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Are there ANY analysts that think we win on Sunday?


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This is my favorite play of the week. I love Carolina for the following reasons: 
 
1. This spread is at least four points off. I have the Panthers as a three-point favorite. These teams are right next to each other in my NFL Power Rankings, so given that Carolina gets a field goal for homefield advantage, the line should be -3. The spread is +1, however, because... 
 
2. The public is overreacting to San Francisco's victory at Lambeau. It was one of the most-watched football games in league history, and everyone saw Kaepernick run around and beat Aaron Rodgers. Now, everyone has the 49ers winning this contest. The analysts on ESPN are going nuts. For example, Bill Simmons and Cousin Sal both hinted that it was a lock the 49ers would win by three. Bill Plaschke called San Francisco the best team in the NFL. Perhaps they are, but how can you possibly tell that with a three-point victory over an 8-7-1 team missing two of its best defensive players? If Micah Hyde didn't drop that interception, the Packers would be battling Carolina right now. 
 
3. Speaking of the public, they are absolutely pounding the 49ers, yet the sharps are all over the Panthers. They know value when they see it, and there's no reason Carolina should be a home dog. 
 
4. The 49ers have to deal with some Circadian rhythms, as Roger Goodell, in his infinite wisdom, scheduled this game to kick off at 1 p.m. This screwed over the Seahawks in Atlanta last year. 

 

 

 
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Other than Panthers fans, I have yet to meet anyone, much less an analyst, that thinks we'll win the game, except one Cowboys fan in Raleigh. Go figure. I would have thought we'd at least get an even line...and that's without my electric blue shades.

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If the Packers had won, they'd all be picking the Pack and saying A-Rod is the GOAT.  They'd say they're a different team with A-Rod (even though their defense was the worst statistically in the playoffs)

 

 

If the Iggles had won, they'd talk about how hot that offense is, and how the Panthers secondary is shady and wouldn't be able to stop the second coming of Dan Fouts, Nick Foles.

 

Now the Niners win (barely) and struggled to move the ball against a defense that was porous, they have an above average wide receiver that didn't play in the first game, and all of a sudden, Bowman and Willis are light years ahead of Kuechly and Davis.

 

 

For the record, I looked at playoff predictions, and not a single "analyst" or "expert" chose us to go past the divisional round.

 

 

SF and Kaepernick are one big media hype train right now.  The Panthers win against the Niners in November was a fluke because "no Crabtree" and Kaep was "off"

 

This team hears the disrespect.  No one said we could win the division.  No one said we could be NE.  No one said we could beat SF the first time.  No one has said we can go to the Conference Championship.  No one is saying we can win the Super Bowl.  I say bring it on, and hopefully we can all help contribute by being the loudest crowd Kaeps ever faced

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We've gone 11-1 over our last 12 including wins over the Patriots, Saints just a few weeks ago without Steve Smith, and oh yeah the Niners on the road and yet I haven't found ONE analyst that thinks we win on Sunday. Are they out there? National sports media is overwhelmingly 49ers. Haven't had a chance to hear the morning show on WFNZ, but Frank Garcia and Marc James think the 49ers will win and they're on the air from 10am-7pm. Our own fearless leader on the Huddle thinks our offensive coordinator will be our undoing. Even Ric f'ing Flair has jumped on the Niners bandwagon.

 

Holy jeebus, I can't remember a time analysts have given us so little a chance when we're healthy and on a roll. Probably not since Super Bowl XXXVIII. All this against a team that hasn't won a Super Bowl since before the Panthers existed and a team that hasn't beaten us since George Seifert was our head coach. WOW. This week is aggravating the hell out of me, can we just play the damn game already?

 

On an earlier radio / podcast this week I believe Aaron from Football Outsiders is leaning Panthers and really liking that the public is moving the Vegas line giving the Panthers points.

 

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The truth is that it's not who they think will win, it's who they want to win. They still despise Cam. We are a small market team without a lot of history. We are not sexy.

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