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How in the world does anyone look at this 2nd half ineptitude repeating week in and week and think, 'yeah, one more year will do it'?

Tackle box is where the tackle starts, not where they currently are. Would need to watch it again but I bet Moton came in during the play.

Horse collar/back of the pads has always been legal on a QB in the pocket. Once they're outside of it the rule kicks in. Rationale behind it is that the real danger of a horse collar comes when applied to a running ballcarrier whose legs get caught.

So who screwed up there, Thomas or Christensen?

Can't play the Saints JV squad every week, unfortunately. Not relevant. Can't be sustained because of that arm length. ...

Had to double-check that he was indeed who I saw there.

Anyone else think those white socks look kind of weird with this uniform? Blue is better IMO.

Ameer Abdullah has looked legit this year.

Unless it absolutely overt, in which case one should wonder why he's even on the roster, why not put him in and see if he's perhaps more of a gamer than practice player? Even if he sucks just swap Miller back in. Makes little to no sense.

He should have been embarrassed as soon as he even thought about giving that kind of contract to a complete unknown like Rhule with no track record of sustained and/or top-tier success, and that's not even hindsight.

If this is true and there isn't any other context, such as the response being to a question from a player about why Rhule isn't taking a college job, just give Rhule his walking papers. In that scenario the idea maybe right but Rhule clearly just has no idea how to articulate.

Is @Zodthe source for the quote in the first bullet?

The contract is a sunk cost, a la Teddy last year. Smart businessmen know when to cut their losses and move on, particularly when there are much bigger dollars and overall fan sentiment and engagement at stake. This is looking like such a time.

I overall agree with this take and don't feel the Panthers job is as unattractive as many say it is (assuming that Tepper can stay out of things). Even if Rhule gets fired this year, there is a pretty reasonable amount of skill position talent on the team and if the OL gets upgraded and an actual NFL-caliber coach/coordinator comes in I think they could muscle through the darkness of next season and be in a pretty good spot in 2023.

This also leaves of Smitty's 2005 Triple Crown (not an 'official' award but still big), one of three to achieve that since 1966 and the only one the last 29 years. The other two are Rice and Sterling Sharpe in the early 90s, and Smitty earned it with Jake chucking the ball vs Montana and a still-young Favre.

Considering that the on-field product under Tepper has yet to approach mediocrity, it's perhaps fair in that context. That's a given, and I always assume that other answers are just from the lesser 'not Rae Carruth' pool.

I don't know that people generally hate Rhule so much as he's a victim of the long-running poor performance of the organization. He has put plenty of poor and questionable tape out there and seems out of his depth but Siefert, Hurney, Gettleman, etc were all pretty disliked at various times as well. I don't blame Rhule for shooting his shot with this job. It just doesn't seem to be working out and fan sentiment is that they're tired of seeing it.

Lil' Petey, as in (seemingly for at least the time being) the Peter Principle.

Carolina was a competitive team as recently as 2017, taking the Saints to the wire in the Wild Card round, and that was also only 2 years after the Super Bowl season. Mismanagement and injuries since that point derailed any momentum/structure they had at that point so yes, when Rhule was brought on in 2019 it was IMO fair to think of it as a rebuild. It is, unfortunately, still ongoing and what has happened in 2020 and 2021 may require a rebuild of the rebuild.

You're the one making definitive statements here, and it's entirely plausible to see how a decade+ NFL veteran, former MVP (or any other player on the team) would think Rhule is a clown, even if only in the NFL football realm. At best, Matt hasn't done much to refute that notion. I also find it interesting that when presented with articles in the past you've opted to not take them at face value, yet in your eyes Cam's comments are his absolute truth and no other possibility exists? You could at least be consistent.

Nah - Cam could easily be blowing smoke here. I'm not saying he is as I have no idea, but if he does harbor any negative feelings Cam definitely understands that there is no upside for him to say anything other than these types of comments. He may also be grateful to Matt for the opportunity to come back while thinking he sucks on the football side or any combination thereof, but this could range anywhere from the truth to complete front.

Cam's a professional, and a cynical person might suggest he's simply hedging his bets. I didn't see/hear it though so have no thought.

Successful rebuilds typically make overall progress, even if slow. That is simply not the case with Rhule. With respect to Pitt at no point in 30 years have the Steelers needed to 'rebuild'; they haven't been below .500 since 2003 (even then were only 6-10) and have only been below .500 3 times in 30 years. That 'rebuild' in 2004 started with getting Ben, a task that Rhule and staff have now severely screwed up on twice in 2 years. Pitt's been riding decades of competent management coupled with obtaining a true franchise QB in 2004, and while that type of continuity does have to start somewhere what in the world has Rhule shown that makes one think he is that catalyst?