If we lose on Sunday, will you consider this season to be a success?

[Camp Fodder]

I said after the saints loss that I would’ve content with s playoff birth. The thing that saddens me is Pep, Davis, Olsen, R Kalil andCJ are about at the end of the road. Unless we draft really well the next couple years we may be a bottom feeder for a few years

[ThPantherFan]

23 minutes ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

Negatives of this season (if we lose this weekend):

The positives, in my opinion, out weigh the negatives.  We've had our downs but over the long haul we are good.  Now, does that mean I'm happy with the way the Panthers have played?  The players aren't the problem in my opinion.  The problem is with coaching and making necessary changes to a game plan DURING the game.  I've made it no secret as to my opinions about some of the coaching staff and their game planning.  Tackling sucks, with few exceptions, is the only negative on the defense.  The offense is the biggest disappointment.  There's too many problems to mention.  I hope shula is gone at the end of the season.

[pantherj]

Yes for this team. No for where we should be at this point in Cam's career. He's in his prime now, as good as he will ever be, and our team is not SB level. Not good. But yeah for the talent on this team we hit a home run this season.

[RumHam]

If the Saints weren't the saints, we'd be 13-3 with a bye. Take away that stupid fuging Chicago game, like i said at the time, it cost us. Now, we're having to go to New Orleans when we could have finished a game ahead and had a bye. If we get shut out against the Saints in the playoffs, Shula needs to go.

[Lumps]

36 minutes ago, Camvp said:

Setting the wheels in motion to get rid of our terrible owner, and his yes-man GM, means this season is a big success.  

Amen. This is a reason to be very excited for the future. For fans and for players.

[mc52beast]

I think to be successful this team needs to put two winning seasons together... going 11-5 and then 7-9 means absolutely zip

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

Jerry is stepping down so this season is more successful for the franchise than 03 and 15

[SmokinwithWilly]

Failure. We're keeping Shula. 

[MikeD83]

I think it’s hard to judge. 11 wins is a solid mark with our difficult schedule, but we also seemed to underperform at critical times. Losing to a division opponent 3 times in a season would also show that this team is nowhere near contender status, and has serious work to do to catch up with New Orleans before next season.

At this point in Rivera/Cam’s run here, 11+ Wins should be the expectation every season, much like it is for other top tier QBs and coaches who have been together for a substantial period of time. Making the playoffs shouldn’t be good enough for a team this experienced.

[Steve_Smith_Sr.]

Nope.

[JawnyBlaze]

Hell no. Take injuries out of the equation, we’re a worse team than we were last year. Shula shula’d, ron ron’d, we lost the best GM we’ve ever had (though I was lukewarm on him), we gained the worst GM we’ve ever had, it just wasn’t a fun year. The future is murky as f right now. The ownership change could very well end up being a very good thing, I expect it to be, but until the dust settles it’s stressful to think about. And until Hurney and Shula are gone, it’s not a successful season. We win the Super Bowl and obviously it is, but unlike other seasons I’ve considered “successful” when we didn’t win the Super Bowl I don’t feel optimistic about next year based on double digit wins and playoffs. 

[*FreeFua*]

1 hour ago, Nails said:

No.  Ring or bust

Yep

[maddog1945]

I was thinking success,,,,,,,,,,,before last weekend!!!!

That put this season in the REALLY disappointment section!

Just my two cents worth

[juliosantos]

im just happy we got to the playoffs thats all i ask . no way we beat the saints guys be realistic they are going to kick the ever loving poo out of us once again . we have no weapons and their secoundary is stacked . they will double olsen and lattimore will lock down funchess and brees and payton know how to attack us . just be prepared to get blown out .  11 and 5 is a great record as a fan this is all i ask for .  our season was supposed to be over when we lost to the bears and now were in the position to win a superbowl if we are lucky