This article made my day...

[Mother Grabber]

NOPE

NOPE

NOPE

fuging NOPE

not getting my hopes up, i've seen this story before

Comparing Jake to Cam = definition of Fail.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

Comparing Jake to Cam = definition of Fail.

Not comparing Jake to Cam. After our 05 season we were the trendy pick to win the SB. We went 8-8. Im not getting my hopes up now that the press is kissing our asses. im just going to wait and see how the season plays out

and dont talk poo about delhomme

[Ivan The Awesome]

This exercise wasn't about which team was the closest to winning a title. The odds are strong that none of the teams above will win this year or even next. The idea was to predict what team was most likely to win their first Super Bowl next.

O_o

[MadHatter]

I'm thinking our D isn't championship caliber yet and it might take us one more season to put together a deep playoff run.

Our special teams cost us 3 games last season. Had they not blown the Minn, Cicago, and Ariz games we would have been 9-7 last season. And that was with a god awful defense . With the additions of Edwards, Beadon, Davis, and Kuechly the defense should be much better. If the offense does not regress, there is no reason this team can't win 10-11 games.

[Guest moninghaly]

the more hope . the more disappointment in the end possibly

[panthers55]

Its not meant on how things really work. Its a wild estimate. I could predict that the Raiders will win the superbowl this year and its just as valid as predicting the Packers to do it. I understand the amount of uncertainty at this point, but really there is uncertainty at every point of the year. If all predictions were accurate they wouldn't play the games.

Not trying to rag on ya but the article is about which team of a group will win a superbowl first, not who will win it this coming season, thus making it even more a shot in the dark. Its just a silly read meant to get across the point of which teams the writer thinks are on the rise and it uses a clever mechanic to draw in more readers and interest.

I don't have a problem with the article as long as people understand that, as you say, it a prediction with little factual basis and little to justify his position that Carolina will beat out all those other teams. He didn't even consider which division we play in versus some of those other teams that play in easier divisions. Nonetheless, as you said, it is just one man's idea of what he thinks will happen. Don't get me wrong, I would like to drink the koolaid and think a Superbowl is just around the corner but then again I thought after 2003 and then 2005 that we would be back there by now. We all see how that worked out. I am taking Rivera's advice right now which is to not believe the hype and understand that until we at least make the playoffs, talks about winning the superbowl before other teams is premature at best.

[staffcurtis]

Cam was so close to winning a lot of games with TONs of defensive, and special teams flaws. We also had no running game. Give us a little more in every category, and we could be the dark horse this year.

[beastson]

Flash backs to returns for TD's and Mare missed Fg's

[rayzor]

the more hope . the more disappointment in the end possibly

i hope less and less fans have this type of defeatist and weak-minded mentality and i certainly hope that no players on the panthers ever feel like that.

screw setting low expectations or being afraid to set high ones out of fear of being disappointed.

that is a pathetic mindset to have for any fan base or really any part of life.

[iamhubby1]

If you have your Franchise QB and a top notch coaching staff. You will be a playoff team. So believing we will make the playoffs this year is not that far fetched. And everyone knows. Once the dance starts, anyone can be King of the Court.

I will say this. Once the playoffs do start. I like having a QB like Cam leading the way. Multi-dimensional QB means multi-headaches for opposing Ds. I am all for anything that worries the opponent. If they are thinking, they ain't playing.

I absolutely believe this year is just the first year in what should be a long line of playoff appearances. As has been stated many times before. If our Defense and Special Teams had not let us down. We very well could have been 8-8, or even 9-7 last year. It is not out of the realm of possibility that we can improve upon that total by 2-3 games. Giving us 10-11 wins.

Hey, if I can think it. It can happen. And GOOOOOOOO CATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Herbert The Love Bug]

we will win a superbowl soon then multiple ones after that. Our coaching staff is the best it has ever been, we have a very good core, a lot of which are young players. We have Cam Newton, who never disappoints. We will attract great players. Just a great time to be a panther fan. This team is about to explode and be a dominating force.