Quote :

"He's literally never won a game that really and truly mattered when the season was still up for grabs."

the Panthers literally won the Saints game in week 2 this season, for starters

1/5/2013 3:58:13 PM

Yes, the Saints, who also finished with a losing record and didn't make the playoffs in desperation game after completely shitting the bed vs the Bucs in week 1.

Isn't that the one and only week RR has been at .500 through 32 games?

1/5/2013 4:17:11 PM

he's 6-4 as a head coach without Marty Hurney

1/5/2013 4:23:47 PM

bit of a grasp there, isn't it?

1/5/2013 4:25:24 PM

11-11 in his last 22 games

1/5/2013 4:33:59 PM

maybe Rivera is learning from his mistakes

1/5/2013 4:35:04 PM

^^ how many of those 11 came after we were eliminated from playoff contention?

Let's hope they do the right thing and make Ross an offer he can't refuse when he interviews this week. If you want to build through the draft as we all know Jerry does, a great place to start with a GM would be a director of college scouting from a well run franchise.

1/6/2013 3:38:07 PM

Chud interviewing for Browns HC job

1/9/2013 1:40:42 PM

Dave Gettleman named new GM

i like it

1/9/2013 5:26:00 PM

Never heard of him, but face would've been an upgrade over Hurney, so I'm on board.

1/9/2013 5:39:52 PM

I say Gettleman passes the torch to Beane in about 2017

1/10/2013 1:52:11 PM

welp

Chud's confirmed to Cleveland by Mortensen

1/10/2013 10:12:27 PM

Wow the Browns really had to grasp for straws after they struck out on Chip Kelly

1/10/2013 10:14:00 PM

i am completely fine with this.

1/10/2013 10:35:49 PM

I'm not.

1/10/2013 10:44:25 PM

thats insulting. Obviously I would have been an upgrade over Hurney.

1/10/2013 10:45:21 PM

i wouldve freaked out about this after the 2011-12 season

but considering how cute he got with playcalling the first half of this year until Rivera chewed him out, i say good luck and good riddance

he was an amazing OC his first year in Cleveland too, then their offense sucked dick the next year

1/10/2013 10:46:11 PM

agreed, good riddance

1/10/2013 11:16:50 PM

brian kelly interviewing with the eagles was mentioned before the browns hiring him on sportscenter

[Edited on January 10, 2013 at 11:19 PM. Reason : "good end game playcaller" ahahahaha]

1/10/2013 11:17:59 PM

Yeah, Chud's offense only works for about 10 weeks. Even at the end of 2011, the Panthers couldn't pass the ball for shit.

I hope to hell Rivera doesn't hire Norv. Fuck that guy and his antiquated offense. Cam needs a creative play-caller to utilize his unique skill-set. Keep using the zone-read, but get the running game back to where it was in 2011. The vertical offense will develop naturally as the safeties are forced to crowd the box.

1/10/2013 11:19:41 PM

Norv is Cleveland's new OC, so no worries there

wonder if we promote Shula

1/10/2013 11:20:38 PM

talk chris ault out of retirement

1/10/2013 11:27:52 PM

Quote :

"@YahooForde Read a (very) early Ky Derby Top 5 that included a horse named after Jake Delhomme and a horse co-owned by Rick Pitino. Mainsteam interest. "

oh boy

1/11/2013 3:15:46 PM

so the horse will fall down 5 times, throw off its jockey, and then immediately after the game get put out to stud

1/11/2013 6:57:56 PM

Gettleman presser being streamed on various radio/tv right now

1/15/2013 11:36:08 AM

Quote :

"QBs coach Mike Shula, former Cleveland coach Pat Shurmer and ex-Oakland coach Hue Jackson are vying to fill the job vacated by Rob Chudzinski. Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/#storylink=cpy"

anybody but Shurmur please

1/17/2013 8:04:02 PM

Kinda want to see Shula get in and have them bring in Weinke as qb coach.

