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One of the biggest things is him stressing so hard to avoid penalties and 'don't beat ourselves,' and they are currently the 4th most penalized team in Week 16. That personal foul, bad call or not, was an absolute backbreaker on Sunday. Literally his key message for the season and it's ineffective.

It's coincidental that his credibility has run out at the same time Cam came back, though some might argue bringing Cam back was a credibility loss in and of itself. Based on Cam's responses though the wind is blowing a specific way and, frankly, Cam has more credibility and way more NFL experience than Rhule, so while Cam's body may be a shadow of former self his mind sure isn't.

Cam absolutely knows, or at least has insight into what could help it improve. He's a smart player and this is evidenced even more by this response.

I don't think many thought he was outright wrong, myself included; Rhule showed plenty of weakness last year. His public handling of things came across as petty, which seemingly contradicted his rep as a professional and/or leader, especially after he spent a season passing the blame on to everyone else. With respect to the injury you don't want to see that for anyone. With his history of concussions, 2 diagnosed this season alone, it may be time for serious thought about his future.

There is one kicker per team (or punter, for that matter). It's not rocket science to think that it's a good idea to spend 15 minutes at practice one day to have a backup plan in place should that person not be able to fulfill their duties at any time for any reason. Hell, most teams have at least 3 QBs on their roster and still know who their emergency QB would be if all 3 go down.

I'd argue that hindering their development is the the more grievous offense, particularly for a guy touting a 'program' approach like Rhule. Rebuilds/painful years are sometimes unavoidable and that is what it is, but the whole point of a program is to have a system that players step into and grow as quickly as possible. If that were truly occurring then there would at least be some light at the end of the OL tunnel, e.g. two brand new starters ready to go next season at the latest in this instance given how crappy the current starters are. If that's not the case though then his whole approach is an abject failure, even ignoring the current on-field results.

It stung big time to see Sewell go one pick before Carolina drafted. I hoped they'd grab Slater, but alas.

There were 3 turnover on downs prior to late in the 4th quarter and only 2 of them were in field goal range, with Buffalo getting the ball at their own 24 and 15 yard lines, aka right where they'd be after post-FG kickoffs had Carolina kicked. The third was when they chose to go for it at the 50. Your assertion is simply incorrect.

You know what Rhule was talking about last week and what I'm referencing here. They lost their placekicker, not a punter, so the defense still gave up that many points. There weren't interceptions/fumbles that gave short fields. Don't be pedantic.

And another game giving up 30 points, but no turnovers this week to blame it on.

Evidence to date does not point to him being a good and/or NFL-caliber coach either.

Now they throw a flag on Buffalo. Mm'kay.

And just like old days, Cam is carrying the entire offense. Also, what team doesn't have a contingency plan already in place for a kicker injury?

Jesus Christ. These refs coupled with Carolina's own dumbassery is just... ugh.

Bring Chinn back near the LOS and good things happen... who could have foreseen that?

No holding there?

Man, I'm tired of watching this defense get toasted the exact same way week in and out. Just like I'm tired of seeing slant after slant after slant week in and week out.

Just a comically atrocious playcall.

Heard his arms are too short to be an effective QB.

Kansas City started three rookies last night - C, RG, and RT. 2nd, 3rd, and 6th rounders, and this was on top of trading for Brown and signing Thuney. If only...

More power to him if he can convince someone to give him that kind of money and/or an automatic starting gig. Taking that at face value, the fact that he doesn't think Denver will be that team says all there is to really know.

All reasonable, but I still stand by my premise that players whining on social media about fan comments doesn't necessarily equate to a lost locker room.

Right, and I'm not at all saying Rhule and co. are equivalent to Reid, but rather that athletes can be social media divas in lots of situations.

Eh, I get it but guys like Tyrann Mathieu (who I personally think is a bit of a thin-skinned b....) were clamoring about KC fans being the worst in the NFL and "one of the most toxic fan bases in all of sports" and they seem to have turned it around. https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/10/30/tyrann-mathieu-says-chiefs-may-have-one-of-the-most-toxic-fan-bases