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Funny thing is this oline would be lightyears ahead of what he had last year. That Dolphins game was malpractice in oline play. Made Cam look far worse than he ever has. Quite frankly though, I'd rather see Cam with a full offseason and another bring him back last minute hurrah is tiring. He's likely rusty and will do him zero good if he even is thinking about an NFL return mid season. While I'm one of the lone guys who still believes Cam's still got some throwing ability that's better than anyone on this roster, I don't think he'd be a positive addition at this point in the season.

I took that NFC South line at +1800 last week, based off how we had by far the easiest SOS out of all the NFC South teams. A gamble before our biggest test with Seattle, but looks like it may pay off. Keeping it going until we hopefully hoist the division title.

The Carolina Panthers made a statement win in Seattle today against the Seahawks. At one point boasting one of the worst records in football, they've turned around and shown life these past few games. The next four games on their schedule will be telling on whether they make the playoffs or barely miss it. With the NFC South in a race to the bottom, anything is fair game. Mathematically, the Panthers are in if they win out. Here are the next four teams on their schedule: Week 15 - Pittsburg (5-8) at Carolina A home game for the Panthers, but of course Steelers fans will certainly travel well. At 5-8, their season may end up being one of the worst under Tomlin. Their QB room is atrocious, featuring a first round bust in Trubisky and a raw and struggling rookie in Pickett. They most certainly have contributed to much of the demise of this team. Defensively, they have been one of the better ones in the league, ranking in the top 10 in various stats. However, after their rushing defense got gashed by the Ravens, perhaps they are not as lock tight as they seem. A decent matchup but very winnable on paper. If the Panthers capitalize on their QB carousel defensively and maintain a ball control offense, they have a shot. And a very good one at that. Week 16 - Detroit (6-7) at Carolina Now this is a matchup to watch out for. The Lions truly are more deceptively good than they look at first glance. With their offense flying on high gear, much like the Seahawks they have a lot going for them. Their defense is nothing too special, albeit they have played better than they did at the beginning of the year. However, their offense has been solid and high flying, scoring big points in most of their games. Goff has looked surprisingly decent despite being a bridge QB, and they will be no easy victory. I feel this may be one of the toughest challenges left on the Panthers schedule, and a hard fought victory. Don't overlook them just because they're the Lions. Week 17 - Carolina at New Orleans They're the lone team Carolina has beat under Rhule. While it is on the Saints home turf and I'm sure they'd love to play spoiler, they have only gotten worse since we beat them. Should be an easy victory if the Panthers hope to make any noise in the playoffs. Week 18 - Carolina at Tampa Bay Well, this may in fact be for the division title for the NFC South toilet bowl. Tom Brady - knowing that the postseason is on the line - will likely do his utmost to spoil any chance the Panthers may have at reaching it. But, this team just got curb-stomped by this year's Mr. Irrelevant at QB. The Bucs are as low as they can go under this new coaching regime. At the same time, the Panthers gashed the Buccaneers the first go around on the ground. This time, they may very well do the same again. This should be a win, even with the playoff implications, de facto because the Panthers are a more complete team. --- And with all that being said, what say you? What record will the Panthers achieve in these last four games. Are they in the playoffs, or are they securing a high pick? Let those on hopium and the tankers debate.

This. I feel that we should not be moving on from someone who can motivate and maximize the talents of our players. Wilks clearly has this team together and put a fire under them. That's special and something we've NEVER seen Rhule do. Sure, there are definitely better offensive gurus out there, but they could come in and fail to achieve the level of heart Wilks brings out of these players. I feel that if we just upgraded our OC and DC to those gurus, but let a leader of men lead this team ala Wilks, we'd be one damn tough team to beat.

Seriously, for those who think the Panthers should still find a new HC, do you really trust Tepper making the decision? Wilks may not be an offensive guru or genius this league loves. He's an old school, ground and pound, and strong defense kind of guy. Very much like Rivera in a way. However, he is a leader of men. He has shown time and time again he rallies these players into believing in this team. His leadership may be the most underrated aspect of what a head coach needs to succeed, and may truly be what could make this organization great in the future. In my opinion, it is far more likely for Tepper to botch another HC pick if he moves on from Wilks. I'd say: stick with Wilks, find a great OC to pair with him, and let him lead this team of men into believing.

Thanks for the context. That makes much more sense.

This is certainly an interesting statement. Whether intentional or unintentional, could be some implications that come along this: Now, it would be no surprise if the Panthers tried tanking behind the scenes. That much is obvious as to why they'd do that. But it is interesting that Wilks made a public statement like this... What say you?

Not much. But a leader is what this team needs the most. A bunch of young guys need someone who can inspire them and push them as a role model. Something we missed sorely under Rhule. Wilks fits that role best of anyone and why he deserves to be the full time Head Coach if given the chance.

