If the Panthers lose this week to the Bucs...

[hepcat]

Season over?

[Jbro]

Hasn't this thread been started every week since the loss at ATL?

[hepcat]

Hasn't this thread been started every week since the loss at ATL?

The difference is my glossy articulate insight on the Panthers sets apart the joke threads from the ones that not only offer competent information on the Panthers, but makes you re-evaluate your life as well.

[Brooklyn Bully]

We need to be 3-3, with the revenge game versus Arizona on deck. If it's not this way, the season will be a bust. Getting to 500 with that game, and the energy we'd have going into that game and the thrill we'd have winning that game would change the season.

[Jbro]

What is your definition of season over? My stance is 1-3 teams who struggle to beat 1 of the 5 worst teams in the NFL do not win Superbowl's.

[2jakefansinva]

The season is over for all intents and purposes. So.......NO another lose is not going to change things. What I'd like to see........we beat the bottom feeders and give the good teams a run for their money. Spoil some playoff aspirations towards the end of the season.

[CRA]

I mean, if you can't beat poo teams...it means you are one. A loss here or next week and they are playing for pride and future jobs from that point on.

reality is the season is already over....

put if we want to be optmistic they need to get to 3-3

[Squirrel]

The season is never over you just build for next season.

[Liminy]

What is your definition of season over? My stance is 1-3 teams who struggle to beat 1 of the 5 worst teams in the NFL do not win Superbowl's.

Looks like last year the Steelers struggled to beat the Browns.

I'm not saying that the Panthers are going to win the big one, but it should be known that Superbowl teams don't always have pretty wins against the worst teams in the NFL

[rayzor]

it's only 4 weeks in. season is not over.

[Jbro]

Looks like last year the Steelers struggled to beat the Browns.

I'm not saying that the Panthers are going to win the big one, but it should be known that Superbowl teams don't always have pretty wins against the worst teams in the NFL

The Steelers led the entire game and they did not loose 3 games in a row prior to struggling against the Browns. Nice try though.

[NYbucsfanNY]

the fact that someone posted this question already means it is. if one more loss can cause "fans" to totally shut it down then you may as well pack it in now and leave room for others.

at 0-15 i'll still be excited for next weeks games b/c with a young team you like to monitor how everyone is progressing. it gives you a reason to get excited when the playoffs are already out of the question.

[OARevolution]

The year we went to the superbowl we lost 3 games in a row at one point in that season. We just lost 3 in a row this season. The difference is we started out 6 and 0 the superbowl year, and our division wasn't that good. This year we started out 0 and 3 and our division is very good.

Now, every year since Fox has been here we have functioned about the same. We could beat any team in the league, but at the same time we could lose to any team in the league. When we went to the superbowl we weren't dominating teams, we were squeaking by and getting the win at the end. Last year when we finished 12 and 4 we didn't dominate but we would end up winning. Now there are some exceptions here and there but thats usually how it would happen.

In my opinion I beleive Jon Fox's best coaching job was the year we started off 1 and 7, then ended up finishing 7 and 9. The second half of that season we were pretty much on fire. It's the best I have ever seen the Panthers play. Steve Smith was on IR, Stephen Davis went down, and so did Foster. But it was Jake's best year by far. Peppers was also making spectacular plays left and right. We ended up losing to Atlanta on that controversial Mike Vick hydroplane into the endzone, and we lost to the Saints the very last game of the year to knock us out of playoff contention.

Now I don't know if we can make a run like that, but I can hope.

[George Shinnsplints]

I got the feeling with how we came out on Sunday that the team may have packed it in already. Luckily for us the Redskins were terrible and are in the process of packing it in as well.

I heard something on the radio that Week 2 and Week 3 are the most important in the NFL season, in that at the beginning of the year, every team believes they have a chance to be a playoff team, but in Week 2 and Week 3, certain teams that have fallen to 0-3 or 1-2 will realize they're not very good, and most of the players on these teams will start just playing to cash their paychecks, without giving a lot of thought to W's and L's. I fear that we may become one of those teams (won't know until after the next couple of games) -- and I hope that I am completely wrong.