LinvilleGorge

Very good? We still talking about Shaq Thompson?

I honestly think he's very replaceable and that his contract is a significant liability. For the record, I never wanted him re-signed to begin with. I wanted to let him walk as a free agent and hopefully next a comp pick. He's simply a replacement level player. If you can sign him for a reasonable deal, go for it. If you're going to have to pay him like a top talent you let him walk. That's how smart teams manage their rosters.

I'd do backflips to get a 2nd. I'd be happy as a pig in poo to get a 3rd. I honestly think you're looking at a 4th or even a 5th might be the likely ceiling.

Consistently mediocre. Why this organization ever saw him as a successor to Luke and/or TD and paid him as such has always baffled me. He's fine as a plug in starter but he's not a difference maker. He becomes a liability when he's paid like one of the top LBs in the league because he's simply not. He's not even close.

Good. I've been one of the few people saying Shaq absolutely needs to be shopped. I honestly don't even care what we get in return. We just need to unload that contract. He's a JAG and he's paid like a HOFer. I honestly don't know if he's even tradable.

He needs to stay the course and deliver that #1 overall pick to join the Pickles conversation.

At some point we gotta start drafting QBs and keep swinging until we hit.Weve had the worst QB play in the league for three years now and some of y'all are begging to draft DEs and poo.

Get TMJ and Shenault the PT.

Easy. When he's suited up and on the field he's gonna give it his all. When he has the clear mind of being able to think about it he makes smarter decisions. Call it the football version of post nut clarity.

We're probably gonna see Darnold again soon. He's gonna suck ass... again. Then we'll see Baker back once his ankle is healthy. I just hope it all ends up netting us the #1 overall pick. It's all we have left to cheer for.

Steve Smith would've ear holed the fug out of Von Miller and told him he'll keep doing it just to prove a point that he wasn't going to keep targeting our QB.

CMC's dad had a long productive NFL career but his career didn't truly takeoff until he landed in a well ran organization with an elite QB on the roster. I would honestly be flat out shocked if his family wasn't advising him to try to get out. You have your millions now. If you care about the game and your legacy within the game you need to get out. It's why I've also been saying that I honestly think there's a good chance that CMC has been missing all this time with nagging injuries based on a conscious decision to preserve his body. Why beat yourself to hell playing for an awful team when you've already got that bag in the form of your fat contract? Don't be shocked if CMC emerges elsewhere playing for a contender and suddenly is much more durable than he's been since getting paid.

Agreed.

Yeah, pretty much. Shaq is okay. He wouldn't be a problem if he was paid like a run of the mill starting LB but he's nowhere near the difference maker he's paid to be. I have no idea why the Panthers organization has always thought so highly of him as a player. I've never seen any signs of a special player.

I read it as him probably feeling like most of his dirt is already out there so fug it.

It depends on how long it takes Tepper and city leaders to squabble over how much of a fleecing taxpayers will take to fund Tepper's vanity project and then how long those squabbles will continue when Tepper inevitably tries to pull the same bullshit he did in Rock Hill to come out of pocket for even less.

I hear this repeatedly enough that I honestly believe it to be true but if it's true it's really dumb. You know there are 32 picks in the 1st round. If you don't average 32 1st round grades I'm a draft then your grading system is broken. Sure, a weak draft might only have 15-20 but a strong draft might have 40. It should all roughly average out to 32. If you're averaging out 14-15 1st round grades per draft that's a problem.

Well, Mac Jones is seriously limited and Bailey Zappe is basically the same guy without having the chip of being a 1st round pick on his shoulder. That's what went sideways.

I honestly think Robby Anderson acts like an 8 year old child because he has the mental capacity of an 8 year old child. He seems mentally handicapped and I'm not saying that to be mean.

I honestly can't say. I might have watched five minutes of our game.

That Broncos' CB has three DPI calls this half. Might wanna bench that guy before he costs you the game. He's well on his way. Prior to tonight, our very own CJ Henderson led the league with three DPI calls this season. This Mathis cat has matched that in the first half.

I hope Scott Fitterer stumps so hard for sorry ass Dan Quinn that it makes Tepper wake up to the reality that his ass needs to be fired too.

I mean, if he's over it and basically wanted a retirement gift it's not impossible.

Our approach on this game leads me to believe that either A) Wilks is completely inept or B) Wilks has made a backroom deal with Tepper to be the tank commander. I honestly lean more toward A because B is also basically intentionally tanking his own career.

Yeah, a 1st is what I'd be shooting for. A 2nd and change is what I'd settle for.