Times Panthers lived up to the optimism in week 1

[SOJA]

Wasnt 06 the year we lost to the Vikings on the road cause of Gambles stupid back lateral

god. that play.....I had forgotten about it till now.

[PhillyB]

tampa secondary scares the poo out of me. they're going to surprise people. i'm not even remotely comfortable going into this game.

[Lumps]

If only someone had the gut to make a "remember Arizona " banner for training camp. Coulda saved the season :(

a banner like that..does NOT ...need to be made...

its best we forget.

[CLEARHOT]

tampa secondary scares the poo out of me. they're going to surprise people. i'm not even remotely comfortable going into this game.

Two words..Rhode Barber= Father Time @ free safety= Murphy and Smitty+TDs=Panther Win

[SIGCHI222]

Fear and regret. The first is of the future, the latter is of the past. You guys are going to get real tired trying to live two lives, one with what is actually going on and the other one concentrating on things you can't do anything about.

I say fuc k it! We winning the GODDAMN Super Bowl and until it doesn't happen I am whistling a happy tune out of my ass everyday until we are eliminated.

Then next year....wash, rinse, repeat, wash, rinse, repeat...I am fairly young...I can wait until it happens. Fuc k fear and regret.

2012 Carolina Panthers Super Bowl Champions regardless of what happens in week one.

[PhillyB]

talib has done a very, very good job against steve smith over the past couple of seasons. has he gotten a touchdown against them since the monday night game in 2008? (maybe one, i think in 2009, but that was against some dipshit nickel corner, and even i could see the mismatch from the stands, and even matt moore was able to make the TD throw on the quick slant.)

baron will be a top five safety in the league within a year or two.

rhonde sucks donkey balls and should've retired two years ago but he's still decent in coverage and there's enough good tacklers on that defense that he won't be stuck in run support by himself.

our best bet is to pound the ball and kick their asses with play-action to take advantage of barber's age and baron's inexperience.

[bleys]

She was great in American Haunting

American Horror Story? I agree...

[frash.exe]

I can't believe more people haven't been discussing the season-opening popcorn fart in 2005 since Fiz brought it up in the OP. We were a much better, more talented team than the Saints* (who were also one of the worst teams in the league that year) and we couldn't beat them. Then two weeks later we lose to a Dolphins team led by Gus Frerotte, scoring 27 points on our defense. Sandwiched in between those two blunder games was a win against the defending super bowl champion Patriots where we limit Brady and the offense to 10 points.

This was my reaction to the first quarter of the 2005 season

[SCP]

That 2005 Pats game was one of the loudest games I have been to.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

talib has done a very, very good job against steve smith over the past couple of seasons. has he gotten a touchdown against them since the monday night game in 2008? (maybe one, i think in 2009, but that was against some dipshit nickel corner, and even i could see the mismatch from the stands, and even matt moore was able to make the TD throw on the quick slant.)

that was 2010 on a 4th and short play. the bucs sold out against the run and yeah it was a quick slant that smith took to the house.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

I can't believe more people haven't been discussing the season-opening popcorn fart in 2005 since Fiz brought it up in the OP. We were a much better, more talented team than the Saints** (who were also one of the worst teams in the league that year) and we couldn't beat them. Then two weeks later we lose to a Dolphins team led by Gus Frerotte, scoring 27 points on our defense. Sandwiched in between those two blunder games was a win against the defending super bowl champion Patriots where we limit Brady and the offense to 10 points.

This was my reaction to the first quarter of the 2005 season

don't forget entering the fourth quarter up 19 against a poo green bay packers team on monday night football only to watch them score 16 unanswered points before we finally got a stop and won by 3.

[jarhead]

tampa secondary scares the poo out of me. they're going to surprise people. i'm not even remotely comfortable going into this game.

It depends on how much Cams accuracy and discipline has improved. If Steve Smith is healthy we will have targets for Cam.I think the underneath routes will be there if we take what the defense gives

[Zod]

American Horror Story? I agree...

Yeah that.

New season looks great

[Scrumtrilescent]

That 2005 Pats game was one of the loudest games I have been to.

Forgotten fact: That game was actually played on the surface of the sun.