The 2018 Panthers: The most disappointing team in franchise history

[ellis]

The 2012 Ravens lost 4 of their last 5, fired their OC, and shoved their dong down fans’ nagging mouths en route to the Super Bowl. 

Finish the season. I highly recommend it. 

[LinvilleGorge]

5 minutes ago, Mage said:

True, but our main weakness is something that’s hard to overcome (pass rushers).  Rams have Donald and Suh.  Chiefs have Houston and Jones.  Saints have Jordan.  We’ve got Short but I think he’s been on IR this season

Agreed, but I think the coordinator change has had an impact there. We're hardly doing any stunts or anything with the DL other than predictable straight lane rushes and too often we end ul dropping our best pass rushers into coverage on on passing downs.

[ellis]

Washington has done a poor job. There—a firing I can get behind. 

[Mage]

13 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Agreed, but I think the coordinator change has had an impact there. We're hardly doing any stunts or anything with the DL other than predictable straight lane rushes and too often we end ul dropping our best pass rushers into coverage on on passing downs.

Eh to an extent yeah, but I blame him more for the secondary and linebacker woes.  I’m not sure there is much any DC could do about our lackluster defensive line though.  It’s ridiculous how much we are depending on Peppers and Addison isn’t good enough when the only other option behind him is Wes Horton.

But yeah Eric Washington is trash, he’s as bad of a DC as I’ve seen in Carolina

[GoPanthers123]

38 minutes ago, je1005 said:

We are currently void of talent in many areas. 

Same team as last year for most part, with Cam and CMC both playing better.  So we were good enough to be 11-5 last year and I do think defensive coordinator is a big reason why we can't stop anyone.

[Carl Spackler]

1 hour ago, je1005 said:

No, Carl, I don’t. 

So what was the point in saying that? Our team is nothing like that one.

[Kevin Greene]

2 hours ago, Carl Spackler said:

100% on Gano, Rivera, Washington and the defense. It’s their fault. Now it won’t matter whose fault it is because the season is over. We could start 7-0 and we’d still finish 7-9. 

Can't argue, Gano and Rivera last week, the trifecta this week. 

[Car123]

2 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

1-15 at least got us the #1 overall pick and ultimately a franchise QB. This year, we're probably going to end up winning just enough games to put us juuuuust out of reach of the elite pass rusher we desperately need in the draft.

Wrong season 

[ellis]

57 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

So what was the point in saying that? Our team is nothing like that one.

I dunno, to underscore the insanity of the thread itself. 

Drawing a general point of reference from a prior season isn’t the equivalent of saying “2003 = 2018.” We also lost 3+ straight in very lean years. 

Would you agree there have been more bright spots this season than, say:

1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 

 

[Palmetto]

1997

2004

2016

[Carl Spackler]

19 minutes ago, je1005 said:

I dunno, to underscore the insanity of the thread itself. 

Drawing a general point of reference from a prior season isn’t the equivalent of saying “2003 = 2018.” We also lost 3+ straight in very lean years. 

Would you agree there have been more bright spots this season than, say:

1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016 

 

there's been more bright spots this year than any of those years (save 2011, when Cam joined the Panthers and in 2013, when we went 12 and 4), which is my point. We started 6 and 2 and we may lose our last 8. teams that begin a season that well should NEVER finish so poorly. Because we should be better and we looked good early, this is the most disappointing.

[ellis]

I hear ya. losing sucks

[Palmetto]

Made me think of the Panthers

[WoahW]

I would say yes. 06 was rough but the amount of talent this team has is more then almost any other year, yet we play scared on defense, miss key kicks or blocks, drop passes at the worst time, throw a bad pass at the worst time, etc. 

Even worse than all of the above is no matter what they scratch and claw back in only to end up losing the damn game anyway, makes it all the more disappointing