Formula to the Championship

[Bj-Monster23]

What we all saw last night was the two best teams in the National Football League. Those two teams have the formula that can get you to the championship and that's a elite secondary. The league is becoming more of a passing league. The only way you can compete is being able to rush the passer and lock players up on the outside. If Carolina wants to continue to get better on defense, we have continue to put together an elite secondary like New England and Seattle. Josh Norman is the first step to the puzzle. He played terrific this season locking up players on the outside. Bene Benwikere is another player who showed really good potential, but I still question if he has enough speed and height to play on the outside. We also still have concerning holes at safety. Tre Boston should have a full offseason but he still needs competition and Roman is Roman. He is too old and slow but his leadership help the secondary grow this season. As we look forward to the draft we definitely need to look more into adding pieces to the secondary especially at Safety. A name that we should all look at is Cody Prewitt out of Ole Miss. If you miss Mike Mitchell he is cut from the same mold. He should definitely be on the board, when we pick in the third round.

[Jesse]

If you want to win you need an owner who gives a damn, draft well, spend money in FA wisely and efficiently, and have a worthwhile QB. I think those are the things that separate teams like New England, Pittsburgh, and Seattle from the Jags, Titans, and Redskins.

[t96]

Disagree. There are countless formulas to getting a championship. It's just that executing them to perfection (which is what's necessary to win it all) isn't easy. The Ravens did not have an elite secondary when they won, the Giants didn't, the Packers didn't, the Saints didn't, the Steelers didn't and that's the last 5 before the Patriots and Seahawks. Patriots and Seahawks both just happen to have great secondaries, but in New England's case that's not the key to their success or the formula... 

[Dexterity]

3 biggest keys to New England's success:

1) Bill Belichick

2) Shítty AFC

3) Coaching Staff & Scouting Team

[nosuchthingasapanther]

when the hell did new england's secondary become elite? 

[Mojo]

Revis is elite. Browner is pretty good but their secondary as a whole is definitely not elite.

[t96]

Revis is elite. Browner is pretty good but their secondary as a whole is definitely not elite.

 

McCourty is elite.

[CRA]

Continue to...implies we have put in effort....which we haven't with our secondary

By league standards we have put in about as little as you can

[Gin and Juice]

Marshawn Lynch carried the offense on his shoulders and put them in position to win! It was the "pass" that cost them and Godfrey could have picked that ball

[Gin and Juice]

A feared run game makes the pass dangerous, when called at the proper time. For god sakes, NE made Blount a household name during the playoffs! Wasn't because he was catching the deep ball

[LinvilleGorge]

Marshawn Lynch carried the offense on his shoulders and put them in position to win! It was the "pass" that cost them and Godfrey could have picked that ball

 

Godfrey was pretty damn good at jumping routes and getting picks, it was everything else that a safety is supposed to do that he struggled with.

[Gin and Juice]

Godfrey was pretty damn good at jumping routes and getting picks, it was everything else that a safety is supposed to do that he struggled with.

Ok, another name from the suckage list.....Cason could have picked that

[Gin and Juice]

I'm hoping like hell we grab Coleman or Gordon....along with road grading Tackles. Valid run threat opens soooo many options

[LinvilleGorge]

Ok, another name from the suckage list.....Cason could have picked that

 

I don't know, man.  It was a really damn good play.  If the CB doesn't jump that route perfectly, it;s probably either a TD or pass interference.  Everyone is busy dogging the Seattle coaching staff for the call, but that CB still deserves a ton of credit.  Assist to Russell Wilson for placing that ball too high as well.  You want that ball in the body so that the receiver can shield off the hit that is almost certainly coming going across the middle like that.