Is this the biggest game of the past couple of seasons?

[PanthersNC1984]

No and here is why. The year was 2013, a scrappy, underdog Panthers team went into San Fran and beat a very good Harbaugh 49ers team.

Playoff time comes and it’s a rematch,  San Fran beats us and makes it to the NFCCG that year.

My point- I’m not reading much into this game at all because we could easily be the 2013 49ers in this situation. Besides, it’s very hard to beat a team twice in a row, so it could end up being a silver lining if we lose this one and have a rematch in the playoffs

[Shotgun]

No

[raz]

its honestly hard to believe we have a game as important as this one.  part of me is waiting for the house of cards to crumble, and another part sees we have a really good team with a young kid with seemingly a lot of potential learning how to play qb in actual games.   if we can pull out a W i think our confidence is gonna go thru the roof.   i hate i have to wait until 4pm.  just makes the sunday nerves last an extra 3 hours.  maybe it won't rain and i can split some wood or catch up on some chainsawing i need to deal with.

[Wolfpack352]

It is HUGE because i want to see how the Panthers and Kyle stack up against this undefeated team, like someone said, kinda like a litmus test.  

[Khyber53]

1 hour ago, KB_fan said:

 

It does have a lot of echoes of last year at Pittsburgh too. So, while I want a W, above all I just desperately hope for a respectable close game and no serious injuries.

This was in my mind, too. Get a win, and get out unhurt.. This game feels like one of those hinge points upon which a season turns. 

[KB_fan]

1 hour ago, Pejorative Miscreant said:

I think it’s getting extra hype from us because we’ve had two weeks to stew and we are just on the other side of the playoff window.  
 

that said I still think it’s big. 

Well said. You're probably right on both counts.

[rayzor]

If we win, it's big in it being a confidence booster. If we lose, it's just another loss.

Last year's Steelers game was big in the demoralizing effect it had on the team and fans. It was also big in the way it affected Cam. That moment, that hit... I think it changed the dynamic of this team in a really bad way, probably worse than the back to back losses to the broncos and refs.

[MechaZain]

I think the average Panthers/Saints game is a bigger deal. I put this on par with the New England game two years ago.

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

1 hour ago, Ivan The Awesome said:

This has the 2015 Seattle game vibe. No one expects us to win. 

Actually nobody expects us to win any season.

[Jon Snow]

No, but it will be a measuring stick for both teams and their chances going forward.

[Burnout189]

2 hours ago, Ivan The Awesome said:

This has the 2015 Seattle game vibe. No one expects us to win. 

Yep, and I think we all remember how that turned out

[joemac]

2 hours ago, Ivan The Awesome said:

This has the 2015 Seattle game vibe. No one expects us to win. 

Or 2013 49ers vibe when we were going out there to play them and no one thought we stood a chance.

[PanthersBigD]

We actually have an elite defense this year, not one held together by tape and chewing gum where Captain Munnerlyn was sometimes a starter. I don’t think a drubbing like the one the Steelers gave us will happen again during Rivera’s tenure. I think if we lose, it’ll be close. 
 

 

[AceBoogie]

2 hours ago, Ivan The Awesome said:

This has the 2015 Seattle game vibe. No one expects us to win. 

Lol no it doesn’t. That was little brother trying to dethrone big brother. We don’t even know if the 49ers are any good.