The Crown and the Claw

1 hour ago, Hogan said:

Under your name it says "Rookie." You should keep that one. First, you had time to do the math. Now, this response. Get a life.

You want to me to get a life but yet take stock in how often I post in a forum?

As for the math I’m not 70+ so I know how to quickly compute exponential functions. 

2 minutes ago, The Lobo said:

Could you let us know your speculations? Even if it’s not concrete it will be fun to discuss. 

I’ve heard Hollywood Brown and/or Van Jefferson because of coaching staff’s familiarity and ability to get them up to speed quickly. Don’t really see Davante or Tee as realistic because they’re not gonna give up another one. Although wouldn’t be surprised to see a push for Higgins in free agency 

15 minutes ago, Hogan said:

Well, your limb broke. Correct, I didn't have to pay $40, 960 because, as friends, we laughed it off and said, "who wouldn't thunk..." The story is true. It never ceases to amaze me how people feel like they need to offer an opinion on something they know nothing about.

That said, my comment has nothing to do with "relaxing." I'm a reealist. There's no emition on my end. This is a very bad football team. They may not win one game. As far as Bryce, my assessment has nothing to do with him.

 

So in essence a single piece of info was presented and it turns out the bets never really happened and you and your buddy actually just discussed the improbability of a team going undefeated? Cool 50 year old anecdote 

2 minutes ago, ECHornet said:

I’m one of the few still not worried about Bryce. The only thing concerning I’ve seen from him is he looks easily discouraged in games at the moment. That will improve as well.

Any word on what we’re offering for WR help or who we’re targeting?

I don’t know any specifics and would just be reporting speculations that I don’t really think are based in actual info. Sorry 

9 hours ago, Hogan said:

"LOL we're not going to go winless." In 1972, when I was in high school, a friend and I had a $5 bet on the Colts-Dolphins game. The Dolphins won. So, he let me go double-or-nothing bets the rest of the season because..."no way will the Dolphins go undefeated..." And the rest, as they say, is history.

I said Week 1 during the Atlanta game: "This team could go 0-17." Don't kid yourself Joe. They very well could go winless. They are that bad. 

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say this is made up as your HS buddy didn’t end up paying you $40,960. 
 

Everyone needs to relax, I can tell you that no one in the building is worried about Bryce at all. He’s shown flashes of exactly why every notable analyst had him ranked as the best QB prospect in the draft. There is absolute frustration over how the season has started and especially on how the OL/run game has performed. They are looking to make an upgrade at WR and help alleviate playing 8-9 in the box and believe the return of Corbs will have big impact. 
 

I believe there’s also been frustrations in the playcalling but wouldn’t expect any rash decisions on the coaching front at this time. 

9 minutes ago, TheCasillas said:

Crown and the Claw is one account you do not question here. They have never given us bad information. Im serious with this post.

Nah I’m fine being questioned and certainly haven’t been infallible but the things I say are sourced, I’m just not gonna reveal by whom. There is plenty of info out on Jets not wanting HK and so they aren’t giving nearly as much access or cooperation as years past. 
 

The teams all get input on what can and cannot go out and it’s in the best interest of the studio to make the host team look good. All the teams are already reluctant to be a participant and mostly forced into it if chosen. It would be even worse if they actively made the team/players/coaches look bad.

7 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Bullshit

 

The producers of a hbo show under a hard deadline working with a 5ish day window isn't editing under the premise of making the carolina panthers look bad.  That's just moronic to even insinuate 

The producer isn’t working to make the Panthers look bad correct. However, the Jets do have a much heavier hand in what is allowed to be shown and the final edit than in years past.

On 7/10/2023 at 9:35 AM, Panthers Fan 69 said:

I disagree with you but you are entitled to your opinion. 

I enjoy that you wrote this but then several hours later downvoted the comment 

17 minutes ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

It was more of a statement made so we could have had Dundon as the owner Vs Tepper. Plus we would have built a pretty big stadium downtown. Oh well. 

