Carolina Panthers: 6.5 wins (Over -120 | Under +100)

[NAS]

38 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

and losing Icky and losing rico

Yes, and don't think they're convinced this offense can get on track to compete. Dan will need to knock it out of the park this free agency and draft to give this team a chance to have a winning record. 

[SmokinwithWilly]

40 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

and losing Icky and losing rico

And he needs to pull his head out of his ass about calling plays. He doesn't have the talent/ability to be both HC and OC yet and it shows. 

[MHS831]

so much depends on the draft and free agency.  At this point, considering the schedule, I would not bet that we win over 6 games.  

[Navy_football]

A big time standup LB (QB of the defense), improve the pass rush, improve oline depth. Get lucky with injuries. They can win over 6.5 games. Fail in any one of those areas and the bottom falls out pretty quickly. 

[PootieNunu]

6 hours ago, Navy_football said:

A big time standup LB (QB of the defense), improve the pass rush, improve oline depth. Get lucky with injuries. They can win over 6.5 games. Fail in any one of those areas and the bottom falls out pretty quickly. 

Improve OL Depth??

We need a starter at LT and C. Icky is not playing this season and Mays is a FA.

We dont have Rico to channel his inner Beast mode this season either. 

We will see what they cook up but the offense is going to need to take a big step up for us to eclipse the projected win total. 

[MHS831]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47958363/2026-nfl-offseason-ranking-positions-free-agency-draft-class-deep-thin

this basically says we should add an edge (draft or free agency) and a free safety (free agency).  It discourages me from wanting an OT in this draft because he calls them (after the top 2) developmental, and I see it.   Frankly, this changes my strategy for the draft.  To get the best bang for the buck, we need to go ILB or edge in round 1, imo.  

[csx]

16 hours ago, MHS831 said:

so much depends on the draft and free agency.  At this point, considering the schedule, I would not bet that we win over 6 games.  

Why do people keep chicken littling about the schedule? Its the same (technically tiny bit easier) than last season.