UnluckyforSome

"I'm not going to be the Alabama coach."

Yeah. I think it was the 2nd Bucs game in Darnold's last season here where if we won, we could take the division. It seems like they just threw it to Evans over and over and over and over, and we had no answer.

Skip ahead to 18:39 for some Panther praise. https://youtu.be/1O-DLS___Lg?si=6hBhCaWdmcTZvdZe

An old nemesis is set to return.

Everyone kind of eyerolled Crazy Old Al Davis when he had his overhead projector, explaining why he fired Kiffin with cause, and that he was not the person that he thought he was hiring.

I think with Schottenheimer, it very much is an asterisk choice. It all depends on if they win the East, and then it almost becomes a vote based on the popularity of the Cowboys. I do not think it will happen, as I see it either being Vrabel or Johnson, but, I think there is a highly unlikely path to it happening.

Coen, rookie coach, has his team in 1st place, missed the playoffs last season. Harbaugh, Chargers have been competitive from the start, and all season, despite losing both tackles for the year. Schottenheimer, possibly if the Cowboys win the East.

Imagine trying to sell someone on that job. No 1st round pick, question marks all over the team, no culture of success. They might have to keep him because of no other candidates. Except for old Bill.

Yeah, Jared Allen, Josh Norman, Courtland Finnegan, Roman Harper, Keyshawn Johnson..I am sure I am missing a few.

He is probably about 10 down on the list of candidates. Now, if we win out, and things fall certain ways, the Seahawks would be the only other team with 11 wins, and we would have the number 1 seed by virtue of a head-to-head tiebreaker over them. If that happens, then he would probably shoot right up the board.

Spoken like a man that no longer has a spleen.

It's just a convenient narrative meant to make fun of the team. Want to see a bad fanbase, go to a Falcons game. They built that new stadium for the Atlanta United, not the shitty Falcons.

I was there too. At no point was it ever nearly a winnable game. The defense played well, and got turnovers. I will give you that.

I think you have a very sepia-toned memory of that game. We had 4 turnovers, 130 total yards, and Fasani racked up 40-something yards passing. Sacks put the team passing yards to 20 that day. We complain now about Young having 150ish. His performance was so terrible, it spawned a phrase, Fasani Magic, that would have been a meme if memes existed then. There was no nearly about that game.

I am pretty certain I recall seeing that photo. I remember a blue Panthers jersey in a sea of red.

The 2003 win at Tampa. It was their home opener following their Superbowl season, so banners were going up, rings were distributed, and they were opening up with a patsy team from some hick town in NC that was coming off another losing season, and still had 1-15 in recent memory. The way the game played out was also shocking.

Scary, sobering thought is making Young the highest paid qb. Even if it is just for a season, but 62 million for what he does?

What's the issue? We drafted a mascot with a 1st round pick. He sure talks funny!

It's ok, getting snubbed by James Madison has real value to it as well.

Duke in the CFP will be comedy gold.

Not necessarily, but there is a tendency for west coast teams to be out of sorts on trip east for a kickoff that would be 10am their time.

I don't really like giving the the offense the ball at the 1. Either the defense did their job, and caused a turnover, or the offensive player was an idiot and dropped the ball while going into the end zone. Another 1 that gets complaints is the pass interference penalty being a spot penalty in the NFL, instead of 15 yards. Defenses would be incentivized to commit fouls on every pass over 15 yards. That said, it is annoying that a real strategy is to go fishing for PI calls.

The only real thing going in our favor is that the Rams are making the cross-country trip for a 1pm kickoff. I do not think that will be a significant enough hindrance to them. Instead of mid-30s, maybe they only score in the high 20s.

I don't know if I would say the media is against Young. They know that a good story with a redemption arc and a positive outcome equals dollars. What I think has changed is perhaps there is no longer that feeling that another bad organization has ruined another young player by being a bad organization. Additionally, there was a tiny little bit of perceived unfairness in his benching. "They didn't even really give him a chance, and what do you know, they benched him for an old white player too." To that end, the Panthers have gone above and beyond giving Young the opportunity for success.

Don't care either way really, but if I had to put money on a team in this game, it would be on the Eagles.