Mike and Mike have us 8-8 & 9-7

[Doc Holiday]

I have paid little attention to practice....that doesn't cause me to worry about the OL.

The fact they were manhandled last year to start the season even with a healthy Kalil does....the fact all season long last year they struggled to open up holes and pass protect. People watched the last game of the season and suddenly thought we should of ran more all season.....forgetting the RBs had nowhere to run the majority of the year.

I also think our DL, which very good with great potential.....is now starting to become an unrealistic thought. From a pass rush perspective they were arguably the best last year generating better pressure than anyone.....but the secondary still lost us games. Very worried about this secondary

meh, like I said I want to see how we play against another team first and we won't get a real good idea till week 2 or 3 of the preseason.

[Johnny Rockets]

Although this board has its share of idiots and I can be one of them once in a while), I find that there are some people here (you being one of them) who know football and the panthers better than the "experts."

Madhatter is my boy but it is an annual tradition for him to call any "expert" that predicts anything but a winning season for the Panthers and idiot and how stupid the Panthers are going to make them look each year. That hasn't been working out so well.

[Ace_Aladdin]

11-5 this season 

 

Top 10 Offense & Defense

 

Cam Newton 4,000 +yds  (passing) 700+ yds (rushing)

 

Stewart 1000 + yds rushing 

 

Williams 900+ yds rushing

 

Steve Smith 1000+ yds 

 

Olsen 1000 + yds

 

LaFell  900+ yds

 

 

Defense  

 

Top 5 front 7 

 

Top 5 LB corp

 

Top 5 D-line

 

 

Greg Hardy - 15 sacks  40 comb tkl

 

CJ- 14 sacks 45 comb tkl

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Happy Panther]

 

LaFell  900+ yds

 

 

That's what I'm saying too. We are the minority...

[PantherGuy]

Strength of schedule isn't a good indicator of a teams success. It isn't really a good indicator of anything.

 

Yep, especially before the season starts. There are good and bad surprise teams every year. What we should be prepared for is that we play in a tough division.

[PantherGuy]

Strength of schedule isn't a good indicator of a teams success. It isn't really a good indicator of anything.

 

Ended up with a double post. Whoops.

[MHS831]

Madhatter is my boy but it is an annual tradition for him to call any "expert" that predicts anything but a winning season for the Panthers and idiot and how stupid the Panthers are going to make them look each year. That hasn't been working out so well.

I think he is right this time, Johnny. Do not know his history, but what I have read from him is usually sound, from my perspective.

[g5jamz]

I would be estatic to be proved wrong...

[MadHatter]

One of if not THE toughest schedule in the league...

I'd be estatic with 9-7...but expect around 6-10 or 7-9. 8-8 I think we can do, but we can't have horsecrap games like the one in Atlanta last year.

Pre season SOS is a worthless stat.

[PhillyB]

i see us being better and luckier enough than last year's team to pull three wins out of last year's record. 9-7 is our floor, 10-6 is realistic.

[MadHatter]

Madhatter is my boy but it is an annual tradition for him to call any "expert" that predicts anything but a winning season for the Panthers and idiot and how stupid the Panthers are going to make them look each year. That hasn't been working out so well.

I am not inferring that most of the ESPN experts are idiots because if their view on the Panthers. I consider most if them idiots because most of them are. They say dumb poo all of the time and their predictions are wrong as many times as those from the avg fan.

I do think they are wrong this year. Not necessarily about a 9-7 season. But, about how many of them know so little about the rest if the team and the way they bash Cam.

[MadHatter]

Most experts are no better at predicting records than the avg fan. If they were, they would all be making millions betting games in Vegas.

They are not experts...they are just tv personalities.