Veterans of 2001

[panthers55]

I know most people are saying the 2010 team is so much worse than the 2001 team. But that is because it is harder to remember the 2001 team. The 2001 defense may have had more talent with guys like Jenkins, Morgan, Rucker, Minter and Grant but you have got to remember how young that denfense was.

Jenkins and Morgan were both rookies and Morgan broke his leg in the game against the Packers where the field was just so God awful and missed about half the season(whatelse is new). Rucker and Grant were both in their first full year starting. The coners were old(Evans) or sucked(Anderson). And the rest of the LB and DL were guys who were past their prime or were not any good to being with.

The Offensive Line was just awful. Moose missed about half the year with different injuries and the rest of the WR were really nothing. Smith caught like 10 passes that year, he was just a returner. The RB were not good and it did not really matter because we did not run the ball at all.

I know that year we lost like 7 or 8 games by 7 points or less but that may have been pure luck as much as anything. The 2001 special teams were better and we threw the ball more, not better but more.

But beside that I could not tell you another part of the 2001 team that is/was better than this 2010 team.

The 2010 DL, LB, RB, OL, Secondary and possibly WR(hard to say) are all better than the 2001 team.

Just my 2 cents.

2010 squad has more talent but less experience and veteran leadership.

the 2001 squad had more veterans and experience but less talent. Goes to show that talent is overrated when experience, leadership and chemistry are lacking.

[ncbobcat]

I thought 2001 was harder to watch becasue I actually had decent expectations that year and I KNEW this year would suck, just not quite this badly.