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8 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

How'd that work out last season?

What Bridgewater does isn't "protecting the ball". I could get behind that.

Playing scared? Not so much.

What great defense did Bridgewater play with last season.  Defense was dead last on 3rd downs with getting off the field.  This year we either ranked #1 or at the very tops in the league, defense is getting the ball back to the offense, and we're not doing much with it. 

Much risk, very little reward so far.

Both teams are 3-2 at the same point of the season.  With two different ranked defenses. 

 

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4 minutes ago, Pantherxtreme said:

What great defense did Bridgewater play with last season.  Defense was dead last on 3rd downs with getting off the field.  This year we either ranked #1 or at the very tops in the league, defense is getting the ball back to the offense, and we're not doing much with it. 

Much risk, very little reward so far.

Both teams are 3-2 at the same point of the season.  With two different ranked defenses. 

As was discussed numerous times late last season, defense did enough in several games to give us an opportunity to put it away. Several games in a row, we were saying "here's another chance for a game-winning drive".

Teddy couldn't do it.

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10 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

As was discussed numerous times late last season, defense did enough in several games to give us an opportunity to put it away. Several games in a row, we were saying "here's another chance for a game-winning drive".

Teddy couldn't do it.

And so far neither has Sam. Thankfully he has a much better defense and hasn't needed any "game winning drives" except for yesterday of his own doing with the turnovers. 

I'm Panthers fan first and foremost so I want Donald to succeed, but I also call a spade a spade. And moving on from Teddy to bring Donald here was a lateral move at best and we traded away draft picks to do it. 

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21 minutes ago, Pantherxtreme said:

And so far neither has Sam. Thankfully he has a much better defense and hasn't needed any "game winning drives" except for yesterday of his own doing with the turnovers. 

I'm Panthers fan first and foremost so I want Donald to succeed, but I also call a spade a spade. And moving on from Teddy to bring Donald here was a lateral move at best and we traded away draft picks to do it. 

Definitely don't agree.

I don't know what Darnold will be yet, but I don't doubt that he's better than Bridgewater.  I think some folks are letting current issues alter their memory of just how bad Bridgewater was.

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On 10/11/2021 at 11:53 AM, Mr. Scot said:

I'll take a quarterback who takes risks over one who plays it safe tem times out of ten, even in a WCO.

 

 

On 10/11/2021 at 12:45 PM, Mr. Scot said:

Definitely don't agree.

I don't know what Darnold will be yet, but I don't doubt that he's better than Bridgewater.  I think some folks are letting current issues alter their memory of just how bad Bridgewater was.

What a difference a month makes.

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On 10/11/2021 at 7:59 AM, LegioX said:

One game and everyone ready to send him to the guillotine. How about let’s see how the season goes before we pass judgement?

and in May 2022............"One bad season last year and everyone is ready to send him to the guillotine. How about let's see how the 2022 season goes before we pass judgement?."

Wash rinse and repeat..............

 

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On 10/10/2021 at 4:08 PM, kungfoodude said:

I think since we are having Jets-like OL play, we are seeing Jets-like Sam Darnold.

His ceiling is probably lower than we want but it's hard to get super upset at him when we knew he was a streaky player and didn't play well under pressure but we assembled a bottom 5 OL unit in front of him.

Bottom five??....how about the bottom of the bottom. I am convinced that many college Olines are better then what they put on the field. Fuggin inept staff knew exactly what Sam had been through previosly. 

They put him in exactly the same scenerio that he had failed in. 

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On 10/11/2021 at 12:45 PM, Mr. Scot said:

Definitely don't agree.

I don't know what Darnold will be yet, but I don't doubt that he's better than Bridgewater.  I think some folks are letting current issues alter their memory of just how bad Bridgewater was.

We all take Ls once in a while….

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3 minutes ago, MechaZain said:

I stand by it. Investing in a project then abandoning ship at the first bad performance is just stupid. Same sort of week-to-week tunnel vision that had yall trying to dump Cam for Kyle Allen.

If Sam Darnold is the hill you're willing to die on, even after watching his last months worth of performances, then so be it, I suppose.

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