HardcoreHokie

The Browns aren’t playing anymore and the Texans and Lions never have (that was the point).

Detroit Lions vs Houston Texans in the Super Bowl! Everyone else has SB wins (GB, KC, Balt, SF, TB)…Buffalo would be my 2nd pick from the AFC. Detroit is the only franchise in the entirety of the Super Bowl Era not to have even appeared in the SB (Panthers have made 2, so we win that random stat I guess). Go Texans.

I got the Texans in an upset.

Pro Bowl LT Laremy Tunsil

I’d trade Bryce Young, Brian Burns, two future firsts, and David Tepper for CJ Stroud.

So weird being a Panthers fan right now. No dogs in the fight so I find myself rooting for former players (CMC, Baker), coaches (McDermott, Brady), and even players we whiffed on (Stroud). Any fans of winning franchises would do the exact opposite, but here we are Carolina. Keep Pounding.

Sorry but all of those listed were retreads at the time. Andy Reid was fired by the Eagles in 2013 (replaced by Chip Kelly lol) and then hired by the Chiefs (replacing Romeo Crennel lol).

I love how some folks use the term “retread” whenever it’s suitable to their interests. Please define the term for me so I’m more clear. Bill Belichick - retread? Jim Harbaugh - retread? Andy Reid was a retread, correct? Pete Carroll? Doug Peterson? Bruce Arians? Mike McCarthy? Bill Parcells? Sean Payton? So basically someone with previous head coaching experience that once got fired is a “retread”? (That’s a lot of Super Bowl champion “retreads” listed above, FYI)

2021 NFL Coach of the Year Mike Vrabel

They playing “Turn Down for What” on the loudspeaker as the entire team and staff stoically walks onto the field like half-asleep zombies. Pretty sad.

Baker was also pretty good filling in for Stafford in LA. And Darnold has looked pretty good in spot duty in SF. It’s like all of our recent players and coordinators who looked bad here then thrive elsewhere. It really is painful to watch.

The standards are hilarious for these franchises compared to ours. 17 straight winning seasons and a Super Bowl win? Get rid of him. Greatest coach of all-time with 6 Super Bowls? Time to move on. Playoffs every year? Not good enough. Just won a MNC? Under-qualified for Charlotte. Panthers? Those are all re-treads, let’s grab that hotshot Memphis Coach or the guy that got fired in Indy. Perfect.

GM HC QB coach RB coach Serious question I haven’t understood…why did Josh McCown (QB coach) and Duce Staley (RB coach) get fired the same day that Reich did? Were all three tied at the hip? Was it Bryce-related? McCown and Duce seem so promising as coaches.

Go back and watch those pre-draft videos with our scouting department. “Point guard” and “Elite Processor” gets repeated over and over and over. And then S2 with Stroud. That’s the definition of “Group Think” and it carried over into our fanbase for real.

No way the Falcons hire Evero. Good luck to him though.

The problem is he influences the whole staff’s opinion and then at that point you have group-think and there’s no turning back. You can’t change the boss’s mind when everyone else has already bought in. That’s what happened with Bryce, IMO. Just watch those draft rooms pre-draft, they all regurgitate the same phrases.

We WISH we had a coach with Pete Carroll’s record. His down years are 10 wins with Geno Smith…we did that a handful of times with Ron and Cam Newton.

LaMelo is playing tonight

Panthers wanna date everyone’s girlfriend and dangle a ring, but you can’t take our current girlfriend to the movies.

McAfee talking about Belichick to the Cowboys, WTF.

“Here’s Jimmy, Jimmy loves touchdown passes!” That’s some great ESPN right there.

This is why I say sign Tyrod Taylor, Jacoby Brissette, or Gardner Minshew. All are cheap free agents. Not giving up on Bryce but gotta have a legit starter as the backup. He needs to be benched when he’s not playing well.

He’s the only home run left at this point. Give him $200M / 10 yrs and let’s go.

His dog barked once in the background, automatic dealbreaker.

Ain’t no coaches lasting 15 years anymore in today’s NFL. They just chased Bill B out of town and Mike Tomlin is on the hot seat making the playoffs every year. Panthers just need someone to dig themselves out of the giant hole they’ve dug. We don’t need a Super Bowl in 5 years, we just need our dignity back.