We MUST win this week.

[Zod]

Beating Miami would set us up for a .500 record going into the bye week. This gives Cam Newton another two additional weeks to get into the play book. Then we host Atlanta which should also be a win.

 

I truly believe we can make a playoff push but it all hinges on beating Atlanta and getting some momentum going into December. Buffalo is probably a loss, but New Orleans and Tampa Bay both look beatable.

[TheRumGone]

The bills got destroyed by the colts 41-15 btw. I’m all in favor of not ruling the playoffs out yet. This is a weird season. Defense is obviously struggling against power run teams and the only team left that fits that is the Bucs...kind of. I just hope this team shows fight and are entertaining on sundays the rest of the way.

[CRA]

I always believed we needed to win 3 out of 4 during the AZ, WFT, Mia, Atl stretch.   Which is still obtainable.   We essentially are trading the AZ game with Wash. 

Bills game isn’t looking as tough these days either. 

[CarolinaNut]

I'm not even sure we beat Miami.  

[Zod]

Just now, CarolinaNut said:

I'm not even sure we beat Miami.  

I get it. Nothing is a given. But another week of Cam getting comfortable and a defense that hopefully has their ass chewed out this week SHOULD equal a dub against Miami. 

[Luciu5]

Every game as this point is MUST win if we are talking playoffs. We are sitting behind both the Eagles and Vikings.

[TheRumGone]

2 minutes ago, CarolinaNut said:

I'm not even sure we beat Miami.  

Nothing is for sure but I’d rather have fun and hope for the playoffs, be cautiously optimistic and root for this young team to grow and show some guts down the stretch then the alternative. 
 

defense is suspect but we also know they can perform at a high level depending on matchups. 

[Panthercougar68]

I want to say I saw a weird stat that home teams have lost more games this year than years past so it is a weird year.

[CarolinaNut]

Just now, Zod said:

I get it. Nothing is a given. But another week of Cam getting comfortable and a defense that hopefully has their ass chewed out this week SHOULD equal a dub against Miami. 

I agree beating Miami sets us up well going into the Bye.  I'm trying to stay positive I really am but I think getting Cam will ultimately end up being too little too late on this season.  Gave the Eagles game away, losing to the Giants and then Skins at home yesterday. (ufff) And even though Bucs are not playing great football right now I just don't see us beating them this year.  Games might be closer than last year.  So that means you have to beat Fins, Falcons, Bills, and Saints.  I just can't trust this team to do that.  

[parker]

There is no car that can accelerate as fast as we went from "this is a three to five win team" to "we should make the playoffs."

[t96]

Give it up

[BrianS]

I keep telling everyone, this is not our year.  It was never meant to be.  Rhule turnarounds typically start to pay off in year three.  Not year two.  Year two is when you start to see the change begin to take hold.

 

[Khyber53]

If we can't fix the run defense, nothing will matter.

 

[BIGH2001]

4 minutes ago, BrianS said:

I keep telling everyone, this is not our year.  It was never meant to be.  Rhule turnarounds typically start to pay off in year three.  Not year two.  Year two is when you start to see the change begin to take hold.

 

I haven’t seen much to indicate a change. We are one game better than this time last year.