So where does Carolina finish next year?

[Spaceballs83]

Weakness at WR really showed last night. Ginn was on a mission though! Need KB back more than ever.

[ickmule]

Maybe a wild card team, but no more. 

[Randolph Panther]

12-4 regular season.  Good shot at making another run.  

[BettyBangzer]

I think they'll probably make the playoffs. If they make some good moves in the offseason (O line, WR, S), I think they could go back to the Super Bowl and win. But it depends on other factors too, like injuries.

[KB_fan]

I think it's way too early to even begin predicting.  Obviously we have a lot of pieces in place to continue to excel, but we need to see what the team's strategy is in free agency & the draft, whether we keep J-No, and what happens with some of the coaching issues (Special teams, especially).

Also, knowing the schedule will be helpful.... we have so much travel next year (playing NFC & AFC West).  The way the schedule shapes up in terms of home / away and how the travel is spaced throughout the season could be key.   We showed that we are much more to be feared at home.

Our losses were both away (last night's crowd was hostile.  Not a "neutral field" at all....).  Several of our other closest calls (Seattle, NYG, New Orleans #2) were also away....   So, I won't be doing any predicting any time soon....

[d-dave]

I think the greater travel is going to add some more losses to us.  But ultimately the strength of schedule will be known after week 17 next season.

In this era of the NFL, things change constantly.  Heck, SD could get good all of a sudden, and Denver miss the playoffs.  Or AZ could go in complete melt down mode because of Palmer's age.  Or people get injured all the time.  Who knows.  Change is about the only constant in the NFL.

I don't see us going 15-1 again, but who knows!

[Nomad82]

They'll win the division again..everything after that is a crapshoot.

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

Superbowl is in Houston next year.  I live in Houston.  Superbowl appearance confirmed.

[Captain Obvious]

6 or 7 wins team finishing 3 in nfc south- all the media

[OneBadCat]

2 hours ago, FuFuLamePoo said:

Maybe like 11 wins and one in the playoffs. We blew our best chance for awhile tonight and yall know it.

What the hell makes you think that? This team is built to contend for a while.

[ncsfinest21]

Honestly we going undefeated next year. This team is on fire and mad. It will be revenge. Towards blandino. Towards the haters. Towards everybody except panther nation. I see us not letting up on teams next year. I see our offense but just they will be unstoppable next year. Cam will probably break alot of season records next year. And a Super Bowl win. 

[hepcat]

Lose in the playoffs 

[Niner National]

We won't be 15-1 again next year because seasons like that are really rare, but we'll still be a good team and we'll go to the playoffs as long as we don't have major injuries.

[Apotheosis]

5 hours ago, King said:

Two seasons ago, we were one and done in the playoffs.

Last year, we won our first playoff game since 2006.

This year, we won two playoff games and made it to the Super Bowl.

That seems like a clear progression to being Super Bowl LI champions.

Funnily enough this was the exact reason I was petrified of the Arizona game. I didnt say anything because of my superstitious nature, but given the pattern I was worried that we would lose against AZ.