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[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Jon Snow said:

With an upgraded processor added on.

Heh

[ColumbusCounty]

Lol, I'm just left with questions..

We almost made the playoffs last year bro. With a better staff, QB, and roster + this shitty division ...why shouldn't you expect the playoffs until we're mathematically eliminated. 

Wth u mean don't expect the playoffs?? Lol cmon bro. 

U think the guys in the locker room are aligned with your philosophy? And the ones that oppose simply just don't know football? 

What I know is, you wouldn't have posted this three weeks ago. Don't make what's basically a glorified audition for depth be the end all be all. 

But let me guess, when Benjamin went down for the season you knew in '15 that we'd go undefeated for most of the season in route to a superbowl appearance? 

You do know, "Any Given Sunday" is a slogan related to this game?!? It wasn't just a movie title my guy. 

 

[TheMaulClaw]

1 hour ago, ladypanther said:

 

And I guess you would like to have Al Holcomb as the D coordinator.

Id rather Holcomb and the playoffs then all the kings men and a 5 win season with no 1st round pick.

[CRA]

9 minutes ago, ColumbusCounty said:

Lol, I'm just left with questions..

We almost made the playoffs last year bro. With a better staff, QB, and roster + this shitty division ...why shouldn't you expect the playoffs until we're mathematically eliminated. 

Every season is new.  That win total from last year is meaningless.   Those teams don’t exist anymore.  We got to 7 with an abnormal amount of games against the worst run defenses in the NFL playing like it was 1963.   

the QB isnt just logged as an upgrade over bad vets.   He is a rookie.  It’s its own thing.  Lot to learn and see.  Great rookie prospects have a really rough time learning those lumps.  Learning to win is hard.  And he has an entire cast learning a new scheme while he does. 

And the roster around the QB week 1 on offense isn’t better than what we have put out there the last couple years.   

[GRWatcher]

8 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

The run game looked awesome, riddler had a nice throw on 3 and 12.  Robinson is going to be a problem, big problem.  And the pick was a tipped ball by the wr, a good throw by riddler

 

All in all their first team offense looked worlds better then us.

If you're going to praise a team the least you could do is spell the starting QB's name right. 

R.I.D.D.E.R.

 

1 hour ago, Jon Snow said:

With an upgraded processor added on.

From one nerd to another

[top dawg]

1 hour ago, CRA said:

Every season is new.  That win total from last year is meaningless.   Those teams don’t exist anymore.  We got to 7 with an abnormal amount of games against the worst run defenses in the NFL playing like it was 1963.   

the QB isnt just logged as an upgrade over bad vets.   He is a rookie.  It’s its own thing.  Lot to learn and see.  Great rookie prospects have a really rough time learning those lumps.  Learning to win is hard.  And he has an entire cast learning a new scheme while he does. 

And the roster around the QB week 1 on offense isn’t better than what we have put out there the last couple years.   

People talk as though it's just one continuous season, and like the schedule is a carbon copy, and like all the other teams are just standing still. 

I know damn well that the Saints are farther along on the curve to legitimacy than we are this season by virtue of their talent and experience alone, not to mention their staff and coaching continuity. 

[csx]

4 minutes ago, top dawg said:

People talk as though it's just one continuous season, and like the schedule is a carbon copy, and like all the other teams are just standing still. 

I know damn well that the Saints are farther along on the curve to legitimacy than we are this season by virtue of their talent and experience alone, not to mention their staff and coaching continuity. 

Well....Allen has never had a winning season and they have mostly new defensive coaches. Other than their long time OC there isn't much if anything to their coaching continuity.

[Eric4280]

9 hours ago, Martin said:

Yeah I don’t think people are very fond of condescending “I know better than you” type posts in general.

Especially when ex pro running backs come out and say “relax it’s just preseason “ you can be concerned but over reactionary and dismissive of the team.

[Jon Snow]

1 hour ago, CRA said:

Every season is new.  That win total from last year is meaningless.   Those teams don’t exist anymore.  We got to 7 with an abnormal amount of games against the worst run defenses in the NFL playing like it was 1963.   

the QB isnt just logged as an upgrade over bad vets.   He is a rookie.  It’s its own thing.  Lot to learn and see.  Great rookie prospects have a really rough time learning those lumps.  Learning to win is hard.  And he has an entire cast learning a new scheme while he does. 