You talk about Tepper’s greed but Dundon literally made his money by being a slumlord. He bought low-income family’s automobile loans, mortgages, and health care bills for pennies on the dollar and then jacked up interest rates. Let us also not forget him buying a football league pretending to the savior, took their proprietary technology, and then folded the league and attempted to not pay the players or employees their due wages. 
 

He also isn’t some mastermind behind team building. The Canes were dreadful for years and got to pick up a lot of prospects that have turned into quality players now. He bought the team at the tail end of the rebuild. Meanwhile the Panthers had the oldest roster in the league and a franchise QB whose arm died on them. 
 

Finally, can we stop pretending like the Hurricanes have this unbelievable die hard fan base? From 2014-2019 they had bottom five attendance (with nothing else to do in the town) and that included two dead last seasons. They’re like every other fan base in that they show up when the team is performing well. 
 

This pretend rivalry is so tiresome because no one here actually thinks about Raleigh. 

3 minutes ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Im not a insider nor do I claim to act like one.

 

Just show some accountability when your source is wrong.

 

You were wrong on this one. No big deal. I welcome you sharing your sources but I have seen other people get poo'd on because they end up being wrong. No hard feelings bro.

I already wrote that I wasn’t going to pretend to be more in the know than other insiders who had differing intel and could definitely be wrong. You complained about that as well, so what would you like?

Other people also had similar insights (Shams, Fischer, etc.) that drastically changed the betting markets. I don’t think my post here flipped the markets so clearly other people heard things that people within the org were leaning Scoot. 
 

Finally, as previously noted, I’m a big fan of Millers. I not only thought he was the better fit but also the better prospect. I gain nothing from providing what I hear and so I also owe you nothing. 

4 minutes ago, frankw said:

Far as I can tell there are very few people in this subsection overall let alone folks willing to share any insight from sources. Maybe focus your energy on other things and don't be a class A dick.

I’ve never tried to ruffle any feathers and just came on here to try and share some insights I hear since I don’t think local media breaks too many stories and national don’t care. 

Even in this case I said I didn’t feel great about sharing but sent just to inform what I heard. I’m not sure why that’s offended you but I definitely haven’t meant to 

3 hours ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

This was my favorite post in this thread that also happens to be the most popular post.

 

Funny how people will believe a random rumor from a stranger and discredit the people who actually have real sources.

 

This should be a lesson learned take random rumors with a grain of salt. #MillerGang

 

Cool man. I’ll stop posting the stuff I hear and have gotten right. I’m sure most people would rather have your hard hitting insight and scoops like neither Thielen or Chark joining the team because of Charlotte not being Raleigh….

13 hours ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

lol nice way to cover yourself. 

 

I don’t really feel like I need to cover myself. Just telling the truth, both what I heard and what may happen. 
 

As a fan of the team I’ve preferred Miller anyway. 

28 minutes ago, The Lobo said:

I really hope this isn’t true and our source on here is correct. Scoot is too good to pass up.

Not gonna pretend I’m more in the know than Woj for NBA. Have a couple rock solid sources in the Panthers and some feelers in the Hornets. Reported what I heard but also MJ having final say makes it more difficult to predict. 

2 hours ago, carpanfan96 said:

To add to that, I still don't think this is a front office and coaching staff pick. 

This is just not true and based on the amount of content that I think can/will come out you all will see that soon

4 minutes ago, PantherOnTheProwl1523 said:

Check your mailbox

You’re good. Don’t stress over it. 

6 minutes ago, PantherOnTheProwl1523 said:

If that is the case then why is there no news on it anywhere. Nice false statement.

I had Josh McCown as new QB coach before there was any news on it. Same for Parks Frazier and Thomas Brown for their respective positions.

But if you don’t want insider info, and just call it false statements that’s cool. I don’t need to post here anymore. 

On 3/25/2023 at 10:55 AM, The Crown and the Claw said:

This is something that’s been discussed for a while. Not sure on timeline but definitely something that’s been in the works. I know there’s an emphasis on regulating the blue and making sure it’s consistent throughout. 

I tried tell you all

This is something that’s been discussed for a while. Not sure on timeline but definitely something that’s been in the works. I know there’s an emphasis on regulating the blue and making sure it’s consistent throughout.