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Panthers Honor Protection Brigade? LOL


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On 12/18/2015 at 1:20 PM, top dawg said:

It's official. Panthers fans are now legendary, as another member of the national media indirectly references our zeal in the defense and honor of our team.

In his fearless forecast, Dan Hanzus lets his doubt get the best of him, trumpeting history (while whispering the absence of J-Stew) as the primary reason we will be defeated by the Giants this Sunday. Obviously he isn't being rational from a statistical or anecdotal perspective of the analysis of the two teams. 

 

"Calm down, gallant knights of the PanthersHonor Protection Brigade. This is not about a lack of respect for football's perfect team or a deep-seated belief that Cam is not elite. I just don't think the Panthers will go 16-0. History is instructive, and there's a reason only one team has gone 16 for 16."

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000603733/article/bold-predictions-giants-spoil-panthers-perfect-season

 

I predict that in the history of the Panthers' 2015 season, the Giants will be but another footnote---midgets.

Just like Hanzus has so boldly skipped over our superiority,  you can skip over his call to calm down.  

He knows what's coming. He really asked for it. Give it to him.

So now they're making predictions based not according to the talent and coaching of the teams currently playing, but based on "history".

Eight years ago, the Giants beat the Patriots, ergo it will happen again in 2015?

Some of these people aren't very smart.

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