PghPanther

If football in its current form was inventory today it wouldn't allowed to be played............

I agree..........a win is win no matter what. That stated.........lets see come week 17 how many of them the Panthers have.

any comment that uses..........."at least we are not"...... ...or "look on the bright side"....... ......or "It could be a lot worse" Have lost their prospective on what the intent should be...........

Panthers just played three teams so far that have shown horrible offensive execution in the games they played against Carolina....... If Carolina is "close" at all ......then they are close to mediocre and that's it. The kind of game they played against the Saint to win this past weekend would get them blasted out of the stadium at half time against a team that have a good offense.

Barry wasn't a QB obviously............his inspiration was not in a leadership role............... Perhaps look at the other great QBs in NFL history and tell me how many are remembered for their celebrations on first downs or TDs...........................

Child's play..................Barry Sanders never acted like a child on a football field. Leaders inspire they don't act like kids...............to hell with that crap.

Train wrecks are hard to turn away from and they don't occur that often. But this one happens on a regular basis most Sunday afternoons for a while so I'll tune in to watch for that reason alone..............and I do gets some good laughs out of it too.

When will this team realize the foundation of control of the ball, time of possession and scoring is in the hands of the offensive line......... Methodically move the chains down the field and you will win.....

Hubris.................

I wish there were more turnovers......starting with Tepper and Rhule.....

Charlotte has 10 times the amount of banking deposits that Atlanta has...............and within a 100 mile radius of downtown Charlotte there are more people living here than within the same 100 mile radius comparison in Atlanta...... Let that sink in for a minute..........

In reading all these posts I see one common theme with all the other low points in Panther history..........and that is a reason to hope for things to get better.......... Right now I see that hope for things to get better in either the short term or long term for this franchise at the lowest its ever been........... and the fact that hope is so fleeting right now is perhaps a reason why this current situation might be the lowest not statistically but from a standpoint of the possibility in the hope for change.

Amway and Equinox seem to come to mind when I watch that speech.........

For me personally will always be the look of Jake Delhomme sitting on the bench alone just after the Panthers lost the SB watching the Patriots celebrate.......perhaps wondering he may never come this close ever again and what could have been. That whole year was a what if...and if that could........ and it did happen......all the way until then.... I still think of a few minutes before that image Jake alone on the bench of being the Panthers greatest moments taking the reigns and putting it on the NE in the 4th quarter to take the lead.... .......and his sitting there alone in contrast as the lowest...... I just can't image Buffalo fans having that feeling 4 consecutive years in a row...... I guess there are many low moments especially now but here is nothing like having a goal in a lifetime of effort slip out of your grasp when you could smell it right there on the sidelines............... When the Panthers returned to the SB against the Broncos I didn't get the same impact of the low in that loss.......the team came in blasting through the playoffs but it became obvious as the SB game went on there would be no late game heroics......almost as if you had the whole game to prepare for the loss without having victory in your grasp with a few mins to go......... I grew up in my 20s watching the Steelers win 4 Super Bowls in 6 years during the 70s, I guess as a fan I had many lifetimes of celebration in one decade alone and have learned to appreciate that as I near my 70s in age......... I will say here in Panther land it seems you are getting a taste of the Jets, Lions and Browns fans have had for a long time..... We had it in Pgh........for 30 years the Steelers were the joke of the NFL until a Penn State running back caught a deflected pass in their first ever playoff game in Dec 1972 that seemed to change everything in the years to come...... You still have time here in the Carolinas to witness such things........but many things will have to change for that to happen and I would hope it could in time for some of you to experience that.

Not interested in boycotting them if it comes to turning off my TV during games.........on Sunday afternoons they help me catch up on sleep when the game is on.

What happens after an 0-3 start?.....................0-4 and everything else is speculation.

"We're close" - Commander Edward J. Smith

They are getting much better at creating more excuses for losses............

I can see it now.................well Matt you are 0-2 here going into week 3..........any observations about that start? "Well you can see that starting 0-2 there is still an 11.3% chance statistically in making the playoffs and we can certainly be one of those teams in that 11.3% percentage, I'm sure of that possibility so we are going to play with that possibility in mind right into week 3 with our next opponent"

He represents a lolly pop kid............a lolly pop kid............a lolly pop kid. and in the name of ............a lolly pop kid! He wishes to welcome you to munchkin land!!!

Under Rhule, I can easily see how they lost 25 games within this statistical analysis........ But the real question is...... How in the hell did they ever manage to win one??

I've checked a few early updated power rankings posted today and the Panthers are listed as #32 in more than one of them.......

The lion's share of the NFL owners return on investment isn't driven by the lemming fans.............Covid empty stands should have made that clear .........nobody was in attendance then and yet their team values still increased......... Folks the world is a conjob.........ask the bankers..........and for the most part so are pro and big time college sports........anywhere there is big money there is the big con. "You really don't know someone until you deal with their money" - Ben Franklin

There may be a possible bond between Rhule and Tepper that extends beyond the grid iron which might provide him a longer leash than most would have in this situation..... and as long as the NFL marketing machine and the Panthers continue to increase Tepper's return on investment it may continue to extend this professional relationship longer than most of you would care for................and that's all I'll say on the subject.

It is actually possible as an owner of a team in what has become the NFL juggernaut of marketing today to have a successful return on your investment with a given NFL team without actually being successful in the game itself............in fact there are some situations where a team with a successful record because of costs can actually hinter the rate of return. As long as Tepper continues to grow his investment regardless of the performance of the team....then there is no impetus to further any effort that could challenge the investment. The losers here of course are the fans............but that is why they are called fans anyway which is short for "fanatics"..........and most fanatics are more passionate about a given subject or situation than they are to the objective reality of it all............... Point in case.........look at the record since the 90s of one of the most profitable franchises in all of sports.............the Dallas Cowboys.......... They continue to rake in the dough despite the fact their record since their last SB appearance in the 90s is among the bottom of the league since then to date.........