How many of you expected the opposite of how this year turned out?

[Carolina Fan]

Hired a defensive head coach, Rookie QB and re-signed Deangelo to a big deal.

At the start of the season i was thinking we would play excellent defense and run the ball alot while we let our rookie QB grow.

but it turned out the almost exact opposite, passing alot more then we run and our defense being terrible even with injurys our defense has played terrible, Ron Rivera had a great defense in San Diego with alot of no bodys i was expecting alot more on that side of the ball.

With alot of our core players coming back next year Gettis, Beason etc i happen to think we will spend almost all of our top picks on defensive players.

Do you think next year we will turn into more of a run/defensive team or stay a scoring team?

[smitty_89]

I expected the opposite but that was with a full defensive roster.

[Crixtala]

i expected a LOT of growing pains... i'm witnessing a LOT of growing pains

[nosuchthingasapanther]

it's played out exactly how i called before the season started...the defense was going to be the reason why the team would lose games.

[Lumps]

I expected more wins that last year. Looks like it'll be close...:(

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

i really thought our offense would look the way The Golden Calf of Bristol Time does now but with more downfield passing and a tougher defense.

[Matthias]

I didn't expect anything until I saw Cam hooking up with Smith in the Cardinal game. After that, I expected to fight for a wildcard spot if not win the division outright. Yet now we are back at the bottom of the barrell.

[Davidson Deac II]

I predicted 5-6 wins. We might not make it.

[Hotsauce]

I didn't expect anything until I saw Cam hooking up with Smith in the Cardinal game. After that, I expected to fight for a wildcard spot if not win the division outright. Yet now we are back at the bottom of the barrell.

I predicted 4 wins before AZ.

After the AZ game, and around week 3, I had the hope you are referring to above. I guess that is what makes these losses so effing hard to watch....

At least last year, I could laugh at Jimmy and the rest of our team tanking our season with the excitement of having the #1 overall pick. By the end of last season, I was routing for the Panthers to loose out just so we could lock up the first overall pick.

I had a ton of optimism, but now I feel very deflated as a fan. I just can't settle for us loosing anymore games.

[Khaki Lackey]

I thought we would win 4 or 5 this year. I thought our defense would be better. After the first game I thought we might win more, but the defensive injuries started piling up.

[Gazi]

I expected a lot of loses. I didn't expect to see Cam be so good so fast. I thought the D was going to carry us to few victories. But, what do we know. It is what it is

[Marguide]

Hired a defensive head coach, Rookie QB and re-signed Deangelo to a big deal.

At the start of the season i was thinking we would play excellent defense and run the ball alot while we let our rookie QB grow.

but it turned out the almost exact opposite, passing alot more then we run and our defense being terrible even with injurys our defense has played terrible, Ron Rivera had a great defense in San Diego with alot of no bodys i was expecting alot more on that side of the ball.

With alot of our core players coming back next year Gettis, Beason etc i happen to think we will spend almost all of our top picks on defensive players.

Do you think next year we will turn into more of a run/defensive team or stay a scoring team?

I expected the same thing, but then I also expected us to add a DT once Edwards went down, and thought we would bring in someone like Carlos Rogers. Maybe a 2nd wideout as well (no, not Naanee, a legitimate WR). Once it was clear we were standing pat, it was hard to be terribly optimistic.

I still think we will win 2 more games, maybe 3, to get at least a little momentum going into next year.

We'll see.

[KillerKat]

Predicted 6-10, thought 8-8 or 9-7 after the first 2 games, went back to 6-10 midseason, now Im thinking we'll be lucky to get to 5-11.

[Kevin Greene]

The opposote would be 8-2 so no.