A few notes and points before we face the angry birds on sunday

[Cape Fear Cat]

I agree with you man. I think as weird as this preseason has been, I think we have some talent. I'm getting a kind of Bad News Bears vibe off our guys this season. There's nothing I can put my finger on, and on paper/at first glance, there are parts of our team that bode to perform terribly. Still, I have a sneaking suspicion the Panthers aren't gonna be the punching bag everyone thinks they are.

[CRA]

Kevin Kolb is coming into this season highly over-rated.

He is Matt Moore. Which means he can at times being very effective.....he just lacks consistancy.

[Panthercougar68]

If you watch some of Kolb's long passes this preseason, if they weren't thrown to Fitz they wouldn't have been anywhere close to caught.

[Kevin Greene]

Love the writeup and optimism.

And the opinion, not wishy washy BS, maybe this could happen but wont surprise if it doesn't.

Well done.

[L-TownCat]

good job on all counts the video was funny...good job dude

[SmokeScreen]

My cousin is BS'ing that Kolb will be throwing for 300+ yards against us and blah blah blah...he is a Niners fan hoping Alex Smith throws 30+ TD 5 Int and watever for this year...I was just SMH and yes, Kolb is an over-rated version of Matt Moore.

[PhillyB]

my only critique is that you should have included the titties part of that song

[Jackofalltrades]

Video was annoying as fug, rep and pie for the write up.

[MrCatWalker]

Raging Bull you did the d*mn thing with your post.

[PanthaSan]

Buty what if I am a dick?

Should I avoid the video?

[Chaos]

Buty what if I am a dick?

Should I avoid the video?

Avoid it regardless.

[jks85]

I agree, I mean argue with a position per position breakdown.

CB: Panthers

S: Cardinals

LB: Panthers by like a million

DT: Cards (if you want to count Dockett, otherwise push)

DE: Panthers

OL: Panthers

TE: Panthers

WR: Cardinals

RB: Panthers by like a million again

QB: Push

6-3.

We are the better team.

we opened as a 7 pt dog. . .

i just want to see progress from preseason to this game and from game to game in general

[CRA]

we opened as a 7 pt dog. . .

i just want to see progress from preseason to this game and from game to game in general

lines are about what the mass public will do in terms of betting. Not an actual breakdown of the result of team A vs. team B. Who out there would even think of putting money on Carolina (outside our market) without at least getting 7.

[jks85]

the lines have some vig on them, but you are sorely mistaken if you think they do not represent relative equity. i specifically posted the line b/c we are a 7 pt dog, which is pretty large. were we a 4 or even 5 pt dog i would not have mentioned it (given that hfa is worth a few points)

edit: we are also like +275 or something if you wanted to bet us straight up, which is a bit better than 25%. yes we are prob undervalued (a bit) but not enough to swing the pendulum towards being a better team. of course i hope we win anyway :) and we certainly could, but i am trying to be realistic