Bold Prediction - Panthers beat the Pats

[Panther8989]

Would beating NE really be an upset? Not imo. Just like " experts" would consider Rams beating Dallas a "Shock". Neither NE or Dallas are some formiddable juggernaut.

Either way, this organization isn't going anywhere as long as Ryan, Julio, Sanauh, Beasley are in the division.

[outlaw4]

As bold a prediction as the Shipoopi breaking out on the field after a touchdown.

[Panthers8969]

6 hours ago, NAS said:

I can see it happening but only if our defense is lights out and Cam magically goes back to his 2015 form. One can dream...

or 2013...

[Snake]

6 hours ago, hepcat said:

It’s because Richardson is intimidated by smart, driven football guys. He wants harmony in the front office and locker room over success. Case and point - Dave Gettleman. Gettleman ran the team like a business. He wasn’t overly friendly or polite. He was shrewd and made unpopular decisions in the best interest of the long term of the team. And he won. The panthers had the best run of success in their history under his watch. Now he’s gone and we’re back with good ol boy Hurney running the show, with brain dead Shula still calling plays. The Panthers are about to enter a very dark time that might not end until Richardson is long gone.

I wish I could disagree. 

[ickmule]

Don’t hold your breath. 

[ickmule]

6 hours ago, hepcat said:

It’s because Richardson is intimidated by smart, driven football guys. He wants harmony in the front office and locker room over success. Case and point - Dave Gettleman. Gettleman ran the team like a business. He wasn’t overly friendly or polite. He was shrewd and made unpopular decisions in the best interest of the long term of the team. And he won. The panthers had the best run of success in their history under his watch. Now he’s gone and we’re back with good ol boy Hurney running the show, with brain dead Shula still calling plays. The Panthers are about to enter a very dark time that might not end until Richardson is long gone.

And the winner is ^^^^^^^^

[therealmjl]

11 hours ago, Jeremy Igo said:

My mind's telling me no.....

But my body....my bodys telling me yeeeheeeeheeessssss

 

[Khyber53]

My predictions:

JStew breaks 100 yards and snags a TD.

Cam has 60% pass success rating, 250 yards and two TDs, no INT.

Gano wins it with a 35 yarder.

Panthers 27 Pats 24

Dickson and Benjamin with the TD catches.

[Khyber53]

7 hours ago, hepcat said:

It’s because Richardson is intimidated by smart, driven football guys. He wants harmony in the front office and locker room over success. Case and point - Dave Gettleman. Gettleman ran the team like a business. He wasn’t overly friendly or polite. He was shrewd and made unpopular decisions in the best interest of the long term of the team. And he won. The panthers had the best run of success in their history under his watch. Now he’s gone and we’re back with good ol boy Hurney running the show, with brain dead Shula still calling plays. The Panthers are about to enter a very dark time that might not end until Richardson is long gone.

The guy has a couple of billion bucks stashed away and owns an NFL football team as a sideline. Dude had his heart removed and survived long enough for a new one to be put in its place. He played pro football in the era when a tight end send across the middle would be clotheslined and trampled by the entire linebacking corps. He built a fried chicken franchise that started out when KFC and the Colonel were THE only game in town and the most profitable one.

Jerry Richardson isn't intimidated by any living person. 

And he's picked guys who've taken the franchise to the Superb Owl twice so far. Compare that to the Jags, Browns, Texans, Lions and a number of one-trip contenders with longer histories in the league. Give the guy a break because right now, the only other thing you are asking him to do is basically die.

 

[Bj-Monster23]

Nothing should have these players more ready than a huge game against the defending Super Bowl Champs. Tomorrow's  game needs to be a statement game. I think we play well and beat the Patriots 40-17. My prediction is a Bradberry pick 6. Defense forces 4 turnovers.

[hepcat]

32 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

The guy has a couple of billion bucks stashed away and owns an NFL football team as a sideline. Dude had his heart removed and survived long enough for a new one to be put in its place. He played pro football in the era when a tight end send across the middle would be clotheslined and trampled by the entire linebacking corps. He built a fried chicken franchise that started out when KFC and the Colonel were THE only game in town and the most profitable one.

Jerry Richardson isn't intimidated by any living person. 

And he's picked guys who've taken the franchise to the Superb Owl twice so far. Compare that to the Jags, Browns, Texans, Lions and a number of one-trip contenders with longer histories in the league. Give the guy a break because right now, the only other thing you are asking him to do is basically die.

 

I don’t want him to die. I never said that. I want him to step aside and let football professionals run the team. He did that with Dave Gettleman and the team was as good as it ever has been, save for one down season. Then he inexplicably fires him at a questionable time right before training camp, which by itself is just strange, but bringing back Marty Hurney who he fired 5 years ago is straight up bad management.

Richardson has done a ton for the Carolinas founding the team, and had success in restauranteering. But there’s a reason he hired Ernie Accorsi to find the next GM after he fired Hurney. And now we’re back to the same old same old. That is the main reason a lot of Panthers fans are critical of him right now and it’s only amplified by the players struggling on the field and having personal issues and having a meeting Richardson over the political protests.

Long story short, it could be a rough season, and Richardson is at the center of it.

[iamhubby1]

3 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

The guy has a couple of billion bucks stashed away and owns an NFL football team as a sideline. Dude had his heart removed and survived long enough for a new one to be put in its place. He played pro football in the era when a tight end send across the middle would be clotheslined and trampled by the entire linebacking corps. He built a fried chicken franchise that started out when KFC and the Colonel were THE only game in town and the most profitable one.

Jerry Richardson isn't intimidated by any living person. 

And he's picked guys who've taken the franchise to the Superb Owl twice so far. Compare that to the Jags, Browns, Texans, Lions and a number of one-trip contenders with longer histories in the league. Give the guy a break because right now, the only other thing you are asking him to do is basically die.

 

 

    You leave my Lions out of this you...something nasty. 

[Khyber53]

18 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

My predictions:

JStew breaks 100 yards and snags a TD.

Cam has 60% pass success rating, 250 yards and two TDs, no INT.

Gano wins it with a 35 yarder.

Panthers 27 Pats 24

Dickson and Benjamin with the TD catches.

Well, I was close.

 

[FakePlasticTrees]

Good call! Now reinforce it against a tough Lions team.