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What we had then, what we have now...

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https://x.com/4thand1show/status/1975274357174784272?s=46
 

saw this this morning and came to post something similar. I didn’t just love the team or the wins, I loved those dudes man. They put everything they had out there every Sunday. You didn’t see a rep where anybody on that field was low effort in that era, and if you did they were quickly sent packing. 

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If only those guys grew on trees?

The 2015 team was really special.  That was such an incredible year until the Super Bowl.

What happened was the owner let the football people handle football decisions.  We had a front office that made some really good decisions.  Just hit on FAs and draft picks at a high level.  Those guys became GREAT players.  Our head coach held the team to a standard, but allowed them to be themselves.  That let so many of those guys grow into vocal leaders and tone setters.  Then we had Cam play lights out for the entire year.  We had a defense led by Luke, one of the best to ever play.  We had guys like Greg and TD who were so smart and tenacious.

That was a special team.  The biggest question is how do we bring that back?  We don't because we can't.  Instead, we need to build up the team again.  Bryce is not Cam, duh.  Maybe he's not even the guy next season.  But there are some dudes like DB, Horn, Chubba who are all high character, effort productive players.

As team, they need to lean into what they do well, and give Bryce his opportunities to prove himself.  If not, you keep building the best team and work on that QB.

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That comeback on Sunday, I mean I downplayed it relative to the record it tied with Jake’s debut game. 
But it means a lot to this team. Maybe it helps them come together and play better going forward. We’ll see.

You get the team built up enough, we could ascend quickly with the right QB in place. 

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And that 2003 team, made up of virtual nobodies, the whole Cardiac Cats thing.

Honestly, it was even more magical than 2015 because it was so unexpected.

I love me some Cam, but with his gifts and skills, that Super Bowl run was inevitable and wholly warranted. Now Jake... there's a gunslinger, never say die guy that just caught the magic when he finally got his chance. Totally different guys, both great in their own times here.

 

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It's crazy looking back on days fondly that a good 40% of the Huddle shat on at the time. Cam wasn't exactly popular here. There's still to this day word filters in place for various insults the board had for him.

Sir Cameron Newton: Leader of Men, Lover of Puppies...Esquire.

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33 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

And that 2003 team, made up of virtual nobodies, the whole Cardiac Cats thing.

Honestly, it was even more magical than 2015 because it was so unexpected.

I love me some Cam, but with his gifts and skills, that Super Bowl run was inevitable and wholly warranted. Now Jake... there's a gunslinger, never say die guy that just caught the magic when he finally got his chance. Totally different guys, both great in their own times here.

 

It was the first SB run, and nobody really knew who Jake was… and bang there he is a ball of energy and winning. It was great. I certainly enjoyed 2015 but 2003 was my favorite season.

I mean that was his first time on the field and they just tied it over 20 years later. it was really something. 

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14 minutes ago, rodeo said:

It's crazy looking back on days fondly that a good 40% of the Huddle shat on at the time. Cam wasn't exactly popular here. There's still to this day word filters in place for various insults the board had for him.

Sir Cameron Newton: Leader of Men, Lover of Puppies...Esquire.

Boy, those Cam insults takes me back. I think the only player that didn't get absolutely trashed here over the last twenty years was Luke and even then there were complaints about drafting him and some crude comments about his concussions. 

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