tiger7_88

This thread is a work of damned blinders-art.

The only question now is not *are* you related to Darnold, only how closely. Parent? Sibling? Cousin?

Want to know how sad things are? Shula would be an improvement.

A 2nd, a 4th, and a 6th to be exact.

I cannot repeat enough how utterly regressive an offensive “philosophy” designed around a FUGGING RUNNING BACK is (no matter how good a receiver) in the NFL of the 2020’s. “You know all those rules you’ve passed to make it easier on QBs and OTs and harder on pass defenders and pass rushers? Well fug those rules, Ima party like it’s 1986!”

And this place is certainly well practiced at pre-formed opinions and narratives that are used to support'em. WELL practiced.

Of course you are.

Minnesota - 37:38 Carolina - 26:34 So the Carolina defense was on the field 11 minutes more than than the Minnesota defense in this game. And it looked it in overtime.

If that is true, then he is smarter than Rhule/Brady/Fitterer (whichever combination of those three actually believed that Sam Darnold was the answer).

OK, brother. Sorry to confuse you with actual arguments; S'ok, please enjoy the performance of your actual NFL team. My apologies in requesting that you actually think.

And this is my point. You're getting Arthur-Blank-ism WITH EVEN LESS EXPERIENCE IN THE NFL THAN ARTHUR BLANK. So, yeah, as I keep repeating, good luck with that.

No, what I'm saying is that you seem to be demanding an Arthur Blank type. And honestly? You want me to choose between Jerry/Al and Arthur? OK. Then give me fugging Jerry/Al, cuz at least they've won the big one in their past instead of the "pretend feelings OMG WOKISM!" of the Arthur Blank leadership.

OK, good luck in your lottery then. I've lived in the Atlanta are since 1999 and have observed first hand how that "billionaire man" lottery turns into results. Good luck.

OK so there are 3 options here. - Tepper is a billionaire owner who doesn't give a poo about his money and lets the people he hires below him to make every decision without his input. - Tepper is a billionaire owner who values his money and hires people to make decisions that the billionaire owner prefers. - Tepper is a billionaire owner who controls every aspect of the organization. I don't know about you, but at least in terms of modern Corporate Tech, I haven't seen much tendency of Corporate Billionaire owners to parse out responsibility for their corporate investments to lower-level flunkies (albeit NFL or otherwise). Maybe you have that faith in people. God bless you. I don't.

Why not? The "fans" (deservedly) "turned" on the LAST owner. Is there some fuging list of non-deserving owners to "turn" on?

lol, love you bro. But BILLIONAIRES don't go "hands off", lol. C'mon man. ESPECIALLY in an environment all about "rep" like the NFL. C'MON MAN. Why the fug do you think they buy in? "Oh, no worries, I'll just let other people run this poo!" Do you really believe that? That's why one of Carolinas primary opponents continues to fail (Atlanta, a.k.a. Arthur Blank). Do you think Carolina's billionaire is any different? With all due respect, if your answer is yes, then lolllllll.

Then why did the proprietor of this establishment sell him as the next Messiah? Oh, wait, nevermind... I know why.

And yet the same things keep happening. Again. And again. And again. And again. (Feel free to shove your head further underground.)

The billionaire ownership of the franchise doesn't seem to consider the quality of the starting QB position as being very important so far. I mean, that's been made very clear for those paying attention and not hating over the last couple of years.

Yeah, for some of the people in NFL, that happens a LOT. FOR SOME REASON.

I mean, Sam Darnold OBVIOUSLY impressed them sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much more at a much more expensive price than a drafted rookie, right? Is Darnold going to out-perform a Justin Fields at his near $5M salary this year? Compared to Field salary? Or would it have been better to go with (and draft) the rook?

Yes. Obligating themselves to MORE money to Sam Darnold. "The best option" lol This is why the Carolina organization is doomed for the foreseeable future. Have fun! lol

Oh good, overpaying your "best" player in a position and usage where it is most likely he gets injured? (Cuz that's what RB's do in the modern NFL... get injured.) So... yay?

Arguable... can't say your wrong. But extending Darnold? Did they actually think he'd perform so well this year under their brilliant leadership that extending him for $18+M was a better bet? Because, if they did, I question their judgement. The SAFER bet would have been not to extend him and if, yet again in 2021 he was again Sam Darnold, if they *wanted* to keep him they could keep him at a lesser cost and, if the fool chose to leave anyway, have no impact on the salary cap. But, like I said, its as if Hurn-Dawg's ghost continues to haunt the GM offices.