No one has given a legit reason why the Broncos would beat us

[GoobyPls]

Everyone picking the Broncos is going off "feeling", or just hate for the panthers. I've seen NFL network, FS1 and ESPN all week and everyone that picked Broncos said something like "I have a feeling Peyton", or "I'm rooting for Peyton" or something of destiny or a fairytale ending.

 

All the guys at NFL films are picking the panthers to win by double digits 

 

 

[Dex]

Wade Philips. 

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

Pretty sure the most legit reason I have heard is.... Magic...

[Goondal]

Turnovers and/or a Special Teams disaster are the only ways I see us losing.

Reall if we protect the ball, tackle well, get a good game from Oher/Remmers, and do not lose the game on Special Teams then Denver does not stand a chance

[MVPccaffrey]

You are correct, I am feeling that the picks for Denver are either Peyton nostalgia, former players with more fans/friends on the Broncos staff and team, or unathletic, fat analysts like Peter Schrager with painfully over simplistic narratives like ooh wow that Broncos defense eh?  Ooh yeah defense wins championships keep Newton in the pocket Brady sacked, etc.

Meanwhile, it seems every analyst with a handle on X&O's, whether they are film guys like Greg Cossell or former coaches like Billick, are not only in the Panthers' corner, but are closer to predicting a double score win.  

[KSpan]

It could certainly happen, but Carolina definitely looks better (or at least equivalent) on paper in almost every way. That said, the game's played on the field... but I believe that the guys are prepped, focused, and ready to steamroll some Broncos on Sunday.

[cookinbrak]

"Number One Defense vs Number One Offense"....

Fine. Let them negate each other. Our defense would still score more than their offense.

[Ivan The Awesome]

Generally when the number one O and Number one D meet. The D side wins. Tampa vs Raiders. Seahawks vs Denver. Some that I remember. The difference is our Defense isn't a bottom feeding defense and their offense isn't a top tier one either. 

 

I hope it's a blow out. But I don't think their D will let us score often. Not in the beginning at least. 

[cardiackat88.]

6 minutes ago, hammertime said:

Perhaps because Denver has the #1 passing defense, and the #1 rushing defense in the NFL. 

Yea the same "awesome, amazing, electrifying, best defense in the history of the nfl" that let the Browns hang 20+ on them...

[cardiackat88.]

6 minutes ago, Ivan The Awesome said:

Generally when the number one O and Number one D meet. The D side wins. Tampa vs Raiders. Seahawks vs Denver. Some that I remember. The difference is our Defense isn't a bottom feeding defense and their offense isn't a top tier one either. 

 

I hope it's a blow out. But I don't think their D will let us score often. Not in the beginning at least. 

This exactly, Denvers offense is a MAJOR libaliity for them in this game, against this defense.

Carolinas offense is by no means a liability against this Denver d.

[pantherj]

We should be able run on Denver's defense rather well. Taking out the fact that I'm a Panthers fan I still think we should win. If I had to bet by picking the winner there is no way in hell I would pick Denver.

How in the world are experts picking against us? They don't even offer good reasons as to why we should lose. It's unfuging believable. I have to wonder if you forced these experts to put money on the game if they would change their tune. It's like when experts came out picking the Jags to beat us. What the fug? Didn't even give good reasons why we should lose. It's Panthers hate. It's hatred toward the South. Or it's inexplicable. The tip is that they don't give good reasons why they are making their pick. They give "I feel a tickle in my balls about Denver" type reasons. Unreal. They should be fired. God I would fire them in a heartbeat for being incompetent.

[GoobyPls]

21 minutes ago, hammertime said:

Perhaps because Denver has the #1 passing defense, and the #1 rushing defense in the NFL. 

Andrew Luck is the closest thing the Broncos have faced that compares with Cam. And they lost that game 

[DeeJay]

we have to beat ourselves to lose this game

[pantherj]

Denver's own coaching staff and players have to mystified to find themselves in the SB. Denver's team, just on the eyeball test, doesn't appear to have #1 anything. They must have racked up stats against teams that are complete ass. I mean horrible. We've already played and beaten the doors off of a damn slew of teams this season better than Denver.