Rivera will be dissapointed with 4 wins?

[Happy Panther]

Honestly, I will be disappointed if we don't win more than four. I just think we have that kind of ability.

Wow. I guess I get what he is saying but with the Titans & Colts among the final 8 games he should be disgusted if we only win 4. We have way more ability than that.

[4Corners]

we all will be.

[jtnc]

I say we win 6 games this year, bucs are falling apart.

[Happy Panther]

I say we win 6 games this year, bucs are falling apart.

me too

[4Corners]

yeah bucs look like poo. Mccoy now on IR and that homo QB of theirs has regressed.

I love it!

[UNCrules2187]

TEN - W

@DET - L

@IND - W

@TB - L

ATL - W

@HOU - L

TB - W

@NO - L

6-10

edit: to be clear, this is my baseline. I think @DET, @TB and @NO are all winnable games (I also think ATL at home is a loseable game, however).

[4Corners]

I think we win the last game @NO; we had them beat a couple weeks ago and they'll prob be resting players.

[Carl Spackler]

Should be disappointed every time you lose, to hell with morale victories.

[davos]

Ten - w (This better be a win and I hope we're not the 1 team CJ torches this year)

@det - l (This is actually winnable)

@ind - w (annihilation time)

@tb - w (riding high from the Indy game, TB is looking sloppy this year)

atl - w (Revenge back at home)

@hou - l (This could be our one blowout loss this year)

tb - w (Sweep those tampons)

@no - w (Brees in for one half)

We play Atlanta here for a classic battle of 85 & come Week 17, the Saints may rest if they've clinched the NFCS. The Packers will obviously be 1 in the playoffs, NO will be locked at 2 and will probably rest Brees the second half.

we have a legitimate shot at 8-8

[Ruff]

New Orleans will be resting starters. Should beat them, too.

[CRA]

Det is a winnable game....so are Tenn, Indy, both Tampa games, Atl and NO since it is the last game.

Goal should be 8-0 the 2nd half. I will be disappointed with less than 5-3 to finish.

[UNCrules2187]

Det is a winnable game....so are Tenn, Indy, both Tampa games, Atl and NO since it is the last game.

Goal should be 8-0 the 2nd half. I will be disappointed with less than 4-3 to finish.

Are we just going to not show up for a game? :P

[ShawnJohn]

Wow. I guess I get what he is saying but with the Titans & Colts among the final 8 games he should be disgusted if we only win 4. We have way more ability than that.

Cause Rivera understands the importance of offense efficiency and strength of schedule.

For the Panthers to win it requires that we do not turn over the ball or it requires we score 30 points when we have a negative turnover margin. Cam's got one of the worst interception rankings in the league. This would require we play the worst defenses and offense in the league. We have one of the most inefficient offenses in the league. So it requires we play one of the mos inefficient offenses and defenses in the league.

So the only two teams we really have a chance of beating based on how we played in the first 8 games is: Tampa Bay and Indianapolis.

We are ranked 21st in offense scoring efficiency. Tampa is 24th. Very close but Josh Freeman throws less picks than Cam so it depends on who gets lucky on that day, our D or their D.

Indianapolis is 30th in the league in scoring efficiency. Great chance of winning here.

We only beat Jacksonville, 29th in scoring offense and Washington 32nd in scoring offense. So Rivera knows the deal. Our O sucks.

What Rivera's saying is he doesn't see our offense's efficiency improving much this year if he's setting the standards that low. And it goes hand in hand with what I believe. Cam's standards are set incredibly low.

They were never to win as a rookie. They were to "perform" in the NFL. He proved he can perform in the first 2 games. Mission Accomplished. Job well done there. He "proved" his critics wrong that he can "perform". This is what this year was all about.

[Marguide]

Titans are no pushover. There are no automatic wins this season until proved otherwise.

That said, I am not wild about RR's repeated refrain that we have to "manage expectations",