Brooklyn 3.0

Stop living in the past.

Let's get back to back winning seasons first. Then we can talk about turning it around ... which I'd ask you, uh ... what are we turning it around to? Should I pick one of our rare Playoffs years?

I've been thinking about it, why is it seen as bad that a new HC wants to bring in his own people? He has guys he likes to work with, that understand him, share his philosophy, etc. I'd much rather a HC bring in a group like that than force him to work with guys he doesn't know.

No way, maaan! Albright has the super duper insider info! He should be the only one tweeting news! He knows all!

Look, if AR can be taught better footwork, better aim, better pocket presence, better reads, better placement, better poise ... draft him. If not ... don't. And I'd lean toward him not gaining all of that. A QB needs to be a QB first and foremost. I don't care if he has the best arm, is fast, can truck someone, can make people miss, and is all about power. A freak athlete is not always going to make an elite QB. Jesus, if it did, or if you could easily teach it, every team would go ask their TEs to become the QB or they'd head over to the school gym and see which forwards on the basketball team wanted to put on the pads. So unless someone can convice me that this kid is going to be as talented as Mahomes is ... please don't gamble on this freakish physical superman.

Subs, Hoagies, Heros ... not sure if I can pick a favorite. There's a few here that are the bee's knees. You can usually tell by their shop's name, workers, and menu though if it's going to be great or suuuuck.

Young, Stroud, and Levis will all be gone by nine. Who really cares who gets who.

We're not getting Harbaugh. Stop.

Meh ... 19 is nothing to celebrate. I mean ... we're happy we're almost mediocre instead of a bottom feeder?

That bad huh?

Now that the thread has branched out into something ... it's simple really: People don't like mediocrity "because it's safe". People don't like mediocrity period. And it has nothing to do with us being a small market team. It has nothing to do with people willing to accept what they think they deserve, though that last part has some truth to it. Some think we deserve to be a dynasty. But ... It all boils down to a large percentage of Huddlers and Panthers fans being unable to admit to themselves that the franchise isn't good. Outside of a handful of seasons, it's never been good. Every year you have fans saying we're just a player away. Or, we're just a coach away. Or, if we draft this guy we're in the conversation. No. No we're not. We're never in the conversation. 2015 was an aberration. The Carolina Panthers are a bottom feeder NFL franchise. We're barely even "mediocre". What I'm trying to explain here is that no one is okay with mediocrity ... because people refuse to believe we can even be mediocre. The sooner people realize that the entire franchise needs a complete reboot, the sooner you can look forward to being a yearly competitor.

Why is this a thread? It could've been a post in the coaching thread lol. There is nothing new here. Wilks sucks! I like Wilks! I want Steichen! I want Payton! The Panthers are mediocre!

Man, if Steichen turns us down this place is going to be so sad.

Also don't see the Eagles taking a RB, or the Bengals taking a TE.

Why does ripp think Harbaugh is going to change his mind at the last second and peace out on Michigan again?

I'm just here to read nothing but hate and jealousy.

I said at the end of the year. He had three WRs really step up. If they can blossom next year, they're in a good spot. But anyone that wants Jones here will get the same result we had with Sam.

And if he doesn't want to coach here?

This. I don't get why some of you believe in Twitter so much. You know what Tweet we'll want to see? PAYTON AGREES WITH BLAH BLAH BLAH. Until then it's a bunch of rumors, but some of you want to get some secret insider tid bit before it goes national. Neat, if some Tweet DID let the beans spill ... you and we'd know like an hour at most before the rest of the NFL world lol. Get off Twitter, go run some errands, come back, see if anything HAPPENED, and go on about your life. I'm really shocked Mr. Scot takes Twitter so seriously. He's older than all of us. I'd expect a teen to take Twitter as legit factual news. Not someone who didn't grow up with social media.

I know. I'm saying things look better for their squad. I play FF and three of their WRs came on like gangbusters at the end of the season. If Jones stays, and Kafka stays, and things continue to click ... they might be in a good spot. Yes, DJ is better than all of them. I won't argue that. But I think their corps will be better than ours next year. Just an opinion.

Yep. Blue checkmarks on Twitter mean very little. When Breer, for example, leads off his Tweet with "I think ... ", I mean ... give me a break. They want followers and clicks. If just ONE of these guys has actual insider factual news ... it would be Tweeted and every news source would run it. Instead, they have their little buddy who works for so and so, who "heard" so and so from so and so. It's all BS. Tweet us facts ... not, "word is" "general consensus is" "I'm hearing" "sources tell me", etc.

I'd argue he had a better corps in NY. Some of those guys really came on toward the end of the season and things began to click. TMJ, Tremble, and Thomas? Come on, dude.

You forgot ... "If we hire Steichen we're golden!" "If we hire Kafka we'll turn it around!" "If we would've hired Johnson we would've made the Playoffs next season!"

Better than trading CMC for who knows what we'd end up with by the time we draft in those spots. I'd much rather have Payton than some DT or CB that crashes hard.

I'm sure they ARE nervous. But nothing is fact and set in stone like Mr. Scot most likely believes. No one has any idea what Payton might do.