Cat Scratch Reader: for Carolina Panthers fans

Brian, Brad, and Jon touch on the small snippets of news happening in Panthers world, namely the departure of Steve Wilks to take over the Cardinals head coaching job and Eric Washington stepping in to replace him. The guys also discuss recent comments made by new offensive coordinator Norv Turner and whether or not his words are starting to ease their concerns. Jon talks about his article on the irrelevance of the run game and Brad recaps his interview with Panthers wide receiver Curtis Samuel. The guys also tackle a couple of hot in the streets Internet debate and turn to the CSR community for help on topics to discuss. 

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Brian, Brad, and Jon provide their final game review of the season, touching on what went wrong and what went right against the Saints. They also discuss the firing of Mike Shula and their opinions on Norv Turner likely getting the job and bringing his entire family along with him. Jon also throws out some interesting numbers in a preview of a big piece he has coming out later this month or whenever he gets done with it. Brian and Brad share their plans for the site and the podcast in the coming months as we head into the offseason. 

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Jeanna Thomas from the Falcoholic and SB Nation rejoins the usual crew of Brian, Brad, and Jon to talk about the Falcons 22-10 win over the Panthers on New Years Eve, among a great assortment of other things. Topics of discussion also include protein shakes, which coaches you'd least like to fist fight, the Panthers being bad, the Falcons being less bad, Panthers vs. Saints talk, Mike Smith being a nice guy, and probably some other stuff. 

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Brian, Brad, and Jon are joined once again by Jeanna Thomas from the Falcoholic and SB Nation to talk Panthers vs. Falcons. The guys spend a few brief minutes sharing their takeaways from the Panthers roller coaster win versus the Bucs before Jeanna recaps the Falcons poop-tastic loss to the Saints. They also discuss the two teams' biggest weaknesses down the stretch, and Jeanna shares her extreme pessimism for the Falcons both this week and moving forward into the playoffs. 

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Brian, Brad, and Jon sit down for a quick preview of the upcoming match-up between the Carolina Panthers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They discuss the Bucs' laundry list of injuries, what their expectations are for each side of the ball, score predictions with the usual dose of Brian pessimism, and bold predictions. 

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Brian, Brad, and Jon do a podcast! Brad didn't get to pay much attention to the game, so Brian and Jon do most of the recapping of the Panthers victory over the Packers and somehow get into a discussion about what a catch is. After that, they discuss Thomas Davis' hit on Davantae Adams, the Twitter reactions to it, and how bad the NFL's two game suspension was. They also discuss the list of Panthers Pro Bowlers and who they think were the biggest snubs. The show wraps up with the biggest news from the weekend, Jerry Richardon's announcement of the future sale of the team. The guys share their takes on the matter and what they hope/expect to see from new ownership. 

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Regular Brian, Brad, and Jon are joined by another, better Brian from Pack to the Future. They discuss Aaron Rodgers health, the difference between he and Brett Hundley, the Packers play calling, the state of the Packers backfield and wide receiver corps, and their defense. We learn that there are tons of similarities between the Packers defense and the Panthers offense, with Better Brian making a "blind people playing chess" analogy. All of the guys give their score predictions, including Brad's wild 100 point affair and the likelihood that the teams just take turns kicking field goals all game. It's a good one. 

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Brian, Brad, and Jon recap the Panthers win over the Minnesota Vikings. They give their optimistic seal of approval to players on both sides of the ball and try to group think of a person to give the pessimistic label to. They also review the Panthers game plan and coaching approach to Sunday's game. The episode wraps up with some playoff picture breakdowns and very relevant discussions about broadcast teams and the like. 

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