If you told me after firing Rhule we'd still have a chance to make it to the playoffs, I'd be ecstatic. Who cares, no QB in this upcoming draft is a sure thing anyways. I'd like to see us finish as strong as we can than see us deflate the rest of the year away.

Darnold still the same old bust. Man, run the ball. You're not Matt Ryan old. You got legs, take the easy first down.

Whatever happened to the Panthers intensity from the first quarter? Not ideal to keep seeing blown coverages and giving Geno gimmies, and Burns flying to the backfield.

Chinn has not been good today, but as the announcers said he funneled him inside, which was his role in that situation.

Darnold needs to work the pocket better. All self inflicted sacks

Let the offensive line dictate the game. Keep Sam Darnold from taking most of the offensive responsibility, and we got a well-oiled team.

Matt Rhule would've had this team flop after the bye and disspirited. What a difference when a real NFL coach is in charge!

Controlling time of possession, methodic drives that keep us driving and slurping time off the clock. In its own way, it's the best way the Panthers can be effective and take advantage of a top tier oline, and when it works it's beautiful.

Our offensive line playing nasty and through the whistle! What a thing of beauty!

What an atrociously horrible take that you should feel bad for even typing. Please, never speak of Horn again.

Nice guy from all accounts of what I've seen and heard about him on the Panthers. Took being demoted with grace and exuded little drama. But this was a necessary move. He brings nothing to the table, and he's regressed heavily even post-Rhule. Sam Darnold and PJ Walker have shown more potential than him as a QB on this team, and they're the furthest thing from world-beaters. Wish him success as a backup in this league, but can't imagine he'd ever land another starting gig for a long time.

Not sure if this is worth creating a post and discussion over, but felt it may be something to watch out for. DJ Moore has recently posted an apology to his wife on instagram, making public that a familial issue came up that possibly involves cheating: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClrxWjPL6Ac/?igshid=Zjc2ZTc4Nzk= Whether this affects his on field performance remains to be seen. Ultimately, hope that he learns from this and comes out a better man.

Anyways back to OP - Kony Ealy was on his way to winning SBMVP had we won, he was playing lights out against the Broncos. In fact, our defense was rock solid. It was our offense that had no WR that could separate against the Broncos secondary and Remmers being a turnstile and giving Cam zero time to do much in the pocket. Literally any above average WR or even an average RT would've gotten us the win. We'd be undefeated if Cam had this current oline for 2015 and it wouldn't even be close.

Painful seeing in hindsight just how Gettleman botched the bag with Smitty. Terrible way of handling one of our best players ever. Drank too much of the "Gettlemagic" kool-aid to realize how much he also destroyed the team while trying to "manage the cap." What could've been...and what could've been had we fixed our mistakes against our lone falcons loss and prepared for those green dog blitz'. Going against a legitimate secondary with no WR open made it hell for Cam to do much of anything. I'm still mad about 2017 too and our loss against the Saints. If Funchess tracked that ball we win and could've had an incredible run too with how Cam was playing. Damn perfect game from Newton but wasn't enough. The talent we wasted those years, I'll never forgive this franchise for squandering it. A disgrace we couldn't get Cam Newton, Ryan Kalil, Greg Olsen, Thomas Davis, and Luke Kuechly a ring in 2015.

With the success of the Eagles this season, it brings to wonder if there are any coaches from there that may be potential HC candidates. According to Allbright, it appears their OC is very much in play: If Tepper does go for an offensive minded coach, would you think Steichen is a real possibility? Of course, I do not know much history behind the guy, but I find it intriguing that he will likely have a hot market. And, if all checks out, perhaps he may be the guy Tepper wants to gun for. What are your thoughts?

Have you seen Matt Ryan play recently? He'd make Darnold and Mayfield look like all pros.

To your first point, that was also a surprise. After PJ's preseason, I had little hope myself he'd turn out to even be serviceable. And while hindsight shows that the game plan against the Rams was to showcase CMC and maximize his trade value, it still didn't look encouraging for PJ. I'd say a lot had to do with how bad the Bucs CBs were. They allowed our wideouts to get a lot more separation than they normally had, plus, well, we arguably had a better offensive plan as well. So PJ had some good windows to throw to, keeping drives going. Even so, it was impressive seeing our offensive line hold up against a pretty elite DL, and PJ making some damn tough throws too when the windows were tight. That was pretty shocking. Plus, well, PJ doesn't lock onto his first read and goes through his progressions, a trait rarely seen from Mayfield and Darnold. Maybe it was a fluke, or maybe he'll continue a good high level of play. Not expecting the latter, but hell I wouldn't complain. This team has gotten more interesting after Rhule for sure. Players seem inspired, everyone's giving their all. It's a breath of fresh air and a good sign for things to come.