hoping CMC can be back by early November to face the Patriots

That sucks

Probably go on IR with designation to return. If we make the playoff we could use him but only if he's 100%