The Panthers organization weren't ever really serious about the guy having a chance. They had the money to spend to make some things happen, such as bring him to Carolina, but that's not the same thing as being serious. Some people with lots of money think that way. The former Panthers owner at least stuck with the same team through the years, win or lose, no matter what bad things people have to say about him.
Teddy Bridgewater wasn't really in a Panthers uniform long enough to get much done.
church hurt is where you experience a degree of distance, pain, or judgement from your church community. Essentially, you are just unable to “find your place”. This is prevalent in the Christian community, but can be extended to other religions.
Now that I am an adult I am beginning to heal from the church hurt that was inflicted on me as a child.
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"
FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"