Ready for a great season!

[Smithers]

Regardless of what all you pessimists out there say, I am very optimistic about this season. Our potent offense from last year is back, with added weapons (Goodson, Kenny Moore). The O-line is the best in the NFL, our RB corps is the best in the NFL, the WR corps is solid (with the best WR in the NFL), and the QB is the best leader around.

On that topic, Jake will be fine. He can be exciting to watch and always finds his rhythm once the season starts. He and Smith will be in full stride early against the week secondary of Philly. I am not concerned, mainly because we have felt this way about Jake before (when fans wanted Weinke to start), and then went on to watch Jake play great.

I will admit that I am concerned about our defense. We in Carolina have become accustomed to a good defense. Solid defensive play has kept us in many games for years. That may not be the case this season. Luckily, the offense will be good enough to keep us in games. And we all know that Jake is very capable of pulling off late drives for victories. If the defense does show something special once they adjust to the new scheme and we get healthy, then we all may be in for a pleasant surprise.

The bottom line, this team has playmakers on both side of the ball...playmakers that can make this season exciting. I saw some good things during the preseason, and I also saw some bad. I am a realist, and know that there are many things to work out. But I also think this is a good team (same one that got us to 12-4 last season) that will get on track next Sunday. I will be at the game to watch us crush the Eagles and start our march to the playoffs.

GO PANTHERS!

[Woodcookedbbq]

YES!! I wholeheartedly agree! Let the regular season begin!

GO PANTHERS!!!