UnluckyforSome

There's logic, and then there is what teams actually do. Making this all a bit murkier is the voiding of guarantees. Guaranteed money is guaranteed, and with the player not fighting it, but accepting it to facilitate whatever comes next is not typical business as usual.

Well. Maybe. Maybe not. Either way, the end result is the same.

The Niners didn't want him. I think to some extent they were publicly shamed into making an offer when it was revealed he was not in their plans.

There are chances for lots of things. Possible is not the same as plausible. Personally, I don't think it's wise to spend premium draft capital on a rb with a serious injury. It sure is great we told Jerruh Jones to pound sand and snapped up a player we assumed he wanted though. Har har, Jerruh! But that's my take on it. As I have said previously here, I hope he is the next great Longhorns rb in the NFL. Maybe he will be. There's a chance.

Starters only? I would take Young over anyone that is broken down and/or over the hill. So no Rodgers, no Cousins, no Smith, no Flacco. Not that a team can't win or compete but their time is over. I would take Young over some early-in-career qbs that have had little to no success. This would mostly be a zero-sum trade. So, no Fields, no Murray, no McCarthy, no Gabriel, no Penix. I might be forgetting 1 or 2, but that would be the gist.

Talking draft before Halloween is not good.

It would be disappointing if he didn't try his very best. I would expect him to put everything he has into the game, hard feelings or not, he will still want to show off what we are missing.

That's fine and all, but I think you missed a little bit with what I was saying. It's not that your opinion doesn't matter or have merit, but I would think Bears fans feel exactly the same, that it shows they are growing and learning how to win, not just getting lucky bounces. In that way, we are biased, even to the point that will seek out data that will support our feelings and judgement.

We are all a bit biased on that opinion as well, and that's what being a fan is about.

Why Panthers reddit cannot really be taken seriously.

The flaw in this is that every athlete's body will respond differently. To think that he will bounce back and be just about like new is as incorrect to think he will never run again and a stiff breeze will send him to the ground. There is really no way to predict what the outcome will be.

It also means we are winning close, 1-score games. On 1 hand that can be a sign of growth and a team learning to find a way to win. Negatively, it is a team getting fortunate bounces, and is typically not sustainable. See this year's Chiefs compared to last season.

I'm not convinced they even make it into the playoffs at this point. Been a strange season this time around.

They are missed opportunities in that both were games that had a good chance for victory. Jacksonville does have a good chance at a playoff spot and would be in if the season ended today. Enough fans were buying into the nonsense of making the Superbowl because we began with Jacksonville.

Barring some sort of collapse, it seems there will be at least 2 coming out of the North and at least 2 from the West. East will have 1. That's 5 of the 7 spots, 6 when the South winner is included. There is something to say for the final stretch of games, minus the Saints, are a gauntlet of playoff teams or playoff-caliber teams. If the Panthers get in, they will have proven on the field that they belong. If not, it will be the famous missed opportunities of Jacksonville, Arizona and New Orleans games.

The mascot is a black cat.

Make believe and wild speculation.

It will be whatever it will be. We could very well go out and lose every single game down the stretch, we could go out and win every game too.

If we get anything at all from him at this point it would be a positive. He will have not really played in 2+ years, if/when he is cleared to return.

First time seeing the Raiders this season, other than highlights. They are really terrible on both sides of the ball.

I don't feel too awfully bad for Falcons fans. If this were a relationship, they would've been told to leave their abusive partner a long time ago, but they stay and keep thinking maybe they will love me back if I just try harder. It took them 50 years to have back-to-back winning seasons. We are at 30 or so years, but I am hoping we don't take 50 to get there.

When Cousins came in, his 1st play was from under center.

When the question comes up over the next few years, "How did the Rams get so good??"

One of the commenters on ESPN this morning said that Atlanta had to play Penix in the pistol or shotgun only because going under center was too stressful on the knees.

A good time-waster to look at different scenarios and what needs to happen. https://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine