Here's what REALLY scares me

[d-dave]

There will be attrition, but so long as we have Cam, Luke, Rivera, Gettleman at the core, we're going to be pretty good.  TD, Olsen, Kalil, Stewart, Norman, KK, Star, etc are all excellent players who will be here, but there's a good chance of many of them leaving in the next few years.  Maybe some to time, some to money, some to performance, who knows.  

We do have a very special team.  We started with some great pieces in Cam and Luke, and now the coaching staff and Gettleman are really putting the pieces together in such a way that the sum is greater than all the parts.  Watching some video on NFL.com, and Marshall Faulk said that the reason we're perceived to be less than was we are is because we aren't flashy.  We're effective.  We do our jobs (blocking and tackling) better than "you."  Fans and Media love the big numbers, but we're one of the top scoring offenses in the NFL for a very good reason.

Players will come and go.  Gettleman has done a great job of finding available talent, and the coaches have done a great job in putting them in positions to win.  We do have to face some realities though, and the primary one will be coaches getting hired out.  Shula probably doesn't want to go because he's having a LOT of success here.  McDermot will probably get tapped very soon, and that's what's scary to me.

[PntherPryd]

I think it is important to really enjoy this season.

We have paid individuals to worry about the team long term and I know we all waste a lot of valuable and productive work time to figure out ways they are doing it wrong or ways they could do it better.

But all I wanna do this season is dance!

[OriginalPantherDan]

57 minutes ago, Kakarot said:

As long as we have both Cam and Luke here, we'll be fine. We're going to lose some players, might come across a player or two with an ego, and we'll have to deal with a disgruntled player or two but as long as players like Cam, Luke, and TD are here we'll be fine. 

As long as we have those two, combined with Gman's ability to root out good players from seemingly nowhere, we will be a contender. And I wouldn't rule out a budding dynasty. 

[PizzaTheHutt]

Gentlemen! Please! Rest your sphincters! 

[Krucid]

Rivera will keep the egos in check. If we lose on Thursday or any other day it won't be because of egos, lol.