frankw

Are you employed by the team?

I can agree that relying on things beyond our control when we had the capacity to firmly establish our own hold on the division at a time when the division has been at it's lowest point in many years is mediocrity at absolute best. And a small group of people trying to awkwardly use the opportunity to dunk on anyone applying legitimate realistic skepticism of the circumstances is borderline cult like. Overall there seems to be an even split of glass half full glass half empty sentiment within the fanbase. I'm teetering between both until I see how we navigate the draft and FA. If we land a solid draft class and solid FA class and actually strengthen the QB room I'll be quite optimistic of our outlook going forward. But as any long time fan of this this franchise knows full well seeing is indeed believing. No benefit of the doubt for anyone involved has been earned yet.

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In terms of the mutual relationship between the offense and the defense I agree we need to cease making excuses or accepting the bare minumum from either unit. We need to raise standards and expectations across the board. There should be no more water carrying and rationalizing sub 150 passing yards through 3 or more quarters. It's year four.

If Canales has any interest in his job security he has already had conversations with Dan Morgan about upgrading the QB room this year.

Canales certainly has his faults but what semblance of a passing game he's been able to create at times with Bryce Young is admittedly impressive. I mean Wilks had both Darnold and Mayfield at one point and managed to flat out get his ass handed to him by the Bengals. He's bounced around the league ever since for a reason.

Brother man right now I put him as a top 10 corner but I think it's homerism to even put him top 5. He's got work to do same as anyone else.

Darnold flashed the physical talent here but let's be real his decision making was also at times absolutely atrocious. That was always the only question with him. He checked every other box. Really he was more a victim of timing here more than anything. Rhule as his coach certainly did him no favors. And the interior OL when he was here was disgusting. For all the cries about the OL Bryce's rookie season it was much worse before. Now we have the highest paid OL in the league and people actually tried to rationalize 54 passing yards in an entire game lmao. All in all Darnold has made significant strides and while certainly coaching matters I think that is much more than just that. Adversity and being dumped and passed over seems to have had just as much if not more of an impact for his present day progression.

We certainly see eye to eye regarding the QB. I'm just saying I try to apply the same standard to any of our perceived cornerstone players and particularly the ones who are taking up a steep portion of our salary cap. I hope to see Jaycee have a resurgent season this year.

He was a solid defensive coordinator here but I don’t really see why McDermott should be held in much higher regard than Ron Rivera on the whole. Sean got his own Cam Newton like Ron and still couldn't get past the conference championship

Reading some of the wisecracks in this thread you would think the Panthers steamrolled their way into the division title and the playoffs instead of being swept by the Saints splitting with the imploding Bucs. Keep your sense of humor boys you're gonna need it with the upcoming opponents.

I mean we're splitting hairs there. Based on annual salary he is currently the third highest paid in the NFL. He's gotta step his game up and continue to step into the role. I certainly hope he does and he's largely an easy player to root for. I can appreciate speaking up for "our guys" but getting swept by the rebuilding Saints with the division and playoffs on the line and just waving that off sounds like a loser mentality but that's just my opinion.

He's talented and a good locker room presence but in no way is he a top 3 corner like he is being paid.

I'll be curious to see if Joe Brady in his first HC stint follows the tendencies of our own head coach regarding the tunnel vision for the offense.

Looks like 5'9. Don't know why people still debate this. He's in his fourth year lol. Even if he was actually 5'10 it wouldn't change anything. We still have to roll him out of the pocket constantly just for him to see the field. The limitations are what they are. Everything else is just cope.