Exactly.Its the sam people who make new **** up every week. We could win the Super Bowl and they'd say we aren't a good team.

Idk why but I'm really bummed we didn't try and acquire Vernon Davis. I know he's not exactly a star, but neither was Jeremy Shockey. One of my favorite offenses in the teams history was the Shockey/Olsen offense.

If Rivera said he was satisfied with our corps then I guess that means no moves will be made. :/ this team isn't going to do anything in the playoffs without more weapons.

Davis looks done to me. Afraid of contact. He's just name recognition at this point. If we wanted a TE I'd heard rumors that Dwayne Allen could have been available.

It's always hard to know what WR are actually available. They're so hard to integrate without a camp that I just don't see a pickup now really helping out this year.

Yeah.

Rivera and Gmen wont risk a move like that this year.


If we wanna go deep,
Our receivers simply HAVE to stop being potato and letting down our offense when the game is on the line.


I like our Defense against the Packers in our house next week.

It's a very winnable game if our offense can get rolling and extend drives running the ball which result in a TD.

Was it just me, or was TD non-existent last night? Not sure I even remember hearing his name called for a tackle or putting pressure on Luck (which is what he excels at). Anyone know if something is/was up or was it just one of those games?

Well guys, we all have heard the terrible news about KB, and while it sucks, I am just going to provide some reasoning why we shouldn't be completely giving up on the year.

The only reason I think we should be upset about KB being out for the year is the potentially HUGE problems that our offense can create for defenses ESPECIALLY if Devin Funchess pans out the way he should. Cam Newton is 6'6 250 and can run and throw for the most part. Devin Funchess and KB would've been nearly 13 feet and 480 lbs of WR that can run, jump, and catch. We have a proven top 5 catching TE in the league. We have 2 bulldozers of a RB, and CAP who can potentially be a nice change of pace back.

If our O-Line is solid, that offense would have created so many mismatches, and any above average game by Cam would lead to potentially crazy offensive production. No one wouldve stopped us in the redzone because every skill position we have is a fkn bulldozer. Not to mention the amount of finesse that most of our players have.

Now that KB is gone, and while that does suck, it leaves the door open for our WRs. The WR battle in camp was intense with KB on the field, and now its even more because it opens another spot and most will now see playing time. How bad do you think Bersin wants to prove himself? Philly Brown showed spurts of awesomeness last year and his camp has been going pretty well. While Ted Ginn has always underachieved in the WR department, Cam and him do have chemistry. Its a skill position. Its not like Ryan Kalil who anchors an entire team of offensive lineman. If he is out for the year, that is much more detrimental.

Cam Newton also now acknowledges that he is on a big contract with his stud WR out. He has to take a lot of responsibility now. And to be quite honest, his image has increased ten-fold since college. Everyone thought he was going to be some thug, but he is always saying the right things, and minus a scruffle with Josh Norman, he pretty much has a perfect track record here in Carolina. He is truly becoming a professional.

We have an arguably best LB core in the league, a supposed solid CB in Josh Norman and a proven veteran in Tillman. Shaq Thompson is an exciting new addition and Tre Boston should be solid with another year under him at FS(That is how its going to work right?)

And How well have we been drafting Lately? Luke Keuchly, Star Lotulelei, Kawann Short, Kelvin Benjamin, Cam Newton being our early picks the past few years. We have hit hard on these. Why shouldn't Devin Funchess pan out? He already looks good, is doing well at camp, has played every WR position in our lineup, and made some nice grabs in preseason week #1.

If our defense keeps us in games, we will be fine this season. My biggest worry is that our end of the season schedule last year was cake, and that might have been the reason why our defense was ranked so well in the final stages of the year.

Having Kelvin Benjamin out is terrible. He was a potential top 5 WR candidate for this year, especially with how many other players who could cause problems. However, we still have a solid QB, a Kelvin Benjamin clone in Funchess if he pans out, plenty of hungry WRs looking to prove themselves, and a super fking powerful running attack. Our O-Line is going to be the reason of our offensive success. It was not going to be Benjamin. Benjamin would've had the statistical output of a star and more than likely a probowl if the O-line played well. However, that was not the case.

People will pick up KBs slack. Olsen will still be Olsen. Cam will still be Cam. Our WRs are a mess right now due to the lack of proven receivers, but someone will pan out. Someone always does. This is a huge opportunity for the rest of our WR staff. We will be fine. Funchess is doing so well in camp and will come into his own.

We have Jacksonville, Houston and NO at home to start the season off. If there are three teams to start the year off with, those are not bad.

@Jax - W
Houston - W
New Orleans - W
@Bucs - W
@ Seattle - W/L
Eagles - W/L
Colts MNF - W/L
Packers - W/L
@Titans - W
Redskins - W
@Cowboys - W/L
@Saints - W/L
Falcons - W
@NYG - W/L
@Falcons - W/L
Bucs - W

Anything with a W/L is a game that I can see going either way. I do not see any outright losses on the Panthers Schedule. The closest thing is when we visit Seattle, but I mean every year we play them and usually its a game. If the Panthers play mistake free against them, we can win. If we are clicking on all cylinders, we can be as high as 14-2. If everything fails, then 7-9 could very well be the result. However, our schedule isn't terribly difficult, and IMO, if we take down the Colts and Packers in back to back weeks, that could set us up for a hell of a year. Lots of IFs, but every successful team has to prove themselves in a bunch of difficult games.

Still a lot to look forward to boys. The season is nowhere near done yet.

Not gonna lie, I thought you were delusional when you posted this. I hoped we could be 4-0 before the bye but I thought we would get crushed during that mid season stretch especially against Seattle, Indy and GB (we have yet to see). But right now I feel we can even beat the Packers if we play good defensively. What scares me is ARod is coming from back to back average performances so he might wreck us like he did last year.

Anyways we're 7-0 !! So stocked !

Gotta disagree with our defense being overrated. We're #2 in defensive DVOA, although FAR behind Denver and slightly overrated because of the Saints game without Brees. But it's easily top 4. Our offense is always underrated because the raw stats usually aren't good but our efficiency is very good. We play slowly so our yards/game isn't good but our yards/play is basically middle of the road.

Now crazzy to think about : if we win against GB we'd have a 2 game lead on Atlanta for the division, a 2 game lead on Arizona, and a 3 game lead on GB for the #1 seed in the NFC. And our schedule is way easier than GB or Zona.

Gotta disagree with our defense being overrated. We're #2 in defensive DVOA, although FAR behind Denver and slightly overrated because of the Saints game without Brees. But it's easily top 4. Our offense is always underrated because the raw stats usually aren't good but our efficiency is very good. We play slowly so our yards/game isn't good but our yards/play is basically middle of the road.

Now crazzy to think about : if we win against GB we'd have a 2 game lead on Atlanta for the division, a 2 game lead on Arizona, and a 3 game lead on GB for the #1 seed in the NFC. And our schedule is way easier than GB or Zona.

I think the defense is potentially better than it was with Hardy/Johnson.

Our interior is playing much better this year than it was then, only this year we've got Norman eliminating their #1. Our secondary was pretty poverty iirc.

We have just beaten the league's second best QB ! The hardest stretch of the season is over brahs we can dream of a 16-0 season !

Unfortunately these *******s still gonna hate. We 8-0 brahs!!!!! Feelsgoodman

Its just funny now. I actually prefer it this way, though. Hopefully the media keeps doubting them.

So Atlanta loses to SF…lawl. So 3 game lead in the division (in losses). 2 game lead on Arizona, 3 games on GB for the top NFC seed. Hnnnng