3rd and long efficiency

[LinvilleGorge]

1 hour ago, Jon Snow said:

This nice I guess. Probably should look at the body of work instead. Just saying. 

After so many years of being utter garbage I'm concerned that the organization is going to get distracted by the relative W-L success this year compared to recent years and overlook all the circumstances that led to that record. We very easily could've been a 5-12/6-11 type team.

I don't want to be too doom and gloom on that. I mean, Bryce was improved. Was he good? No. He's still a lower level NFL starting QB and he had some games where he looked absolutely abysmal. I still don't think he's our long-term answer and I hope to see signs this off-season that the Panthers realize that. Was the defense improved? Yeah. I mean, they were historically bad last year and improved to lower middle of the pack this year. That's a significant improvement. But we can't ignore that Evero loses his balls in critical situations and goes absolutely Charmin soft. That's why we're bad on 3rd and long. That's why we're bad in key late game situations.