Panthers are now 1-6 on SNF and the playoffs since 06 with 4 blowouts

[Sam Mills Fan]

NBC won the rights to Sunday Night Football back in 2006. That was also the first year since the Panthers won their last playoff game. We all know about the 2 playoff losses, but we've been putrid on the NFL's biggest weekly showcase being blown out by the Cowboys, Saints, and Steelers in that time. We also lost homefield advantage in 2008 to the Giants.

This is the #1 reason why the national media doesn't respect us. They don't pay attention to us on Sunday afternoons. They DO pay attention to us when we get a chance to showcase ourselves and they see us fall in the dirty mop bucket every single time.

And yes we do play a little better on Monday Night Football, but that's now the B level cable NFL showcase unlike Sunday Night Football, the highest rated weekly show on TV.

[Sam Mills Fan]

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[The Huddler]

We arent used to primetime. Its like it spooks us

[Gabeking]

3rd times a charm right?

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[Snake]

Yea its a curse for sure and really why I'm not worried. Last night was a test to see if this team was playoff bound or championship bound and now its clear.

[UKPanther94]

Maybe it's an elaborate ruse for everyone to underestimate us for the rest of the year..........

[JawnyBlaze]

Yea, I had a similar thought last night.  It occurred to me that this team isn't ready for the big time.  It's a very good football team with lots of top tier talent, but something about the psychology of the national spotlight seems to unnerve them.  Maybe it's all coincidental that we tend to poo the bed on Sunday night and playoffs, or maybe they for whatever reason just aren't ready to play with the big boys yet.  I dunno, I dismissed the thought as being over-analytical.

[Banjo]

Panthers play their best football at 1 PM. It's the weirdest thing.

[LA_Panther]

This is us on primetime

 

[lindseyj14]

That is a useless stat. What Fox, Delhomme, Smith, etc did in '06 is completely irrelevant.

Cam Newton is 3-3 on PrimeTime.

[jasonluckydog]

Comfortable the Panthers are not

[jasonluckydog]

My Yoda voice

[hepcat]

It's kinda strange because I was looking at the live stats on ESPN.com's mobile gametracker and the game had already been marked a loss on the Panthers schedule with the game 23-6 in the 3rd Quarter.

[thefuzz]

I told a buddy this yesterday.

 

 

"I'm a little worried the lights may be a little too bright for the Panthers tonight".

 

 

My exact words.

 

We are still dealing with a young coach, fan base, and QB.

 

We are dealing with a cast of average WR's, that will only get better.

 

We are dealing with a bad OL, and an even worse OC.

 

These things will happen.