Let's look at the remaining schedule and forecast how we finish

[TPanther920]

13-3 Losses to the Packers, Saints, Falcons.

My original predication was 11-5.

NFL.com now has us projected as the #1 seed

[CoastalCat]

Sweep the Falcons but lose to the Cowboys......dafuq?

The Cowboys ALWAYS beat us, and it's away. I've watched Atlanta's last few games, and they are complete garbage. Cowboys will have a lot of pieces back by the time we play. 

I also think that Washington could keep it closer than most of us think. 

[The Link]

I'm still going to say 11-5 and a division champs again. Every team eventually loses some games that they should win.

[tondi]

19-0

[CoastalCat]

What are your thoughts on the remaining schedule?

Here is my prediction:

11/2 Colts   W

11/8 Packers  L

11/15 @Titans  W

11/22 Redskins  W

11/26 Cowboys L

12/6 @Saints  W

12/13 Falcons  W

12/20 @Giants  W

12/27 @Falcons  W

1/3 Bucs  L

13-3, losses to Packers, Cowboys, and Bucs (we are resting starters...even though DerekA owns the Bucs)

what say you...

Fun fact: With little exception (those being Arizona and Detroit instead of Seattle and Green Bay), we're playing the exact same schedule as our Superb Owl season. AFC South and NFC East. Can we just do this every year?

http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/schedule/_/name/car/year/2003

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

The Cowboys ALWAYS beat us, and it's away. I've watched Atlanta's last few games, and they are complete garbage. Cowboys will have a lot of pieces back by the time we play. 

I also think that Washington could keep it closer than most of us think. 

So just to be clear, you don't have actual reasons why the Cowboys will beat us, just the mighty element of Hand-Waveium?

[Jase]

Due to recent events, I've decided that going 19-0 isn't optimistic enough.  Therefore, I am predicting that we go 19-0 this season AND next season.

[tondi]

Its impossible to predict the Dallas game until we know who is, or isn't, playing.  I think we would be big favorites playing them right now

[nosuchthingasapanther]

i'm sticking to my prediction of the panthers going 8-0 for the first half of the season...yes that means they beat the packers and as a result half the planet's populations' head explodes like a jet.com commercial.

there will not be a bigger stain to this season if the panthers lose the cowboys.

and if the panthers go 15-0, they will not sit their starters and pass up a chance at 16-0.

therefore, i predict 16-0.

[CoastalCat]

So just to be clear, you don't have actual reasons why the Cowboys will beat us, just the mighty element of Hand-Waveium?

I didn't say they would beat us, I said that they always do unless it's a playoff game. I'm not sure what "Hand-Waveium" is, just stating the facts. We are 3-9 against them, they've won the last 5, and 2 of our wins were in the playoffs. 

 

2012-L

2009-L

2007-L

2006-L

2005-L

2003-W - Wild Card

2003-L

2002-L

2000-L

1998-L

1997-W

1996-W - Divisional Playoff

[Carolina Cajun]

 

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we beat colts and packers we go 16-0

Wanna hear something crazy?  I think someone will do it this year.  This is the least parity I've seen in the NFL in quite some time.  The good teams are REALLY good and the bad teams are Really bad.  The Packers have a few tough games (us, the Broncos, and the Cardinals) but it's not implausible that they could run the Table.  Us?  Look at our Schedule (Best time ever to be paired with the AFC south and NFC East), only truly difficult task is the Packers and a (I believe) over rated Falcons team 2x.  The Bengals have the Cardinals and Broncos and the rest of their schedule is easy.  The Patriots have actually done it before and the only challenges they have are the Broncos and at the Jets.  Point is, the NFL is very top heavy, and the rest is very mediocre to bad leaving this season as the best possible time since the Pats did it for something like that to happen. 

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

A list of numbers that hold no bearing on the 2015 NFL season

I fail to see your point.

[CoastalCat]

I fail to see your point.

Clearly

[nosuchthingasapanther]

I didn't say they would beat us, I said that they always do unless it's a playoff game. I'm not sure what "Hand-Waveium" is, just stating the facts. We are 3-9 against them, they've won the last 5, and 2 of our wins were in the playoffs. 

 

2012-L

2009-L

2007-L

2006-L

2005-L

2003-W - Wild Card

2003-L

2002-L

2000-L

1998-L

1997-W

1996-W - Divisional Playoff

that's like saying because of the panthers' pathetic record after coming off a bye and heartbreaking series record against the seahawks that there's no way in hell the panthers would ever beat the seahawks after coming off a bye.

oh...wait.