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This is a 10-6 team.

PanthersNC1984

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pump the brakes

Before this week, 6-10 was my optimism.

Let's say we get lucky and split the Saints.

Let's say Atlanta is as bad as advertised, but we still drop a dud in one of those.

Let's say Chicago can't get their QB situation figured out.

We ain't beating Green Bay or KC as we stand right now.

We might be able to beat Ron later on in the year.

Maybe we can beat TB in Charlotte.

We should beat the Broncos, but you never know.

Toss up one W between Minnesota and Detroit.

 

Max optimism, 9-7.

Anything better is cool.

Anything worse is expected.

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14 minutes ago, PanthersNC1984 said:

Looking at our remaining schedule, I only see 4 more losses against the Saints (split), Bears, Chiefs and Packers. The rest of the schedule is cake. No reason at all why we shouldn’t finish 10-6 and easily make the playoffs this year. 

Bears are not looking so hot anymore either.  They only put up 11 points yesterday.  I think that is a very winnable game.

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9 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

we've beaten two not so great teams and gotten beat by two not so great teams, so this feels a little premature 

I agree it's premature, but I think the Cardinals are a pretty solid playoff contending team. That was a big win.

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I definitely wrote the Cardinals off as a loss.

I think they were outcoached, which is promising imho. That's why I am somewhat more optimistic.

Let's see what Atlanta does tonight and when we go down to ATL before we get too eager to get our hopes up.

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29 minutes ago, PanthersNC1984 said:

Looking at our remaining schedule, I only see 4 more losses against the Saints (split), Bears, Chiefs and Packers. The rest of the schedule is cake. No reason at all why we shouldn’t finish 10-6 and easily make the playoffs this year. 

Pump the brakes, you’re embarrassing yourself. I see between 6 to 8 wins this year which is really good considering we’re rebuilding.

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