Opponents win/loss records

[CRA]

all we hear about is how weak our opponents have been...

Denver: 13-26

GB: 14-26

Bengals: 14-26

Panthers: 15-26

Patriots: 18-22

somehow the media only talks about the win/loss records of our opponents...

[PanthersUnited]

With the win against Seattle and Eagles and hell even the 3 win Saints team, I don't think that argument holds water anymore.

[Argus Plexus]

I don't understand this stat.

[LUUUUUKE]

Did you HEAR that over there, or over HERE?

[Ivan The Awesome]

By the end of the season, most of those teams will be at or above .500. 

[KJ89]

And that 15-26 would be 21-20 if they had beat us. 

[hepcat]

and yea if all those teams lost all their games all their opponents would have winning records.  

[crowntownpanther]

Out of curiosity anyone know which teams have played opponents with over .500 cumulative records?

[DaveThePanther2008]

Based on our current record and if the playoff started today.

We'd be the #1 Seed.

http://www.nfl.com/playoffs/playoff-picture

[Carolina Cajun]

Man, if we just lost all of our games, our opponents record could be 21-20.  Moral of the story, to have a hard strength of schedule, just lose every game.

[dpm0409]

After our last 2 wins, I don't really think anyone is saying we haven't played anyone anymore.  Even if we were to go back in time before we beat SEA, it was a weak @$$ argument to start with, which has already been stated by multiple people.

[csx]

I haven't heard that angle since it was somewhat valid.

[KB_fan]

I haven't heard that angle since it was somewhat valid.

It's still alive and well in a NYT article this week:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/sports/football/carolina-panthers-stay-undefeated.html

They not only talk about our easy schedule so far, but talk about how our schedule helps us going forward - i.e. we play Green Bay at home... basically doing all they can to discount our record.

Here's an excerpt:

Carolina has also been helped by its schedule, which has been one of the easiest in the league. None of the six teams it has beaten has a winning record.

Carolina’s first four opponents, Jacksonville, Houston, New Orleans and Tampa Bay, were not expected to be very good. But most prognosticators would have expected trouble in Games 5 and 6 against Seattle (12-4 last year) and Philadelphia (10-6). Carolina was lucky to catch both of those teams in (so far) down years.

Next week, the Panthers face another good team on hard times, the Colts, who are 3-4. Then they finally face a really stern test, the unbeaten Packers. But again the schedulemaker has smiled: Both games will be at home.

Still, there is plenty of skepticism over whether Carolina is suddenly an elite team. The Patriots and the Packers remain the bookmakers’ favorites for the Super Bowl, and Carolina also ranks behind unbeaten Cincinnati and Denver, as well as Seattle, which is 3-4 but still earns respect from bettors off last year’s Super Bowl appearance.

Indeed, despite its impressive start, Carolina is far from guaranteed even a division title. The Falcons have just one loss, and in a scheduling quirk will play both of their games against the Panthers in the last four weeks of the season.

It would be an odd twist were Carolina to finish, say, 12-4 and wind up in the same spot that the 7-8-1 team did last year, as a wild card.

[caatfan]

 

It's still alive and well in a NYT article this week:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/sports/football/carolina-panthers-stay-undefeated.html

They not only talk about our easy schedule so far, but talk about how our schedule helps us going forward - i.e. we play Green Bay at home... basically doing all they can to discount our record.

Here's an excerpt:

They need to look at the Falcons - nobody to worry about except the Vikings and us, and we don't count, thanks to our cupcake schedule.