A look at past Panther dress rehearsals and how we did that season

[Sam Mills Fan]

2016: Loss to the Patriots

2015: Loss to the Patriots, went 15-1 and made the Super Bowl

2014: Loss to the Patriots, won division title and a playoff game

2013: Beat the Ravens, went 12-4

2012: Beat the Jets, went 7-9

2011: Loss to the Bengals, went 6-10

2010: Beat the Titans, went 2-14

2009: Loss to the Ravens, went 8-8

2008: Beat the Redskins, went 12-4

2007: Loss to the Patriots, went 7-9

2006: Beat the Dolphins, went 8-8

2005: Beat the Browns, went 11-5

2004: Beat the Patriots, went 7-9

2003: Beat the Packers, went 11-5 and made the Super Bowl

2002: Loss to the Patriots, went 7-9

2001: Beat the Ravens, went 1-15

2000: Loss to the Ravens, went 7-9

1999: Loss to the Ravens, went 8-8

1998: Loss to the Vikings, went 4-12

1997: Loss to the Chiefs, went 7-9

1996: Loss to the Bills, went 12-4

1995: Loss to the 49ers, went 7-9

 

So what does this tell us boys and girls? It tells us that there is zero correlation between how these dress rehearsals go and how we play that season. So if you're sitting there all worried at how bad we looked last night, go outside and enjoy one of the last Saturdays of the summer.

[2jakefansinva]

I saw a limited amount of the game.

what I did see was.........A QB that was off and not getting any help from his receivers

and a defense that dropped two sure interceptions.

Bad day at the office.......move on.

not sure how any of this relates to the past 20 years............

 

[KSpan]

Scores don't ofte tell the story of a preseason game though. I wonder how things looked at halftime of each of those games. Also, I wonder if something could be gleaned by the quality of play exhibited by the starters.

Not trying to argue or say that last night was significant - I tend to agree that we have no idea what the staff is looking for during preseason and that most of what we see should be taken with significant grains of salt.

[Jangler]

What about moon phases?

[TheRumGone]

1 hour ago, KSpan said:

Scores don't ofte tell the story of a preseason game though. I wonder how things looked at halftime of each of those games. Also, I wonder if something could be gleaned by the quality of play exhibited by the starters.

Not trying to argue or say that last night was significant - I tend to agree that we have no idea what the staff is looking for during preseason and that most of what we see should be taken with significant grains of salt.

Yeah ending scores don't mean poo. Gotta look at things in context or situationally. I did a little write up in the "are you worried thread" there was a lot of overreaction last night, people were most likely intoxicated and raging in the game day threads. I sat down, watched the game last night had a pint of beer knowing we got slaughtered beforehand. There are tons of positives and some context to things we did situationally. There's also some very concerning stuff. But if we turn out to have a losing record this year I would be shocked. 

[KB_fan]

4 minutes ago, TheRumGone said:

I sat down, watched the game last night had a pint of beer knowing we got slaughtered beforehand. There are tons of positives and some context to things we did situationally.

good idea.  Once you take the emotion and the score out of it, I'm sure there's some interesting stuff to look at.  I'm hoping to find time to go back and watch the game on gamepass and look more closely at our Oline and Dline.  I find when watching the game live at the stadium, it's too easy to just watch the ball and miss a lot of stuff at the line of scrimmage.

[UpstatePanther]

4 hours ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

So what does this tell us boys and girls? It tells us that there is zero correlation between how these dress rehearsals go and how we play that season. So if you're sitting there all worried at how bad we looked last night, go outside and enjoy one of the last Saturdays of the summer.

Gtfo with your logic and facts and shizz! Can't you let people freak out for no reason in peace?!

[juliosantos]

doesn't matter about the final score , last season we dominated brady early on with 2 intos , even though our offense dropped everything like they did this time. i watched the first quarter over and there was so many times we had receivers open underneath and cam just threw it deep . if it was during the season i think he would take the easy 5 yard gains, also were not going to run our big play actions which is the best when cam rolls out. 

[Matthias]

The best preseason game I ever witnessed from the panthers was that Washington game in 2008.  Man, did I ever have fun watching that game!  It was the introduction of "Double Trouble", and there were plenty of wow plays that happened in it. (Steve Smith picking up a fumble to score a touchdown, and Peppers sacking both Chris Samuels and Jason Campbell)  As exciting as Cam can be, and boy can he be exciting to watch, I doubt I will ever see an entertaining and dominate performance as I witnessed that night.