Not that it matters but..

[Shotgun]

Just now, 1of10Charnatives said:

Maybe, but that’s materially different from being a bad franchise. I agree it’s annoying we seem to need to be underrated in order to be at our best, but it doesn’t make us a bad franchise.

Ok, average franchize. Good teams can consistently win as the favorite.

[1of10Charnatives]

5 minutes ago, Shotgun said:

Ok, average franchize. Good teams can consistently win as the favorite.

Yup. We’re not there yet, but at least we’re not Cleveland. I had to go to Cleveland last year. You wouldn’t believe the absolutely enormous puddle of Browns fans tears right next to the stadium. It stretches out as far as the eye can see. I think they even gave it a name. Lake Erie or some such.

[Shotgun]

2 minutes ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

Yup. We’re not there yet, but at least we’re not Cleveland. I had to go to Cleveland last year. You wouldn’t believe the absolutely enormous puddle of Browns fans tears right next to the stadium. It stretches out as far as the eye can see. I think they even gave it a name. Lake Erie or some such.

They did beat us last year.

[1of10Charnatives]

1 minute ago, Shotgun said:

They did beat us last year.

Shhhh, there are things we don’t discuss in public.

[PanthersBigD]

Different coaches have different methods to motivate their players, with varying efficacy. For whatever reason, it seems like Ron gets his guys firing on all cylinders whenever they're supposed underdogs. Whatever works is fine with me. 

[NorthTryon]

1 hour ago, Shotgun said:

If you have to be an underdog to win it's not a good thing.  

The statement we win when we are flying under the radar is overused tripe.  How did we go 15-1 and continue to bash everyone's brains in week after week once we became 12-0?  Other than the Patriots which I hate with all my passion, I love front runners who have their sh*t together and beat the teams they are supposed to beat.  Its like Gerald McCoy said in London before the game "The true test of a man's mental toughness is consistency".  I want us to be a consistent winner instead of flying under the radar.

[CRA]

4 minutes ago, NorthTryon said:

The statement we win when we are flying under the radar is overused tripe.  How did we go 15-1 and continue to bash everyone's brains in week after week once we became 12-0?  Other than the Patriots which I hate with all my passion, I love front runners who have their sh*t together and beat the teams they are supposed to beat.  Its like Gerald McCoy said in London before the game "The true test of a man's mental toughness is consistency".  I want us to be a consistent winner instead of flying under the radar.

because the entire time we were winning we were basically viewed as frauds.  Weakest undefeated team in NFL history. 

[PghPanther]

Panthers by all appearance seem to be a 10-15 team ranking............they haven't shown with their current line up they can beat a GB, NE, KC, or Saints team at this point...........I'd put 49er's just under the aforementioned teams and that will be enough of a test for Carolina to win that game........so the rankings are the rankings............

They look realistic to me...........back when Cam was out before Allen started his first game this year most of you had this team ranked in the bottom 3rd anyway and now you want us to be higher ranked than we are?

 

 

[jfra78]

Just look at multiple ones until you find the one you like.  ESPN seems to always have us ranked lower than the rest

[NorthTryon]

11 minutes ago, CRA said:

because the entire time we were winning we were basically viewed as frauds.  Weakest undefeated team in NFL history. 

Yeah, because the Patriots are getting all the coverage this year.  I remember we were at 12-0 and they were leading with coverage of other teams.  By that time, we had beaten Brees, Romo, Luck, and Seattle at home.  Nothing NFL gets talked about this year without leading with the Patriots.  It is high end malarkey because their schedule is just garbage truck juice.

[CRA]

15 minutes ago, NorthTryon said:

Yeah, because the Patriots are getting all the coverage this year.  I remember we were at 12-0 and they were leading with coverage of other teams.  By that time, we had beaten Brees, Romo, Luck, and Seattle at home.  Nothing NFL gets talked about this year without leading with the Patriots.  It is high end malarkey because their schedule is just garbage truck juice.

Patriots are basically the SEC of the NFL.    

[Pantha-kun]

Right now the Panthers are a serious playoff contender with a four-game win streak, but the next three games will determine how serious. 

Can't say I disagree with that. If we win at 49ers and at Green Bay we'll skyrocket up the rankings easily. 

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

This franchise will make a major leap when they can handle being favored. You can't always expected to be underrated. That seems to be why we never have back-to-back winning seasons.

[MasterAwesome]

I’d like to think we’re mentally stronger than that, for our level of play to not be tied in any way to how much respect we get from the media. All that outside noise should not have a significant impact on a team’s performance.