Reality Shift

[iBBB]

As the 2015­ season wagon has finally gotten its wheels rolling this year, once again, we [as fans] are the verge of being fed enormous amounts of uplifting news, encouraging performances, notable events and downright sugarcoated fluff pieces to amp up the perception of the upcoming season and boost anticipation. Along the arrival of all of that, comes the early regular season predictions.

With that in mind, I present to you the four versions of you:

• The Realistic You, with your boring ass 6­-10 or 7-­9 season record prediction. You search for evidence to justify your negative outlook on... everything. Your problem is much larger than football.
• The Mediocre You, and your lame­-duck and safe­-pick­-but­-slightly-­positive 8-­8 to 10-­6 season record prediction. Your embarrassing one-­night-­stand ­­story is usually concluded with "Doesn't matter, had sex"
• The Optimistic You, and your syrup-­dipped 11-­5-­and-­above­-but-­not-­perfect season record. Your trying too hard. Stop flexing your 1 ab.
• The Real You, which is so hard to bring out. You sit there quietly in the corner and secretly wish we win every single game on the roster, including SB, don't you? 

As seen year in and year out, most of you will start rolling out the glazed predictions of 12-4 record with a bunch of why-you-think-that's-true. Well, I challenge you to answer this question.

For those games that you pick The Panthers to lose, what do you do (in actuality) when those game actually are played out? Does your behavior differ from any other game? Does your cheering change, does your desire change? I'll answer it for you, it doesn't change.

 

In reality, every game you watch, every game you attend, every game you anticipate, you desire a Win. Yet, you are afraid to show it beforehand. Of course, you may respond with, "let's be realistic". Well I call bs on that. That's not realistic, that's mediocre. And mediocre is nothing but average, and average doesn't have what is takes to be best. To be THE BEST, you have think you are THE BEST, and ONLY when you think you are the BEST, you can annihilate the rest. 

 

So what in the hell and I am blubbering about? It's simple, change your perception about this season's outcomes. Show your true desire. Let your prediction reflect your most-favorable outcome of every SINGLE GAME. At the end of it all, your perception defines your reality. 

Stop "seeing" a 10-6 / 12-4 season record. You want to win every game there is so it's 19-0, bottom-line, everyone and every time..  And if we lose one, update your prediction to 18-1, and so on. You get the idea.

 

inb4 Is this real life.

[Francis J. Underwood]

Next time you get the urge to post something like this, just don't.

[X-Clown on 1]

SB or bust

[Squirrel]

 

[Vampire the buffet slayer]

Next time you get the urge to post something like this, just don't.

Its the off season. 

 

 

Lighten up.

 

 

 

[RelaxImaPro]

I don't know what you're on about.  I predict 19-0 every year.

[iBBB]

Next time you get the urge to post something like this, just don't.

​Elaborate

[Frank Hollywood]

11-5

[PandaPancake]

Just when i thought you guys were cool and talking about theoretical physics

[mc52beast]

Wanting a 19-0 season and actually believing that it will happen is two totally different things... Anyone who predicts an undefeated season is nothing but a homer.

[shreddingdefense]

better to be a homer than a negative nancy, looking to jump off the ship before it even gets sailing..just because one thing didn't go right.

[Frank Hollywood]

better to be a homer than a negative nancy, looking to jump off the ship before it even gets sailing..just because one thing didn't go right.

Or you could simply be reasonable and realize no team in the history of the NFL has gone 19-0.

We were FAR from perfect last year. We've improved a lot, but we won't fix everything in one offseason. I believe we will win the South again, maybe a first round bye, maybe even the superbowl. But to believe we are going to always win every single game isn't optimism, it's ignorance.

[heelinfine]

Or you could simply be reasonable and realize no team in the history of the NFL has gone 19-0.

We were FAR from perfect last year. We've improved a lot, but we won't fix everything in one offseason. I believe we will win the South again, maybe a first round bye, maybe even the superbowl. But to believe we are going to always win every single game isn't optimism, it's ignorance.

While I don't think we will go undefeated, every game on the schedule is a winnable game. I have the mindset before every kick off we are going  to win this one, if we don't,  I believe we will win the next one. Ignorant?  Optimistic? I just chalk it up to being a FANatic.

[shreddingdefense]

Or you could simply be reasonable and realize no team in the history of the NFL has gone 19-0.

We were FAR from perfect last year. We've improved a lot, but we won't fix everything in one offseason. I believe we will win the South again, maybe a first round bye, maybe even the superbowl. But to believe we are going to always win every single game isn't optimism, it's ignorance.

Not my belief at all, Mine was aimed more toward.."omg kelvin hurt!!! no playoffs for us" or if we lose 1st game of season. "Season over! Fire revira!".