I seriously can't with you guys and your preseason hot takes right now

[Ricky Spanish]

This is a public service announcement for you all:

Chill the fug out chicken littles.

They aren't playing these games to win. They aren't even calling plays to necessarily score or get first downs. They are calling plays to see certain players in certain situations.

Players will always play to win because that is how they are wired. Coaches don't coach to win in the preseason.  They spend 20-30 hours making a list of things they want to bring out in a player/play.

They will call plays with the purpose of getting a heatmap of offensive linemen's footwork in order to correlate number of vertical steps with sacks, hurries, or tips.

They will call plays to track a specific WR's release/separation against certain defensive looks.

They will call run plays to the Left against a stacked box that have no chance of success just so they can see how the RG moves laterally and compare it to another guard who played a different set of downs.

They will call plays that put the safety at the line of scrimmage in order to track how much ground he can cover in x seconds if the WR in the slot on the opposite side of the line runs a go route.

The preseason, in general, is for data collection purposes.

The only game that has any relevant correlation to regular season success used to be week 3 of the preseason where the starters would play the entire first half and run a half game plan with vanilla looks across the board. I don't know which game is considered the "preseason week 3" game anymore because there are only 3 preseason games now, because it's the preseason and it doesn't matter.

There is absolutely zero reason to get as aggro as many of you are about the preseason.

Chill out.

My god.

Chill.

If we are at week 8 and still look like Matt Rhule's team, then by all means, panic but I'm not sweating any of this poo in the slightest because we all have WAY more important stuff to worry about in our lives than preseason football.

[Brooklyn 3.0]

1 minute ago, Ricky Spanish said:

This is a public service announcement for you all:

Chill the fug out chicken littles.

They aren't playing these games to win. They aren't even calling plays to necessarily score or get first downs. They are calling plays to see certain players in certain situations.

Players will always play to win because that is how they are wired. Coaches don't coach to win in the preseason.  They spend 20-30 hours making a list of things they want to bring out in a player/play.

They will call plays with the purpose of getting a heatmap of offensive linemen's footwork in order to correlate number of vertical steps with sacks, hurries, or tips.

They will call plays to track a specific WR's release/separation against certain defensive looks.

They will call run plays to the Left against a stacked box that have no chance of success just so they can see how the RG moves laterally and compare it to another guard who played a different set of downs.

They will call plays that put the safety at the line of scrimmage in order to track how much ground he can cover in x seconds if the WR in the slot on the opposite side of the line runs a go route.

The preseason, in general, is for data collection purposes.

The only game that has any relevant correlation to regular season success used to be week 3 of the preseason where the starters would play the entire first half and run a half game plan with vanilla looks across the board. I don't know which game is considered the "preseason week 3" game anymore because there are only 3 preseason games now, because it's the preseason and it doesn't matter.

There is absolutely zero reason to get as aggro as many of you are about the preseason.

Chill out.

My god.

Chill.

If we are at week 8 and still look like Matt Rhule's team, then by all means, panic but I'm not sweating any of this poo in the slightest because we all have WAY more important stuff to worry about in our lives than preseason football.

[TheBigKat]

This is why Whiteville NC doesn’t deserve the internet

[ladypanther]

(Note...responding to the OP.)

Edited August 20, 2023 by ladypanther

[Soul Rebel]

Over/Under on total threads started for over/under reacting this pre-season?

[therealmjl]

After watching the other games, I 100% agree. I’ve never seen such a completely unhinged reaction over preseason before.

Edited August 19, 2023 by therealmjl

[ThPantherFan]

7 minutes ago, Ricky Spanish said:

Chill out.

I thought everyone knew the pre-season wasn't for winning.  You make very good points.

[ncstatekwi]

Edited August 19, 2023 by ncstatekwi

[AceMan]

The 2003 Carolina Panthers SB team went 4-0 in the preseason. The 2015 Carolina Panthers SB team went 3-1 in the preseason. Anomalies though!!

[Gerry Green]

13 minutes ago, Ricky Spanish said:

This is a public service announcement for you all:

Chill the fug out chicken littles.

They aren't playing these games to win. They aren't even calling plays to necessarily score or get first downs. They are calling plays to see certain players in certain situations.

Players will always play to win because that is how they are wired. Coaches don't coach to win in the preseason.  They spend 20-30 hours making a list of things they want to bring out in a player/play.

They will call plays with the purpose of getting a heatmap of offensive linemen's footwork in order to correlate number of vertical steps with sacks, hurries, or tips.

They will call plays to track a specific WR's release/separation against certain defensive looks.

They will call run plays to the Left against a stacked box that have no chance of success just so they can see how the RG moves laterally and compare it to another guard who played a different set of downs.

They will call plays that put the safety at the line of scrimmage in order to track how much ground he can cover in x seconds if the WR in the slot on the opposite side of the line runs a go route.

The preseason, in general, is for data collection purposes.

The only game that has any relevant correlation to regular season success used to be week 3 of the preseason where the starters would play the entire first half and run a half game plan with vanilla looks across the board. I don't know which game is considered the "preseason week 3" game anymore because there are only 3 preseason games now, because it's the preseason and it doesn't matter.

There is absolutely zero reason to get as aggro as many of you are about the preseason.

Chill out.

My god.

Chill.

If we are at week 8 and still look like Matt Rhule's team, then by all means, panic but I'm not sweating any of this poo in the slightest because we all have WAY more important stuff to worry about in our lives than preseason football.

 

Getting worked up about vanilla play calling even after they were told to expect vanilla play calling is my favorite part. The negativity is so ingrained they just can't turn it off. Even for a meaningless Preseason Game.

[SmittysLawnGuy]

28 years of have patience, it's worn thin. At least with my jean boy we could get excited every other year for awhile. Now I've grown old. Enough excuses, execute the play! When I built the focusing beams for laser  eye surgery, I didn't get to say to Wilma, oops my bad, sorry bout your empty socket! Icky wake up, never put Jordan out there again. To many issues with awe shucks guys, give em some more time! Do your job!

Edited August 19, 2023 by SmittysLawnGuy

[Gerry Green]

3 minutes ago, AceMan said:

The 2003 Carolina Panthers SB team went 4-0 in the preseason. The 2015 Carolina Panthers SB team went 3-1 in the preseason. Anomalies though!!

 

Yuppers, the winner of Preseason always goes to the SuperB owl. smh

[Mr. Scot]

9 minutes ago, ThPantherFan said:

I thought everyone knew the pre-season wasn't for winning.

T'would seem otherwise

[ladypanther]

3 minutes ago, AceMan said:

The 2003 Carolina Panthers SB team went 4-0 in the preseason. The 2015 Carolina Panthers SB team went 3-1 in the preseason. Anomalies though!!

Not relevant IMO. Different team, different coaching staff, different emphasis.  Not comparing apples to apples.