Are we a better team than when we facedGreen Bay in 2011?

[SCP]

Position by position are we better? What say you?

[CharlottePanther]

A little bit yea, our D is just as bad but Cam and Rivera are a lot more mature and experienced and we have Keek now. Green Bay is pretty much the same team and I felt overall we played well against them

[The Huddler]

We are more disapline imo. We dont choke at the end i feel like we finish better. More experience.

plus i think we will get it together here defensivly soon. We dont typically have good starts. Best start in a long time this season folks. We will build up steam and finish strong.

[PhillyB]

Considering who's starting due to injuries rather than totality of roster:

 

QB +

RB1 -

RB2 -

RB3 -

WR1 -

WR2 +

WR3 +

TE1 +

TE2 +

LT -

LG -

C -

RG -

RT -

 

RDE -

LDE -

NT +

UT +

MLB +

SLB +

WLB +

CB1 -

CB2 +

CB3 -

SS +

FS -

 

K +

P+

[PhillyB]

basically we're better on defense and fug our line in the ass

[RelaxImaPro]

Green Bay was also really fuging good that year.  They just picked a bad day to have a bad day against the Cinderella Giants 2.0 in the playoffs.  I remember facepalming at all the drops they had that day.  That bye week + week 17 rest seemed to really fug them up.

 

They dominated like everyone on their way to 15-1 IIRC.  Other than their one loss, I think that game against us was like the only real scare they had all year.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

We won't have that surprise factor we did when we face GB. Though, Sunday's game was a carbon copy of 2011, something I never wanted to see again.

[4Corners]

44 21 packers

[SCP]

basically we're better on defense and fug our line in the ass

I think RG is a + and RT is a wash. Remember Bell made his first start at RT against Green Bay.

[SCP]

We are more disapline imo. We dont choke at the end i feel like we finish better. More experience.

plus i think we will get it together here defensivly soon. We dont typically have good starts. Best start in a long time this season folks. We will build up steam and finish strong.

People seem to forget this is the best start we've had here in years. Those two ass whippin's we took at the hands of Balt and Pitt really hurt fan moral.

[CRA]

No and yes.

Better talent in 2011. Better coached in 2014

[firefox1234]

Much better on offense imo and just as bad on defense atm...

[BuffaloBills62]

In the skill positions there has been a significant downgrade.  The OL was fairly good in 2011 and has since broken apart, fallen apart and regressed to a shell of an NFL OL.

 

On D there have been upgrades to the flashy positions and if you look at the starting roster you'll be impressed.  But, the NFL D of today is not centered around this starting depth chart.  You need depth on the DL to rotate your players, you need at least 3 above average CB's and at least one very good pass coverage LB or very good FS.  The SS position is becoming the most important position on D and you can't scrape the bottom of the pan for this guy.  So while the D has got better talent on the top end the bottom end is weak.  This is also very important for sub packages and schemes on D.

 

The Panthers are a better team today because of a few players then they were in 2011 but they are not more successful team because the lack of quality talent in key positions and depth.

[CRA]

basically we're better on defense and fug our line in the ass

Are we better on D?