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You know, after thinking the last couple days (I know, PU thinks?! Crazy notion huh?) and I came to the conclusion I am sick and tired of hearing one word.. "Prove." Can the Panthers "prove" themselves by beating a respectable team like Seattle? Can the Panthers "prove" they can win after a bye? Ok I will give them that one since we did have to win after a bye. 

Can the Panthers "prove" this or that. Frankly, we have proven everything there is to prove except winning a SB.. The "prove it" year was in 2013.. Can the Panthers "prove" themselves by beating a good team? We go to San Fran and win.. Can the Panthers "prove" they won't be hungover after beating a good team on the West Coast and beat the championship minded Patriots? Did that also..

Or how about, can Cam "prove" himself by leading a 4th qtr drive when a game matters? Again, see Saints in 2013.

So my question is this.. Why are we still in "prove it" stage, why can't the media and everyone accept we have arrived. I define arriving by being regular playoff contenders year after year and barring a complete catastrophe, we are on year 3 of a playoff season.

We aren't the scrappy, little brother, underdogs anymore. We have arrived, we are no longer "rebuilding" or "re tooling." With the exception of a piece we may add here and there next year as well as get KB back, this is your Panthers team of the future.

We are in the early stages of a perennial playoff contending Panthers team. We have become the Ravens of the mid 2000s.. 

I really feel we have crossed over to "complacency good." Meaning, from now on we should be in the same group of fans like fans of GB or NE or the Ravens of a few years back and know it's a given that we are a playoff team. I think we have arrived

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We are on year three of a playoff season?  We're off to a great start, but we haven't made the playoffs yet.  

Are you bipolar or something?  You went from being irrationally negative to over the moon positive.  It's weird. 

Beating Seattle at Seattle in the fashion we did completely changed my mindset. Yes year 3 of a playoff season, I'm done being a "scared" fan.. Barring a huge unforeseen event like Cam injured or something, we are making the playoffs.. Ok say we have a minor implosion and lose some games, no way we finish with less than 9-10 wins which would still get us on the playoffs

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 Yes year 3 of a playoff season, I'm done being a "scared" fan.. 

Here here, PU. Not many people will admit it, but the PTSD of being a shell shocked Panthers fan can be real sometimes. I'm not a negative fan/person but watching the first three quarters of the Hawks game, it was hard to shake the "here we go again" feeling. Here's to hoping we wax the Iggles Sunday night and put the prime time letdown as another thing on the list of "things not to expect anymore." Let's try to keep things positive on the huddle.

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