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I am filling my glass for the fifth time.

Bro, Rico got him out of it vs Miami. The opinion part, is sort of born out of the extremely conservative play calling. You don’t think so?

Well he actually did get them into a bad situation vs Miami. As far as the recipe discussed above, Canales is under pressure to improve the record if he wants to keep the job. if he has to play it safe to do that, that is what he does. He apparently believes turning Bryce loose would not be helpful. As far as the 4th down, fine. Bring him in for 4th down short yardage jump passes.

I remember all those names now that I see them. I remember Graham missing the kick in GB too. Swiss cheese memory.

I would think another QB will be signed now?

That might be the best thing Cam ever said.

Not feeling it for some reason but us, 24-12

I had not heard that thanks.Shula made a mess of things this year.

I think we should get to 8. Predicting weeks out, is subject to change too much with injuries etc for either team. I said 6 last year, showing that despite my Bryce pessimism I am generally slightly optimistic. If the Saints weren’t a divisional opponent I’d say we should sweep them. It is hard to beat a division rival twice. I really don’t care that much the biggest issue to me is that we get some clarity on our roster moving forward.

Really? Wow. Sorry. Got my timeline messed up. I remember someone claiming to be Graham’s mom on the old Charlotte.com board so I guess it was a long time ago that he was here. I guess I thought he was after Kasay.

2002 would have been Kasay.

Good lord. Bryce might sniff 7-9 as a Panther this year, after three tries. Rodney did it after a 1-15 season the year before he came.

Yeah it’s been optimism for some people but nothing but pain for others. I am in the latter group.

I curse his name.

Yeah. But Goodell comes out with plans for a Flag Football version of it.

He only cooked like once though, really cooked. He did the minimum ‘good’ in a couple of others. He hasn’t maintained that, or maybe I should say carried it over and built on it. Which is what you want to see. He is just too limited athletically to unlock a pro passing offense. IMO. So you have to settle and compensate. It is nice to win some games and feel better on Sundays. For sure. Edit: PS, on Darnold… where do you think this team would be now with him taking the reins? So maybe he doesn’t have it to win the Super Bowl but he can walk you into the division title pretty much. Getting rid of a guy like that (which Minnesota did) is about like Snyder firing Marty Schottiemer (sp?) or maybe is was San Diego, after a 14-2 season because he lost in the playoffs.

Especially working around this QB. Dan and Tillis and their new analytic people may have crushed this last draft. Dan and Tillis seem to be very shrewd with their negations with other teams in the trade department. I am happy for Morgan if this pans out, it has to be his dream job. And happy for us in that situation. Canales is learning, give him a couple of more seasons and maybe he is caught up to where he aspires to be. He is doing a great job hiding Bryce, still has some miscues but even the really veteran coaches still have those sometimes.

Our turn to avoid a trap game.

I always liked his insight, not just because this time it supports my opinion. He is just really good. The thing about him and Ross Tucker, I have listened to the last two weeks and their preview and analysis is unfocused, and was over before they gave me any real insight into what had happened or what they were predicting would happen. The Green Bay segment prior to the game was a blurb on Jordan Love and then it was over. Never really addressed the contest that was looming. PS I cut my cable and am anti Disney/ESPN but I really miss NFL Matchup. What a good show. They relegated it to 3am Sunday morning and it was hard to find but it was quality.

That’s funny. Especially that guys face as they are ‘escorting’ him off the field. I didn’t think Miller was really that horrible on MNF but have seen some YouTube clips recently and he was a product of his time for sure. Too acerbic for me, in places.

I am sorry but I think Hunt is overrated. Seen him get pushed around. No one that makes that kind of money should be getting pushed around. Not saying he is not good, saying he isn’t playing up to his contract. Or wasn’t when healthy. I guess we paid the suck tax to him. I don’t want him gone or anything and it would for sure be better if he were healthy and contributing, just saying.

That alter ego crap, he can keep. But man, Bryce is a low bar to beat.

The CBA is like the devil relative to the quality of football we are given to consume. 100% killing the goose that laid the golden egg. And there is for sure something to CRA’s claim of the simplification of the modern offense. And it originated in college and they did not service the NFL’s need for a training ground. I maintain that an NFL Europe, wherever it were to be located, was essential to keeping the pipeline of NFL ready players flowing. Greed killed it. Now they are going to further pussify the leagues with NFL flag football. Rather than a true minor league system that will produce replacement players

Plus, we have been waiting on his chunk plays since September 2023. In three years you could probably count them on your fingers and toes. Maybe that is a bit too conservative but I wouldn’t be that surprised. And there just aren’t nearly enough actual deep balls, forget the modern definition. If Canales can get this offense through this upcoming stretch of games while imposing the kind of limitation we saw last week he deserves a lot of credit.

Right now maybe. But is it really worth locking in for two more years, or three more without seeing more?