How surpised were you at how the team looked(Game 1 Edition)?

[kungfoodude]

What was your general feeling?

[Jon Snow]

I was shocked at how bad they were. The most shocking things was that they played with no heart at all. They got pushed around and made fun of repeatedly and didn't do a single thing about it. 

[TNPanther]

I expected to lose but show some improvement year-over-year. Not only do they look significantly worse schematically and physically, but players who were studs last year (e.g., Brown, Horn when healthy) look like they simply don't care. I was mainly anticipating Bryce to look like he did in the preseason against the Bills, but man, he's awful. At this point all we can do is laugh at them and enjoy the shitshow.

ETA: I really hope we trade Thielen to a contender, dude deserves it. He is one of very few putting his heart into this poo show of a team.

Edited September 9, 2024 by TNPanther

[HPPantherzfan]

I was shocked at the D's effort, or lack thereof, but wasn't shocked by the offense.

[PghPanther]

I'm surprised they scored any points......including a TD. 

[PNW_PantherMan]

I'll go with a 4 because as low as the bar was for me, they somehow got under it.  I expected the Panthers to look like they belonged for a least a split second of the game yesterday.

[Wanderlai]

I’m not surprised they looked incompetent but they really went all in on incompetence lol. Bryce looked even worse so there’s that. 

[CBDellinger]

 

[Captroop]

Considering how much I was laughing, and the fact that I never once even approached the table-pounding fury I used to experience when watching games, clearly I was not surprised. I only picked "1"  rather than zero because even in my darkest cynicism I couldn't have predicted the ignominy of our performance yesterday.

[ProcessBlue2]

I expected bad. But I also expected the Saints to be bad. I thought it was going to be some 16-12 or 19-14 type struggle. However, in the words of Rivera " We picked a bad day to have a bad day."

[strato]

I went with '3'.

After watching Young last year, you had to be aware that that performance could happen. 

He hasn't proven much in the way of good, but there was hope for seeing some of the near field point guard throws be at least somewhat effective. 

Was very surprised to see that slack run defense.  I knew there were issues elsewhere. 

[Bear Hands]

2

I thought there would be enough handicaps in place to make Bryce look alright and manage an okay game. But offense was an unmitigated disaster 

Defensively, we are severely lacking speed in the secondary and pass rush. Vertical teams are going to obliterate us.

[OneBadCat]

The scheme and the offensive line looked better. But it's clear the team just doesn't believe in Bryce. The defense especially. They saw that first pick and said, "yeah I'm not doing this poo again."

Can't say I blame them after being left on the field every game last year too. The next 2-3 games (3 if he gets another) are going to be crucial for Bryce to show something or he's done.

Edited September 9, 2024 by OneBadCat

[rayzor]

53 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

I was shocked at how bad they were. The most shocking things was that they played with no heart at all. They got pushed around and made fun of repeatedly and didn't do a single thing about it. 

this. we got bullied all day and we were shell-shocked. just was not expecting that...especially not by the saints. didn't think they had that in them. i guess we gave them all the inspiration they needed with that first TD and BY's first pass right after that. 

there was no recovering. i mean we could have...we just went into shock after that and couldn't pull our poo together, meanwhile saints got pumped up.

\we essentially tripped, rolled over, and just gave them that game. 

truthfully, this team is brand new. full of guys that have never played together before. they were lost.