TylerDurden

Only thing I really agreed with is questioning why we didn’t take any timeouts on their last drive. I know hindsight is 20/20, but I think it would’ve saved clock bc they were desperate to score as soon as the opportunity presented itself, but I also think it could’ve helped the defense regroup and maybe give us a better chance to stop them.

Yeah, but I’m saying had we not blew our load for 2023, we could’ve chose to do it that next year with 3 great QBs to choose from. Even if we won more games, we still could’ve offered a similar package to move up into the range to get one of those guys. I forgot until my friend reminded me today that Maye was the 3rd QB taken in 2024. That’s a lot more doable to move up to with offering a lot less than we gave up in 2023, even if we had won more games that year.

Love will throw a game ending pick here.

Hard to watch, again, because had we just been patient, we still have DJ, and had our pick of Caleb, Jayden, or Drake (Drake was my pick). Instead, Caleb and DJ are leading the Bears to another clutch win and in the playoffs no less, and we are sitting at home.

I don’t knock him for the Adams hit, nor the dropped pick. The hit sent a message and when receivers come down you can never tell where their head is going to be. But, I’ll never be made with a guy for making a hit like that on a football play. He didn’t intend to injure him, but he let him know we’re here and you won’t be catching anything without consequences. The dropped pick, I wish the FPI or whatever that is would give us a percentage on how likely that play was to end in a INT before it was over. Even once he got his hands on it, I would guess due to the position he was in, where he elevated to high-point it, and Nacua closing in on him, I would guess the percentage of him coming down with it would be around 5% in the same circumstances every time. It would have been an incredible, miraculous play had he been able to come down with it. It was an amazing attempt and it was a great effort by Nacua (but fug him). It sucks because the swing of the game from had he held onto it and the game being over to getting it knocked out and us losing as a result was tough. i don’t have a problem with how Scott played at all today. It was a much better showing than what he has been all season. That being said, he is a liability. I don’t know why we just didn’t start Ransom at some point because even though he’s similar to Moehrig, I think he’s just a better player than Scott and has way more potential. The issue with a lot of guys we have been forced to start the last few years is that winners are guys that come down with those plays, whereas we have become losers over Tepper’s tenure because most of the roster is guys who “almost did” like Scott. I feel we’re turning the roster over with guys who will make those plays as they get into the lineup.

Agreed there, but complementary football and all. The offense put up 31points against what many deemed the NFC favorite for the Super Bowl. The defense gave up a ton today, and most in the same fashion with no adjustment from Evero. That has been an ongoing issue all year.

I feel like Dave publicly demanding Evero play the young guys earlier in the year demonstrates he isn’t a exactly close with him either.

He still offers some praise to Evero for how he played Stafford throughout, but that doesn’t sound like an endorsement and really danced around answering that question directly. https://x.com/sheena_marie3/status/2010157150186942845?s=46

I think with the changes I mentioned, we do not revert. We barely won and finished with a losing record because the most impactful position on the team was wildly inconsistent. We shore that up with a Jameis, Willis, Lance, a Chambliss… we’re golden.

I appreciate that, brother. He was a great man! fug cancer. And I agree. Again, seize the day is and should always be the mentality. We had them on the ropes and Evero went into pussy mode and blew it. If we won today, I feel we were going on a run. I even halfway called what Bryce was gonna do in previous posts despite being one of his biggest critics - a magical showing in the playoffs. That was how we have wanted him to play since day one (minus that last possession lol) and we would have almost no complaints. And his and the offense’s efforts were wasted. And all things considered, if you’re not first, you’re last. And just as I said in the years we lost the Super Bowl, that was so deflating because the climb to get back there, we knew it was gonna be so exhausting and especially in 2016, I think that team struggled because they knew how hard it was to do it in 2015. That journey is so long… and even harder to make again after you feel it was ripped away from you the first time unfairly. And at that point, if you make it that far x you kind of wish you had just lost all year. Same thing here. I DESPISE losing, but I’d rather have a top draft pick if I knew I’d be sitting at home with all of the losers anyway. BUT, I don’t know. I have a good feeling about where we’re going now. It feels different than any other season we’ve lost in the playoffs.

