5-0 to start the season, realistic or not?

[MadHatter]

Possible? Yes

Likely? Don't think so

[davos]

It's a possibility.  I don't think Detroit will be good as advertised but Chitown will be a tough one imo.  

[DamnItJake!]

Not..panthers are usually 1-4 or 2 -3 so of not see that changing..

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[Wanderlai]

No way. We will be in meltdown mode by the end of the second game. 

[rayzor]

we aren't really a team with a history of coming out of the gate running.  we always get a late start and for some reason seem to need to build up momentum, which you can also see by the way we come out of bye weeks whether regular season or playoffs. 

 

one of the big things that has been a problem, and imo the biggest one, is that the OL just takes too long to gel. this isn't some recent thing, it's going back several years prior to fox leaving here. even in that big double trouble season, we got a slow start with the run game. i think part of the reason for that has been we're still dicking around with the lineup in training camp, but even when we have had the depth chart set in TC, we still take several weeks to get our poo together. 

 

i don't know why it is that momentum plays so much more a big role in our successes than it does in other teams, but we've got to figure out a way to make ourselves not so dependant on it because i think it hurts us. time off just seems to be a killer for us. maybe it's got to do with the laid baco nature of this team, i don't know, but whatever it is, they need to stop it and stop making excuses for it or minimalizing it when it happens. just saying, "ehhh....there's a whole lot of football left to go, we'll get better" or "this isn't a sprint, it's a marathon" don't help. they've got to find a way to get up to top speed quicker because that will only help them come playoff time.

 

hopefully this year they get it figured out. 

[KendrickPanther]

5-0 would be nice but we've seen teams start hot and fade before. It would be exciting but 5 wins only guarantees us 5-11

[rayzor]

5-0 would be nice but we've seen teams start hot and fade before. It would be exciting but 5 wins only guarantees us 5-11

this is true. teams that start out that fast tend to burn out quickly.

 

i don't think we need to start out 5-0, but being able to start out the first 5 games with a winning record would be great. i want us to stay away from a losing record all season and have that start out from the beginning.

[Chimera]

That's true. It seems as if there is always one team that gets off to a sizzling start then fades. KC last year was a perfect example.

Fast starts + championship is rare: 2009 Saints were the only team in a long time to do it.

[MedellinHeel]

5-0 Very Unlikely / Excellent

4-1 Slightly Unlikely / Good

3-2 Most Probable / Ok

2-3 Slightly Unlikely / Bad

1-4 Very Unlikely / Terrible

0-5 Zero Chance / World Ending

[mc52beast]

Panthers are notorious for starting slow... and while those 5 teams didn't make the po's last year, they have all improved their talent pool, except for maybe  da Bears.  Panthers didn't make the po's in 2012, made them in 2013.

[TheGreatestOfAllTimeCam]

I think we go 3-2, at best. We'll find a way to lose two of those from lack of scoring opps.

[AceBoogie]

@Tampa

Detoit Home

Pittsburgh Home

@Baltimore

Chicago Home

What you think? I think we can do it. None of those 5 teams made the playoffs last year

Neither did we the year before

[Peppers90 NC]

not realistic.

[AceBoogie]

I wouldn't be surprised at 5-0 or 0-5. Too many offensive unknowns