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There would be no coming back from 1-5.
1-4 will be difficult enough as it, though apparently 2 teams managed to get into the playoffs after 1-4 starts last year. My guess is that is far more often going to be the exception than the norm. Unfortunately this isn't shaping up to be a repeat of the 2014 NFC South......maybe Atlanta will falter, maybe they won't.....but that whole deal where a 7-8-1 team wins the division probably isn't happening this year.
Part of me has been thinking that the comeback vs. SD could be the catalyst that gets us on a roll of winning multiple games in a row. But if Carolina comes in and dominates, or even if we end up on the wrong end of a 34-31 shootout....then the SD comeback means nothing.
Carolina had a great shot at it last year....but now they're just in the way. The fact that we had them on the ropes twice last season, when they were at their best, should give the team confidence now that every call, every tipped pass, and every bounce is not going their way.
Just slam the door shut on them this Sunday, regardless of who starts at QB.
1-4 will be difficult enough as it, though apparently 2 teams managed to get into the playoffs after 1-4 starts last year. My guess is that is far more often going to be the exception than the norm. Unfortunately this isn't shaping up to be a repeat of the 2014 NFC South......maybe Atlanta will falter, maybe they won't.....but that whole deal where a 7-8-1 team wins the division probably isn't happening this year.
Part of me has been thinking that the comeback vs. SD could be the catalyst that gets us on a roll of winning multiple games in a row. But if Carolina comes in and dominates, or even if we end up on the wrong end of a 34-31 shootout....then the SD comeback means nothing.
Carolina had a great shot at it last year....but now they're just in the way. The fact that we had them on the ropes twice last season, when they were at their best, should give the team confidence now that every call, every tipped pass, and every bounce is not going their way.
Just slam the door shut on them this Sunday, regardless of who starts at QB.