If Gano makes that 50-yarder against Denver in 2016...

[PantherJD]

... and Seattle hands the ball off to Lynch at the end of Super Bowl 49, then the Panthers would currently be on a 4-year streak of beating the defending Super Bowl champions on the road.  It doesn't mean anything since those two things didn't happen, but the Panthers do historically play well in games against defending Super Bowl champions.

[mc52beast]

Would be great to call the Panthers defending SB champs in 2019

[RumHam]

so we can just beat ourselves next year right?

[Lumps]

If we would have adjusted against the Broncos in 2016 and the Patriots didn’t cheat in 2003 the Panther would have two Lombardi’s.

[Jackofalltrades]

Yay revisionist history!

[Sam Mills Fan]

This is a weird thread.

[Esch30]

If my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.

[PantherJD]

11 minutes ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

This is a weird thread.

Probably is.  But, it dawned on me that we've beaten the champs on the road 2 years in a row, which is a pretty big accomplishment.  And, we were just a few feet away from doing it 3 years in a row and also a play away from doing it 4 years in a row.  I can't imagine there's been many teams at any point in time that could say that.

Insert your favorite "ifs and buts" phrase now, and I get that.  All the games involved were close games and could have gone the other way, so if we play those games again we could easily win the ones we didn't and lose the ones we did.  Still, it does say something about the moxie of this team that we've played well in those environments for 4 years running now.

[uncfan888]

46 minutes ago, RumHam said:

so we can just beat ourselves next year right?

We've had plenty of practice

[archer4364]

If we made it we wouldn't have CMC though. 

[DeAngelo Beason]

15 hours ago, archer4364 said:

If we made it we wouldn't have CMC though. 

Shucks.

[Randolph Panther]

I have to admit I think back on that game a lot myself.  And the superbowl of course.  That missed kick just set the tone for the whole year.  I think we go at least 10-6 if we win that game.

[Camp Fodder]

If we would have won the Super Bowl Shula would still be here

[jfra78]

Something about candy and nuts.  Honestly you can play the what if game almost every year.