Still Very Much in Play

[The Huddler]

 

 

[45catfan]

Nah, we shat the bed with the Giants loss.  We may have a respectable record by season's end, but the playoffs is a pipe dream.

[joemac]

I think most reasonable people said .500 at the end of the year would be a huge success. We got spoiled by the 3-0 start. 

[Captroop]

Not getting my hopes up. But we have an outside shot at the second wildcard spot. Especially if we own a good Divisional record. 

[TheBigKat]

15 minutes ago, The Huddler said:

 

 

@ NO

TB x 2

@ AZ

@ BUF

 

 we’re done fam 

[mav1234]

I just have a hard time seeing it as a possibility with this offense, even with CMC. But you never know... Darnold played significantly better than his stats indicate... If he avoids being out long with an injury... Or if we can pick up a competent vet.... Maybe.

[SOJA]

yea unfortunatley we really needed those wins against Philly and Minn to be in a good position moving forward imo

[Shocker]

Darnold needs to be ok to play next week but we can beat anyone on the schedule if we play well.  Tampa just lost to NO who we dominated with CMC.  Not ready to quit here

Edited November 1, 2021 by Shocker

[CarolinaNCSU]

3-1 over the next 4 weeks is a must if we want to even talk about the playoffs. But, like said above, the 3-0 start spoiled us.  If we can get to 8 wins with the state of this OL, Darnold, injuries, etc., that's right on schedule to what most here thought and a moral victory compared to what we felt the last couple weeks. 

The next fun step is finding a way out of mediocrity without a clear answer to the OL/QB issues. 

[Jackie Lee]

Who knew splitting RB carries with an O-line that's better at run blocking than pass blocking when you have a good defense can win games? Obviously we got work to do when we get behind in games but we could have won the Eagles and Giants games with this game plan. 

[Monrowed]

Vikings lost and we are in now… 7th spot.

[onmyown]

without Darnold or cmc I don’t see it happening at all…the PJ show you all wanted so badly to see is going to be a fuging mess

even with Darnold it’s not likely 

they’ll both need to be back and 100% for it to go from unlikley to doubtful/‘anything is possible’ level

Edited November 1, 2021 by onmyown

[MillionDollarCam]

With seven teams making the playoffs from each conference every team at this point is still in contention.

Bottom line is one shitty team is going to make it… it might be us.

[CRA]

2 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

Who knew splitting RB carries with an O-line that's better at run blocking than pass blocking when you have a good defense can win games? Obviously we got work to do when we get behind in games but we could have won the Eagles and Giants games with this game plan. 

I still think this group is slightly better in pass pro than run blocking.    Sam’s scrambles skew it IMO a little.  We just did a good job sticking with it today.  Overall on the year, I think they have done better in pass pro.  They have sucked in pass pro though.  Sucked at both. 
 

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-week-8-game-recap-carolina-panthers-19-atlanta-falcons-13
 

The Carolina offensive line did an excellent job in pass protection, allowing just three hurries and zero sacks on 29 pass-blocking snaps en route to an 84.8 pass-blocking grade. Individually, guards Michael Jordan and Trent Scott combined to allow four of the unit’s five total pressures on the afternoon.