2021 Season, Week 4 | Gameday Chatter Thread | Panthers @ Cowboys | 10/3/21

boozeman

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Even if we don’t go deep into the playoffs, as long as we are playing sound, non-retarded football I will be happy with this season overall.

For the first time in a long, long time we seem to be building towards something. Laying a solid foundation. There is still plenty to be done, for sure. But as a fan, there finally seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel.
But see if we play sound non-retarded football, there is really no damn reason, outside of catastrophic injury, that we shouldn't go deep into the playoffs.
 

boozeman

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This. I remember QB's from the 70's and 80's even 90's routinely missing wide open WRs deep. Most of the time when you'd see QB's rear back and heave, you'd expect an incompletion or interception folks would say was "like a punt".

A guy like John Elway who could connect on a large number of deep shots were cutting edge rare talents.

Those days are gone.

Every QB has superior physical skills today. QB's and WR's practice nonstop, they are true professionals. OCs constantly try to outdo each other. Completion percentages around 65 are considered average, whereas in bygone days that would have been heroic.

Deep passes that are attempted are now expected to be caught or contested, and the QBs who routinely miss those throws just aren't that good.
Or the receivers are allowed to get away with murder.
 

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But see if we play sound non-retarded football, there is really no damn reason, outside of catastrophic injury, that we shouldn't go deep into the playoffs.
Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes you just run into a better team. Or a team that just plays better that day. Any given Sunday kind of shit.
 

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Still kind of shaken by the REO Speedwagon guy's epic mullet. That thing has to be in the Mullet HOF somewhere.
 
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