Playoff hopes?

[tmm161]

Well I know it is a little early, But we all know our past.. Are we going to be a playoff contending team. let alone a nfc south threat. are we going to repeat last year? What is everyones thoughts.

[Peppers90 NC]

yes we will contend jeezus. Worse comes to worse, we could be the 06 Saints where all the other teams fail and just leaves us.

[Mr. Scot]

After the first preseason game...seriously?

[Mesmer]

As with almost every other NFL team: It's too early, but if we can stay relatively healthy, we'll be a contender.

[1789Cardiac Cats9020]

After what I saw tonight, we are the worst team in the NFC south. Seriously. (come on people this is preseason, evaluate the players NOT THE TEAM)

[2plankingpanther]

It's only the 1st preseason game,BUT,from what I see,the Panthers can't stop the run,maybe they aren't used to R Meeks system yet,but we'll see!

[Jangler]

[rayzor]

detroit looked very good after their first second third and fourth preseason games last year.

7 playoff teams lost their first preseason games last year. meanwhile (in addition to detroit) seattle, kansas city, oakland, seattle, and cincy all won.

pre-season is an indicator of a few thing but not of how the season is going to go. you want to know what teams have to work on and improve....you play preseason games. those who want to win the most when it matters will allow themselves to have all their flaws exposed in games that carry no weight in order to give them a chance to improve and work to correct them before the season starts. panthers found their flaws in spades. there is still over 3 weeks to get things worked out and 3 more games to see just how well they have addressed needs.

[rayzor]

After what I saw tonight, we are the worst team in the NFC south. Seriously. (come on people this is preseason, evaluate the players NOT THE TEAM)

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[Woodie]

For all the sky is falling people out there, do you even know what was happening last night? I know your flippant response is likely to be that we were getting our asses handed to us or something similar, but that would miss the real mark. What was happening is that we played a very vanilla game...actually not just vanilla, but a vanilla bean game (not even as complicated as normal vanilla). In other words, since we are playing the Giants during the regular season, we showed even less than we would have during a normal first game of the preseason.

Oh, and the Giants had their guards pulling, blitzed, used stunts, and some of the other techniques that are central to their scheme. Not to the extent or as complicated as we’ll see during the season, but enough that it was a big advantage in last night’s game. In case you either forgot or didn't know, Tom Coughlin likes to do this during the preseason games...even the early ones.

So to freak out over this one game is not only silly, but misses the point of what the preseason games really are for...evaluation and implementation under actual game conditions.

[Darth Biscuit]

Come on guys, settle down... they've been practicing for what two weeks??? It'll come, chill out.

[X-Clown]

Remember two years ago when we played the Giants at New York in the preseason and they looked awful and our first team just mowed them down? How different was each team's fate once meaningful games were played?

[Peppers90 NC]

The preseason is essentially a tryout for 3rd stringers and a way to get our players in game shape.

[carolinarolls]

If you are anticipating a playoff run more or less after watching last night's practice I am laughing out loud in your face...right now.

If you have no "playoff hopes" you need to log off and find another sport or at the least another team...right now.