ESPN's 2009 Strength of Schedule

[Snake]

woot! should we even play the season or should we see if we can go on a streak that makes the lions think we suck? sounds like we're almost there anyway.

The way everyone is bitching and moaning you would think we went 0-16 last year not 12-4. They might want to change there name to the whine and cheese fans.

[Peppers90 NC]

LBF y are u so upsest with hating the panthers u must have a boring life to come on an opposing team forums and talk about how they r going to suck. get a life

yea no kidding 440 posts in 2 weeks pretty much proves he has nothing going on

[AKPantherFan]

History is history for one reason-- iTS OVER

Now we get a chance to write our own.

Time will tell...

[R0CKnR0LLA]

The way everyone is bitching and moaning you would think we went 0-16 last year not 12-4. They might want to change there name to the whine and cheese fans.

LOL Classic.

We had the 3rd best record in the NFL last season. I wonder what it would sound like on here if we had the team that Detroit or Cinci has.

[PantherRush]

LOL Classic.

We had the 3rd best record in the NFL last season. I wonder what it would sound like on here if we had the team that Detroit or Cinci has.

And got torched in the playoffs by the Cardinals of all teams. You realize that were aren't playing the weaklings this year, right? The schedule does change.

[unicar15]

According to ESPN's John Clayton, it's going to be an uphill struggle for us in 2009 because of our second-ranked strength of schedule:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=4064506

Our history after playoff years:

1996: 12-4, Won Division

1997: 7-9, missed playoffs

2003: 11-5, Won division

2004: 7-9, missed playoffs

2005: 11-5, Wild Card

2006: 8-8, missed playoffs

2008: 12-4, Won division

2009: ?

This is where John Fox needs to do it. All the players are in place, we have NO weaknesses and it is his own doing that Delhomme is still our only option at QB. Its playoffs or bust for Fox and Hurney...another down year after a 12-4 season that got us the second seed in the playoffs and they are gone. No more second chances this is it...

[PantherRush]

This is where John Fox needs to do it. All the players are in place, we have NO weaknesses and it is his own doing that Delhomme is still our only option at QB. Its playoffs or bust for Fox and Hurney...another down year after a 12-4 season that got us the second seed in the playoffs and they are gone. No more second chances this is it...

But Delhomme IS the weakness, and we never address the problem. It's unbelievable after so many years,

[R0CKnR0LLA]

According to ESPN's John Clayton, it's going to be an uphill struggle for us in 2009 because of our second-ranked strength of schedule:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=4064506

Our history after playoff years:

1996: 12-4, Won Division

1997: 7-9, missed playoffs

2003: 11-5, Won division

2004: 7-9, missed playoffs

2005: 11-5, Wild Card

2006: 8-8, missed playoffs

2008: 12-4, Won division

2009: ?

It's funny to me that people keep bringing this crap up when they predict what we will do next year. What effect does missing the playoffs in '97 have on our team in '09? We had numerous injuries in '04 and missed the playoffs because of it. How exactly does that have any effect on our team now? Do people think that there is a "Madden curse" type of thing happening here, and injury ghosts will show up every year after we make the playoffs.

[PantherRush]

It's funny to me that people keep bringing this crap up when they predict what we will do next year. What effect does missing the playoffs in '97 have on our team in '09? We had numerous injuries in '04 and missed the playoffs because of it. How exactly does that have any effect on our team now? Do people think that there is a "Madden curse" type of thing happening here, and injury ghosts will show up every year after we make the playoffs.

It's just an observation. With us it's always something. Jake had a bad game, someone was injured.

Maybe we will finally put together 2 good seasons. It happens to other teams.

[Fox007]

Jake is one weakness, but not the only one.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

It's just an observation. With us it's always something. Jake had a bad game, someone was injured.

Maybe we will finally put together 2 good seasons. It happens to other teams.

It just seems weird when people start bringing up our entire history. Makes no logical sense to me to say, "missing the playoffs in '97 after we made them in '96 has an effect on our playoff chances in '09." But people keep bringing it up like it does. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here.

[Peppers90 NC]

We have the same schedule as everyone in our division, except each has two games that if it were played last year, those two games would be against lesser teams but they all do have to play us so that evens it out.

[Snake]

LOL Classic.

We had the 3rd best record in the NFL last season. I wonder what it would sound like on here if we had the team that Detroit or Cinci has.

The sea level would rise by 2 inc from all the tears. Oh and there would be more Jersey burning. :eek:

[Snake]

We have the same schedule as everyone in our division, except each has two games that if it were played last year, those two games would be against lesser teams but they all do have to play us so that evens it out.

Flex scheduling could make it worse but hey thats the price of being a good team.