0-3 Giants won Super Bowl, Dolphins started 0-2 last year made Playoffs

[panthersphan]

So panic time begins after we lose to Washington...come on now...

[John Fox]

giants started 0-2 and won their next six...

[Jangler]

13.8%

read the sig.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

1-2 going into the bye won't be all that bad. We have a week to regroup and then Washington and Tampa Bay, both very winnable games. Could easily be 3-2 after week 6.

We really need to beat Dallas on Monday night though (as if that's not obvious).

[panthersphan]

Though it sucks that all ready in Week 3 we have a "must win", our schedule softens up a bit in the middle:

Redskins

@ Bucs

Bills

Then...

@ Cardinals

@ Saints

Falcons

Dolphins

@ Jets

Bucs

are all "winnable"

I'm not in panic mode...I can see us turning it around here and picking up a couple of wins. if we can get to 3-3 then anything's possible... In any sport, it's dumb to go nuts if your team has a great start OR terrible start. Like my Blue Jays looked like playoff contenders 1/4 the way through the season, lead the AL East all most of all April and May. Then they crumbled in June and never looked back. Just like my Jays the Saints will come down to Earth...I heard some talking head on TV say "Are the Saints the NFC's best?"...which is ridiculous...if anyone Atlanta should be mentioned, but the New Orleans Saints Post-Katrina love fest will never end...

All I'm saying is even at 0-2 we are very capable of having a winning season....

Now if Jakey Big Mistakey laid out flat for the 3rd straight game, then I would be will all those lunatics saying the seasons "over"...

[rico6]

We don't have anything close to what the 07-08 Giants had, and the dolphins had a cupcake schedule last season.

[thejimmy]

Ain't happening with this team. Not with this schedule or our level of play.

[Cyberjag]

Our schedule is front-loaded. No one will remember an 0-3 start if we go into December at 8-4 or 7-5. We have the talent, the schedule will more than make that possible, and the Panthers under Fox traditionally get strong in late November/early December. Honestly, I'm looking forward to playing NE in Foxboro, they look pretty vulnerable this year. The only game that looks hard in December is the Giants, and we did ok there last year.

The reason only 13whatever% of the teams that go 0-2 make the playoffs is because most of the time 0-2 is what you expect from a bad team. The Panthers are not a bad team.

[Cyberjag]

Minnesota started 0-2 last year too, fwiw

[RazzleDazzle]

Our schedule is front-loaded. No one will remember an 0-3 start if we go into December at 8-4 or 7-5. We have the talent, the schedule will more than make that possible, and the Panthers under Fox traditionally get strong in late November/early December.

The reason only 13whatever% of the teams that go 0-2 make the playoffs is because most of the time 0-2 is what you expect from a bad team. The Panthers are not a bad team.

:iagree: actually. We got a good enough team to turn this around and make it to the playoffs. What other teams did don't really matter because anything can happen after Week 2 in the NFL. Right now though, I can be mad at the team if I want though.

[Guest]

If we lose Monday night then we're done. Until then, I have hope.

[SCP]

Minnesota started 0-2 last year too, fwiw

The difference is they had a defense that could actually make stops and pressure the QB. 2009 Panthers, not so much. Our special teams play + defense = downfall of 2009 season.

[bigdog10]

The only problem with starting 0-3 is that we will have lost to 3 NFC teams that will likely be in the wildcard hunt, thus we they will own tiebreakers over us and we will have to have more wins than them

[grateflday]

I dont know where people see any kind of "easy" stretch in our schedule at any time this season?? Sadly, while I am still trying to be optimistic, my gut is telling me there is no playoffs in this teams future and probably a less than .500 season. The defenes is just not good enough. It has been getting shredded consistenly since the middle of last season right through the Atlanta game. Even watching them try to blitz which was misarably unsuccessful takes away that being a possble solution to getting more QB pressure. I just dont see how this defense turns it around :confused: Maybe its possible and that why I still remain hopefull because I am a Panther fan. It is going to take our offense scoring at least 30pts a game for the Panthers to even sniff he playoffs.