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PanthersATL Grand Master

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We're 4th?  WTF?

 

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   2  Arizona Cardinals       =  28.45   13   3   0   20.52(  16)   4  2  0 |   6  3  0 |   28.71    2 |   28.35    2 |   27.20    4
   3  Cincinnati Bengals      =  27.58   12   4   0   20.88(  15)   3  3  0 |   5  4  0 |   27.85    3 |   27.53    4 |   25.80    7
   4  Carolina Panthers       =  27.10   15   1   0   17.23(  32)   2  0  0 |   4  0  0 |   26.67    6 |   27.55    3 |   27.50    3
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13 minutes ago, uncfan888 said:

I saw someone call Seattle a sleeper team yesterday.  How the hell are they a sleeper when everyone in the media is all over them? 

Because different people say different things.

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d-dave

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No idea who those folks are, but the reality is that everyone is going to pick the easy favorites:

 Oh, Seattle's been to the last two Super Bowls so they should beat the happy to be there, worst 15-1 team ever Panthers.  

Oh, Carson Palmer is playing incredible football, he's due at his age, and Bruce Ariens is a real character.  The Cards are so much better than Prancing Cam Newton and the Panthers.  

Oh, once Dalton comes back, the Bengals will be unstoppable because Dalton is such a smart, competitive QB.....

So let's line them up, play them in our house, and beat everyone.  Sounds like a good plan to me.  We can score with anyone, we take the ball away better than anyone in the NFL, and we make those HURT.  So we stand just as good a chance as anyone else.  

It's going to come down to making plays, and Cam has been one of the BEST playmakers in the NFL this year.  I feel mighty good with our odds this year!

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1 hour ago, uncfan888 said:

I saw someone call Seattle a sleeper team yesterday.  How the hell are they a sleeper when everyone in the media is all over them? 

I don't think there is such a thing as a sleeper team in the playoffs. I know fan bases might look past certain teams but everyone is dangerous IMO. I know the NFC East and AFC South were both pretty weak this year but if a team looks past either one they might be sitting on he couch the next week because of it. 

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