Yeah, I really feel like Izdik is, for lack of a better term, dead weight with the current setup as-is. I think Dave needs someone to help balance his game day inclinations. Again, someone suggested bringing in McDaniels as OC and I would love that, not just because I think he’s an incredible offensive mind, but because he also now has the experience as a HC to help with game management. But again, I can’t fathom a scenario where Dave would agree to that unless he was forced à la And Rivera being forced to fire Washington - and I don’t think ownership is there with Dave.

Im no expert, but it feels like the latter. Dave has been asked multiple times about allowing him to call plays and to my knowledge he only allowed it for a game in the preseason. So perhaps they’re grooming him to eventually become that, but it doesn’t feel like it’s for him to eventually do it here. Prolly more to prepare him to become that elsewhere. Definitely has felt like he’s more like a QC guy.

I would fuging love McDaniels. I seriously doubt Canales would agree to bringing him in, but there’s no doubt, he knows what he’s doing offensively and is a disciple of Shanahan, who in my mind is the best playcaller in the league. I would be all over McDaniels to get him in here. But again, I don’t see a) Dave wanting that dynamic and giving up playcalling duties and b) It would probably cost Izdik his job, which Dave also wouldn’t be a fan of.

While I agree and share the sentiment, I feel that a lot more post-our Super Bowl runs. I didn’t want to get too Debbie Downer in my initial post, but I’ve said elsewhere here before ad nasueam, and it’s why I get so frustrated with the “well, there’s always next year” crowd, because football is the sport that requires the greatest investment of time, energy, resources for the smallest return. Basketball is 15 guys, 82 games. Baseball is 26 guys for 162 games. Football is 53 guys for 17 games. It’s not even close. You wait about 9 months for 3 months, which either culminates in an entire year of fandom feeling like a complete waste and an exercise in masochistic agony, or complete and utter bliss. Rarely anywhere in between. And the offseason always feels so much longer than the active season. When you really think about it, the reward is not worth the investment UNLESS you win it all. And each time we got to the Super Bowl and as soon as I knew we lost, my first thought was “damn, I don’t know if we’ll ever get this chance again.” And further to that point, again, I was trying to focus on the positives, but the number of fans even just here at the huddle who have passed from season to season and never got to see that “next season…” it just sucks. It’s why, much like life, you have to really savor living in the moment and in football, you REALLY have to hope your team has their poo together every year. All that being said, it’s why that laissez faire approach to fandom has always pissed me off and I don’t have any patience for it. Carpe fuging diem. Every day. Every year. My cousin was a huge Panthers fan too. He was 36 in 2024, had a dull ache in his stomach for a couple weeks, went to the ER to get it checked out thinking he just had an upset stomach, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died within 5 months or so of his diagnosis. His sister, my other cousin, now lives in GA, and even she posted how excited he would’ve been to see us beat the Falcons like we did this season. And for all of those reasons, despite my criticisms, I’m proud of our team. I always hope for the playoffs but did not expect us to actually make them considering the cold streak we’ve been in for the last 8 years. At times, it felt like we’d never be back. And as I said, the Super Bowl losses really depressed me because all I could think of was that time investment. All of those players. All of those months. All of those battles. And you get as far as you can possibly get to stretch out a season and to lose is complete agony, because if you don’t win it all, you may as well have never made it out of the wild card. So now, my goal is the playoffs every year. It really always has been. If we can do that, we are competitive and always have a chance to make a run. That doesn’t seem as far away as the Super Bowl… so in this case, where we were playing with house money in a position may felt we shouldn’t have even been in in the first place, we showed up and competed. Now we just need to build off of this and I’m happy because if it was just making the playoffs this year, getting better means winning in the playoffs next year. That’s the goal. So, while I’m not taking it for granted, I’m believing that will be the case.

