Very early and largely insignificant ESPN Power Rankings

[TylerVagyler]

i knew we were going to be ranked low because the title include "insignificant"

if we were ranked higher that would be missing.

[Marguide]

Also, we managed to actually fall a position because ESPN is on the Russell Wilson bandwagon as if they are Super Bowl favorites.

It's not just Russell Wilson. Seattle has a really nice D. They are going to be trouble for a lot of teams. They probably aren't ready to compete with San Fran, but don't sell them short.

[Chaos]

Take it at face value. You earn real rankings about 3-4 weeks into the season. And until they prove it on the field, and I believe they will, then Panthers are not a top team in the NFC. No one believes our defense can get off the field. Some of us believe they can, but we're going on the Jon Beason of two years ago, triple-knee Davis, and rookies in the secondary (Norman) and linebacker spot (Keuchly), not to mention our current yet-to-be-seen interior of Ron n' Dwan.

We know our pass rush is weak and so does everyone else. Hopefully the defense can make an immediate impact this year and allow our offense to flourish and not be in these fourth-quarter nail biters week in and week out.

[g5jamz]

Don't put too much into it.

[Captain Obvious]