Does playing a West Coast team at 1 give us an edge?

[Mother Grabber]

we also had a very different team and coaching staff back then.  Foxy can't game plan his way out of a bathroom.  Without Manning running his offense, they are a .500 team at best.  Not saying that RR is better, we really don't know yet, but we can't draw conclusions on this week based on a past regime.

[poorboysrev]

The last time the Panthers had a playoff game they were supposed to have an east coast and cold weather advantage.  Oops.  Someone forgot to tell Jake Delhomme and Larry Fitzgerald.

    We will not have Jake's 5 interceptions....Fox's stubborn refusal to pull Jake or switch up our defense(I swear it looked like that Bear's drive last year but the whole game.

 

   AND Kaep is NOWHERE near Kurt and Crabtree certainly is not Fitzgerald no matter how much head Harbaugh is giving him. This time we have the edge at QB and a GREAT D to boot. 

 

    Both teams will be running on adrenaline to start but if we get up early or draw the Niners into a game long slugfest like we did in week 10 I do think that  they will start to wear down.

  

    The  Niners are a good team BUT so are we. We both have flaws. But we are at home and have everyone betting against us...the Panthers have generally performed very well under those circumstances. The Niners better be ready for a 15 round Heavyweight bout, Our guys are not scared of them. I have full confidence that Cam can lead us down in the fourth quarter to win.

[OneBadCat]

I really don't buy the east coast advantage. They will come in early enough, adjust and be ready to play. 3 straight road games and just playing Green Bay in 0 degrees might help a little though.

[PanthersClinic]

Looking at stats, playing a west coast team at one is a bigger advantage than a bye week.

[48ochoshogun]

Looking at stats, playing a west coast team at one is a bigger advantage than a bye week

Harbaugh has his teams ready for east coast times.

[WarDamnPanthers]

Actually an interesting read on the West-coast-to-East-coast impact:

 

http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/content/discomfort-zone-impact-travel-nfl-games/14372/