Panthers = Smoke and Mirrors

[WhoAmI?]

That's funny, I could have sworn that the Rams just gave them a whooping for the first 3 quarters in a pretty big game to get the #1 seed just a week ago. Do they really think their team is that unbeatable that they are going to blow everybody out in embarassing fashion?

[Mad_Scientist_565]

you guys do realize that were going to Greenbay eventually right? I'd prefer it not be the CG...especially if that means we play at home again. go lions!

[Pox 08]

A lot of Seahawk fans are bandwagon bitches.

 

 

The general theme over there is "guffaw!!!!LOLZ!!!Win streak?!?!?!?!? LOL!!  LOok at who they beat,  their defense is the sucks, without playing those weak teams!!!".

 

 

They aren't smart to realize the Saints ended the season with the #1 offense in the league...and a scoring offense ranked higher than the Seahawks.   We held them to 3 points and around 85 total yards,  until garbage time..and we benched our starting corners.   I knew it was garbage time  when I saw White out there as our #1 CB. 

 

Falcons offense averaged a rank 10 ranking between yards/scoring last season..  Seahawks for example...were 9th in both.

 

 

 

[Mistuh Jones]

Their pass rush? It's bRen lacking all season because they have no depth. If Stew does what hes done the past month that lack of depth will show and the pass rush will be non existent.

Don't get cocky. They're the reigning champs. We can throw stats out of the window at this point. Do you feel confident bell will be able to handle blitzes AND stunts with their athletic ends? They will surely exploit him

[t96]

Doug Baldwin, Jermaine Kerse, Luke Wilson.

 

For refrence

 

Greg Olsen >> Kelvin Benjamin > Doug Baldwin > Jermaine Kerse > Luke Wilson > Jericho

 

Disagree. Greg's the best of them but Baldwin and Kearse are currently better than Benji. Plus their OC > Shula.

[UpstatePanther]

i am actually cheering for Detroit. im not confident about facing Seattle or Green Bay. but if we go to green bay and detroit to seattle, there´s an outside chance the NFCCG will be hosted in Carolina. This is worth cheering for

[ShutDwn]

I agree we could beat Seattle.

but teams don't fair well AFTER playing them so Id rather face Green Bay first. Rather than Seattle beating us up and then going to Green Bay.

Either way, I like a hot playoff defense in a rematch. They play with a lot of intensity and control.

[2plankingpanther]

I'd much rather play Seattle too, but you have to look at it from their perspective. We are a 8-8 team, including our win last night against a team who was deemed 'the worst team in the playoffs'. We are arguably the second worse, and by arguably I'm talking could have been the worse. The Cardinals were playing a 3rd string QB and had like 15 starters on IR.

In fact, I am surprised just how much respect and attention the Panther have gotten for their win last night. The Seahawks have no reason to worry, they won't beat themselves. Neither will Dallas, Detroit, Green Bay, New England, Denver or Baltimore. The only teams entering the playoffs this year who can literally beat themselves are us, and the Cardinals except they had an excuse playing with a third string QB who had no business playing in the playoffs, much less starting or even being second string. We proved it last night, we were tied at halftime despite Arizona having no TOP and basically zero offensive yards. No other team in the playoff can this be expected of. All while playing here at home in Charlotte, not even close to Seattle or God forbid Green Bay.

So in looking at the bigger picture, no team has any reason to fear or respect us. Winning this next game will get us recognized and truly earn us respect. I cannot wait to play the next team and if we win, truly do something worth bragging about and giving a sign we do have a legitimate chance to actually win it all. If we lose, no one should be shock!

Hypothetically,if we were to beat the Seahawks then I would still want the Panthers to be disrespected and to have the experts say that it was a fluke the Panthers won,the Panthers play better as underdogs,look at last night,the Panthers were not underdogs and they almost blew it!

[Kakarot]

I want Seattle. I want to go into Seattle and do to them what they did to the Saints in 2010.

[2plankingpanther]

honestly i'm just really happy we made it this far and with the insane amount of rookies that we had on the field. I'm excited that the coaching staff leaned on stew instead of going full retard. I'm excited Cam got his first playoff win and i'm excited that this young team as a whole gained the experience as well as the coaching staff.

 

that said, our best chance is going to Seattle (i never thought i would say that). GB at that fuging tundra field with A rod who is an absolute beast in that weather will be ten times harder than a game in rainy seattle with the "12th man" derp. We actually have a running game with Stew, we match up well against that team. Their offense is just ok if you can contain RW legs. Their defense is elite, obviously, but so is ours at this point in the season.  We are basically the same kind of built team even though they are better at what we both try to do.

 

we go to GB i give us a 20% chance of winning, we go to SEA that percentage jumps up drastically.

Yes the Panthers have a better chance against the Seahawks but hopefully in the near future w/more $$ and an improved Panther team I would love to travel to Lambeau Field in January while it's snowing!

[hepcat]

I want the Packers. Aaron Rodgers is my favorite QB not on this roster. I want this defense to sack him.. I want Luke and Thomas flying around like Langoliers... eating everything up. I wanna see Cam and the running game set a tone. We can beat them too.

 

 I agree with this.  The most telling stat is Green Bay is 2-4 in home playoff games since 2004.  Seattle is 7-0 in the same timespan.  Green Bay is beatable at Lambeau in January, especially by a team built like the Panthers.  The Packers are pass happy and with the Panthers pass rush finally rounding into form, I think the Packers are the easier opponent.  Their defense isn't as good and Stewart could have a big day against their defense.  Playing Seattle is harder.

[Actionman0z]

I live in Oregon, so if Dallas wins I am going.

[Banjo]

My preferred playoff path is Seattle, then Dallas... then the Patriots (revenge!!!)

[Chief_Chokeaho]

I honestly could care less about playing Detroit at home in the NFCCG. I want Seattle, in Seattle. You get to shut up the bandwagon "twelves" and make a huge statement along the way. A 7-8-1 team goes to Seattle and beats the defending champion. I want Seattle. That is all. So sick of their "fans".