Terrell Davis says we finish 14-2

[mc52beast]

Heard him talking on the NFL Network, was asked how the Panthers would finish the season and he said we will lose to the Giants because they are "giant killers" and will lose to the Bucs because our starters will be resting. 

Personally I don't see us losing to the Giants, their defense stinks and Norman will shut down Beckham. It's possible if Ron rests the guys against the Bucs that we lose... that's the only way we lose that game.

[L-TownCat]

WILL

NOT

REST

STARTERS

[R0CKnR0LLA]

I think we'll rest our starters against the Bucs.... but only because we're up 28 points after 2 and a half quarters.

[thefuzz]

16-0 puts you in awfully rare air.

That's history books stuff.....if we slip by ATL X 2, and NYFG's, I say RR and Co. make a run at it.

[gtanaka]

2 minutes ago, thefuzz said:

16-0 puts you in awfully rare air.

That's history books stuff.....if we slip by ATL X 2, and NYFG's, I say RR and Co. make a run at it.

I agree. Right now they say they're not looking at 16-0 cuz they look at the next game, but if we're 15-0 you best believe they're looking for 16-0 and I can't see Ron taking away that opportunity from the guys who will surely want to be a part of history. These guys are competitors and next to winning the superbowl most players dream about going undefeated.

Plus, we will have the bye and i think having three weeks in between a game would hurt more than it would help.

[t96]

DA owns the Bucs so even if we rested Cam for part of that game we'd still crush them.

[FootballMaestro]

And we care, why/what Terrell Davis says?............

Panthers, and their fans, need to focus on their own team.

Davis's comments, were rudimentary and nothing interesting (with much respect to the OP).

[caatfan]

And at the start of the season he probably said we finish 6-6. 

It's safer to predict we lose a game or two than to say we'll most likely accomplish what only one other team has done-finish 16-0.

[panthers55]

I think Ron is keeping them focused on the next game as part of his overall strategy to manage the team.  But he was a part of the 85 bears that went 15-1 with only one loss.   That team wanted to go undefeated in a big way.  If we get the opportunity to be undefeated by winning the next 3 games I hope he will not rest anyone and give the team every opportunity to finish out 16-0.  He couldnt do it as a player but would like to do it as a coach. Now next year he might relent and rest some folks when we are undefeated again, 

Then again he said on Black and Blue report yesterday that  he might rest them  because going undefeated doesnt matter if you lose in the playoffs because someone got hurt.  But he was also a member of the 2009 Chargers that lost 3 games but rested their starters in the last game and were rusty after an essentially 3 week break. So he appears to have conflicting thoughts at this point.

[X-Clown on 1]

Publix has played well against bad defenses, but his numbers are kind of crabby against solid D's.  Do people forget how he fared the first time he faced us?  Yes, he's played more games since then (more experience), but our defense is playing much better than that game as well.  We will beat Tampa Bay like they stole something.

[frash.exe]

I can't see resting starters week 17 with the bye coming up. If we do that, then come divisional round the panthers will have taken the field for the first time in three weeks. Not exactly the adjustment you want to make against a rabid team that just won a playoff game the week before. Limit snaps to guys like Stewart and others who carry a workload if you must but I want these guys to be as sharp as possible for the playoffs.

[heelsrule1988]

Coach said in the presser yesterday that he's not chasing 16-0. He also acknowledged rust, though... so the likely scenario is that if we've clinched the #1 seed, he'll let Cam and co. play for like a half against Tampa.

[CPcavedweller]

Terrell has been a non-believer since the hooplah about the Panthers began. He thought we were the worst undefeated team each time one undefeated went down. Not that I get all butt-hurt over what he thinks because I'm sure many of us see the Giants game as a possible loss, mostly due to PTSD of Panthers games past. That said, I can't shake the feeling from previous seasons and am worried before every game, but if I weren't worried I wouldn't care to watch and so far i've only missed two or three games the past 5 years (since the Jimmy Clausen days and finally having my own apartment and TV). 

Before then even in 2003 when I went to the Lions game and heard some guy parading up the stands yelling, "We going to Houston!!" for three hours, I looked at my dad as an 11 year old and said, yeah right. 

So skeptical, yes. Therefor I can't fault others for being skeptical. 

[Cary Kollins]

fug rest.

 

If you have a shot at 19-0 you take it. You're basically going to have a wing in the hall of fame if you pull off 19-0.