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This is a disaster game

I actually think the refs are gonna give the panthers some breaks to keep the game watchable

A 4 play drive scores for the Rams, panthers get 9 yards in 4 plays.

We are getting violently raped today

Game over

Bruh were you watching the game today? I’m not in ATX anymore but bringing back memories watching all those games at the opposing team bars haha

Cam brought so much energy and swagger to the Panthers. The team just hasn’t ever been the same. It’s a shame what happened to his shoulder right when he was finally starting to figure things out from the pocket under Norv Turner. That 2018 season would have ended a lot different if they never played the Steelers, and so would Cam’s career.

First rams game he was crushing it on a drive where they had the Keep Pounding chant going. Doesn’t matter who gets it going, ride them through the game. Even if it’s Etienne

Does that mean Robert Hunt gets the start? If he is even 80% in game shape, that’s a huge plus for the run game

Seem to remember the 15-1 Packers losing to the Giants in 2011

This is a higher probability to win than AFTER the Rams scored their opening TD in the first game. Damn.

Watching the game with the radio broadcast on instead of the trash announcers is a pro move

This is a little cringe to get. It’s like when the Colts hung the AFC Finalist” banner.

Rams 20 Panthers 16 Rain is less of a factor than expected. Panthers struggle to move the ball. Stafford turns the ball over 3x, Panthers can only kick field goals. Panthers lead 16-13 late in the 4th, defense breaks and gives up the game winning touchdown with less than a minute left. Ballgame.

Yea it’s too bad the site of the new team facility wasn’t built on the grounds of one of Tepper’s enemies. It would have been spectacular.

They need to get him and Steve Smith to call the preseason games. Would be epic.

Not Washington but I think all the rest did

Evero and Bria Flores will be every teams choice for the Rooney interview

The main benefit to playing the Rams is it should be a true home field advantage. If they’d gotten the 49ers it would’ve been a game featuring fights and arrests in the stands

The 2015 team was really the only time the team wasn’t an underdog by the end of the season. They were killing teams so bad and it was super fun to watch but it felt like it would eventually revert back to the normal Panthers, and it’s unfortunate that happened in the superbowl of all games. The 2003 team was a team no one expected to be good. Jake Delhomme came out of no where, the running game was bruising and the defense was lights out. That was such a fun run with so many exciting games. Cardiac Cats!

Yea, they aren’t playing their best football right now and I don’t expect them to come out on Saturday and look like a wildly different team. This team looked their best when Dowdle was running hard and forcing defenses to key on stopping him. He has noticeably less burst that earlier in the season now. And it’s crazy because Atlanta fired Raheem Morris who finally had Atlanta looking decent at the end of the season finishing 4-0. And instead of building on that momentum, they fired everyone. They had a stretch of games mid season where they lost by a point to the Patriots, lost in overtime to the Colts, and lost in overtime to the Panthers, and obviously in the Panthers game Penix tore his ACL again. If Penix didn’t get hurt I think the Falcons pull that game out and both team’s seasons look very different.

Eh, I’ve come to think that looking at the schedule in advance is a fool’s errand. You have no idea who is going to be tough a year in advance especially when you don’t know when in the season you’ll play them. Teams would have looked at a late season Chiefs game in 2025 and thought f*ck we gotta play the Chiefs? But they fell apart this year. So anything can happen.

If he had beaten New Orleans one time I think the narrative around Canales would be very different right now

Who? Who cares

No one even expects a close game. Considering the Rams just lost to the Falcons I’m not gonna say they’re a juggernaut. I think it’s a closer game than many expect. Rams will definitely win though, they aren’t going to fug around this time.