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Proof that Sport Illustrated "predictions" are BS


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Sports Illustrated has posted their season predictions.  What a load of poo.

 

NFC South:

1. Saints

2. Falcons

3. Bucs

4. Panthers --- "No matter how impressive their December rally was, I can’t get past how shoddy a team the Panthers were for most of last season. When you mix in their ho-hum free agency work (Ted Ginn, Michael Oher, and Jonathan Martin?) and a puzzling top of the draft (Shaq Thompson and trading up for Devin Funchess?), it's really hard to view Carolina as a playoff contender."

 

SHODDY?   Who even uses that word anymore?!

 

 

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Can't rage till after noon on Sunday. State law.

No raging and no buying champagne at the local Harris Teeter to make Mimosas before noon in Sunday. Both those rules get me almost every other weekend because when I can't buy champagne I want to rage. It truly is an evil, twisted, circle of bible belt laws.
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LMFAO!!! Wow...so let me get this straight. We are the defending, back to back division champs. We did nothing but greatly improve the weaker areas on our team. We have a completely healthy Cam Newton entering the prime of his career.....and we are gonna finish dead fuging LAST in the division?!?!?!? Tampa starting a rookie QB, the Saints who absolutely gutted their team, including by far their scariest offensive weapon. (Not to mention Brees getting another year older) Then the Falcons who will still field an absolute poo defense...and we are supposed to finish behind all them?

Goddamn I don't know if the people at SI are just super fuging lazy, or super fuging stupid...probably a combination of both.

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Sports Illustrated has posted their season predictions.  What a load of poo.

 

NFC South:

1. Saints

2. Falcons

3. Bucs

4. Panthers --- "No matter how impressive their December rally was, I can’t get past how shoddy a team the Panthers were for most of last season. When you mix in their ho-hum free agency work (Ted Ginn, Michael Oher, and Jonathan Martin?) and a puzzling top of the draft (Shaq Thompson and trading up for Devin Funchess?), it's really hard to view Carolina as a playoff contender."

 

SHODDY?   Who even uses that word anymore?!

 

Shoddy should be used in reference to the confidence that these guys would have putting down a thousand dollar bet for each prediction they made.

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Sports Illustrated has posted their season predictions. What a load of poo.

NFC South:

1. Saints

2. Falcons

3. Bucs

4. Panthers --- "No matter how impressive their December rally was, I can’t get past how shoddy a team the Panthers were for most of last season. When you mix in their ho-hum free agency work (Ted Ginn, Michael Oher, and Jonathan Martin?) and a puzzling top of the draft (Shaq Thompson and trading up for Devin Funchess?), it's really hard to view Carolina as a playoff contender."

SHODDY? Who even uses that word anymore?!

Lazy ass journalism. A more accurate analysis would have read something like this.

After a bad start to the 2014 season, the Panthers showed amazing resilience. They finished the season strong to take their 2nd straight divsion title.

It will be interesting to see how good they can be this year with a fully healthy Cam Newton. Cam will have time this offseason to gell with his old & new receivers, and he has the luxury of operating behind a much improved O line. No off fieild distractions, and the emegence of several rookies last season, coupled with the only elite defense in the division, should make the Panthers the class of the NFCS once again.

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Well you see... it's okay to be shitty as long as you are consistently shitty.    Us going on a late season surge to crush the Falcons and the Saints and win the division was a big no-no.   If we stayed consistently shitty like the other teams in our division did,  we would obviously be talked up right now.

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No raging and no buying champagne at the local Harris Teeter to make Mimosas before noon in Sunday. Both those rules get me almost every other weekend because when I can't buy champagne I want to rage. It truly is an evil, twisted, circle of bible belt laws.

 

Not buying your mimosa ingredients on Saturday just show a lack of planning on your part.

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