With two guaranteed losses to New Orleans the best we can do is 10-6

[ncfan]

I honestly think we have a strong possibility to lose to Seattle and Cleveland as well. 

We had 10 days to prepare and get back on our feet vs a bottom 5 team and still looked like trash

[Jmac]

16 minutes ago, Goondal said:

this season has 8-8 written all over it.  Beat Tampa and Atlanta

Maybe 8-8.....from what I've seen so far, your being generous.

[BIGH2001]

2 minutes ago, WarHeel said:

Key word here is “probably.” Not definitely.

Ok, well we can argue about semantics.  The point is this season is over.  We lost to a bottom 5 team today and of course looked awful doing it.  Eric Washington was a terrible hire but still has a job.  This team is lackadaisical and it mirrors the personality of Rivera.  He was too dismissive of a 31 point loss to the Steelers and then gave the team 5 days off.  That is not how to build a championship mentality and as long as we take that approach we will continue to be an average to slightly above average team with disappointing performances at the worst times.  

[PleaseCutStewart]

43 minutes ago, BIGH2001 said:

This loss was right up there with the Bears last year for worst regular season losses ever.

At least in the Bears game, we can say the Panthers dominated but 2 bad plays cost us the game.

In this game, we got beat by a Detroit team that had literally packed it in for the season 3 weeks ago... This was probably our easiest game of the season left and we lost with extra days to "prepare" and rest. You would think after getting your ass kicked by the Steelers, some sense of urgency would be on the players and coaches. But in typical fashion, we sleepwalk through most of the game and then hope Cam can bail us out. Unfortunately he didn't come through on the 2 point conversion.

We honestly just need to sacrifice the rest of the season and hope the team loses every game from here on out. That will guarantee Tepper cleans house on most, if not all, of the coaching staff and we can hopefully find a coach that knows how to scheme and manage a game.

[ickmule]

I’ve said 9-7 since game 1.  

[WarHeel]

2 hours ago, BIGH2001 said:

Ok, well we can argue about semantics.  The point is this season is over.  We lost to a bottom 5 team today and of course looked awful doing it.  Eric Washington was a terrible hire but still has a job.  This team is lackadaisical and it mirrors the personality of Rivera.  He was too dismissive of a 31 point loss to the Steelers and then gave the team 5 days off.  That is not how to build a championship mentality and as long as we take that approach we will continue to be an average to slightly above average team with disappointing performances at the worst times.  

I agree in terms of coaching staff. Mediocrity continues. We are still a wild card team despite recent events. I’m not holding my breathe but stranger things have happened.