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Gotcha - I partially misunderstood. Him just flat out calling it out, calling out the experience, and saying it wasn't covered enough in the press was just funny. It was clearly on his mind... dude's too prideful not to have made it a point with Rhule if only because of the press angle. It's only a very small step from there for Rhule to have beem voluntold what type of coaches he needed to bring in. But I'm just speculating like everyone else. I wish we could see this staff under someone other than Rhule but that won't be the case this year.

Where did I say anything about a conspiracy? It was a very odd comment to make, acknowledging the prior lack of NFL experience on Rhule's prior staff totally unprompted and as the second or third thing he said. Tepper's a prideful guy and him getting that specific with the comments makes it pretty easy to see that such a thing was bothering him, and Rhule sure didn't think he needed NFL experience around him up to this point until magically changing his mind. No conspiracy necessary to connect some glaring dots.

He sounded like a hot air-filled clown then too, with classics like "we'll keep running practices like we did in college" and "green means go, so QBs will wear green jersey" nonsense along with starting a public spat with/publicly moving on from his starting QB (who is also a clown in his own right and who was rightfully dumped, but doesn't change Rhule's mismanagement). Rhule just hadn't confirmed it on the field like we've seen for 2 years now. I am quite down on Rhule at this point so acknowledge a potential bias, but I agree that there was at least some degree of voluntold-ness to him hiring actual NFL-level people this time around. This was confirmed for me when one of the very first things Tepper said in his press conference this offseason was to thank Rhule for hiring people with NFL experience. Like... seriously? Why even call that out publicly unless you're trying to make a point? As I've said a few times before also, even if things do improve this year how much credit can actually be given to Rhule and how much goes to the NFL knowledge now around him? What does Rhule singularly bring to the table? Moot at this point since he's here through 2022, so nothing to do now but sit back and watch.

Just noticed at 5:26 mark that Darnold's locker is next to Horn and other defenders. Interesting worthless trivia.

I just didn't feel like making the post title any longer - the wording is straight from the video title.

Now that weed is allowed, why don't they give Frank Alexander a call? ...

Stumbled across this today and don't recall seeing it posted before - though I'd share for the folks who like this stuff. It's a video from Rashard Higgins (9 min) showing his process of getting to Carolina to sign and going through the facility for the first time, not the actual signing itself but some of the rest of the experience. Informal pictures, locker room, weight room, etc.

McCoy spent 6 years in Philly then 4 in Buffalo before becoming a rental for KC and TB as players often do in their later years. Not sure I'd put him in the 'been moved around a lot' category. Also not saying that he for sure isn't just stirring the pot at this point, but he doesn't seem an Antonio Brown-type malcontent.

And a QB is hardly the only player driving wins and losses. That as a flagship reason to get a QB is as nonsensical as my comment about Barner.

Only problem is he now looks like this:

Kenjon Barner has 3 Super Bowl rings. Clearly need to bring him in to upgrade the RB position.

I have just seen nothing from Rhule that resembles NFL-level competence, but that's off-topic and a rigamarole that has been discussed to death. At this point the team has what they have, which in the case if the OL is actually finally NFL-caliber, and only time will tell how things shake out. I do really hope Ickey can have a Slater\Sewell-esque rookie year. That would be amazingly refreshing to see after a decade of LT suckage.

I don't share your overall unbridled optimism for a few reasons, but no question that the OL (players and Campen alike) appears to have taken a massive leap forward. If things pan out to even half of the potential that exists then that will be a large boost to the foundation of the offense.

I assume you mean LG; Corbett will be the starter at RG.

And Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl.

Don't construe my comment as any form of support for bringing Garoppolo to Carolina. I'm just saying that if they're going to make another dumb QB move, at least this one can potentially be minor in nature.

In all seriousness though, if SF is picking up most of the salary and Carolina is giving up like a 5th or later, then I guess whatever.

Now that was a show of fan engagement, even if it was primarily just a few hardcore fans.

I'm not disagreeing with you here. It would have been easier, but less clickbaity, if they just came out and said that instead of trying to convolute their way to equating some weird analysis of spend/prices and social media presence to somehow prove that a team has a better 'fandom' because of it.

More or less, but they're not exactly framing it that way. "It’s a look at the strength of fandom as of the end of the 2022 season. Since fandom is created over many seasons or even generations, this is a look into the past. The QB analysis is a look into the future. QBs are the overwhelming key to winning in the NFL, and winning is what ultimately builds fandom." Just a weird approach.

Yeah, anything purporting to rank fan loyalty with Carolina ranked higher over KC and Buffalo, let alone any of the other teams, is just silly. Given their methodology, Carolina's ranking is probably propped up by them having PSL's for longer than anyone else (guaranteed revenue, people paying higher prices) and having Cam and Luke for the past decade.

Saw it with my son a couple days ago and thought it was fine. Gorgeous imagery, kind of a contrived story, some weird elements and things seemingly left open in the plot, but fine. Felt like they used this as a springboard to really open up the universe as well.

Getting quality QB play from Sam, PJ, or a rookie is a big ask, but the roster does look much more NFL-level than in recent years. The biggest question IMO has to do with the staff, and outside of Rhule that area looks better as well. Time will tell, but the odds of making some progress appear notably improved vs last year.

Did you even read what he wrote? All CRA is saying here is that neither Form an nor Hubbard have all-around skillsets like CMC, and that we saw last year how Abdullah provided the playstyle most similar to CMC because he could do both. As such, getting someone like that who isn't one-dimensional would be ideal. It's a valid thought if this offense shakes out like it's appearing it may do and there is no real negativity or complaining anywhere in that post.