what was the most talented team in panthers history

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

forget records for a second, as we all know the panthers have done some crazy poo with decent/average rosters (2003) and choked horribly with stacked rosters (2006). so what would you say is the most talented team in franchise history?

I would probably say the 1996 team. its a shame that the 1996 packers are one of the GOAT teams because we would have smacked the patriots silly in the super bowl

[XClown1986]

2015

[MichaelNewtonII]

2015-2016 superbowl Champs

[pantherfan49]

That 2006 team got turdovacced. 

[frash.exe]

Most people agree it was 1996, 2006, and 2010

[davos]

2005 was the year.  If we didn't have all of those damn injuries, we could've taken it all.

[GoobyPls]

The year Jake shat the bed vs the cards

 

[Jase]

2005, that team was good, really good

[DaveThePanther2008]

I was leaning towards this team as well.  Had the wheels (literally) not falling off our running game.  We would have gone to the Super Bowl in 2006.

[TheMostInterestingMan]

I was raised a panthers fan since season one, but being that I'm 25, I didn't understand the game until about 2002-03 and didn't truly appreciate and recognize the subtle things (blocking, coverages etc.) until 07-08. 

So in my memory, I've always felt that 03 was our most magical team and that 05-06 was our most talented on paper.

In 1996 I was 6 years old. So, any of you veterans care to explain to me what was truly so special about that team? I remember watching all those games with my dad growing up. But I think my focus back then was more on my ball cards and ninja turtle figures. Would love to hear about some of what made that team so good. 

[Carolina Cajun]

05 probably was the most talented, injuries just buried us though. That said, this team absolutely has the ability to top it.  We have legit MVP candidates on both sides of the ball in Cam and Kuechly and a lot of talent surrounding them.  Health is our biggest enemy this season.

[Davidson Deac II]

On the offensive side of the ball, imo the 03/04 Superbowl team.  Arguably the best group of receivers we ever had with Smith, Proehl, and Moose.  Stephen Davis had some juice left in the tank, and he and Foster made a excellent rb tandem.   The offensive line was very good (albeit with some help) and Delhomme was solid enough at qb.  I think the level of talent on offensive that year was underrated, but it did take them a while to gel.  On the defensive side, I think the 02 squad was best, although I guess there wasn't much difference between 02 and 03 talent wise. 

 

IMO, the 05 squad didn't have much offensive talent.  Moose was gone, Proehl and Davis were to close to the end of their careers.  Our offense was basically 4 ypc from Foster, and throw it to Steve Smith. Fortunately, our defense forced a lot of turnovers, which helped the offense quite a bit. 

[OneBadCat]

I think it was 2008. The one thing that held that team back was Delhomme.

[Zaximus]

2008.  That offensive line and that running game we had was top notch.  If we had pre-surgery Delhomme I think we would have ran through the playoffs that year.