For All That Went Wrong (AGAIN), Cause For Optimism...

[SmashNDash]

The fact we were missing both our starting guard balances out the fact they were missing pass rushers.  Next time they will have a better rush,and we will have a better O line.

[SgtJoo]

we're still a losing team. there's nothing else to be taken from it than that. we lose and then we downplay it. 

 

i miss being even mediocre. 

 

Aww don't be negative Ned.

 

It's only the first game.

[Proudiddy]

Good to know, me hearty. Arrrrrr...

B)

Thank me smartphone matey, arrrrrgh!

[rayzor]

Aww don't be negative Ned.

 

It's only the first game.

it's just more of the same.

 

we lose and "awww...cmon...losing isn't so bad"

 

until this team proves differently, its a losing team. but hey....it's all good, right? winning is overrated.

[SgtJoo]

it's just more of the same.

 

we lose and "awww...cmon...losing isn't so bad"

 

until this team proves differently, its a losing team. but hey....it's all good, right? winning is overrated.

 

If we're 0-3 heading into the bye I'll start panicking.

 

Right now I have the usual post-game depression tempered with cautious optimism in anticipation of next week's game.

[rayzor]

If we're 0-3 heading into the bye I'll start panicking.

 

Right now I have the usual post-game depression tempered with cautious optimism in anticipation of next week's game.

we lost a game in which the winning team was held to 12 points and rhe other team was playing with a weakened defense? sorry, i don't see much room for optimism. it's not panic. it's seeing this team for what it really is.  a losing one. it's seeing the head coach for what he is...content with losing.

 

i don't feel confident about any game on this schedule or this season at all. if this was  the first time we lost an opener or  hadn't gone 4 years in a row with a losing record i might have some modicum of confidence in this team, but as it is today is just what i expect from the rivera/shula panthers.

[Chaos]

Well, as of right now all but four teams have played their first game.  Only the lowly Jaguars scored fewer points (2) than the Panthers today (7).

 

I get that Seattle's defense is all-world, but as has been pointed out, they were down a few big names today.  If our offense has real potency that we've seen before, it was not there today.  The fumble, the drops, the multiple short-yardage situations where the RB's went nowhere; our offense did not resemble anything remotely respectable.

 

Not passing judgement as an end-all, be-all, but regardless of who the opponent is, that performance today wouldn't beat many NFL teams.  We can't keep killing our own drives and exhausting our defense with lopsided time of possession.  Can't wait for improvement next week.

[Proudiddy]

we're still a losing team. there's nothing else to be taken from it than that. we lose and then we downplay it.

i miss being even mediocre.

Lol, Rayzor, you KNOW this is how I feel.

But, as sad as it sounds, I'm trying to have something to hope for next week, because if we lose that game, I feel we're already prepsring for next season.

[Proudiddy]

we lost a game in which the winning team was held to 12 points and rhe other team was playing with a weakened defense? sorry, i don't see much room for optimism. it's not panic. it's seeing this team for what it really is. a losing one. it's seeing the head coach for what he is...content with losing.

i don't feel confident about any game on this schedule or this season at all. if this was the first time we lost an opener or hadn't gone 4 years in a row with a losing record i might have some modicum of confidence in this team, but as it is today is just what i expect from the rivera/shula panthers.

Again, all reasons I think he should have been canned halfway through last season (at the latest). The writing was on the wall in year one, but I understood giving him the benefit of the doubt as it was his first year... but, I had zero confidence in him.

This thread isn't about Rivera because I believe if we win, it is in spite of him. I'm hoping the players rally and do just that.

[CelibatePimpv2.0]

I am in no way optimistic with that secondary we have there. passing teams like Pats, Saints, Falcons who can get the ball out quickly will eat that zone D we have out there because the pass rush cannot get there in time.

[GoApps70]

You are what you are - unfortunately.

Would have been shocked if we had won with 7 points.

Defense looked pretty good overall, but gave up a lot of yards to those out of pocket passes.

125 yards?  Sounds like one quarter's stats.

 

[chef17]

When a team scores 7 points there is no "slight possibility that we didn't play as bad as it actually appeared"

 

[Proudiddy]

When a team scores 7 points there is no "slight possibility that we didn't play as bad as it actually appeared"

Welp, there you have it. I think you just annihilated that one tiny, measly, miniscule hope for going forward that I had.

I was trying to find a bright spot man, and looking at how Cam played last season against them, I was thinking the poor showing wasn't indicative of a horrible, conservative, Jeff Davidson-like yesr from Shula in playcalling.

In all honesty, especially if you look at my posts immediately after the game, I'm completely listless, discouraged, and depressed by this showing. I wasn't optimistic heading into the season with Rivera returning, but again, hoping our players would win in spite of him.

What sucks, is that in some way, I view time through football seasons and I feel like it's yet another wasted and unsuccessful year, and we all grow another year older waiting for our stupid team to get it together.

[chef17]

Welp, there you have it. I think you just annihilated that one tiny, measly, miniscule hope for going forward that I had.

I was trying to find a bright spot man, and looking at how Cam played last season against them, I was thinking the poor showing wasn't indicative of a horrible, conservative, Jeff Davidson-like yesr from Shula in playcalling.

In all honesty, especially if you look at my posts immediately after the game, I'm completely listless, discouraged, and depressed by this showing. I wasn't optimistic heading into the season with Rivera returning, but again, hoping our players would win in spite of him.

What sucks, is that in some way, I view time through football seasons and I feel like it's yet another wasted and unsuccessful year, and we all grow another year older waiting for our stupid team to get it together.

 

I'm not going to assume anything about the season since it's the first game, I just hate moral victories. I'm a fan, all I care about is wins. All this talk about who played well is for the coaches to look at, means very little to me when it comes with a L.