Originally Posted by
McBa1n
I think Carolina is likely down. 5 wins? I don't know. I'd rather avoid an o/u on a team with too much uncertainty.
Lets see if I can find 5.
Week 1 @ ARI (total mess)
week 4 @ chicago (they seem to play chi every year and they're usually very good games - and don't tell me Rivera doesn't want to stick it to Lovie bigtime).
Week 7 vs Wash (they're a mess)
Week 8 vs MN (ok this is a bit of a stretch, I'd say this game is 35% winnable in carolina at worst)
4 1/2 is a pretty solid projection with just glancing at the schedule quickly.
After their bye week? OUCH. I think they will get 1 win, possible 2 out of that schedule. You have to figure 1 or 2 of those teams will be either playing for nothing or just out of it in general.
Crap, I just saw the line was 4 1/2 (not sure how I missed that). I think at -105 playing the under has more value than playing the over, but only just.