GAME #2 - SAINTS - THOUGHTS.???

I agree, for all the guys.  Not good enough.

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I do think it’ll get better.

I think you're right--up to a point. Yes, we'll get better. Almost have to. Couldn't be much worse. So yes, we'll get better....... Every team starts off the season not REALLY knowing just how their season will go. There are always questions to be answered for every team. As the questions resolve, the play on the field gets better.  So, that's a good thing -- that we WILL get better.  However, there is always a caveat.....

As we get better, so does every other team. So what changes..??? We stay in the same relative position as compared to the rest of the league.  Unless the Panthers make a dramatic JUMP, we will play through the season and end up about where we started. Unless we have a meteoric rise in skill position play, and similar improvement in coaching, play calling, and team play ("O", "D", and "ST"...), well .... nothing really changes.  I expect the Panthers to end the season about where they started (overall). Somewhere in the bottom half of the rankings as determined by W-L record. I think that will be somewhere around # 22-27 -- somewhere in there.

Don't misunderstand.... We have the talent to make a run. But injuries, and mistakes by rookies (and YOUNG players), and coaching decisions make me wonder WTH is going on.    What is going to happen next.??  ¿Quien sabe? (Who knows).