And the roster around the QB week 1 on offense isn’t better than what we have put out there the last couple years.   

Not to mention that 6, possibly 7, of the 11 starters on offense are new. Only 1 of those are on the oline. None of them have played together before and all of them are learning a new system.  And they all are lead by a rookie qb. 

On defense there are 5 new starters. That's 5 of 11 new players on defense that is learning a new scheme that most of them have never played before.  

So yeah, that doesn't sound good for us. Not this season. But we can reck some playoff hopefuls dreams while they get their feet under them.

[ncfan]

4 hours ago, Zod said:

You don't seem to understand what happened this off-season.

 

It isn't a retooling.

 

They wiped the board completely clean and are starting over. It is not a continuation. 

 

Looking at last year's record is completely meaningless.

Interesting 

because our very own dam GM was quiet contrary to what you just said.

 

”We built the Defense, then the OL.  We’ve built up to where we can just drop in a QB”

 

not only A QB

”the most NFL ready QB”

 

Those weren’t yours, mine, or any huddler words.

Those were Carolina Panthers General Manger Scott Fitterer’s words.

 

It amazes me after all the bashing of Matt Fool and his multi year rebuild plan.  And then praise and point how the NFL you can turn it it around (pointing to Dabol)

Some of us revert right back to “several years down the line rebuild” expectations like that clown that just got fired had.

Edited August 20, 2023 by ncfan

[The Lobo]

14 hours ago, CRA said:

But we never did that.  We just hired better than Rhule’s staff.  

our OC and DC combined have 1 year worth of experience in the job.   That’s potential.  That’s unknown. 

Frank got fired for bland and pedestrian offense.  He is Ron Rivera.  He is Jon Fox. 

and the icing on the coach cake was hiring a couple was hiring some 70 year olds to advise us in the 2023 era. Capers and Caldwell aren’t all stars in 2023.   Heck they weren’t decades ago. 

this staff was about bringing some stability and respect to a franchise that became a literal laughing stock because of Rhule.  Which it did.  Frank, Caldwell, Capers.  Respect across the league.  And they got some young coordinators they hope the groom up and see grow.  But they got grow just like Bryce.  

According to the media we did. It felt like after every hire that got tweeted, you had once analyst after the other tweeting that we are bullying something special with this great staff. 

[Carolina Cajun]

Burying the team after 2 preseason games is just as bad as predicting a super bowl.  I still stand by that this roster is between 7-10 and 10-7.  THAT is not based on last year, THAT is based on talent on the roster.  Moton got paid like a very good tackle, Icky was a top LT pick and should be growing into becoming elite.  Jaycee Horn should be growing, Brian burns, Derek brown.  Theres too many names to mention.  Fact is this is a playoff level roster, but theres 1 catch and its not Bryce young.  How healthy can we stay, its that simple, its always that simple and it always will be that simple.  Teams that stay healthy in our talent level position make the playoffs, you see it literally every single season, but if we have even a few key injuries, the season is tanked.

[OUCPFL]

14 hours ago, Zod said:

You don't seem to understand what happened this off-season.

 

It isn't a retooling.

 

They wiped the board completely clean and are starting over. It is not a continuation. 

 

Looking at last year's record is completely meaningless.

As Scot said. Factory reset with an upgraded processer. 

 

You can't say last year is meaningless when every analyst, pundit, and coach looks at last years team to give an opinion. LOL. What is this amateur hour? 

[OUCPFL]

13 hours ago, CRA said:

Every season is new.  That win total from last year is meaningless.   Those teams don’t exist anymore.  We got to 7 with an abnormal amount of games against the worst run defenses in the NFL playing like it was 1963.   

the QB isnt just logged as an upgrade over bad vets.   He is a rookie.  It’s its own thing.  Lot to learn and see.  Great rookie prospects have a really rough time learning those lumps.  Learning to win is hard.  And he has an entire cast learning a new scheme while he does. 

And the roster around the QB week 1 on offense isn’t better than what we have put out there the last couple years.