1/17/2013 10:22:28 PM

and its Shula

man we should have fired Rivera

1/18/2013 5:09:33 PM

at least he appears to be tight with Cam

we'll see how it goes I suppose

1/18/2013 5:13:52 PM

Ricky Proehl as WR coach

Taylor and Marc are shitting bricks about all these hires, I'm more in wait-and-see mode

1/18/2013 5:35:55 PM

Quote :

"During four years as Tampa Bay OC, Shula's Bucs were 29th in points, 27th in total offense and last in the NFL in passing offense."

oh no

1/18/2013 5:48:38 PM

i'll reserve judgment...i mean during those years Trent Dilfer was his QB

1/18/2013 9:55:03 PM

Kuechly AP Defensive Rookie of the Year

2/2/2013 7:31:16 PM

weird how this team has so many rookie of the years yet never seems to get better

2/2/2013 7:31:55 PM

i mean

2-14
Add rookie of the year Cam
6-10
Add rookie of the year Luke
7-9

2/2/2013 7:32:51 PM

well i was going back to beason as well but now that i think about it willis won ROY that year

2/2/2013 7:40:39 PM

2/2/2013 8:52:33 PM

Awesome. Luke is quickly becoming the best defensive player the Panthers have ever had. Never doubted the pick for a second. Here's to hoping he stays concussion free.

Next year really all comes down to Cam. We've got a good defense, playmakers on offense, a decent-enough OL, just need Cam to make some plays and not kill us with turnovers. If he plays like he did the last half of the season, we're in the playoffs. If he slips back to the indecisive, inaccurate, diva version of Cam, we're looking at 8-8 at best.

2/3/2013 12:23:33 AM

Sir Purr with the starring role on Hawaii 5-0 tonight

2/19/2013 9:30:25 PM

good article on our salary cap woes. Hurney really screwed us bad. I say cut them all that he recommends (except Gross which he also says is unlikely) and just tank the season. We'd add one more good draft pick and it would give us two years to try to win with Cam before we get reamed by his contract. Pathetic situation all around.

http://www.catscratchreader.com/2013/1/27/3922826/the-salary-cap-situation

[Edited on February 19, 2013 at 9:45 PM. Reason : a]

2/19/2013 9:39:42 PM

tank the season? lol gtfo with that bullshit

that article is chicken little as fuck

cut Gamble, bam, half our problem is solved

restructure with Gross and CJ, we're only a few million off

it wont be difficult at all

2/19/2013 9:42:10 PM

guess you forgot about draft picks. And the fact that we need LB's who can play more than 3 games.

and cutting gamble leaves our secondary in shambles again, so that doesn't exactly solve our problems.

Not to mention we still need a WR. And we weren't that good this year.

We're in rough shape for next year it looks like. 7-9 type team not a contender.

2/19/2013 9:55:56 PM

Only our 14th overall pick will take up any significant future cap space

Kuechly, Davis and Beason/Anderson will be fine for our LB corps

Our secondary played well the 2nd half of last season without Gamble

We could very well draft a WR in the 1st round, that or safety, because a DT isn't gonna give an instant impact and Rivera is coaching for his job

All we have to do is win a few close games and we're a playoff team next year

lol at tank the season

2/19/2013 9:58:48 PM

dt much more likely to make a significant impact their first year than a receiver, statistically.


screwed in the secondary next year. LB is going to be a struggle again, but we have a chance to have a good d-line if we address DT issues.

I say tank it.

2/19/2013 10:00:55 PM

Lol tank the season.

We are poised to be a monster based on advanced stats, and that's with some of those big money guys we might need to cut being on IR anyway.

2/19/2013 10:05:47 PM

DT's not named Ngata, Wilfork, Suh, etc aren't gonna make a noticeable impact their first (or likely 2nd) year...and none of those guys are in the draft, let alone at the 14th pick

our ends are good enough, combined with our top-5 LB corps in the league where DT isn't as big an issue as people want it to be

a top tier rookie WR will give Cam another weapon, take some pressure off Olsen, and hopefully allow 89 to play more snaps in the slot

or draft a stud left tackle, move Gross to the right side, and give Cam a lot more time

making the decision to consciously waste Cam's 3rd year, after he figured out his sophomore slump issues, is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard

2/19/2013 10:13:48 PM

a few things from the past week:

- we did not franchise anyone
- restructured Olsen's deal to save about $2.4 million in the cap this year
- released Ron Edwards

now that Bowe signed a longterm deal with the Chiefs, i'd really like to see us make a strong push for Wallace or Jennings...preferably Jennings

3/5/2013 11:02:31 AM

Better talk to this guy if we want to sign one of those guys

3/5/2013 11:14:44 AM

Good night...sweet prince

3/8/2013 11:49:49 AM

set em up

3/8/2013 12:56:49 PM