How weak has our schedule been really?

[Newtcase]

Jacksonville has played
Carolina, Miami (W), New England, Indy
Based on what we know now Jacksonville had a brutal opening schedule and won a game against a team with expectations and took the Colts to the wire.

Houston has played
Kansas City, Carolina, Tampa Bay (W), Atlanta
Based on what we know now Houston had a brutal opening schedule and won the only game they should have.

New Orleans has played
Arizona, Tampa, Carolina, Dallas
Based on what we know now New Orleans had a tough opening schedule and split games they should have won.

Tampa Bay
Tennessee, New Orleans, Houston, Carolina
Tampa is bad, but not as bad they seem, they will win a few games.

In closing, if we were the cellar dwellers everyone thought we would be these four teams could be 8-8 instead of 4-12.  Also, any given Sunday, no easy wins in the NFL yada yada.....4-0!

[Captain Obvious]

[hepcat]

Every team the Panthers have played has had issues.  All of them had shitty QB's, pretty bad defenses, no running game (the Bucs have an average running attack).  Granted the Panthers were missing their best player for 3.5/4 of these games, but still.  Let's wait and see how we hold up against Russell Wilson, Andrew Luck, and Aaron Rodgers before we get ahead of ourselves.

[Newtcase]

Every team the Panthers have played has had issues.  All of them had shitty QB's, pretty bad defenses, no running game (the Bucs have an average running attack).  Granted the Panthers were missing their best player for 3.5/4 of these games, but still.  Let's wait and see how we hold up against Russell Wilson, Andrew Luck, and Aaron Rodgers before we get ahead of ourselves.

No question that's fair, and the quality of our team will be revealed without doubt with upcoming contests.  The point of the post is that of the teams our opponents have faced who should they have beat that they didn't?  Saints losing to the Bucs is really the only game that stands out.  

Say what you want about QB's being shitty, but McCown played pretty damn good, 31/38 for 310.  Thank god Norman ruined the day for him.

The teams we've beaten will run into some easier opponents and their combined records will improve.  It's all subjective and Tuesday conversation.

[raleigh-panther]

Every team Atlanta has played also has issues.

Atlanta is being minted as the second coming  in the media.

The only difference is they have  play makers on offense.  Panthers don't really outside of Cam.   Young running backs and Julio Jones.

We have an aging Jonathan Stewart, no name WRs that probably would not be first string on most college teams, and a cobbled together Oline

Needless to say, I hate the Falcons and while yes, they have a few young play makers, they still have Matt Ryan an the guy is a loser in big moments.

[Cookie Lyon]

Every team the Panthers have played has had issues.  All of them had shitty QB's, pretty bad defenses, no running game (the Bucs have an average running attack).  Granted the Panthers were missing their best player ON DEFENSE for 3.5/4 of these games, but still.  Let's wait and see how we hold up against Russell Wilson, Andrew Luck, and Aaron Rodgers before we get ahead of ourselves.

Fixed.

[MadHatter]

Every team Atlanta has played also has issues.

Atlanta is being minted as the second coming  in the media.

The only difference is they have  play makers on offense.  Panthers don't really outside of Cam.   Young running backs and Julio Jones.

We have an aging Jonathan Stewart, no name WRs that probably would not be first string on most college teams, and a cobbled together Oline

Needless to say, I hate the Falcons and while yes, they have a few young play makers, they still have Matt Ryan an the guy is a loser in big moments.

Exactly...and the record of the teams we beat are exactly the same as the teams that the Packers beat.

[chknwing]

could be worse

[heelsnum1]

FWIW, and I don't know it means anything: every team we have played follows up their loss to us with a win of their own.