A Little Perspective

[fieryprophet]

I was actually pleased with the effort today, we just got gassed at the end.

Cam is pressing a little, he will have to learn that you can't force yourself to victory in the NFL, as much as he would like to. I was actually glad to see his demeanor had opened up a bit even after the loss, he really has to take some pressure off of himself. You only get one rookie season, with all of the builtin excuses and learning to be done, he should soak it in and develop first, worry about the wins second. Now, a big positive is that part of his regression is due to teams basically focusing solely on stopping him now, so he's being force-fed a doctorate in quarterbacking right now. As long as he continues to respond and improve over time, the game will slow down and he can revert to imposing his will.

We may have found a couple of good players, Keiser was making plays everywhere, Keohola gave us our first special teams highlight of the year, and all of our linebackers are gaining experience.

This has been a lost season since the Minnesota game, so there's nothing wrong with taking a long-term view about the players and how the team responds. I was very encouraged that after last week's shellacking they went into a much better team's house and opened strongly. The end was depressing, but frankly Detroit played like they needed the game more (which they did.)

We'll get back into the win column next week against Indy and continue to play spoiler this year. Cam will take his lumps against teams desperate for wins, but come out much better for it. The defense will get healthy, with the bonus of improved backup experience, and we'll get a high draft pick to boot.

Finally, if you're going to have a bad year, this is the year to do it. The veteran teams are all trying to catch Green Bay, and if by some miracle we made it to the playoffs we wouldn't have the talent to go anywhere.

It's still a great time to be a Panther fan, we are in the early stages of building an excellent team.

[Gin and Juice]

Your logic is not wanted here.

As a long time racer, its common knowledge that a rookie can't run on the jagged edge until he knows where that edge is.....Cam's mistakes stem from him trying to find that edge. I'm quite sure he has mumbled under his breathe, "Can't do that in the NFL" many times this season! A lot of you all see him costing us games, I see him learning how to make us a yearly contender