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I've almost forgotten what it feels like to want players back healthy for a potential postseason run

Ehh. Any billionaire was going to leech. I actually think we're better off with Tepper since he's heavily invested here between the Panthers and CLTFC. It would be difficult and costly for him to leave town.

That is true, it was very concerning how easy the Rams made it look, but I feel like they were picking on our very thin secondary. Should be a better showing if we get to play them again. And yes we are rush first for sure, but if Bryce doesn’t throw the ball at all downfield we are being too conservative and will not make it past the first round. Our running is our bread and butter but if you can activate the good Bryce more consistently and he can throw the clutch shots, then that is the balance I am talking about. Not 50/50, more 65/35. Seems like Canales was going 80/20 in either direction there for a few weeks. I just hope Bryce builds more confidence and then we will be able to hang with anyone.

That 3 game skid when all we needed was 1 win to clinch the division was pretty stressful.

Bowles - "I don't think its a big hurdle"

Yeah you can just compare Sack % and Pressure % for Flacco vs. Burrow in the same offense. Flacco’s is significantly lower, but even Burrow’s isn’t too bad. Burrow’s pressure % is pretty similar to Bryce’s (23.3 vs. 23.0) and I think we all agree that we have put a pretty good o-line in front of Bryce, even with the injuries this year.

if you didn't watch 3 plays.....the D that played the Rams looked exactly like last years. I mean the Rams are a very good offensive team but just how easy that walked the field us on all game is a tad concerning. and the Panthers should 100000% roll out the same gameplan vs the Saints. All you need is Jaycee Horn not to give up 2 massive TDs and it's an easy ugly win. We know how the winning forumula. It isn't balance. It's leaning on the run and having Bryce make very few throws that matter. Hope he can when the few moments call.

And the Cardinals had to start Ryan Lindley that game as well. They were actually winning at halftime 14-13. That game summed up that season and we limped our way into Seattle standing no chance whatsoever but the team gained valuable playoff experience imo I’ll sign up for that again versus missing the playoffs. It would be good for this team. Even though we’ll most likely be one and done

Love Jonathan lol ’rise up’ is also the most pitiful motto. Pitiful

We were very banged up going into that Rams game. Our second best player (Horn), our best safety, and both starting ILBs were out. I feel like our defense has really been impressive considering a year ago. If our offense learns how to be balanced like they were against the Rams, we can honestly beat anyone. Those losses to the Saints and 49ers may have been what we needed to figure out that when we depend too much on either running exclusively or passing exclusively that we are no good. That Rams game showed what we can do when we are in sync offensively and it was so much fun to watch. If that offense shows up this week then go ahead and cancel your plans the second weekend in January as you will have a game to watch.

and we won a game in the playoffs.....where our leading receiver was Fozzy Whitaker w/ just 39 rec yards. That feels like a 2025 Panthers type winning setup.

Yep, the board has amnesia to the weekly swings and declarations made. The same cast of characters has been talked about vastly different repetitively and you only have to go back as far as the game before the last one....and just keep repeating that pattern largely backwards. I personally feel confident that this team is not bad and it is not good. And while that is nice to get back to be out of the literal dumpster......I don't view this team as an average team w/ a puncher's chance. All average teams are of different molds. We are more the, if a really good team plays bad, you will lose to us variety. We aren't bad enough where you can get away with a bad day vs us anymore.

My bad, I was referring to the second half. I was gone running errands for most of the first half and early 3rd qtr.

Same it’s been too long Cam’s third year we got a home playoff game and got bounced pretty harshly. That stung more because we were 12-4 Id love for us to make playoffs just for Bryce and these young guys to get that same experience heading into next season. I’ll view this more like 2014 when we had no business being in the playoffs but got in. Playoff experience is never a bad thing especially for a young team like us

We probably will pick up his 5th year option. Almost 90% sure we will unless he just implodes this gift given to him. If he plays like he did against the Falcons then they may consider a long term deal but highly unlikely. I think they will definitely do the 5th year option even if we reach the playoffs and win a game.

Are you sure he's not a bucs fans?

Yep this. This board will do a 180 if we lay a stinker in NO on Sunday and rightfully so. So let’s pump the brakes here

I'm honestly okay with that as a final outcome.

I remember it vividly. A twenty point loss after what had looked like a fairy tale start set a pretty predictable mood. Most of us went back to our default mode (gloom, despair and agony on me). Rest of the season ended up turning out okay, though

Which one of yall is this?? aafd92e24e5b4c6aeaf315c172e233b7.mp4

I've had tickets for the Bucs game since September. I never thought this game would mean this much when I bought them. After the 1st half of the season I thought I would not be able to give them away. Now I so glad I hung onto them. They are great seats also so this game became extra special knowing my son will be right there with me.

I find all the "what ifs" and "yeah buts" kind of amusing Back during the 1985 NFL season, there was one team in the league who figured out a way to beat the Chicago Bears... and they did so in convincing fashion. Ironically enough, it was the Miami Dolphins. When the Dolphins made the AFC Championship game, it set the stage for an epic rematch in the Super Bowl. The generationally dominant 85 Bears were going to have the chance to avenge their only loss and cement their legacy while the Dolphins could potentially gatekeep the mystique of their 72 team by keeping the Bears from winning the big one. Would have been amazing Unfortunately, Miami blew it in the AFC Championship and the season ended with the Bears destroying a badly overmatched New England Patriots team in what was not exactly a fun, competitive Super Bowl Similar thing happened in the NFL's 75th season, which could (and maybe should) have ended with a matchup between the 49ers and the Steelers. Both teams were 4-0 in Super bowls at that time And it could have been billed as a war to determine the ultimate Super Bowl champion of that time... ... except the Steelers didn't make it, so we wound up watching yet another uninteresting blowout with the 49ers stomping the San Diego Chargers. As a football fan, I'd absolutely love to have seen the games that could have been. But in hindsight, I kinda doubt the Bears and 49ers fans lose any sleep over the fact that their championship trophies were in part aided by other teams' stumbles. Hell, that sort of thing happens on an annual basis. So am I gonna be bothered if, in the end, a good finish to this season is owed in some part to someone else's ill-timed failures? Lemme think about it ... No.

My comment wasn't too serious, I retired from " public safety" job in roughly the same area years ago and moved from the area. Like all cities there's good and bad. Your synopsis of the town, which I agree with you is .

Yeah, all teams needed to do was fake every FG and run surprise onside kicks and badabing badaboom, down goes Carolina.