Prediction: Panthers Super Bowl in 3 Years?

[gakonline]

Can this happen?  Wife says no, but we have been Sunday night drinking. I say yes. 
 

edit: We may not not win, but we will be there. Next Year definitely. 

[onmyown]

5-6 years bank on it

you have to limit the records we’d have to break to make it there by examining teams who made it in the last decade

for instance being the team with the most dead money in the last decade to make it, first team without a top oline to make it in the last decade, one of first college coaches to go in the first few years I’m NFL history so on and so on

going within 3 years will just break too many records/trends, and all at once...it just doesn’t happen like that, it almost CANT

5-6 years there’ll be no reasons why it can’t given Rhule works out

[MechaZain]

Brady to Tampa really takes the wind out of our win now initiative. Bridgewater's a great fit here and I believe there's a high chance that both wildcards come out of our division, but now dude's gotta really ball out of control just get us to the playoffs against Brees and Brady and that's asking a lot in 3 years. It would have been a lot to ask of Cam and at least we've seen that his ceiling is even capable of going that high. I have high expectations of Teddy but not that high

[jfra78]

4 minutes ago, MechaZain said:

Brady to Tampa really takes the wind out of our win now initiative. Bridgewater's a great fit here and I believe there's a high chance that both wildcards come out of our division, but now dude's gotta really ball out of control just get us to the playoffs against Brees and Brady and that's asking a lot in 3 years. It would have been a lot to ask of Cam and at least we've seen that his ceiling is even capable of going that high. I have high expectations of Teddy but not that high

I have to see Brady sans Belicheat before I believe he can have any impact in Tampa.

[JawnyBlaze]

Depends on how long it takes us to find a QB

[MechaZain]

41 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

I have to see Brady sans Belicheat before I believe he can have any impact in Tampa.

Jameis beat us last year with an incredible average statline and probably would have twice if he hadn't thrown like half a dozen interceptions in the second game. 

[Daddy_Uncle]

4 hours ago, jfra78 said:

I have to see Brady sans Belicheat before I believe he can have any impact in Tampa.

Brady with bill wasn't even that great. Dudes old. Like Jordan with the Wizards

[Daddy_Uncle]

4 hours ago, MechaZain said:

Jameis beat us last year with an incredible average statline and probably would have twice if he hadn't thrown like half a dozen interceptions in the second game. 

Beating us last year is not saying anything. 

[Jeremy Igo]

Playoffs yes  Superbowl no. 

I'd say Superbowl in 5 years

[Waldo]

I'm waiting to see what year 1 looks like before I play pretend champions. It sure would be great tho

[1of10Charnatives]

7 hours ago, gakonline said:

Can this happen?  Wife says no, but we have been Sunday night drinking. I say yes. 
 

edit: We may not not win, but we will be there. Next Year definitely. 

What substantial evidence is there to support the notion we'll definately be in the Super Bowl next year?

Is it possible? Sure.

With a coaching staff largely completely new to the NFL, no franchise qb, and an extremely young and inexperienced roster with scant depth?

Unlikely.

[1of10Charnatives]

6 hours ago, jfra78 said:

I have to see Brady sans Belicheat before I believe he can have any impact in Tampa.

I think it's flip a coin whether Brady in Tampa means the Bucs are suddenly winners. Do they have a talented roster for him to leverage? Certainly. But the man is still 42 years old and father time finally looked like it was starting to catch up to him last season. Now he's got to learn an entirely new offense, something he's literally never had to do in his career before, in the middle of an unprecedented offseason disrupted by the pandemic.

He could be magic in a bottle for them, but I don't think it's as much a given as everyone seems to think it is, and I definately think Brady's move is largely irrelevant as a factor that the Panthers will have to deal with in 2 years. He'll be 44 years old and I for one am curious to see if the refs will give him quite the same deference they gave him in NE. Either way the TB oline won't give him nearly the protection being able to hold with impunity afforded the NE line.

[therealmjl]

we don't have a QB bc our stupid owner and "coach" decided cam wasn't good enough

[1of10Charnatives]

7 minutes ago, Tepper’s Used Car Lot said:

we don't have a QB bc our stupid owner and "coach" decided cam wasn't good enough

the fact that only one other team was willing to pay him the vet minimum for his experience means they were not alone in deciding he wasn't worth paying starting qb money to. Also Cam did have a contract for this coming year, he could have chosen to play. I think cutting him was more about the situation and being unwilling to pay a player franchise qb money when that player hasn't proven he can stay healthy and said player being unwilling to play out a final year with no guarantees beyond that. There is no stupidity on either side, just both sides making decisions in their best interests that result in Cam leaving, which frankly sucks if you're fan, but it's a business and that's the way it goes.