Well, you know people.

[top dawg]

Some of y'all lambasted me for asking if it was time to lower expectations a little bit last week. How does another week make you feel?

Now before you get started all over again, let me say that I love the Panthers, and I am not giving up on the hope of a successful season. I am just in the process of doing some mental gymnastics in order to define what a successful season will be.

Before this pre-season, I really thought that we may have a chance to at least equal the record of last year, but now I am not so sure...not so sure. Actually I think that it may be delusional after seeing the defensive break downs over the last few games. I thought that our biggest question mark would be our run defense, now I am having maybe even a bigger question mark about the secondary. I am somewhat shocked that a normally solid Gamble is looking like a gamble in the backfield. As hard as it is for me to say this, I am reminiscing about the days of Ricky Manning Jr.

One thing is that we still haven't seen all of our defensive starters in action as a unit, and I really believe that we do have the capability on offense to put some serious points on the board (and, in a relatively short amount of time), provided that Fox doesn't go John Fox on us. I am encouraged to see the use of draw plays, passes to the backs and TEs as more than just an afterthought, and another prospect in Moore as a solid WR3.

Whatever happens, I am sitting back and getting ready for an interesting ride. As long as we don't end up below .500, and maybe even have a chance at the playoffs, I think that I'll be happy. We'll see.

[SMACKDAB]

:party:

[DOUBLETROUBLE28]

i was also shocked of how easily gamble got beat last night by average wrs

[Fireball77]

Derek Mason is not an average WR, IMO.

[rayzor]

awesome new thread idea!

so glad you thought of it!

woot!

[Cpanthers5851]

Derek Mason is not an average WR, IMO.

i agree.

mason is a very good WR.

he has been underrated for a long time.