4-0

[Panthro]

Reminiscing with a few coworkers on the first few weeks of the season it became clear to me that the Panthers were pretty close to being 4-0.

Count them....Doucet/King TD's, Jordy Nelson's TD, Blocked Field Goal/OPI on Shockey

To me they show a team not floundering and struggling but a team that was just a couple plays away from being 4-0.

Go Panthers.

:jc:

[Panthro]

Zod stole my glory....glory bump

[CLTPanther]

Glory hole bump

[Kevin Greene]

Zod stole my glory hole....glory hole bump

Fixed

[Jackofalltrades]

That's a loser mentality- according to some.

[Darth Biscuit]

Agree completely... I'm excited, f*ck the haters.

[rayzor]

yep. it was only a couple mistakes in each game that we made that kept them from turning into a 'W'.

this isn't a team that sucks. this isn't a team thats going to get blown out by anyone. this is a team that could beat anyone. this is a team that just has to quit making so many stupid mistakes.

the talent is there. it's all in their heads.

[rodeo]

To risk being annoying, we were a few free agent signing away from winning. A few weeks ago when I was all about signing Tommie Harris and Pat Williams, a lot of people replied to me with "We're not going to win this season anyway, might as well get our young players time instead of signing old guys to 1 year deals."

Considering the types of losses the team has had, it turns out those old guys very well could have be the difference between 1-3 and 4-0.

[Donald LaFell]

I liked that we are on the verge but I can't tell if we are a talented team making mistakes or an average team scoring an A+ for effort.

The catch 22 is that because they are playing well it makes it much harder to excuse them losing. Rivera standards are pretty high and if we haven't won at least 5 games by the end of the season then I will feel pretty crappy.

Under all of these conditions Rivera gets 1 year free of any judgments but for now it looks like he's a pretty good coach with high standards. Many of the players have those same standards. So they should be held to them. But not to the point of being unreasonable. They know it's unnacceptable to lose, there are just certain realities that are hard to overcome for now.

[Peppers90 NC]

That's a loser mentality- according to some.

yea well they can blow me then

[Peppers90 NC]

To risk being annoying, we were a few free agent signing away from winning. A few weeks ago when I was all about signing Tommie Harris and Pat Williams, a lot of people replied to me with "We're not going to win this season anyway, might as well get our young players time instead of signing old guys to 1 year deals."

Considering the types of losses the team has had, it turns out those old guys very well could have be the difference between 1-3 and 4-0.

yea unfortunately neither of those guys would have contributed to special teams, where two games were blown. Nor could they have prevented Beason getting shot by a sniper on an elementary pass to King who probably hasnt caught a pass since.

[thefuzz]

IMO we are not as good as many think, as well as not as bad as many think.

We are a decent football team that has some extraordinary flashes. We could be really good in a couple of years.

Things to hope for:

Cam to continue to progress at this rate.

Beason coming back to health.

Signing a big, tall, no. 1 WR (think VJ).

Drafting/Signing a run stuffing/pocket collapsing DT.

If those things happen this team could get good much sooner than I was expecting.

[Brooklyn Bully]

Whatever gets some of you guys through the night I guess.

[rodeo]

yea unfortunately neither of those guys would have contributed to special teams, where two games were blown. Nor could they have prevented Beason getting shot by a sniper on an elementary pass to King who probably hasnt caught a pass since.

Probably could have kept Forte under 200 yards, however. Surely would've been an overall increase in defensive performance which I think would have prevented a lot of scoring against us.