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At 4-5 with a stretch of winnable games ahead of us, we could feasibly have 7-8 wins by the time we hit Buffalo.

Playoffs are a hot topic again now that QB1 is in the building, but I wonder if securing the front end of back-to-back winning seasons might be the best of a bad situation?

Say we win 9 games and miss the playoffs.  That would still be some decent mojo going into 22 with Cam and Co.

A chance for Cam to be the first Carolina QB with B2B winning seasons and a playoff berth?

The story is writing itself.

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Here are some facts that people are forgetting:

1. Cam lost a starting position to the fourth rookie QB taken in the draft.

2. Cam seemed to have throwing issues and was incapable of hitting the deep ball.

3. Cam was not picked up for a half season. 

Cam has 8 games to show the world he can still play.  That is where we are.  Forget 2015---forget 2017, the last good year he had.  Lets pull and pray for Cam to be fully recovered and back to some resemblance of his former self.

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10 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Here are some facts that people are forgetting:

1. Cam lost a starting position to the fourth rookie QB taken in the draft.

2. Cam seemed to have throwing issues and was incapable of hitting the deep ball.

3. Cam was not picked up for a half season. 

Cam has 8 games to show the world he can still play.  That is where we are.  Forget 2015---forget 2017, the last good year he had.  Lets pull and pray for Cam to be fully recovered and back to some resemblance of his former self.

He played well in the preseason and training camp I a pretty sure. Pats just wanted to see Jones right away because they were impressed enough with him. Also, he had multiple offers that he turned down and was also un vaccinated for a while.

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3 minutes ago, motocross_cat said:

 

I can't tell of the line was that bad or it was sam or a combination of both.

To be honest that was some of the worst poo I have ever seen.

It was both. What’s going to happen the next few weeks is the offense is going to get a little better but still have issues.

All the Darnold people who bitched about the line are going to blame Cam and all the people who blamed Darnold are going to bitch about the line. 
 

 

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