Khyber53

Bad weather, big rain. Brings it down to luck and the running games. Slugfest in the trenches. That gives us our best chance.

Not gonna lie, I'd be all for it. MM was leading the pack in new coaching ideas and I think it was injuries that derailed everything for him, not his coaching. That and there had developed a few bad lockerroom guys.

2003 was just magical. The Cardiac Cats were something else and it was the ultimate underdog story again and again and again throughout that season. There was no give up in those guys. I still can't stand Belichick and Brady and you can't convince me that they hadn't been cheating and stealing our signals before that game. 2015 was just a steamroller year, but as it wore on and our celebrations each game got more raucous and unsportsmanlike, I just knew Karma was hovering around, waiting to strike. We came into that game like we had already been crowned as champs, acting like fools, wearing masks in interviews and sadly, got just embarrassed by a decent, not great, team headed by Peyton Manning on his last legs. Karma is a b!tch.

100 percent the key to the game, just like last time. Edit to add: Oh yeah, and playing outdoors on a wet field, possibly in heavy rain conditions. Sometimes your only chance is to drag the other guy down into the mud and grapple him.

Can't argue with you there.

Maybe getting a big receiver out there that can be seen over the o-line might change that a bit...

I really, really agree with this. Why do you have a big, athletic guy with reach competing with the sidelines when he could do a better job in the center of the field or running the opposite seam to the TE?

Harbaugh will end up in Miami. While they have a decent foundation for the team, they are in a newly resetting division that will feature pushover Jets twice a season. And then the biggest unspoken factor... tax benefits from living in Florida. There's no state income tax there. Tennessee is the same, but they've got a massive amount of work for a rebuild.

Good to see merit winning out here. Maybe XL roars back or finds him a place in the third WR spot. He's got some serious competition for it though with Horn, Jr. and Tremayne. And you can't tell me that David Moore doesn't know how to fight and compete for a roster spot. Work, man. Woulda been easier for him out of the gate rather than here at the end of the season.

Yep.

This 100 percent. Think of the Packers during the Brett Favre era as well. They kept drafting guys to sit behind him and learn from their system and Brett, too. What they did was they created not just qualified backups, but a farm system where they traded well trained QBs that smart GMs traded for as starters rather than risking it all on a high draft pick. I hope Bryce wins out this season because I'll never go against whatever brings wins to our team. Even if he does, though, there should be a QB in the wings, learning and ready to roll out at a moment's notice, whether for our team or someone else's.

Panthers 24 Rams 21 Fitz with the last second magic kick. And I think this is going to be a defense heavy game for us. Turnovers will be the deciding factor once again, giving us short fields to work from.

Those linemen won't be getting shorter.

Sorry, did not see it when I posted it. Mods please remove.

Let's just hope the Rams believe that and game plan accordingly. We caught them looking past us before, could we have it happen again? Sure would be something!