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Six games against MVP quarterbacks

Mr. Scot

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Heard this mentioned on the radio earlier today...

We've got two games against Tom Brady, two against Matt Ryan, one against Aaron Rodgers and one against Patrick Mahomes.

Throw in two games against Drew Brees, who many people argue should have won an MVP but surprisingly never has.

Our defense is definitely going to get tested this season.

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We've had more talented Panthers defenses do terrible against random scrub journeymen QBs. This is one of our least talented defenses going against many top QBs, so I think we're going to be slaughtered and end up with a much needed top 5 pick.

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11 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Heard this mentioned on the radio earlier today...

We've got two games against Tom Brady, two against Matt Ryan, one against Aaron Rodgers and one against Patrick Mahomes.

Throw in two games against Drew Brees, who many people argue should have won an MVP but surprisingly never has.

Our defense is definitely going to get tested this season.

If we're using the most recent season as a yardstick, and that seems a pretty reasonable thing to do, Mahomes is obviously the most feared qb in the league right now and with good reason, no argument there. Brees was also a top five qb in performance last season, so that's 3 games that we should rightly regard as tough tests. However Brady, Ryan and Rogers finished the season with the 17th, 14th and 20th Total QBR last season.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/qbr

None of them are young and the only substantial arguement that can be made to expect any of them to do markedly better this year is Brady moving to a new team with potentially more potent offensive weapons. A counterarguement could also be put forth that he's moving to a team with a HC who favors an offensive style dramatically different from the one that has showcased Brady's strengths his entire career.

Bottom line, five of these games do not especially frighten me. They are against aging qb's who are all showing signs of slowing down and none of whom put up particularly impressive statistical seasons last year. We have always had to deal with Brees and that will be a stiff challenge, and I would greatly prefer to watch Mahomes play against literally ANYBODY else, but on the bright side a midseason game against him will have given Rhule and Snow two months to put their defense into place and will be an intriguing measuring stick as to how that process is progressing.

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12 minutes ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

If we're using the most recent season as a yardstick, and that seems a pretty reasonable thing to do, Mahomes is obviously the most feared qb in the league right now and with good reason, no argument there. Brees was also a top five qb in performance last season, so that's 3 games that we should rightly regard as tough tests. However Brady, Ryan and Rogers finished the season with the 17th, 14th and 20th Total QBR last season.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/qbr

None of them are young and the only substantial arguement that can be made to expect any of them to do markedly better this year is Brady moving to a new team with potentially more potent offensive weapons. A counterarguement could also be put forth that he's moving to a team with a HC who favors an offensive style dramatically different from the one that has showcased Brady's strengths his entire career.

Bottom line, five of these games do not especially frighten me. They are against aging qb's who are all showing signs of slowing down and none of whom put up particularly impressive statistical seasons last year. We have always had to deal with Brees and that will be a stiff challenge, and I would greatly prefer to watch Mahomes play against literally ANYBODY else, but on the bright side a midseason game against him will have given Rhule and Snow two months to put their defense into place and will be an intriguing measuring stick as to how that process is progressing.

I am just ready for it to be over with. Too bad we can't skip past the next 3-5 seasons and get to the "built" part of the rebuilding, assuming that happens in this decade.

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