Interesting read by Gantt

[freeonbail]

http://www.heraldonline.com/247/story/1590198.html

“We were a team who maybe we peaked a little too early (last season),” Delhomme said. “We kind of peaked around Thanks-giving through December. We might have peaked a little too early. ... Teams get hot. It's the NFL.

“You get rolling. Just like Pittsburgh when they won that first Super Bowl. They were the last team in. It's just getting hot at the right time. I think the Giants were the same way in the '07 season. That's the way the season goes. It goes in waves. You want to be as consistent as possible and be hot and running when the playoffs start.”

Makes you wonder what it takes for a team to "peak"? We know it happens, but what's the special something that makes it happen? Sure would be nice to see it happen this year...

[AKPantherFan]

its called give the team a bye week and they lose their focus.

hopefully they can overcome that this season.

[jpniner]

thats why they sucked in the pre-season, the plan is to start playing good late December. Hopefully we have a playoff record by then!

[carolinarolls]

Oh, interesting read FROM Gantt

I thought this was going to be some YouTube with Darin getting very charismatic while reading some prompt

turns out I read this a day or so ago.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

“I probably wouldn't say frustrated,” Muhammad said of the exhibition slate. “I would say some hunger has built up here, and I don't know if you can pull a lot of positives from losses, but in this situation, I think you can. I think one positive thing is that this team is ready for a win.

“The starters who are going to play the whole season are ready to get out there and play a whole game. I can't wait for next week.”

:iagree:

[Zod]

How about not worrying about peaks and just don't give us the grend canyon of a playoff game

[Al Morgan]

Noooo.... really? I was starting to think that our O# playbook was made of the HB Dive and the Quick Slants.... :smash:

Anyone want to try again with his predictions?

[MadHatter]

^^ I actually want to see more quick slants. Our offense would be more deadly if we used the short and imtermediate passing game. Our big play vertical passing game kills drives if they are not successful. We need to work the clock and control the game.

[carolinarolls]

^^ I actually want to see more quick slants. Our offense would be more deadly if we used the short and imtermediate passing game. Our big play vertical passing game kills drives if they are not successful. We need to work the clock and control the game.

110% yes

do we have the qb to do it though?

[Peppers90 NC]

its called give the team a bye week and they lose their focus.

hopefully they can overcome that this season.

and during those two weeks hearing from all the outsiders how great you are and how the opposing team has no chance... no excuses but teams do lose focus

[Fireball77]

I think I saw more slants last year than the whole rest of the Fox era. Maybe I am remembering wrong.

[pstall]

I think the peak last year was the Panther's peeking around the corner, past Arizona and straight to the NFC Champ game.

AZ had done miserable on the east coast. Carolina was undefeated at home.

Everything lined up for a win. Even the first drive the Panthers drove down and scored. And at that moment, they fully peaked for 2008.

[CRA]

I think the peak last year was the Panther's peeking around the corner, past Arizona and straight to the NFC Champ game.

AZ had done miserable on the east coast. Carolina was undefeated at home.

Everything lined up for a win. Even the first drive the Panthers drove down and scored. And at that moment, they fully peaked for 2008.

and shame that when we reached the top of that peak there was a cliff.....b/c we fell all the way down to ground zero.

[Jangler]

Usually about 8 hours into the tripp....wait, what's this about?