My fear for 2013

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everytime we finish a season well -the media pumps us up as threat and we underachieve. anyone got any reasons history will not repeat itself in 2013?

[usmcpanthers]

I wont fear unless we put out another super bowl ad.

[2jakefansinva]

this is your fear?

[3 > 17]

this is your fear?

yeah, i remember 2006.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

My fear is that I will sh*t my pants in my sleep after I eat this cake.

I guess our fears are kind of similar.

[2jakefansinva]

yeah, i remember 2006.

damn.........I forgot about 2006

[mwright350]

everytime we finish a season well -the media pumps us up as threat and we underachieve. anyone got any reasons history will not repeat itself in 2013?

Here's the thing.

We don't have a history of underachieving after we play / finish well for a season. We just have a history of being underachieving. We underachieve in the years we're hyped or after we've finished / played well because underachieving has been the order of the day for all but the following seasons: 1996, 2003, 2005, 2008.

To your question? What we can tell you is that with Cam's arrival the culture of "eh we'll get 'em next time" and being OK with losing in our locker room started to change. Guys who already didn't like it started speaking up and there is an obvious difference even between this year and the last when you listen to guys speak. The longer an influence like that is around, even if he is sometimes obnoxious in how he shows it, the less likely it is we will underachieve.

We might suck next year. We probably won't be hyped regardless. Worry that you will suck next year is a rite of passage for every NFL fan in every offseason.

[TruCatzFan]

everytime we finish a season well -the media pumps us up as threat and we underachieve. anyone got any reasons history will not repeat itself in 2013?

No way ill ever get gotten like I did this year. I'm gonna make them show me who they are instead of bragging about what they will be the entire offseason... Ill be hype next year when the season starts, but not nearly as much as I was this year. Now, I know better... Despite our roster moves or what happens between now and then, there is no way I will EVER get that excited about a football season ever again.

We all had a right to be excited after seeing what our offense was capable of during Cam's rookie year... And we all learned our lesson that not even Cam can beat his OC.