Dragoon11

The majority of Panthers fans have no expectations at this point.

Lol, because he threw for over 200 today. I understand both sides of the argument. Would they say the same thing if Bryce had thrown for 100 yards and two picks today? He didn't though. He actually had a pretty good day, and it did look like play calling was more of the reason. And that's what we cannot seem to figure out. How much is BY and how much is Canales being the OC? Either way, we're still in purgatory.

Yeah, I will never understand that play. There's a REAL lack of situational awareness going on with the play calling.

Yeah, I'm not sure why Dave, as an inexperienced head coach, has decided to take the reigns as the play caller on offense. It hasn't been a good look for him this year, especially after today. Typically, if the defense holds a team to 16 points you should be able to win. We've seen this defense exceed expectations and make crucial stops and turnovers. Just to watch the offense not take advantage. Panthers are losing because of the offense and it's as clear as day.

That's the biggest take away that I get. Panthers had 4 opportunities to win this division. Even when Tampa was gift wrapping it to us. That's the most frustrating thing. Who cares if we beat GB, and the Rams? We also lost to the Bills 40-9 and the Patriots 42-13, so what does that say? We couldn't beat the Saints ONE time, and that's all they needed. All we've proven is that we cannot win games that matter the most, which honestly, is most games.

Which would speak more about the state of the NFL and the game we love more than anything. Because if Rico is doing that so are other players. Maybe it's time to stop supporting this league if this is true. As hard as that may be. It's sure not the game I grew up watching. Neither is college football. Just saying... IF this is the case.

I apologize if it wasn't a designed flea flicker. But if it wasn't it's even worse. REALLY cements the fact we're not close to being a playoff team... we have bigger problems.

I was saying the same thing. I mean, the pass game was working FAIRLY well. Why in the world in a game where we've already seen multiple drops by both teams, in those conditions, would you call a flea flicker? Have they even attempted one this year? Just shows you the lack of situational awareness of Canales. Just desperation. WTF.

Dave "the Pete Carroll prodigy" Canales! That's who! He really pulled one deep from his sleeve on that call! Play was called "deep dagger... on two!"

LMAO! Yeah, what a BRILLIANT call by Canales in wet conditions when the pass game was going ok. Just genius!

We're ALL pissed, and rightfully so. Sick of this shat!!

Because of the way they have done it. They've had what, three or four games to wrap this up, EVEN when the Bucs were gifting it to us and just shat all over the bed. It's not that we don't want them to make the playoffs, it's just that there's ZERO pride to be taken here. Let's be honest, if they do make it and host a playoff game, how do you think it will go? "Oh, anything can happen". Well it has for the last few weeks, and yet. In all honesty, the NFL should change the rules. If a division winner finishes with a losing record, it should default to the non-eligible playoff team with best record gets in.

Probably the truest take we've had here in a while. There's ZERO dog on this team. Ultimately, there's just not enough talent overall. The Seattle game made that apparent!

I'm not. This team in no way deserves to be a playoff team, and a warm up game for a real playoff team.

Good point. It's a "product of their own success" kind of scenario. At the beginning of the season no one here expected this team to be playing for the division title in week 16 or 18 this year. Fans have been SOOO hungry for winning that they cannot stay objective with a very young team that is still developing. It's so obvious the Panthers need a few more pieces and consistency all around. But, it seems the microscope suddenly became bigger when they exceed expectations. When the reality is, they're the same team we thought MIGHT win 7 games at best this year. It's just that the rest of the teams in the division have performed well below expectations, so there's a bit of a false hope now. Not saying they cannot continue to exceed, but this time of year the real NFL talent emerges. No room for error anymore.