Why will this team win more than 8 games?

[Davidson Deac II]

Don't have anything as complex as the others here, but in theory we should be a better team this year going up against a slightly weaker schedule (playing a weaker AFC division than we did last year). 

[Cary Kollins]

Because we're good enough, we're smart enough, and dogonit, PEOPLE LIKE US!

 

 

[Cary Kollins]

But seriously, wanna know how we win more than eight games?

Here goes...

 @‌Jacksonville W - Panthers are the superior team and have no business keeping this game close.

           Houston W - Houston is Jacksonville plus JJ Watt. As long as Watt doesn't score two touchdowns we should be good.

           New Orleans W - Panthers should once again be able to exploit the Saints poor defense, plus no Jimmy Graham means trouble for NO.

           @‌Tampa Bay W - Jameis Winston will throw three interceptions and the Panthers wear down the Bucs.

4-0 going into bye week

      **The next stretch is brutal** @‌SEA, PHI, IND, GB

         I see Carolina at worst coming out 1-3 here, at best 3-1. We always play Seattle tough, and we are due for some breaks to go our way against them. Philly and Indy are beatable, GB I worry about. So worst case puts us at 5-3

        The schedule easies up now.

        @‌Tennessee W- Should be an easy W. Tennessee will have a look at the number one pick again next year.

        Washington W- The team from the nation's capital is one step away from being a dumpster fire.

         @‌Dallas L- I give us an L here. We are known to poo the bed in big games some times. It doesn't get much bigger than this in the regular season. 7-4

         @‌New Orleans L - Gotta give us a loss either here or at Atlanta. Tough division game on the road.  7-5

         Atlanta W- Their defense is just too poor to win on the road. 8-5

        @‌NY L - Eh, what the heck.

       @‌Atlanta W - Again, their defense is too bad.

       Tampa Bay W - Close out the season on a high note, ready for the playoffs at 10-6

        

       

 

[TNPanther]

I don't see any reason why we can't sweep the division and win 11-12 games.

The only question marks this team has are at LT, RDE, and possibly SS. This team has more overall talent than last year's team and arguably the 2013 team. Everyone with the exception of Star seems to be healthy. Cam and Luke have another year under their belts. Cam finally has some weapons to throw to. Team chemistry is at an all-time high within this era of core players. 

I just hope we don't follow the typical Rivera pattern and start out slow. The intensity shown in training camp gives me hope this won't happen.

[OceanPanther]

We lose but one game in conference,, at  nu awleans..   

We are going the better at positions we were weaker at last season, yes, even Oher will be an upgrade over Bell,, Secondary will be better,,  Cam is healthier,, Stew will have his first season in forever where he's healthy..  WR will be better and deeper,,

Special teams will be a lot better,, from Geno's back to Ginn returning punts..

 

12-4

 

@ Jags - W

Texans - W

Saints - W

@ Bucs - W

@ Seahawks - L

Eagles - W

Colts - W

Packers - L

@ Titans - W

Redskins - W

@ Cowboys - L

@ Saints - L

Falcons - W

@ Giants - W

@ Falcons - W

Bucs - W

 

We'll another great December to bring home the gold

[juliosantos]

we will win more then 8 games because we are a physical team. we have a top 10 defense that when heathy can compete with any offense and we have a strong running offense that will control the possession of the game . also not to mention we upgraded our wr core and added more pieces to our already stout defense. 

[Ace_Aladdin]

Riverboat ron 

Tell Uncle Kurb why the Panthers will win more than 8 games this season.

Your sparkly feel good do not count. I want solid reasons.

Be prepared to defend your answer. 

 

[Castavar]

- Easiest schedule in a long time

- Cam is going into the season healthy

- Defense got better

- Special teams got better

- Offensive weapons got better

- O-line is coming into their own

- Other NFC South teams are currently a big mess and a lot of unknowns

[Pejorative Miscreant]

We win 8 or more games primarily because  of PantherUniteds Franchise QB statistical win prediction model.  

 

Secondly cause we play the Jags Skins Titan and Bucs. 

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

our offense is going to suck balls, but i have really high hopes for our defense. in regards to the power structure in the NFC, hopefully we can handle Seattle (best linebacker corps in the league hopefully can put a stop to Russel Wilson magical bullshit, but that's doubtful) and possibly Dallas, but with Green Bay, we're in deep poo.

Of course, knowing the Panthers and how they poo on our hopes and dreams, we're going to get blasted by all 3.

The rest of our division is ass. Atlanta and Tampa are reloading and rebuilding respectively. They simply don't have enough dudes to make a run and need another draft. Saints are in a decline and too much is going to be placed on Rob Ryan and a bunch of rookies to not be complete poo... good luke with that Aint's.

Finally, I really like our schedule. We get the bye out of the way early and Seattle is our opponent after that, so we avoid our yearly two guaranteed losses. October in general is going to suck ass, but we should be good in the four other months.

[heelinfine]

our offense is going to suck 

[heelinfine]

 

what makes you so sure that our offense is going to suck this season?

[saX man]

Brandon Beane buys beanie babies beyond Ballantyne. 

[SOJA]

No point in making this poo up let's look at the schedule:

@Jac

Houston

New Orleans

@Tampa Bay

Absolutely no reason those all aren't wins. Jacksonville will be improved but still has plenty of issues. Houston is right now flipping a coin between Brian Hoyer and Ryan Mallett, outside of their d-line and Nuke, they have nothing to speak of. New Orleans is going to suck major dick this year, and you better believe that pounding we gave them last year gives us some momentum. Tampa Bay is Tampa Bay. However, knowing us we are going to blow one of those games. So I'll put our record at 3-1. 

@Seattle  

Philly 

Indy 

Green Bay

Brutal, brutal stretch of schedule in which we conceivably lose all four. We always play Seattle close and they took awhile to get their mojo going last year. Could this finally be the time we beat them? Let's hope so because we will probably see them again in January. Philly and Indy are back to back prime time games. There is no doubt in my mind we poo the bed in at least one of those. It's just become a yearly tradition. If we match up well with Seattle, we match up horribly with Green Bay. We haven't played them close since Pep was a Panther. The optimist in me says we go 2-2, but the realist in me says we go 1-3. Overall record at this point 4-4. 

 @Tenn     

Was

@Dallas    

@NO   

Tennessee and Washington should both be wins, they just aren't that good of teams. Dallas will be interesting. Last year everyone pegged them as being terrible and they really turned it around. This year, they have no RB, and outside of Dez, not much talent at the skills positions. But it's a prime-time game, we could easily poo the bed. At NO I'm counting as a win, because I fully expect NO to be in full tank mode by this point. I'll give us 3-1 again. Overall: 7-5

Atl

NYG

@Atl     

TB

Most critical part of our season. Atlanta will most certainly be our competition for the NFC South crown and probably a playoff spot. We beat them twice here and I think we are locks to make the playoffs. We lose here and I think we miss the postseason. NY will be better than last year, but their defense has fallen from years past. TB might be a must win at home to wrap up the season. A few years ago, Atlanta seemed to have our number. Recently, it's been just the opposite. I am really impressed with their draft class and I love their new coach. Plus they had the biggest addition by subtraction of any team by firing Mike Smith.   I'm giving us 3-1 here, with a loss at Atlanta and a must win for the NFC South Crown at home vs. TB. 

Overall 10-6. Make playoffs. Atlanta just misses at 9-7.