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Nah, there was zero chance Rhule didn't fail this year. Denver on the other hand had some ridiculous hype.

Craziest sequence I can recall off the top of my head.

Fields and that offense are definitely trending up right now.

How does anyone take Urban Meyer seriously these days?

He was not a starter in 2019. Would be interesting to know what situations he played that year.

Yup. Otah is one of the biggest 'if onlys' in Carolina history, and that's saying something. Dude was an absolute beast that year.

Gives me something to do with my middle son and gets me out of doing my school work and putting kids to bed tonight. Overall, I'd call it a slight win.

A team that hasn't yet realized it's a shadow of itself does, particularly when it's fighting to stay relevant, and agree 100% that the deal should have been accepted.

Yup, anything not overtly positive is often lumped into the 'hate' category by a few folks.

I assume Ronald Jones, who is currently buried behind CEH, McKinnon, and Pacheco on the Chiefs roster.

Right, and his rawness really showed on that OT drive where he tried to do way too much scrambling around. If they weren't counting on him palying then they probably should have had another veteran backup but that's how it goes in the NFL. Can't make any real judgments off of a handful of games like this.

It's tough to say if their playcalling is what it is because they believe it's their strength or if they're being overly cautious with Willis. Maybe both, but they sure aren't looking terribly creative.

He can benat times, but he's still highly inconsistent and a liability against the run. He's a cap-killer since the seeming potential will keep teams paying, but he just can't seem to turn the corner.

Wtf was that defense, or perhaps wtf was the corner doing staying that deep? Might as well just hand him the TD.

Halfway through. I assume everyone has wondered, at some point or another, why we do this to ourselves.

But what about The Brand?

You either retain him as the guy of choice based on what you see this season (doesn't have to be wins per se, just solid ongoing progress like the offense showed in Atlanta) or you move on and select a coach. There can't be a 2-season 'tryout'.

Yup, and this is one of the primary barometers for Wilks. Wins are nice but did the team show steady improvement and development during his time? If so, it's perhaps even more impressive since his staff was not chosen by him and he seemingly had zero prep time before stepping into the role.

Point being that there was no misunderstanding of the rules in his case, the helmet was coming off regardless. Unfortunately, it was done in an area with risk of drawing a flag and that's what happened.

I remember Carolina getting skewered for taking a few sideline pictures and having fun back in 2015. Then this somehow became a thing in 2017 or so and now it's just annoying.

The debate will swirl around Moore but Stephen Sullivan took his helmet off as well, and it sure appeared to be within the boundaries. While I'm of the opinion Moore should have left his helmet on and that he's responsible for the outcome, I'm inconsistency in officiating is a huge pet peeve and it raises questions that Moore was flagged but Sullivan not for the same thing at the same time in the same place. Here's Sullivan during the play, lower left corner: And then during the celebration:

Something lost in all of this ayway is that Stephen Sullivan pretty clearly took his helmet off within the boundaries. He was, for whatever reason, playing in that final snap; the first shot is a bit blurry, but that's him in the lower left. The controversy about Moore will brew but Sullivan also appears to be in violation, even if it wasn't officially called.

Eh, he showed improvement once Pasqualoni came on board. While this year did technically fall somewhat under Rhule, I'm not giving him any credit since Brown regressed hard last year and it took actual NFL caoches to turn him around.