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How about you just stop watching right now?

Lol right? It takes time for WRs to develop unless they are Chase-level talents. Davante Adams in Year 1 and 2 ain't anywhere close to Davante Adams of today. But yeah, let's blame the coaching staff because our rookie WR isn't fully developed yet.

He only had 2 catches in the second half, for a total of 22 yards.

Exactly. Nobody gives a damn about what a HC says to the media unless said coach is disrespecting the player in public, which is not what Rhule has done. It is asinine the stock that people on this forum put in meaningless press conferences that only happen because it is required of the head coach. Rhule left Temple to go to a bigger school and make more money. So what. Why would a player be mad at him for that?

He had a down game against one of the best receivers in the game.

Also hilarious how we are supposed to believe in this narrative that players hate how Matt Rhule gives them too much praise in the media (lol) and yet the biggest example of this is probably Cam Newton... who re-signed here. We've never heard or seen any report of players turning against Matt Rhule, which would be something that would easily leak it considering it leaks out damn near with any team where the players start to hate the HC (see: Miami). But yeah... the players hate the praise Rhule gives them in the media. They'd much rather him talk bad about them. Makes sense.

Only on CarolinaHuddle could a head coach giving praise to his players be seen as a huge negative.

What are all these examples of players who were given an "overboard" amount of praise in public only to be cut after? Cam Newton and who else?

How does publicly telling the media that your OC didn't do a good job improve the football team?

This doesn't make any sense. You initially stated that the problem with Matt Rhule is that in press conferences, he gives out praise to players that behind the scenes, he does not mean. Why would a player prefer their coach to throw them under the bus to the media? But then in the post I just quoted, you seem to be implying that Rhule is intentionally saying false, negative things about his players. What is an example of Matt Rhule saying outright false, negative things about his players? I'm actually very curious. You are a smart guy. But I have no clue what you are getting at, because you are saying two different things. The first post you said Rhule was giving too much praise in press conferences that he didn't mean... I'm not sure in what rationale you think players would prefer to get thrown under the bus in public.

And? Please explain to me why that matters? It's a press conference. Of course the things he says to the media aren't always going to be how things play out in reality. You are making a problem out of something that in the grand scheme of things, really doesn't matter. I seriously doubt any player is even listening to Rhule's press conferences, much less caring about anything he has to say. Press conferences and what a coach says in them literally doesn't matter. It is for entertainment/media purposes, point blank. It amazes me how much stock ya'll keep trying to put into something that has nothing to do with the product on the football field.

Every HC's press conference is filled with coach-speak. If people want to hate Rhule that is okay. But it blows my mind how much people think what a coach says in a press conference matters. Newsflash: Go watch all 32 HC post-game talks. They all more or less say the same thing. Hell the GOAT coach Belichick is the KING of Coach Speak. No player gives a crap about what Rhule is saying at a press conference. It literally doesn't matter.

It is way too early to write Derrick Brown off. It takes time for DTs to develop unless they are among the very elite. Cameron Heyward is an All-Pro and he didn't even start his first two years. Brown will be fine. He showed way too much promise last year, he's just in a slump right now. But the guy is 23 years old w/ incredible physical talent and a very hard worker. Let's just pump the brakes.

The run defense vs well coached lines is horrendous. Especially vs zone runs. WFT ate us up on them all day. That is what hurt our defense the most

God I wish we had Horn still. Gilmore and Horn on the outside? SHEESH.

Who is blaming Cam? Morons

caaaaaaaaaaaaaam oh caaaam

I am willing to guarantee that the Panthers would not be 5-5 right now with Ron Rivera, unless he was able to bring McDermott back as DC.

They've lost their last 2 games to Trevor Sieman and Taylor Heinicke.

Not to be a Debbie Downer, but it is worth considering that we haven't had our bye week yet. We could win the next 2 games and still be 2 games behind Tampa coming out of our bye.

Nobody is downplaying it, but the most anticipated? It definitely doesn't beat out a home playoff game lol As far as the regular season, it is up there but hard to say it is the most anticipated. 2013 vs Saints in Week 16 and 2008 in Week 14 vs Tampa Bay come to mind.

Yea, Donte's always been extremely willing in run support. Not sure why there is a narrative that he wasn't. Donte's problem was consistency, like you said, and always trying to gamble. I think we are going to fight hard to keep him. Rhule seems to love the guy.

Chinn is way better in coverage than he was last year.

All it takes is common sense and context clues to know what "say less" means. Anyone who acts as if they can't understand the meaning, is acting purposely obtuse.

We can't just be posting topic titles like this all willy nilly about our best player.