[kyro]

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lol this is exactly what i'm saying. that "soft spot in their schedule" is basically the rest of their season. with carolina's schedule being so rough it was not unreasonable to imagine that they could make up the ground somewhere, as long as they played competent football and showed the occasional streak of brilliance which they are capable of. remember its not about who you think beats who on a neutral field, its where you think they end up.

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but they hadn't PLAYED competent football save for that one game! You were basing the rest of the season off of one game and completely ignoring 3 blowouts and a 4th straight loss at home to a divisional opponent. Sure, if they played like they played at Seattle, they'd catch up, but nothing suggested that the Seattle game was their potential and the first 4 games were flukes.