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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.You understand there's a salary cap, right?This season was a no go before it even started. Because of Covid, Krafty Bob turned off the money spigot and said fugghedaboutit this year due to seriously decreased revenues. $1 milllion for sCam Newton tells you everything you need to know. This is a business, nothing more, nothing less. No need to get emotional about it. It is what it is.
The Texans dared them to pass, and they tried, not a good result.I have no idea why you would throw the ball so much against a putrid run defense, todays gameplan was hilariously bad.
I’d like to believe that but it’s likely we go into 2021 with the worst qb prospects of the 4 teams. I would hope we improve our skill positions and front 7 but even with that were still looking at a 3rd place finish in the AFCE.My personal conclusion: meh. Fake season/bridge year/dynasty intermission. The Pats will be back atop the AFCE in 2021.
The historic defense was a mirage. We played a LOT of bad teams in the first half of the season. In the second half, they were garbage.Cognitive dissonance. We are in a rebuild. Whether people want to admit that or not is their problem. The question is how fast will this rebuild be.
These are the problems the team has in order.
1. QB. Easily the most important piece. Even a good team will lose more often than not without a real answer here.
2. WR/TE. We just had a historic defense and the GOAT QB (who regardless of what people want to believe) and the WR/TE issue was a serious hindrance that cost them down the stretch.
3. LB's We are just flat out weak here right now and Hightower is older and missing another year is a problem I don't see being fixed right away.
We also have depth issues in our offensive line and our secondary is aging. Gilmore is going to be further in his 30's and we probably will have contract issues with him, the McCourtey's are aging and not the same, Chung will be 34 next year and like Hightower just missed a season. We also could stand to find a new kicker if we are being totally honest.
So like yeah we will get better... someday. But we could have accellerated the process it what was essentially a lost year
Please share where you obtained your crystal ball, I'd like to put it on my Christmas wish list.
Time to play for draft position ....fat lady is on nowAny small hope of a playoff berth died today. That's all I got.
Not if they don’t win any other game except maybe the Jets game…Looks like they’ll pick right in the middle of the draft. Don’t need a QB there, you’ll get the same quality in day 2.
That's part of it, but even if it wasn't, the defense aged up and lost pieces. So they were going to take a step back regardless.The historic defense was a mirage. We played a LOT of bad teams in the first half of the season. In the second half, they were garbage.
And if we did what you wanted them to do, lose 13 straight- we would be looking for a new head coach. Without a doubt. No question about it.Cognitive dissonance. We are in a rebuild. Whether people want to admit that or not is their problem. The question is how fast will this rebuild be.
These are the problems the team has in order.
1. QB. Easily the most important piece. Even a good team will lose more often than not without a real answer here.
2. WR/TE. We just had a historic defense and the GOAT QB (who regardless of what people want to believe) and the WR/TE issue was a serious hindrance that cost them down the stretch.
3. LB's We are just flat out weak here right now and Hightower is older and missing another year is a problem I don't see being fixed right away.
We also have depth issues in our offensive line and our secondary is aging. Gilmore is going to be further in his 30's and we probably will have contract issues with him, the McCourtey's are aging and not the same, Chung will be 34 next year and like Hightower just missed a season. We also could stand to find a new kicker if we are being totally honest.
So like yeah we will get better... someday. But we could have accellerated the process it what was essentially a lost year
I think there's enough volume (and through his career) to see he's just not very accurate. He did complete a lot of passes today, but nothing really jumped out to me as precise, crisp, sharp or a QB capable of making accurate throws in tight windows. A lot of his passes were just hitting WR that were uncovered running wide open all over the field. The Byrd TD was putting it where the receiver needed to be, but i'm putting more on Byrd making a great play and tracking it well. Cam's arm strength has faded as well. There's no timing to this offense with him, it's just a QB dumping it off if a WR isnt streaking across the middle wide open.I'm honestly kind of surprised at how much of a hard time people are giving Newton. The defense was atrocious and the reason why they lost the game.
Not sure what happened to wynn but noticed he was very slow and ineffective today… What was the injury?Better pray Wynn is ok. RAC schooled BB. Better players but he schooled him. I still think they can beat AZ
Not outlandish at all. My reason for optimism: this team has BB, ample cap space and a young core group coming into its own. They'll be OK.The same crystal ball where you think this team will be atop the AFCE next year. Your prediction is FAR more out there than mine.
Not if they don’t win any other game except maybe the Jets game…
And very likely a third place schedule.Not outlandish at all. My reason for optimism: this team has BB, ample cap space and a young core group coming into its own. They'll be OK.
Right now even if we won out, we would be outside the top 10. There is a 0% chance we get ahead of the Jets/Jaguars or Bengals. 2 of those teams are definitley darfting QB's. The Giants will also struggle to win games the rest of the way and our two games behind us. They will draft a QB if someone is there. This is assuming we completely lose out or only win the Jets game.Not if they don’t win any other game except maybe the Jets game…
Not sure what happened to wynn but noticed he was very slow and ineffective today… What was the injury?