Do You Honestly Believe We Will Have Another Non-Winning Season ? Or Is A New Owner a Sign of Immediate Change?

[Pantha-kun]

I was just thinking about how the team will do now we're undergoing so much change.  Of course its not all due to JR leaving, but how cool would it be that in our first year with a new owner we would have consecutive winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.  

I just want to know if you guys actually beleive it will happen. I said before many times on here that in 20+ years of existance , weve had plenty of different coaches , players , staff members through the years and we still didnt EVER manager ONE single pair of back to back winning seasons, so the common denominator I always arrived at was JR. Of course I was unilaterally stomped on for saying stuff against JR for much of the time , but now we finally get to see if I was right. 

I know itll eventually happen, but my question is , WILL it happen THIS season. 

The weird thing about the Panthers is we always seem to do well , when people pick against us before the season (low expectations). But when there's high expectations and alot of pressure (ALA 2016) shits gone south fast and the team crumples record wise. Is getting Tepper, Norv , DJ , Torrey Smith,  CJ Anderson, Dontari Poe, Donte Jackson actually be enough to put us over the edge and have a 9-7 season or better? Or will we just simply have another 6-10 ish season that we ususally do following successful years in the River era? 

8-8 not good enough. 9-7 will probably not even make the playoffs but would still be  a huge franchise bucking trend in the correct direction of establishing a culture of consistent winning. We cant be a .500 franchise for the next 25 years too , right?

[PandaMan]

If the backend of the D can hold up, we have the talent to go 12-4 and beyond.  Having Norv instead of Shula has given me so much more hope.  

 

BELIEVE

[Pantha-kun]

I expect a 10-6 season and making another WC Playoff. Our division is way too crazy , we pretty much have automatic losses at least once vs the Saints and once vs the Falcons at their place (Why tf do we lose in ATL so much in the Cam/Rivera era?) . I could see us dropping one to the Bucs as well, they're pretty much due a win because we almost always win vs them in the Cam/Rivera Era. 

So thats probably minimum of 3 losses . I could also see us losing to Eagles, Steelers, and one bizarre loss to some unexpected team.

[Mr. Scot]

I don't really expect Tepper to have much of an effect on this season because most of the work building for this year is already done (same as last year when Hurney was brought in).

Future seasons?  Yeah, he'll make a difference.  Remains to be seen whether or not it's for the better.

[Pantha-kun]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

I don't really expect Tepper to have much of an effect on this season because most of the work building for this year is already done (same as last year when Hurney was brought in).

Future seasons?  Yeah, he'll make a difference.  Remains to be seen whether or not it's for the better.

so you think we'll do 8-8 or less? Its kinda depressing to think about.. Cam and Luke are getting close to 30.

[Snake]

Unless Hurney becomes non Hurney. I doubt he will put up with his incompetence. 

[Jon Snow]

2 hours ago, Pantha-kun said:

so you think we'll do 8-8 or less? Its kinda depressing to think about.. Cam and Luke are getting close to 30.

If tradition holds true it will be a down year in Pantherland.  I fear it will take another season to wipe the stench of the previous administration from the building.

[KB_fan]

I am hopeful that the changes bring an end to that history of never having consecutive winning seasons.

I voted 11-5. 

May be optimistic given a TOUGH division and games vs Eagles and Steelers, yet Cam seems leaner and hungrier than ever, and guys like CMC and Funchess may be able to really step up.  Add in the fact of  new coordinators shaking up things so we're not so dang predictable, plus the motivation level of TD, Pep and Ryan - all likely in last seasons... This could be a special year.

We need few injuries. 

Quick learning curve for new offense.

Solid O line

Improved secondary

Any of those things go wrong and 7-9 can become a reality very quickly.

[Moorgan]

My yearly prediction was not available so I picked the closest one 

[bababoey]

Does it technically count as back to back winning seasons if we are under new ownership when it happens?  1 winning season under JR, 1 winning season under Tepper.  Not trying to be a smartass, just asking.

[Toker Smurf]

I have no idea. I don't feel our defense will be as good. I think our passing game will be better but our run game may suffer without Norwell. I'm also concerned about special teams. I chose 8-8 just because.

[Carl Spackler]

Ownership is largely irrelevant in this, it's about winning the close games.

[Pantha-kun]

16 minutes ago, Toker Smurf said:

I have no idea. I don't feel our defense will be as good. I think our passing game will be better but our run game may suffer without Norwell. I'm also concerned about special teams. I chose 8-8 just because.

Holy fug, you think our defense will be even worse ? I hope you dont mean the secondary too because we've been horrid in the defensive backfield since SB 50 ended. Getting WORSE there would mean we'd be probably near the bottom 10 teams in pass defense in a division that has very good QBs and exceptional WR cores

[caatfan]

Based on team talent, the only reason to expect a losing season would be history. That's pretty weak and pretty pessimistic. I expect a winning record unless they give away multiple games due to mistakes/sloppiness, or there's a raft of injuries taking out key players.