After the bye...predictions on the upcoming storm

[Jmac]

How about some HONEST input on how YOU think this team will fare after the bye. Seattle, Eagles,  Colts. And Packers. After that the Falcons twice. Every game besides these are never a given with our beloved Panthers. Now that you have a three game sample of what we have and the injuries that have befallen us.....what do you think?

 

[Ornias]

We always play Seattle close. The only game I honestly consider a guaranteed loss is the Packers. A slow start against GB puts us down 14-21 points, and we are not coming back from that. I feel we match up pretty well with the others. If we do not start getting some pressure on the QB though we are in trouble. 

[chknwing]

if carolina can get the pass rush fixed during the bye week, they could win more than we expect.  Carolina has always been a 2nd half team in games and in season.  I think they split with atl, beat the eagles and colts, again lose to seattle, and get completly dismantled by greenbay.

[Zaximus]

We could legitimately lose like 4 in a row.   You're looking at a team built on defense that probably would have lost to a backup QB in Luke McCown if Norman didn't bail them out.    The offense isn't built to come back in games and Rodgers and everyone is going to look at the tap and crush us.  The dime and dunk offense has worked on this team over a decade more, across multiple coaches staffs, I'm surprised EVERYONE doesn't do it.  Having Luke back (if he is) will help tremendously though on that however. 

[LUUUUUKE]

We could and should very well be sitting at 6-2 or better through our first 8 games

[KB_fan]

I'm more hopeful than I was at the beginning of the season.

Seattle & Indy look beatable.

GreenBay probably our toughest game of the regular season.

Philly is a tough matchup for us, I think, even though they look to have problems.

If, as expected, we go into the Bye at 4 - 0, I think we can come out of the next 4 games at 6 - 2 or at worst 5 - 3.  I don't think we'll lose all 4.

[caatfan]

I'd be OK with 2-2 out of that tough 4 game stretch. We should beat Philly and Indy.  The Falcons are too far down the schedule for me to guess at. We're not even into Oct. yet.

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

We'll lose in Seattle, win against Philly and Indy, lose to Green Bay, split with the Falcons, win in Dallas, probably lose in New Orleans, win against Tampa, lose to Giants, win against Redskins and Titans.

So 7-5 After the bye.

[motocross_cat]

If we can manufacture a pass rush everyone on our schedule is in trouble.

I know we played the saints and all but cam newton is literally getting better and better with every snap my friends.

[Chaos]

Regarding Seattle - based on recent history, I'm conditioned to think we cannot beat them no matter what, and add that the game is in their house, it seems even less likely.  But we will win against the Eagles and Colts, and fall to GB (our only home loss of the season).

[zacka77ack]

Green Bay is a loss with the way our defense is playing right now.  Philadelphia and Indy are winnable.  Seattle ... We take them to the wire everytime we play. It will come down to whoever wins the turnover battle.

[em_daht]

I say 2-2, losing to Green Bay, and Seattle at home. Colts and Eagles are definitely the beatable teams out of the 4. 

Thing is.....That pass rush HAS to show up, or we might lose them all. 

Just being realistic....

[X-Clown on 1]

If we can beat TB and get 4-0, then if we can split those 4 and go 2-2...at the start of the season if you said we'd be 6-2 after 8 games.....I would have been elated.  Our O is really rolling and if we can get a half decent pass rush, we're going to shake this league up.

[Nate Dogg]

I honestly see us at 7-1. We are due to beat Seattle this year. Mark it down. I feel like it's destiny. You know Cam wants to win that game bad. If we make the Eagles and Colts play our style of football at home those games are very winnable. I'll take Cam in the 4th quarter of a close game at home on prime time every time. Those two games could go either way I just hope the ball bounces our way. I have us 7-0 then falling to Green Bay.

This is assuming we start getting some pressure on the qb. We could just as easily be 5-3 or even 4-4 if we let those guys sit back there all day.