Jump to content
  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

If we lose on Sunday, will you consider this season to be a success?


Sam Mills Fan

Recommended Posts

Pros of this season (if we lose this weekend): 

- Went 11-5 a year after going 6-10

- Made the playoffs for the 4th time in 5 years, something I don't think we've appreciated enough

- After a slow start, McCaffrey has turned it on as of late and is exciting to think about going forward

- Beat the Patriots in Foxboro, Cam and Rivera are 2-0 against Brady and Belichick

- Funchess hasn't taken a huge step forward, but he's definitely taken A step forward

- If Byrd can stay healthy, he looks like he's going to be very very very good

 

Negatives of this season (if we lose this weekend):

- The defense regressed as the season went along. The only breakout defensive player was Julius Peppers, who probably has only one year left. I can't really point to any other defensive player as someone that took a step forward or looked better than I thought they were going to look

- Cam was incredibly, ridiculously inconsistent week-to-week. It's possible he peaked in 2015 and we'll never see that player again consistently

- The Saints hitting the trifecta sweep against us would be a bitter pill to swallow when it comes to offseason trash talk..

- ....As would losing our last 2 games of the year, against division rivals no less.

- Matt Kalil wasn't a complete disaster, but he definitely wasn't worth the contract we gave him

Link to comment
Share on other sites

No.  Ring or bust at this point in franchise/regime history.  Obviously that’s unrealistic to expect every year, especially since we’ve yet to win our 1st, but when we have a former MVP and a core that’s one of few teams in league history to win 17 games in a season, that’s the measure of success now.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

i will be disappointed and frustrated until we get a ring.

i start off most seasons hoping for the best, but i've got that bar set in the only place it should ever be set...better than all the rest.

not better than the rest of our seasons. not better than crappy teams. not even better than the division.

just better than everyone.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

It was a decent season marred by one off field fiasco after another. 

I was disapointed in Cam as a passer and pleasantly surprised as a runner. 

I was dissapointed in CMC as a runner and pleasantly surprised as a receiver. 

I was dissapointed in Samuel as a WR and pleasantly surprised by Byrd.

I was dissapointed by Shula, Hurney, Ron, and Jerry Richardson. 

Dissapointed to see Kelvin end his time here.

Pleasantly surprised by the return of Pepp.

Luke had a mediocre season imo.

The one thing you can say is we were treated to big matchups with big apposing QBs. We beat 5 playoff teams. 6 teams with winning records. There was plenty of competitive games to enjoy and frustrate us. 

It was a good season by any reasonable measure.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

6 minutes ago, KendrickPanther said:

It was a decent season marred by one off field fiasco after another. 

I was disapointed in Cam as a passer and pleasantly surprised as a runner. 

I was dissapointed in CMC as a runner and pleasantly surprised as a receiver. 

I was dissapointed in Samuel as a WR and pleasantly surprised by Byrd.

I was dissapointed by Shula, Hurney, Ron, and Jerry Richardson. 

Dissapointed to see Kelvin end his time here.

Pleasantly surprised by the return of Pepp.

Luke had a mediocre season imo.

The one thing you can say is we were treated to big matchups with big apposing QBs. We beat 5 playoff teams. 6 teams with winning records. There was plenty of competitive games to enjoy and frustrate us. 

It was a good season by any reasonable measure.

 

We beat Vikings. Bills. New England and falcons. Who was the 5th team?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Absolutely. People forget that this season started with Cam undergoing shoulder surgery that he still hasn't fully recovered from. His arm just hasn't been the same this season which is why we haven't seen any of the deep balls we'd gotten used to. Combined that with Greg going on IR in week 2 and no one should have been expecting more than 6 wins this season. To get to 11 wins and make the playoffs against probably our toughest schedule in the Ron/Cam era is definitely a success. No question.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

No.  

Whether this organization has accepted it or not, we are in "win now" mode.  Cam and Luke are veterans (and who knows when Luke's career might be over), TD is on his last legs, cant possibly expect much from Pepp/Charles Johnson anymore, and we have a 36 year old starting safety.  If we don't win a superbowl in the next 3ish years, we aren't going to for a long while.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.


  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • Personally I think he's a nightmare to cover I think linebackers generally aren't fast enough to keep up with him in coverage and cornerbacks don't have the strength to tackle him one-on-one in physically bring them down which would normally lead to a broken tackle or a nasty stiff arm or just bully ball play sure you could find a receiver with comparable speed like Cooper but he's faster than Cooper sure you can find a wide receiver that is the same size but he's probably More powerful than them and a better blocker.  The size speed athleticism package that he is in is completely unique it's easier to say I'd rather have just a big blocker because we've never seen this type of profile before I'm a risk taker I think you would be God blessed if this was there at 19 I think if you can get a guy that's a tight end who immediately becomes the fastest guy on your offense and at the same time that third wide receiver that can stretch and burn defenses over the top that's the perfect what the Panthers need type weapon.
    • I think you're under selling Sadiq. They are two different players in terms of how they win. Loveland is 2 inches taller maybe 5-6 pounds heavier. Comparing his speed to sadiq.. well your comparing a 4.7 guy to a 4.3 guy I'm seeing a guy that can take a bubble screen from the tight end position and turn it into a house call. I'm not saying the guy is a certified home run pick but I don't think there's really a president's for a comparison for this kind of athlete. It's easy to say this doesn't look like Warren or Loveland because we haven't seen guys that fit this profile The closest you might be able to get is Vernon Davis.  He's not as sure far as those guys were but at 19 I think almost everybody is going to have some warts and he's a lottery ticket of could be top 10 in the draft player or could fail I am more of a risk taker I think he fits the athletic profile that could be a homerun, like I said he's almost 40 lb bigger than Cooper and like 4-5 in taller than Cooper so and he's faster. So whatever you think Cooper gives you I think he does that and more. If you want to go with one of the office alignment I can understand that as well but for value as a receiving threat I don't think there's a bigger value at number 19.
    • I’ve haven’t seen anything that says we have interest in Njoku?
×
×
  • Create New...