THE TIME TO WIN IT ALL WAS NOW! Window of opportunity is closing....

[charlottenian]

This year was the time to make a push and win it all.... I firmly believe that our window of opportunity is slowly closing and will need an offensive overhaul within the next two seasons

-Jake Delhomme- 34 years old, has at best two seasons left in him as a starter and that is stretching it

-Steve Smith- 30 years old, dangerous WR predicated on speed, has 2-3 top tier seasons left in him before his skills will diminish

-Muhsin Muhammad- 35 years old, a possession WR who has 2 seasons tops in him

[Zaximus]

Eh they said Moose had 2 good seasons left when he left here. He still looks fine.

They said Kurt Warner was washed up too, look at him?

[Sam Mills Fan]

I agree about Jake and Moose. Smitty has more like four or five all-Pro quality seasons left imo.

[SorthNarolina]

depending on these guys though isn't going to get it done

we need to start looking for the heir apparent for moose and jake

I don't think the windown is closing really though, we have a ton of guys who are just getting into thier prime or guys who are in their prime

[charlottenian]

Eh they said Moose had 2 good seasons left when he left here. He still looks fine.

They said Kurt Warner was washed up too, look at him?

Kurt Warner is a hall of famer.... Jake is no where near the level of Warner

[charlottenian]

depending on these guys though isn't going to get it done

we need to start looking for the heir apparent for moose and jake

I don't think the windown is closing really though, we have a ton of guys who are just getting into thier prime or guys who are in their prime

here are the cornerstone's of this team:

-Beason

-Davis

-Gamble

-Gross

-Stewart

-Williams

We have pieces but we will be losing skill set players within the next couple of years.

[Zaximus]

Kurt Warner is a hall of famer.... Jake is no where near the level of Warner

Yeah, too bad that's not what we're talking about. Kurt was said to be done and washed up 2 years ago, and he had some bad seasons, and then he started dominating again. You just never know. But I know you can't make positive threads so I'll let it go.

[Kevin Greene]

Kurt Warner is a hall of famer.... Jake is no where near the level of Warner

That should make the drop off less.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

As talented players leave, other talented players come in and replace them, whether through draft or free agency.

That's the NFL; that's life.

[Zaximus]

And I bet no one thought the Cardinals had a window this year...

[beastson]

Damn skippy

You wonder why after this loss, changes is coming

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Don't you have any more jerseys to burn?

[Fox007]

I don't know why some people still don't understand the magnitude of this loss, even after all the poo that has already happened to our staff.

This year we had the pieces in place to win a Super Bowl, that doesn't happen very often obviously, and it was totally botched.

You don't get the #2 seed and not be a serious Super Bowl contender. That said, you don't get trounced like we did without some poo go down.

A little bit of dirty laundry has been aired out, and I expect more.

This was the biggest loss in our history, blown out in a home playoff game as the 2 seed, not even losing the Super Bowl stung as bad.

[natty]

I don't think "windows" exist in the NFL anymore. Look at Atlanta, Arizona, Baltimore this year - look at NY last year - look at the Panthers '01 to '03. Now I'm not going to bet on Detroit or Oakland making a run to the playoffs next year, but I wouldn't be completely surprised if they did. Every year every team has a chance. I wonder what the preseason odds of a Arizona/Pitt superbowl were.