Expect 60 Point Games Next Year

[Matthias]

I'm not one to start thinking about what's going to happen next year when we are on a superbowl run right now.  However, it's hard not to get excited about the possibilities once we get KB back in the lineup.

I'm looking at Ted Ginn blazing down the field these past few games and I'm thinking to myself what could have been if we had KB's titan form dominating and catching touchdowns to go along with it all?  Just having those two alone would give us 30 points, but also having Olsen, a year of development with Funchess, and the offensive machine that is Cam Newton who could score 20+ with his legs.  There are more guys I haven't mentioned, along with the draft class we will bring in.  It's unfair to the rest of the league to have to guard against all of that.

This past Saturday ESPN showed the documentary of the Bills four straight superbowl losses.  I believe Carolina has the chance to win four straight, and more assuming we keep everyone together.  I would be willing to give Shula HC money just to stay as our OC.

[TheRumGone]

If KB were playing this year he would have insane madden numbers. Like 1500 yards and 15 tds.

 

i do think it was somewhat beneficial for Cam because he has made that leap we were all talking about for the past couple of years and I think not force feeding benji helped to spread the ball around more. It's gonna be interesting to see what happens when KB gets back and another year for Funch. Really exciting.

For christs sake Ted ginn has 8 tds with 3 more games to play. He could potentially have a 10 touchdown season and 800-900 yards. Cam is on fuging fire.

[cbarrier90]

No doubt this thing is built to contend for a long time, but let's pump the brakes on expectations beyond this season.

Down year for the NFL or not, I don't think you're appreciating just how difficult it is to accomplish what the Panthers have done this season.

[Bozarden]

I doubt we'd be scoring more points. We have had the chance to drop multiple 50 burgers this year, but once we get a big lead, the coaching staff usually decides to be conservative and just let the clock run down.

The only way i ever see us scoring 50-60 points in a game, is if the defense allows 40+ 

[Ivan The Awesome]

I think this discussion was brought up, and d-dave made a great point. 

 

This offense matured and molded into something else because of KB going down. I don't think this offense would be this developed if KB didn't have his injury. Cam grew more as a passer and distributed the ball more equally. He kind of had to. Olsen is still here but his other safety valve is gone. I'm kind of glad on one part that they are developing into a more complete potent offense. Sad that KB missed this though. 

[Matthias]

I don't think we've been conservative this year as in previous years.  There's been a healthy killer instinct this season, except for the couple of times where we did go conservative before the half.  My thinking for next year is, defenses will have to guard KB, Olsen, and Funchess assuming he starts.  If we have those guys on the field with Ginn, how will defenses be able to cover Ginn's deep speed for quick strike touchdowns?

[Udogg]

60 points?  CMON MAN

I don't see how we can be much better.  I mean, KB is good but I remember a lot of ball drops by him as well.  I can see the offense getting more efficient as far as completion percentages.  I can see KB having a huge year as far as numbers.  But as far as 60 points?  Nah, I mean with KB and Olsen having 1000 yard season last year, we were getting around 28 ppg.   This year with Ted Ginn stretching the field and Cam doing Cam things we are getting 31.6 ppg.   With KB I could see maybe jumping to 34 ppg.   But past that is just not reasonable for a team that runs as much as we do.

[MadHatter]

Sorry....but this is a stupid thread.

No way that we start scoring 60 points a game next year....step AWAY from the Madden game.

[Matthias]

9 minutes ago, Udogg said:

60 points?  CMON MAN

I don't see how we can be much better.  I mean, KB is good but I remember a lot of ball drops by him as well.  I can see the offense getting more efficient as far as completion percentages.  I can see KB having a huge year as far as numbers.  But as far as 60 points?  Nah, I mean with KB and Olsen having 1000 yard season last year, we were getting around 28 ppg.   This year with Ted Ginn stretching the field and Cam doing Cam things we are getting 31.6 ppg.   With KB I could see maybe jumping to 34 ppg.   But past that is just not reasonable for a team that runs as much as we do.

 

Yeah we won't average 60 points, but everyone is only getting better.  We have yet to see the best of Cam and he is already breaking records left and right.  I'm saying defenses will be absolutely terrified with what we have, and again we still have a draft class to add.

[Matthias]

5 minutes ago, MadHatter said:

Sorry....but this is a stupid thread.

No way that we start scoring 60 points a game next year....step AWAY from the Madden game.

Yeah we definitely won't average 60 points.  Interestingly enough Cam is playing Madden every time he steps on the field.

[BIGH2001]

No one scores 60 in the NFL if for no other reason that these are professional defenses and most coaches also play more conservative once they get a big lead. This isn't college with a strength of victory stat. All that matters is winning the game. No reason to make an extra statement once the win is sealed. We could have scored 50-60 yesterday but didn't because we chose not to. , 

[MadHatter]

31 minutes ago, BIGH2001 said:

No one scores 60 in the NFL if for no other reason that these are professional defenses and most coaches also play more conservative once they get a big lead. This isn't college with a strength of victory stat. All that matters is winning the game. No reason to make an extra statement once the win is sealed. We could have scored 50-60 yesterday but didn't because we chose not to. , 

This^^^

Also, adding KB to the mix next season won't change how we approach the game.  We will likely score about the same....just different guys scoring.

[RoaringRiot]

I'm not really buying the 'Cam is better because KB went down" theory. I think Cam is better because he has time to throw the ball and look for the open receiver. I seriously doubt if KB was on the field he would be forcing the ball to him all the time. 

[mav1234]

Unless you're planning to fire Rivera and get a different coach, the only way we'd approach 60 points in a game is if the defense is giving up 40+.  The playcalling is markedly different once we put games out of reach.