LinvilleGorge

Prospect evaluation is always going to be more art than science. The guys who have all the measurables and all the production go really high in the draft. Once you get past those handful of the prospects all the rest have warts and you have to sort through it and try to figure out the ones who are going to be able to overcome their shortcomings on paper. And even then, some of those picture perfect prospects on paper are STILL gonna bust.

We're getting to the point that comparing us to the Cleveland Browns is insulting to the Cleveland Browns.

I understand that. The guy has made plenty of money. It would feel like a slap in the face for a seasoned vet to be offered a PS role and just not be financially worth it. I'd be the same. Either sign me and play me or I'm not interested. Seems a fair ask. If no one's interested, hang 'em up and enjoy retirement.

I suspect it's even worse behind closed doors than we imagine, as scary as that thought is. I mean, the way Tepper conducted his last GM and HC searches said a LOT IMO. He approached it like a guy who knew top candidates weren't even entertaining the job so he avoided them to avoid being publicly rebuked by top candidates.

It's difficult for me to imagine that he's worse than Wallace or Rozeboom much less the guys behind them on the depth chart.

Yep, total poo show, aka Tepper's Panthers in a nutshell. This is one of those situations where Tepper SHOULD get involved as an owner. Not in the draft room. Not in weekly haze fests disguised as "meetings". But when you have two subordinates publicly squabbling seemingly over who has final say over the depth chart, you should step in and sit them down and make it very clear who has that authority. Either hey Dave, like we discussed Evero had final say over his unit or hey Ejiro, Dave is the HC and final depth chart say is his. We clear here? Good. I don't want to hear anymore bullshit about you two going at each other about this in the press. That makes us all look like fuging jackasses and we're doing a good enough job of that without giving them extra ammo.

Not sure if we've brought any LBs in for workouts but it's hard to believe that there aren't some guys on couches or practice squads better than some of the guys we have on the active roster.

It sure seemed like Tepper pretty much told Canales that Evero was going to be his DC so I mean, he's basically Tepper's guy. Whether it was explicitly laid out as such or whether Canales just feels like I can't step on Tepper's guy's toes I have no idea. But it sure looks like a broken working relationship. I mean, at least being on the same page as the HC with personnel on the field seems like an improvement. It's not like I'm concerned about losing Evero's brilliant plays calling. LOL

He's not wrong. Just like we told the Discord people who constantly complained about toxicity, they were blind to the reality that they were a big part of the toxicity they were complaining about. You poo post as much as anyone here but you justify it by claiming you're only what others started but then you'll poison pill your own threads with snarky remarks and then proceed to complain when it turns into what you baited it to turn into. Just have a little self awareness and complain less about the same stuff you also do, that's all.

It really does feel like Evero has total control of the defense. Canales practically begged him publicly to play more youth and Evero didn't so now we're forced to start cutting the vets that he refuses to sit. That's just broken. If that perception is reality then we should honestly just fire Evero now and hand the play sheet to Capers if he's up to it at his age. If not, pick someone else. Pretty sure Renaldo Hill has some DC experience in his background. You just can't have a coordinator who isn't in the same library as the HC on personnel, forget the same page.

So many coaches fall into this trap. They prefer the veteran who understands the scheme better over the younger more talented player. It's lazy IMO. Do some coaching. You can't coach that veteran into being faster and more physically capable. You can coach the more physically gifted youngster into better understanding his role in the scheme. Every washed up vet in the league understands the game better now than they did when they were in their prime they're just no longer physically capable of executing. So fuging COACH. They want to nerd out on "muh scheme" instead of actually developing talent. Well bro, your scheme looks like fuging poo right now so I'd suggest trying to develop some talent to make it look less shitty.

So post it. Cool. Just don't get bent out of shape when someone doesn't completely agree with your take or says something negative about Bryce.

The part you always fail to realize is that your working definition of "quality conversation" is conversation that you approve of. You interpret any joking or dissenting opinions as "attacks". Nobody cares about your woe as me bullshit. Post or don't. Just stop whining that people don't roll out the red carpet for you and put you on some pedestal of being the Huddle's own super analyst. You're the biggest whiner on this board and the source of 90% of the reported posts and it's usually just some post you didn't like. If someone dares mention Bryce in some thread you go ape poo but you can scoff and talk about "oh, now everyone will just blame Bryce LOL" in other threads and evidently that's different in your mind. Bryce doesn't need a personal internet white knights defending his honor. He's a big boy... well, that's a stretch. He's an adult. He can handle it.

The Bengals are pure ass too and with Burrow expected to be out until December they're gonna be done by then and they'd be insane to put him back in the field again this year. They might be in the mix too.

Some guys just aren't football players. Really seems like you could find some way to use an athlete like that but at the same time, if they can't play football they just can't play football. It is what it is.

At 1-3 if Lamar misses 2-3 games the Ravens are cooked. https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/09/30/baltimore-ravens-lamar-jackson-could-miss-several-games-hamstring-injury/

Evero looked as happy as if his own son was getting drafted. Yeah, safe to say he was an Evero guy.

Seems like it. He sucks. Should've been fired after last season

Yeah, it's not rocket science. We need better decision makers to get better players and better coaches to make better use of them on game day. The problems are easy to identify. Fixing them is a whole other story.

1. Convince Tepper that secretary totally has the hots for him and he needs to write her some saucy letters.

I did you a favor and removed your comment from that post in my quote. I wasn't trying to dunk on you, I just wanted the screenshot.

Is there anyone this guy has wanted who hasn't proven to be complete fuging trash?

We usually lock these bumps but fug it. What else is there to do in Panthersdom these days.

Chalk another one up for ya boi