Yeah, that’s who I want.

I still don’t know what to think of Canales. I do know that I feel kind of bad because even with that competitive of a game he just coached and how proud I felt of our team, even during the game I was thinking, “I wonder if Tepper would consider firing him if Harbaugh was willing to come here?” Also, we still don’t know what Tepper’s relationship was with Tomlin, as some have said he may have been the minority owner who tried to hold a coup to get Tomlin out of Shittsburgh, but there was also the rumor that if Tomlin was available, Tepper wanted him here. So, I also wonder if Tomlin does indeed leave Pittsburgh, would Tepper dump Canales to go get him? I know I wouldn’t be upset at all if we dropped Canales for either of them. Also, not a fan of Izdik for whatever he does either.

You have to believe. When they scored that’s immediately where my mind went, “he’s out of here.” I wonder if they’re gonna try to let him have some dignity and see if another team hires him as HC, but after that ending, I feel like we have to make the move first. That and the fact that guys like McDaniel and Harbaugh got fired late, it makes the jobs like NY Evero was rumored to be a candidate for less likely. But he’s got to go.

Ron had the infamous quote after that Bears game about making them “systematically beat us,” or something like that. But yeah, he flubbed plenty games with the prevent too. notice that last drive how the Rams were still blitzing, showing multiple looks, and appeared to be no more than 7 yards off the LOS at most, and continued to blitz. That’s the difference between winning and losing.

Yes, I have the lingering disappointment and hurt of a loss, a season ending, and the sobering realization that we have to wait a whole nother offseason to see Panthers football again. It’s a long offseason. Ugggh. BUT! Y’all know how critical I’ve been of Bryce, and I have to say, that was hands down his best game as an NFL QB. It might not appear that way on paper, but this is the first game he dictated the defense with his play. He made plays only the QB is capable of making that win games for their team. That’s what many of his detractors, myself included, have been asking for - and until that final drive, he finally did it. Very encouraging. That being said, my offseason priorities: *Bring in competition for Bryce. Sign a vet, trade for a young developmental guy, Chambliss was denied another year of eligibility - go draft him. *Make major upgrades on the defense, namely rebuild the linebacking corps and bring in some fuging edge rushers. Sign a vet mentor like Khalil Mack, Von Miller, or I have heard Hendrickson might still become available somehow, etc., cut the dead weight of JAGS like Wonnum, Gipson, etc. and go get some go-getters. Continue to develop Princely and Nic, and add other guys to rotate in how can actually get to the QB. *Fire Evero. Hire Raheem Morris. Consider switch to 4-3 scheme. I know most teams today, including us, run primarily nickel now, but trying to gather effective personnel for a thriving 3-4 just hasn’t worked and I personally feel finding the personnel and executing the schematics of a 4-3 is just easier. Again, I know some of it is just semantics now because the NFL dictates teams be multiple defensively, but the personnel you build with matters, and trying to accommodate a 3-4 has not been fruitful. *Ensure Cam is present for every home game moving forward. If we do this, I really think we have a chance to run the South for the foreseeable future. A lot is going to hinge on the competition with Bryce. The QB is the most important position on the field, obviously. And if the defense is shored up with the edge rushers and LB positions, they will be golden. And when I say edge rushers, we need guys that we KNOW will get sacks, at whatever the cost… even if we have to take a swing with a trade, go get them. The lack of pressure has hurt us long enough. Again, we fix these things and the future is looking bright. All things considered, I’m proud of our guys. I’m happy for us as a fanbase. It felt good to be competitive in moments this year. It felt good to hear the roar of a real home crowd and see the opponents crumble under it. It felt good to just dance again. Cheers, boys! Let’s keep it going next season!

That was roughing the passer.

Come on Blakeman. Call something.

Evero poo the bed.

Coke!!!! We on that blow!!!!

And those are the plays Hunt matters

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