Are you willing to wait five years for this team to be competitive again?

[!stUp]

It will NOT take 5 years.

[jfra78]

If 5 years of 1-15 could guarantee 25 years straight playoff appearances, I would be on board.  That being said, it's the NFL and the Panthers are my team so I will watch regardless.

[PootieNunu]

So all the people voting no are you going to quit watching football or go to another team?

[MVPccaffrey]

It really shouldn't.  A team can go from rags to riches with 1 or 2 good to great drafts in a three year window, and since players at the NFL level usually flash their all-pro or probowl potential before their rookie deals are up, if you are uncompetitive after 5 years it means you very likely have busted in the draft and aren't building towards anything anyways, even if you wait 10 years.

We and Denver picked top two in 2011 and were contending three seasons later. 

[TN05]

2 minutes ago, MVPccaffrey said:

It really shouldn't.  A team can go from rags to riches with 1 or 2 good to great drafts in a three year window, and since players at the NFL level usually flash their all-pro or probowl potential before their rookie deals are up, if you are uncompetitive after 5 years it means you very likely have busted in the draft and aren't building towards anything anyways, even if you wait 10 years.

We and Denver picked top two in 2011 and were contending three seasons later. 

This is my concern. We were competitive from 1-15 in two years and from 2-14 in three, and the in-between years weren't awful, but rather mediocre 6-10 and 7-9 seasons. The idea of waiting five seasons to even field a respectable product with the roster we have right now worries me. This should not even be a possibility.

[Sgt Schultz]

If the alternative is more of the same, count me in for five years worth of misery.  We were last competitive the first half of last year, then things blew up, and we are 6-14 since.

Heck, I was married to my ex for four years, and I can't imagine anything that can happen to a football team, short of a plane crash, can match that.

[bigskypanthersguy]

Well, I'll tell you this.

If I'm goddamn crazy enough to Greyhound from Billings, MT to Charlotte for my first-ever in person game, this ain't nothing.

That said, my Carolina trips are likely going to be more centered around the Hurricanes, sad to say.

[MVPccaffrey]

9 minutes ago, TN05 said:

This is my concern. We were competitive from 1-15 in two years and from 2-14 in three, and the in-between years weren't awful, but rather mediocre 6-10 and 7-9 seasons. The idea of waiting five seasons to even field a respectable product with the roster we have right now worries me. This should not even be a possibility.

That's how it works in the NFL due to how pro-ready guys are.  This isn't the NBA where players can take up to 7 years to reach the start of your primes.  I can't think of a scenario where a team linearly got slowly better with the same group of guys for 5+ years and suddenly started contending with them.  The dream is a 2011-2012 Seattle type of draft, or the 2016-2017 Saints draft to a lesser extent.  Cause you only need a handful of probowl and/or all-pro caliber players on rookie contracts to start contending.

 

If we're not contending in 5 years, then the front office and staff being put into place to start next season won't be here when we are contending next.

[Matt62881]

35 minutes ago, TN05 said:

Y'all want the rebuild, you've got it. Are you going to hang around for the next five years?

I'll be here but I'd rather keep Cam and be competitive now. 

[Kuhndog94]

You think any of our younger star players like CMC find this a little discouraging?

[CBDellinger]

You can rebuild in the nfl faster than any other sports leagues. 

[Carolina Cajun]

If that's his plan,then it sucks.  In today's nfl, 2-3 years is a rebuild.  If he waits 5 years to rebuild, then were screwed.

[Billy Love]

I certainly hope I’m still alive in  5 years and beyond. So, if I’m alive, i’m a Panther fan. I’ve been a fan since 1995, seen slot of sh!t, had a lot fun and good times too.

[Sgt Schultz]

If you look at some of the more recent rebuilds in the league, it looks like it is about a three year process.  And some of those teams (San Francisco the most recent) come out of that really good.  Baltimore quietly rebuilt in about the same time. 

Of course, Cleveland is still in the middle of a 15 year rebuilt, but they are a special case.