(10-30-2023, 11:18 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(10-30-2023, 11:06 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: "All their wins"? Yeah, the Carolina Panthers were the offensive juggernaut of the NFL and made opposing D coordinators quake in their khakis. If you can't see that having the absolute best running back in the League did nothing for that terrible franchise then I can't help you. Just look at CMC's stats by year and compare it to their record. The numbers will smack you right in the face; when he was just ok in 2017 they won 11 games, when he was really good the next seasons they were middle of the pack to bad. Without him their 6-10 would'e been 4-12? Get out of here with that garbage. Just accept that running backs are low value players who's contributions are pretty much interchangeable for teams both bad and good, it's clear in the stats and clear in the behavior of good NFL franchises.

And just about everything about ETN for this team is flat out lucky: lucky that we got TLaw, lucky that K Toney wasn't the pick, lucky that ETN's foot injury wasn't career ending, lucky that Urban didn't get the chance to ruin him that season , lucky that Urbz got fired, lucky that our free agent class of skill players turned out so well, lucky that we got Doug. We've had an amazing streak of fortune and it's showing on the field...but luck isn't a long term strategy for success either. I fear that our GM is going to eventually be the impediment that holds us back from being really great, and this string of luck and really good coaching/play will come to an end without achieving the success we could've otherwise enjoyed.

Meanwhile, we're 6-2 and I'd rather savor this moment, so carry on.

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*CMC was on his second team, so that is really a different than the other 3 listed.

It's called not having a QB.  If your team doesn't have a QB your not going to be very good.  They had a really good WR as well in Moore amd pass rusher in Burns but it didn't matter without the QB.  He didn't have a very good team around him either which is why their record was bad most years.  You could use your shtick for every team.  Chiefs are luckybthey got Mahomes, lucky they got Kelce in the 3rd, lucky Andy Reid.  You could use that stupid excuse for every team.