I never post but need to say some things about the team

[Wither]

Everyone saying "hi" and "nice first post"...; this board has gone soft!

[pigskinpicker]

Thanks for the welcoming words guys, as far as the Top 10 run D, I should clarify that I think that mostly because, I believe our schedule is pretty favorable and also that I believe once the Offense really starts clicking that hopefully a lot of teams will be playing from behind and have to abandon the run somewhat, I don't mean that our Run D personnel will be top 10 necessarily, but that would be nice

[pigskinpicker]

I just do not believe you can say that definitively. The truth is the team has the potential to be a top team in the NFC this season, at the same time the team does has potential to finish under 500.

I just think it comes down too all of our young players and how they step up across the board. We have seen flashes of some of them, but now they will have to perform on a consistent basis. I just think there are too many new pieces to say the team can not achieve this season. There are a lot of question-marks....But this team has plenty of talent with a high ceiling.

I'm hoping they will step up like the OKC Thunder did this year

[1989]

I agree 100%!!!

I feel like people here have absolutely NOTHING to complain about until our team shows nothing in the regular season. I mean we havent even seen this team play a pre-season game and already "its a rebuilding year."

We should be nothing but optomistic about this year. We havent seen competition at positions like this in 10years!

Come one people...and GREAT first post.

[Dpantherman]

just when I thought we could have 1 thread, just 1, w/o someone b*tching about the team. great job pigskin +rep

[panthers4life27]

wow, that was a helluva first post

[slainte20]

I don't knock fuzz for his opinion...I think most of us are fans first and probably have an unrealistic sense of optimism (myself included) about the moves made.

I think of all the Colts defenses that Meeks ran, and they almost always struggled stopping the run. So I understand a lack of confidence in that area until we see how the new d-line performs.

I'll miss Peppers productivity, but I don't think he will perform as well now that he has his fat contract. (*except when they play against Carolina).

NOTE: This is not "complaining"...this is a person trying to put his heart aside and talk about his favorite team objectively.

[joemac]

I'm also a professional NFL handicapper and I advise people of who to bet on each and every week for a small cost.

[Razzy]

I consulted to Oracle at Delphi, and she told me to remind the masses that John Fox's teams can only win in alternating years. Playoff berth it is!

[Dpantherman]

I don't knock fuzz for his opinion...I think most of us are fans first and probably have an unrealistic sense of optimism (myself included) about the moves made.

I think of all the Colts defenses that Meeks ran, and they almost always struggled stopping the run. So I understand a lack of confidence in that area until we see how the new d-line performs.

I'll miss Peppers productivity, but I don't think he will perform as well now that he has his fat contract. (*except when they play against Carolina).

NOTE: This is not "complaining"...this is a person trying to put his heart aside and talk about his favorite team objectively.

i dont think its unrealistically optimistic to say this is a 9 win team.

[slainte20]

i dont think its unrealistically optimistic to say this is a 9 win team.

Agreed!

IMO, I think we have a potential playoff team this year and next year we'll be serious contenders.

[Khyber53]

Heck if I know how we are going to do this coming year, but it should be interesting. This is pretty much going to be a new team out there... maybe they've got it just right and we'll succeed beyond anyone's expectations.

[PanthaSan]

Heck if I know how we are going to do this coming year, but it should be interesting. This is pretty much going to be a new team out there... maybe they've got it just right and we'll succeed beyond anyone's expectations.

:iagree:

Maybe (hopefully) it will take a few minor adjustments and away we go. i still firmly beleive that we will have a good showing either way....

[pigskinpicker]

I swear I'm not trying to tout my website on here, I know boards frown on that. Since I'm new to posting I don't want anyone to think I'm a liar about being a pro handicapper. My picks went 63% ATS last year including a 22-8 run to finish the season. Just for proving that I'm in fact not lying, here is my website

there I gave away my weekly picks with writeups for free each week last season, you can read my writeups and picks and see that they are in fact prior to the games occuring and judge for yourselves. Again, just want to say that I'm not trying to advertise these as I would have nothing to gain anyway since its the offseason, but it kinda seemed like Joe Mac didn't believe me

Mod note: no advertising.