Talk about a lack of respect--NFL Power Rankings, week one

[Pejorative Miscreant]

If you are national media and painting the NFL landscape with a broad brush to begin the season I think this is a realistic position for us.  I worry more about which way we go after Sundays game.

[Kevin Greene]

These Power Rankings are a bit more palatable.

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-power-rankings-julian-edelman-change-patriots-outlook-133338835.html

13. Carolina Panthers (LW: 10)
I wish we could have seen more from Cam Newton. Just two low-stress passes this preseason coming off of shoulder surgery is not enough to alleviate all concerns.

 

[Harbingers]

44 minutes ago, Cyberjag said:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000839325/article/nfl-power-rankings-week-1-seahawks-surging-toward-top-spot

Apparently, we suck.  22 teams are better than we are, according to this.

Don't worry dude, it's Idiot Harrison. 

[Burnout189]

2 minutes ago, Captain Morgan said:

Seahawks at #2?  Richardson is a beast no doubt, but their top draft pick may never play.

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"There is talk inside the league that #Seahawks draft pick Malik McDowell may never play again, he's really hurt" via Lombardi's Podcast
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It seems like every year the media is on the Seahawks nuts, regardless how their team looks talent wise.

[uncfan888]

My concern is on cam's shoulder. Just hope we aren't rushing him back to keep DA's terrible ass off the field 

[caatfan]

Last year this time the same guy had us #1. Guess he didn't like getting laughed at once the season started. 

[nosuchthingasapanther]

4 minutes ago, Burnout189 said:

It seems like every year the media is on the Seahawks nuts, regardless how their team looks talent wise.

that's because they've had winning records and been to the playoffs for the last 5 consecutive seasons.

[Davidson Deac II]

I thought it was a fairly realistic assessment.  We finished last this past season, and until improvement is shown on the field, we will stay in the bottom third of the rankings. 

[hepcat]

Panthers were 6-10 last year. You are what your record says you are until proven otherwise. Hope they use it as motivation.

[pantherclaw]

In other news, Power Rankings fail to rank on my list of priorities.

[Pantha-kun]

57 minutes ago, cookinwithgas said:

No one knows what to do with us, including us.

 

The most unrankable group for Week 1. Admittedly, I am probably too low on the Panthers. This feels like a possible 9-7 outfit, but there only one team can inhabit the No. 16 spot in these rankings. And of the groups in pro football's Middle Earth, I have the most concerns and questions about this Carolina team: 

1) What about the pass rush coming off the edge? 
2) Who can hold coverage, other than James Bradberry? 
3) Who is the vertical threat in this offense? 
4) Cam Newton threw all of two passes in August. 
5) How long can Greg Olsen keep being the top option? 

Am I missing something? Would love a few Panthers hot takes. (@HarrisonNFL)

There's are all extremely valid critiques. Although I'd replace #5 with how well the new starting tackles will do in protecting Cam . Gregs going to have a monster season 

[Jase]

Is it disrespectful, or is it merely commensurate with where we picked in the draft? When viewed through that lens, it's actually pretty generous. We had the 8th worst record last year, and we're only 10th worst on the power rankings.

[Pantha-kun]

We burned a lot of people who picked us to have a monster season last year. So most are just very doubtful and wary of ranking us too high until we win a few games I bet. 

[Nails]

40 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I think you might be overrating our overall talent level quite a bit. Very few teams would trade our secondary and WR corps for theirs.

And yes, every team has concerns, but from the outside looking in, Cam's health is a HUGE question mark and we all saw how terrible DA looked last year and this preseason. That alone is enough to knock us down several spots.

And our brain trust let him play in week 17 last year.  Smh