FO: Panthers most likely candidate for First to Worst

[Delhommey]

I get you. I understand that and in most cases you are correct.

However, could it just maybe, possibly on the off chance be that some are so sick and tired of hearing/seeing/reading the same half cocked narratives?

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It's a statistical prediction.

 

Even the biggest homer understands we're likely to drop off. It's just a question of how much.

 

Football Outsiders, by the way, was one of the only magazines that foresaw our 2008 and 2012 seasons being surprises. They usually know their stuff.

[SCPantherFan]

Who cares what these guys say or think. The best way for the Panthers to shut up these idiots is to go out and prove it on the field. They can start by having back to back winning seasons.

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[CoastalCat]

Any of this sound familiar to anyone?

 

DIVISION FINISH: 4  The Panthers have some good individual talent. But I see too many holes to imagine this team thriving in a division that includes Atlanta, New Orleans and Tampa Bay. There isn't a playmaker besides Steve Smith on offense, and the defensive backfield is a huge question mark. I see 7-9.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/preview13/team/_/name/car

 

Even with that top pass rush they have too many questions in the back end. Unless they tighten up back there, look for the defense to give up a lot of points. In their division, where three quality passers play on the other teams, it's tough to imagine that unit being much improved. If they get to 8-8, it will be a good season.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/pete-prisco/23265748/nfl-season-preview-carolina-panthers

 

 

[caatfan]

Considering pretty much nobody is saying our D will be weaker this year, the offense is gonna have to be really bad to fulfill all the doom and gloom predictions that the 'experts' are making. IMO the OL will have to be the worst in the league, by far, for us to suck as bad as they'd like us to.

[CoastalCat]

PS: It's a bit ridiculous that the Eagles only have a 12% chance. EVERY NFC East division winner has been bounced from the playoffs the next year since 2004.

[Delhommey]

Considering pretty much nobody is saying our D will be weaker this year, the offense is gonna have to be really bad to fulfill all the doom and gloom predictions that the 'experts' are making. IMO the OL will have to be the worst in the league, by far, for us to suck as bad as they'd like us to.

 

Our average score of all our games last year was 22-16, a one TD difference. The offense doesn't have to suck. They just have to have a handful of missed opportunities.

 

It's a thin margin of error. You don't have to squint hard to see us dropping 2-4 games we won last year.

 

I think 9-7 is the most likely outcome, but of course anything's possible. 

[L-TownCat]

It's a statistical prediction.

Even the biggest homer understands we're likely to drop off. It's just a question of how much.

Football Outsiders, by the way, was one of the only magazines that foresaw our 2008 and 2012 seasons being surprises. They usually know their stuff.

Don't misunderstand I agree, I'm not thinking 12-4. I've just seen too many parrots spewing other peoples ideas doing little to no research of their own while claiming expert status.

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[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

9-7 is all I want. Get that "no back-to-back winning seasons" thing off our backs. If that's last in the division, fine. If every media hound rips us to shreds for such an "epic" falloff, fine. If every shitposter on here gets to say "see, I told you they suck!", fine.

Just give me 9-7. Anything beyond that is just a huge bonus to me.

[CoastalCat]

Don't misunderstand I agree, I'm not thinking 12-4. I've just seen too many parrots spewing other peoples ideas doing little to no rea search of their own while claiming expert status.

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Yeah really. Dropping a couple of games makes sense, but they are saying we're most likely to go first to worst. Worst, last year, was 4 wins.

[Toundra]

Zzzzzzzzzz

[Montsta]

Our average score of all our games last year was 22-16, a one TD difference. The offense doesn't have to suck. They just have to have a handful of missed opportunities.

It's a thin margin of error. You don't have to squint hard to see us dropping 2-4 games we won last year.

I think 9-7 is the most likely outcome, but of course anything's possible.

This is true. However on the flip side of this argument one could argue that a couple of plays go our way in The Buffalo and Seattle games and the Panthers go 14-2. Which could mean by that logic that regressing by 3 games could still put the team at 11-5.

I know it's a fallacy but I'm saying a few bounces last year and we are 14-2, or maybe 9-7. So there is no reason to think if given the same amount of positive and negative bounces going our way or not, we could still be an 11 or 12 win team.

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[L-TownCat]

This is true. However on the flip side of this argument one could argue that a couple of plays go our way in The Buffalo and Seattle games and the Panthers go 14-2. Which could mean by that logic that regressing by 3 games could still put the team at 11-5.

I know it's a fallacy but I'm saying a few bounces last year and we are 14-2, or maybe 9-7. So there is no reason to think if given the same amount of positive and negative bounces going our way or not, we could still be an 11 or 12 win team.

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In addition,

 

Only 3 teams had a higher margin of victory last year than the Panthers @ +7.8.  Denver +13.0, Seattle +11.7, Cincinnati +8.4

[ChinaPanther]

Finishing last in the division has never happened since Cam has gotten here. Perspective is needed from these experts.

[pantherclaw]

Thank God we don't have to play the games now!