rayzor

what makes you think that? he's only missed 2 out of 13 attempts from 50+ in 4 years. he hasn't kicked more from that range only because we haven't asked him to. he's got good range. the long one he kicked this year he made it look easy.

we stumbled onto something good with him, that's for sure.

zac's contract is going to make that difficult, but it just seems like too perfect a fit.

nailed it

True. Very much a narcissist. But he's always been that. Now he's a narcissistic helicopter soccer mom.

Good. You see...there's an upside to our reputation.

It would be hard not to be. You know they're going to give him opportunities. Probably most of Sanders. I think it could be a thing of beauty seeing both of them.

And we haven't even seen Brooks yet. I think we've got a good offensive playmaking core there. Also, Chuba is still really young, young even for an RB. Once we get our offense rolling I think we're going to be hard to stop. All we need is that QB.

maybe, but i think with all of them we can get a good few years out of. Robinson is legit starting quality, imo. I like Tuttle as an NT as well. i'd put Clowney and Wonnum in the "good enough" category, but i wouldn't necessarily consider them or really Tuttle as 'the answer' especially long term. Depth is by far the biggest concern. it might be necessary to go D all draft.

get the team right, then get your QB and make it easy for the QB to do his job. Good OL play helps immensely. Good receivers helps immensely as well. But also, you need to have a defense that can give your offense more and better opportunities and take the pressure off the need to score 40 points or throw 500 yards a game. if you are expecting your QB to fix everything, you're expecting too much. QB is only 1 of 11 on offense and then there's the whole defense. it doesn't matter who your QB is if they aren't on a team that is put together right.

i do agree that the focus needs to be on the front 7. the front that we've got now would look MUCH better with Derrick Brown there. A'Shawn and Shy are good, but the three of them together would have big time changed what we have been able to do up front. I want to see them together next year. I like Clowney and i'm thrilled we got Wonnum in there finally. I'm hoping that Wonnum and he are able to secure things on the edge going forward. Hopefully we can keep those two and add to edge through the draft. Those two together with the trio of Brown/Tuttle/Robinson was how it was supposed to be. We need to add depth to all of that, though. And then at linebacker, i think that tevin wallace is the future in the middle of the LB corps. i really like josey jewell as well. we do need to be strengthening the LB corps, though...especially if we switch back to 4-3 (which i really don't see happening for a while). We need depth and we need the guys to stay healthy. i think we actually have a good start. it's just having the guys be healthy. If we add a couple FA parts and then go heavy in the draft towards the front 7, i think we'll be seeing a lot of improvement.

that's another discussion for one of a few hundred threads.

i don't like that it's with the commanders for some reason. but i just don't lie that they have been doing well anyways. not sure what team i would have been happy them going to, though. i wish they could have been a big part of what we're doing here and make the defense here better, but whatever. water under the bridge.

Luvu didn't want to be here for whatever reason. offer was made, he wanted to go somewhere else. Chinn...for whatever reason none of the DCs we had could figure out what to do with him. a lot of talent. no direction. they are getting something out of him that we couldn't.

this has been mentioned/explained.

was invite sent out or did the panthers pay for the trips of former, non-retired players to go to Germany? If there was, then there's a problem that goes beyond the Cam issue, because that's inappropriate in the first place. Was he told not to go? i'm just wondering how he was "slighted" or how he feels slighted.

and i can understand not celebrating his career until he puts in the retirement papers. he hasn't been forgotten. as soon as he files retirement papers, he'll be celebrated. and the sooner he can get his yellow jacket. if he's hoping he'll get picked up by someone, it's not happening if it hasn't happened in the past couple years.

his personality and presence is far too large for any backup role on a team. it cannot be controlled or restrained. not a slight on him at all, btw. he's not going to be a starter anywhere....not for very long. his shoulder just wouldn't be able to handle it. any vet QB he is teamed with in a starter role will have to compete with him for leader role. his presence will distract people just because people will naturally gravitate towards him or have an ear out for him. newer QBs that are trying to build their presence as a leader won't stand a chance with him there. he is not a guy you can have on a team that is building. on a team that is competing, he automatically takes the spotlight and attention from the team. he becomes the focus. that's not by his doing. this is just the natural by-product of having him on a team.

Just a bit jealous. It's been a few years since I've seen them. Always was a great show and it seems like the shows are getting better.

this. changing the culture takes time, a lot of work, and shared experiences...caught up in "the battle" together fighting through while winning and losing, but constantly trying to get that W and do better every day/week. It also takes big personalities like Hunt showing the rest of the crew how it's done. attitudes like his are infectious.

building ≠ built as in 'work in progress' this iteration is just getting started.

Lots of fun to watch.

Yes, on several levels.

The culture that is being built. It's a work in progress.