It's so good to be back!

[Retemnav]

I love the feeling of watching a game and being involved in every single play, knowing that each one might change the outcome of the game. Even when they're bad, at least they're interesting. I see some of you complaining about how one player, one play or even one call cost us the game, and I say: HALLALEUJIAH! Complain away!

Last year at this point, Panther's games had become a miserable afternoon of alcohol-induced catatonia, downing another 12 ounces every time Clausen panicked 2 seconds into a play and threw a 1 yard checkdown. I would have sold my arm for an OPI call, because it might mean that we were producing some offense. Instead of attending gatherings of friends cheering on the team, I devolved into an alcoholic hermit sitting alone on his couch muttering to himself, each 3-and-out crushing a little more of my soul. I watched every eye-gougingly painful moment, though. Because as a fan, that's what you do. You take the team's failures and you make them your own. And by the end of last season, I felt like a 45 year old virgin who'd never moved out of his parent's basement and was a year away from the takeout pizza induced heart attack that would leave his corpulent body to rot in that basement for a week before his mom thought to check on why she hadn't seen him and his room smelled worse than usual. F-a-i-l-u-r-e.

So complain away, because it reminds me of how far we've come. Football is a game that's decided by inches, and last year we were never within a mile. It's good to be back to within a foot, at least.

[Cat'sGrowl]

Ah heck yeah man I don't care if we lose as long as I'm entertained yes oh yes that's all that really matters.

[Cat'sGrowl]

I wondered how Lions fans endured all those losing season. Guess I know now.

Losing is not entertaining. If you just want big stats, you can go play fantasy football. Winning is all that matters.

[Fiz]

Actually, yes that's all that matters.

Unless you are one of the couple of hundred people who actually take a part in fielding the team each week then it really is just about entertainment. You can jump about and scream in elation when they perform well or disgust when they fail to meet your expectations but at the end of the day that's more about a a lack of perspective on your part than anything else.

this is the kind of sweeping generalizations and tortured logic you can only find on a board full of this many terrible posters.

[Fiz]

yeah, human interactions with football and its nearly infinite facets?

gonna explain that all away in like 3 sentences boom

yes i also vote republican why do you ask

[Retemnav]

Wins are only a stat, entertainment is priceless, complaining is endless.

/football

[TheGreatestOfAllTimeCam]

We are on our way up the hill. I couldn't agree more.

Good times lie ahead, if you've been watching football long enough you can see it. We're a threat, every Sunday now. Reminds me of the Eagles in 1999 when McNabb started playing. Dangerous again

[caatfan]

Ah heck yeah man I don't care if we lose as long as I'm entertained yes oh yes that's all that really matters.

Seems like you hunt for threads where you can chant the same thing over and over. If you never enjoy watching a game unless your team wins then I feel sorry for you.

Also, an offense (and a QB) like this puts butts in the seats and the boxes. It makes for a team people like to watch and pull for, and one that players want to come to rather than leave. Do you want to watch a champ beat up on a sparring partner that just shows up to get pounded (last year), or watch a contender that has a chance to end the fight with one punch (this year)?

[Mvp2014]

Life is good. Last year was the worst, most pathetic offense I've ever seen and now we have the brightest future of any team. How things change..

[Wolfcop]

Losing stinks but the games have been more fun to watch. After awhile though you need to start seeing some W's to keep the excitement going. Where are Vikings when you need em?! We need some more W's!