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Now I rooting for Darnold double-fold. Obviously I want the team to succeed, but I really don't want to be part of a organization that preaches equality, zero tolerance for sexual harassment and then goes out and hires the poster-child for such offenses. Hypocrisy is only one of the many words that come to mind.

We beat the Watson-led Texans in Houston the last time we played them and that was when their team was actually good.

Nope. I didn't want him before the mess because of the ridiculous asking price and now he's damaged goods. It's funny how people can have different takes on the exact same subject matter when it comes to hot button topics depending on who the person in question is.

The last couple of times we brought in a QB from elsewhere to either be the #1 or compete for the #1 QB slot we got Jake Delhomme and Steve Beuerlein. We tend to acquire veteran QBs better than we draft them. Cam (and perhaps Collins) being the exception, but missing on the #1 overall pick would have been pretty atrocious. For that reason...and the Jets factor, I'm fairly optimistic about Darnold.

He is still dancing of course....

Is there cohesion between Darnold and the top 3 WRs? LT, LG competition and is Moton is lining up at LT or RT. Are we using a true FB? Who is getting the bulk of the reps opposite of Burns? Who is getting most of the snaps next to Brown. Is Perryman getting the defensive calls or is Shaq? How are they doing getting the defense set? Is Chinn playing more in the box or truly playing the back end? How is our first rounder looking? Where is Pride Jr. fitting in? Outside depth or nickel? Are we really cutting Jansen or does the rookie LS need some grooming? How does Joey Slye look?

And vice-versa. A solid secondary can allow a tardy pass rush to get home. Point being, one benefits the other. In an ideal world you have a solid secondary and effective edge rushers rendering the entire debate moot.

Don't tell Tiger faithful that. Remember, we were stupid to draft Brown over Simmons. The thing is people that are die-hard fans of certain programs like Clemson, 'Bama, OSU etc... are so blinded by their homerism they can't see that players often benefit from these cherry situations they are in. It's difficult for them to scrutinize a player for factors that the stat sheet won't often disclose. Items like scheme, talent of opposition (rather the lack of) and consistent blue-chip recruitment by their school. Simmons looked good because of the insanely ridiculously good D-line in front of him that allowed him to play clean nearly every freaking snap. It was apparent, at least to me, once he got to the NFL where he would not have that same luxury, that his game would not translate well. It doesn't matter to me because we ended up drafting the hybrid LB/S I wanted anyway in Jeremy Chinn and, by the way, Derrick Brown hasn't disappointed either.

Some things never change. New year, the same glaring weakness on the blindside. This was the draft to fix that and we kept trading back to acquire extra picks. Great, so we ended up with 11 picks and a QB who may or may not be shell shocked form his stint with the Jets. I'm pretty sure Darnold would have felt better with solid LT protection over second/third string DTs, a 360 pound guard and...for crying out loud, a freaking long snapper. I'll take quality over quantity, especially in this case.

Early indications are this will be a thin draft for franchise LTs.

I was there many, many, many, many moons ago. The two guys you were referring to were Colin and Magnus...and yes they would run PAGES bitching back and forth. I'm really dating myself here, but their bitchfest actually began at the Charlotte Observer Panthers forum. Yes, that was actually a thing WAY back when. Honestly this is my 3rd incarnation here because this place can get out of control at times too and I get ghost for months at a time and even took years off before I finally came back this time. I lurked for a while and saw it had cleaned up (for the most part) and decided to register again.

Yep, I thought the same thing until I tried it. It is not completely on par with tomato based BBQ sauce, but is still pretty damn tasty. Put it on wings??? Now, that's a mouth watering combination!!!

Hung up on Karl Hankton?

Hehe, I distinctly remember folks here calling a DT drafted in the top 10 a wasted pick. "You don't draft space eaters in the top 10," they said. I mocked Brown to us and was elated when his name was called. On the other hand, I bet a lot of poo was thrown at TV screens when his name was called. I can't stress this enough about how over the moon I was with the 2020 draft. In short...yes, you do draft elite DTs in the top 10!

I hope Olsen is good with it because seeing a WR wearing an 80's jersey gives me the warm fuzzies. I hated it when they were allowed to don teens jerseys and hate it even more now they can wear single digits.

I agree MOST mayo sucks. Dukes is the exception. Miracle Whip, Hellmanns, Kraft etc.. are all horrible. Pooing Dukes won't get you banned, but it certainly will get your 'Southern card' revoked.

Oh, and cooking out ribeyes tonight on the charcoal grill!

Love the sweetness of Cherokee tomatoes. Any sandwich made at home without DUKES is blasphemy in these parts. While a BLT is awesome, the traditional southern tomato sandwich on a hot summer day with homegrown tomatoes, ample Dukes mayo, salt, pepper on untoasted white bread is simplicity at it's finest! Missing any one of those ingredients makes such a simple sandwich inferior.

Actually, outside of metro Charlotte, you don't see strong support. Granted this has been over a decade ago, but I lived in western NC for a while and for about a year in Raleigh. To say the support was weak would be an understatement. Finding merchandise at retail stores was sparse and even gamedays was almost void of fans decked out in Panthers gear. Heck, I would go to bars and have to request the games to be shown. Getting back to SC, like most states void of Major League teams, they are heavily invested in college sports. I know the Panthers are in the 'Carolinas,' but they will always take a back seat to Clemson and Gamecocks.

Nah, just the border counties with Georgia mostly. No different than the Eastern part on NC still having a strong contingent of Washington fans.

I would actually keep my PSLs then. (Hint: I live just south of Greenville).

Not a fan of dudes cheering, but like someone already mentioned, the Topcats are more of a dance squad. To that point, they have never been up to par with the likes of the Cowboys, Bucs, Chargers squads anyhow. I hardly go to games anymore so I could care less what happens on the sidelines. If I wanted to see hot girls dance, a strip club would be better suited.

QB: We are riding with Danrold this season no matter what. There's no option #2 as far as that is concerned. As far as injury? Now you could argue that Walker and Grier aren't the answer if Darnold has to miss some time. While I concur on that aspect, I really don't see the team investing in a borderline starter QB to back up Darnold. WR: Again, if factoring out injury, I think we are set at WR. Anderson, DJ, Marshall Jr, Zylstra and Smith are our top five. We have decent competition for that last sixth spot between the other Moore and Kirkwood. WR #6 isn't a huge concern for me. LB: Outside of Shaq, Reddick, Perryman and perhaps Carter, what do we really have? Luvu and Stanford? That's a stretch even counting those two. Beyond that is like throwing throwing mud at the wall. You typically want to keep 7 LBs on your 53-man roster.

I have a feeling we signed Irving as a back-up LT and because of his OL versatility. I'm nearly certain he was not signed to be our starting LT this season. The team thought they had two safe-guards and at worst, Irving would be option #3 at starting LT. Firstly, every one knew we were targeting a LT in the draft. The Lions screwed us over by nabbing Sewell and then trading down continuously squashed any realistic option of getting sure-fire starter. The backup plan was Taylor Moton being moved over after being tagged.

Eh, it's all speculation prior to camp, but looking on paper that is what I saw as glaring holes. I would say say short of camp injuries that we have most of those positions you listed settled in one fashion or another. Granted teams aren't going to have all-pros at every position, but settled enough that the staff should be comfortable heading into the season. I think we keep guys at WR, RB, OG, DT, LS, K, TE and CB we have heading into camp for the 53-man roster. In other words, no post-camp upgrade FA signings.