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Lol. Even sadder. It would make a lot more sense if he were 15.

I did think about some of those games when typing that post. Ugly but a different kind of ugly. We put up massive offense and then pulled a Falcons. Except we snatched the win away at the end. Still, winning and it not being pretty is much better than losing. That team knew how to win. Mostly. But look who we had.

They have had it worked out for awhile now. Any given Sunday. Or Thursday or Monday…..

kase, how old are you? 15? Do you shave yet? You are juvenile as hell. Give me another turd. Badge of honor coming from you.

That is what I think people overlook in pursuit of perfection or dominance. The good teams almost all have to win a couple of ugly ones. Getting that out of your team is real progress. Maybe a better indicator than the dominant wins.

I was saying kick it right away before something bad happens lol And the chasing 2 points that early didn’t make me happy.

I guess their board TATF is gone, too bad. That place would be on fire tonight. Like, fire everybody. Which they might should do.

With that QB too. And that defense last year. And Tepper. It ain’t there but it is way better than it has been really, since Tepper bought the team. People knew the axe was gonna fall for Ron. As soon as he was forced to switch to a 3-4 the writing was on the wall. They say you lose a game for every rookie you start. We got two or three starting. Probably more. Very young team.

We were stunned you lost too.

I think I under appreciated him when he was here because he was maybe misused and overused and hurt a good bit. edit in fact my first reaction to he will kick our ass, is will he play.

I need to look at the up down up down home away juju. Just saying SF has been beatable this year.

It is an away 1pm start for a WC team so we will have that goi g for us. It is hard t9 gauge this team week to week and I think without pressure Darnold is pretty efficient. And we get very little pressure.

That’s fair, it is just a discussion. Burns and Moore were late firsts and for sure paid off that investment.

Fair enough. When they whip our asses and we have a losing record remember your post. Maybe put down the bong.

SF might be beatable. I doubt we have much shot vs Seattle or LA Rams.

I’d have to put it this way. Which one has more to overcome? Bryce overcoming Canales’ limitations, or Canales overcoming Bryce’s? My opinion says the latter is most likely.

We are still the Panthers. Here is what I expect: that ankle swells up and we don’t get to see consecutive weeks.

Burns isn’t a complete player. DJ was very good but at this point T Mac looks better. And he should considering where they went in the draft. But that doesn’t always hold true. CMC, yes you could put him higher and definitely on actual league accomplishments. T Mac does give flashes of HOF quality. So much goes into actually being that and it has to be year after year so… not right now. But the potential is pretty obvious to my way of thinking.

Given the lack of value fits to our defensive needs at number 8, I got it then. As far as being a guy critical of all the offense padding at the expense of our defense I wanted defense. It just wasn’t there. But he has totally looked the part since he got here. Looks like a great pick.

That is not necessarily true. You get a shot to get your foot in the door you take it and worry about stuff like that later. (Difference is he wasn’t going to get the offers Ben Johnson was going to get, he was not a hot name with that track record. Many have pointed out what a long shot he was). He may have known he couldn’t do but so much with Bryce but saw that if he could turn a Bryce led team into a winner then someone would notice. I am not saying I know what he was thinking, just that if I were in that position it might be what I was thinking.

Without a single sack.

That means you have a good team. Everyone has those games, not everyone wins them.

In the prediction thread I made a post saying we should look for the up. Without using any footbal knowledge just basing off of results and the pattern… we had and have flipped from home winning streak to road winning streak. Where we could not win. We were on a two game road streak going into today. We have been up down up down like a yo yo. Every week. up down up down. And it would be played in Atlanta where Bryce, for whatever reason, turns in his best performances lately. I don’t remember 2023 but last year he was excellent. If that pattern held, and it did, it was a lock. Ended up being a great game for us and for Bryce but however it got there, that pattern said it was going to get there. Can I explain it? Not more than that.

We were talking a couple weeks ago about the threads started before the game was over. It is a mixed bag to date. Let’s see the follow up. Historically the follow ups have been big letdowns. Putting two high performance games back to back would be new ground. That I have been waiting to see him do.

Ahh, way over my head. My ipad has this thing where it bugs out into double taps from a single tap. Does it on spaces, and on the quotes here which I usually catch. Then it stops and acts normal. My apologies. I definitely didn’t get it - and it was funny now that I know.