Carolina Panthers Retrospective

Areopogus
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This just hit me

We are the ONLY team in the NFL that has a top 5 in the league RB AND WR currently.

Deangelo Williams and Steve Smith are probably even top 3 at each of their positions.  I was scanning the teams b/c I was just thinking about how good these 2 guys are.

Start with the Top 5 best WR's in the league.  This is in no particular order but these are the cream of the crop:

1) Steve Smith
2) Calvin Johnson
3) Randy Moss
4) Larry Fitzgerald
5) Andre Johnson

Those are generally accepted as the 5 best WR's in the league.  Let's check their RB's:

1)  DeAngelo Williams
2)  Kevin Smith
3)  Laurence Maroney
4)  Tim Hightower
5)  Steve Slayton

While the top 5 best RB's is certainly debated and varies, I don't think there is a pundit in the country who does say that DeAneglo isn't top 5 at this point with his breakout season of 1500+ yards on 5.5 YPC and 20 total TD's.  Of course we argue he's #1, but he is top 5 undisputed.

The closest team to us is, gasp, Atlanta.  Michael Turner is top 5 RB and Roddy White is somewhere top 10 probably at this point.  If you can think of anymore WR/RB combo's post them but the WR list I chose is the generally accepted top 5 list and D-WIll is the only top 5 RB.

So for everyone worried about the season just think about how blessed we are to have so much quality talent.  Considering the fact that we have the best defense in the NFC South, I think I still like our odds to take the division.


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I think the top 4 RB's are, in no particular order:

1)  DeAngelo Williams
2)  Adrian Petersen
3)  Michael Turner
4)  L.T.  (if he's healthy)

The 5th spot is a little tricky, maybe Clinton Portis or M. Jones-Drew.

Reguardless, only Atlanta's combo comes close to top 5 in WR and RB.

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BTW, ESPN the Mag picks us to win the Division at 9-7.  My prediction is 10-6, barring significant injury of course.  REPEAT ON 3!!!


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Re: This just hit me

I agree, but it means nothing if we are not defensively sound.

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Re: This just hit me

Agreed.  If our defense doesn't step up 8-8 will look good.  I think we will get our act together though.  We have a lot of stars on that side of the ball too.


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Areopogus wrote:

Agreed.  If our defense doesn't step up 8-8 will look good.  I think we will get our act together though.  We have a lot of stars on that side of the ball too.
Having alot of Stars does not mean we will improve. This team needs to improve alot especially tackling and stopping the run. Actually IMO the Pitt game was the best game we played this pre season. I say this all the time but untill we get a QB thats more than a game manager we will never be a consistant winning team. Having a "game manager" makes us basically one dimensional. We need a qb that can take agame over and win it when the opposing defense shuts down the run. Right now the only thing our game manager can do in that case is keep the offense on the feild and try not to let the other team run up the score on us.


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Jake is more than a game manager, he is a proven game winner.  I'm satisfied with the QB we have because if the game comes down to the wire I want the ball in Jake's hands...and I can live with that.

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JohnDeezy89 wrote:

Jake is more than a game manager, he is a proven game winner.  I'm satisfied with the QB we have because if the game comes down to the wire I want the ball in Jake's hands...and I can live with that.
Really? So the opinion of people that cover football year in and year out and know way more about football than you and me put together is wrong? When they say he is just a game manager they are lieing or wrong? All of them?

Other than the Chargers game from last season, name one game delhomme took over and won for us. And he really didn't take that game over just got lucky in the closing minutes.


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