So how good are we?

I am not sure who else is 2-0 right now but we have earned both of our wins against pretty solid teams. Granted there is a lot of room for improvement but we are not 2-0 by fluke.

I think the offense has the potential to be very good this year. With our running game going pretty well the passing game will take care of itself with Smith back.

The defense played pretty well the past two games but the pass rush is still not great. Peppers does seem to be getting more pressure than last year even if he is not piling up the sacks. The Vikings will be a good test. If we stopped LT and Forte though we should have a shot at stopping Peterson from really going off on us. He will get some yards though.

 

TEN, NE, DEN, GB, BUF, NYG, ARI, and potentially PIT and DAL/PHI I'd take maybe all of them but Arizona to beat us. EDIT: That is right now as in if we are playing them next week. like everyone has noted improvement is needed.
Another thing about the Vikings is they will be desperate to not go 0-3 and that intensity will be a factor.

 

i wonder how much not having smitty play the last two weeks will help us as far as minnesota being able to scheme for us. it's not like he hasn't been practicing to shake off rust.

could have been a blessing for the next game. well, it's a blessing since we're 2-0.

 

and 0-2

 

there are alot of positives
i like Stewart as our main runner hes tough can break tackles
Our D is pretty good they dont give up alot of points
Jake is Jake -not pretty but he WINS
Roasrio and King are good targets
This years team knows how to win-much like the 03 squad
our other WRs are decent
Harris is nasty
were 2-0 w/o smitty
we get him back this week

we just need to put together a complete game-if we can win with the mistakes and w/o 89 were gonna be pretty good

 

real simple game plan-stop the run dare Travaris Jackson to beat you
theyve got a real nice defense-kinda like having a huge cock with erectile disfunction

 

A really great point on the emotion of the team...it seems like sometimes we need to get smacked early to get us really going.


I think for the past few years a lot of people would say that Carolina goes as Steve Smith goes, and that may or may not have been true but given the way we have started this season that theory is being discounted more and more.

Let me say that I like the current arrangement of our backfield. I know Fox may be pressured to make Stewart the so-called "starter" but I think Stewart is the type of guy you need late in the games rather than early on.

 

I worry about that. I hope Jake doesn't get a case of the stupids next week.

 

BTW, didn't even get to the original question being asked on this thread...just how good are we? Well...for me its still a bit early to call that. I wanna get into the divisional games before making a guess. That said, I see some really good things so far, especially in the running game.

 

I think we're pretty fucking good.