Am I the only one who thinks the Panthers will be even better this season?

[B.BERSIN]

Idk about a better record but deff a better overall team that will go further in the playoffs! 12-4 will be tough to equal or better but I don't think records are the tell all be all! I wouldn't consider a solid 11-5 or 10-6 a step back

As long as we make the playoffs, I don't care much about the records tbh.

•••Sent from my couch while fuging the Saints•••

[Panfan7]

No matter if we don't repeat as champs just making the playoffs would would be a awsome season.

Sent from my SM-G900P using CarolinaHuddle mobile app

[MadHatter]

The Panthers could be better and still go 8-8. Sometimes things don't go your way. The line between winning and losing is very narrow.

I count 7 games last season that could have easily finished differently and we won 5 of them. That doesn't happen every season. Especially in the Carolinas.

And the ones we lost last year could have also have easily been won.

[DaveThePanther2008]

After one week of preseason our secondary looks better than last year. Our WRs are catching more and no matter who we keep we will be better than 2013. And most importantly our Oline is shaping up to be better than most expect.

All that said. Why can't we win the majority of our games. Barring injury I see no reason why we can't win 10 to 13 games.

I am excited about this season.

Sent from my GT-S6810 using CarolinaHuddle mobile app

[FootballMaestro]

Damn, I just went and looked at our schedule again. God thats a tough schedule. So, my analysis. We lose at Baltimore, at New Orleans, lose to Atlanta once, at Green Bay, Bengals. Tampa Bay is a wild card, Detroit is a wild card with new coaching staff. I say we beat Seattle because if we lose to them three seasons in a row at home, I just wont know what to say, plus SB hangover.

Steelers dont scare me, Big Ben is a bit overrated and their D sucks. Hmm, so maybe we grind out 9 or 10 wins afterall.

 

You can't judge how tough a schedule looks before the season starts. Means nothing.

[B.BERSIN]

I mean we lost our two best offensive linemen, that is a pretty big loss....

Kalil retires?

•••Sent from my couch while fuging the Saints•••

[B.BERSIN]

You can't judge how tough a schedule looks before the season starts. Means nothing.

Bro, I can't agree with you more on this. For me, all those preseason ranking or something is bullshit, it hasn't even started, how can you predict it? Like last season, no one knows Falcons would hit the ground so hard after losing their two star WR, they thought the Falcons are a SB contender...

•••Sent from my couch while fuging the Saints•••

[SauceBoss]

I think everything is better except OLine. We just don't need freak injuries. I think the signing of Cason will be this year's Mitchell. He was good, but not in good systems after Rivera left San Diego. Having the front 7 will offer him being better.

[pantherclaw]

We will once again have one of the best defenses in the league.

Our offense is designed/setup to be much harder to stop/defend.

I don't exoect a top 5 offense, but it doesn't need to be. Limit turnovers and score TD's.

We'll definitely be scoring more TD's.

[MHS831]

Aside from Gross, what did we really lose?

 

If you say Smitty, I say, "4 TDs and 745 yards."  That is under 50 yards a game and a TD every 4 games to keep it simple.  He never mentored the young guys. Not a good teammate.

 

Mitchell--he was overrated here.  Better than nothing, and our expectations were low. He got beat more than people realize and was not a good leader at S. 

 

Ginn--a flashy guy, but where was the productivity?  We got more out of him than most, and we will miss his return skills.

 

Lafell---he is below average.

 

Munnerlyn---overachieved, now overpaid.

 

Additions > losses

 

"

 

 

[FootballMaestro]

Bro, I can't agree with you more on this. For me, all those preseason ranking or something is bullshit, it hasn't even started, how can you predict it? Like last season, no one knows Falcons would hit the ground so hard after losing their two star WR, they thought the Falcons are a SB contender...

•••Sent from my couch while fuging the Saints•••

 

Yes, every year it appears, teams they think will be good--are horrible, and teams that they think will be horrible--are actually good.

 

Indeed.

 

[CarolinaSamurai]

To early to tell we still have no idea what our final roster will be, who might get injured, and if we will get anyone from waivers. As a fan I hope we will be but honestly to many unknowns. Once we get to 53 I think we can have this conversation again.

Sent from my iPhone using CarolinaHuddle