Was the Saints win good or bad for the Panthers?

[Adb6368]

I want to see what everyone thinks about this... It depends on your faith in the Panthers.

Glass Half Full:

• The Rams were previously unbeaten. This proves that they are beatable. There is now a blueprint.
• We now have a road to the #1 see in the NFC. We control our destiny with the Saints as we get them twice. We have no control over where the Rams where finish. Now only 1 game behind.
• To be the best you have to beat the best...

Glass Half Empty:

• Winning the division just got harder. We could have been tied for the lead and the Saints have the tougher remaining schedule.
• The Saints appear unbeatable at home... something it may be likely we have to do in the Playoffs to get to the Super Bowl
• The Saints have the biggest victory in the NFL this year and have now beaten the Vikings and Rams in back-to-back weeks. They very well could be the team of destiny.

All in, I prefer to believe this was good for the Panthers. Especially considering we get the Saints at home in the first game of the matchup this season. We should win that game. It may come down to Week 17 for a first round playoff bye but at the beginning of the season, wouldn't you take that?

[uncfan888]

The rams schedule is a joke. They may not lose another game. I would have rather them beat the saints.. Let the rams have the one seed and we can shoot for the two

[hepcat]

The Rams are definitely not as good as their record, but still a tough team. I'd prefer to have the Saints win that game, because the Panthers get to play the Saints twice. A split with them might even be enough to win the division.

[jfra78]

5 minutes ago, uncfan888 said:

The rams schedule is a joke. They may not lose another game. I would have rather them beat the saints.. Let the rams have the one seed and we can shoot for the two

Yeah i was thinking same.  I think we all knew the Rams were sudpect.  would rather get one game closer to winning division.

[PanthersBigD]

We just scored 36 on the best defense in the NFL and followed it up by winning a shootout with the statistically best offense in the NFL by two touchdowns. We can absolutely hang with and beat either of these teams, but it will be tough. I want to see Cam and Greg meet up in the end zone and do that stupid handshake the Saints DBs do, after we score on them. 

[Palmetto]

Saints loss would have been nice it's all about getting the bye

Having a better record than  the Rams won't help the Panthers get a bye we have to get past the saints 

[t96]

There is certainly a silver lining but winning the division comes well before any thoughts of 1 seed so that was not a good outcome for us. But we just have to take care of business, can’t rely on other poo teams to help us. Beat Pittsburgh this week and keep on rolling vs lesser opponents going into the Aints game is all we can do until then.

[jfra78]

3 minutes ago, Palmetto said:

Saints loss would have been nice it's all about getting the bye

Having a better record than  the Rams won't help the Panthers get a bye we have to get past the saints 

I totally agree with you, but us and byes arent always a good thing.  

[Palmetto]

7 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

I totally agree with you, but us and byes arent always a good thing.  

Its always a good thing id rather not  be on the road in Washington ,Philly , Min or N.O.  come January

[Palmetto]

Easy schedule or not dpnt surprised if tje Rams are in the Super Bowl (if not the Panthers

Fans of other teams never thought Carolina was any good or would even make it out of the first playoff game in 2015

[caatfan]

21 minutes ago, stbugs said:

That makes 0 sense. If we do the same as the Saints in all other games, a split gives them the division. Actually wanting the Saints to win is mind boggling. Hey, maybe we get a chance at the 1 seed, but the Saints now have a real chance at it. We need to sweep or we need help for both the Rams and Saints. Letting the Rams get the 1 seed was the best scenario where the Saints with a tougher schedule could lose the division with a split.

This. Nice to know that the team that was 'a cut above the rest of the league' really isn't, but you don't pull for a team in your division when they're in 1st place and on a 7 game winning streak. 

[DeAngelo Beason]

6 hours ago, Adb6368 said:

I want to see what everyone thinks about this... It depends on your faith in the Panthers.

Glass Half Full:

• The Rams were previously unbeaten. This proves that they are beatable. There is now a blueprint.
• We now have a road to the #1 see in the NFC. We control our destiny with the Saints as we get them twice. We have no control over where the Rams where finish. Now only 1 game behind.
• To be the best you have to beat the best...

Glass Half Empty:

• Winning the division just got harder. We could have been tied for the lead and the Saints have the tougher remaining schedule.
• The Saints appear unbeatable at home... something it may be likely we have to do in the Playoffs to get to the Super Bowl
• The Saints have the biggest victory in the NFL this year and have now beaten the Vikings and Rams in back-to-back weeks. They very well could be the team of destiny.

All in, I prefer to believe this was good for the Panthers. Especially considering we get the Saints at home in the first game of the matchup this season. We should win that game. It may come down to Week 17 for a first round playoff bye but at the beginning of the season, wouldn't you take that?

Well it's pretty obvious the fix is in for the Saints this year anyway.  Brees is putting up slightly-above-pedestrian numbers and being called a shoe-in candidate for MVP over Patrick Mahomes, which is absolutely absurd.  Kind of feels like the NFL wants old man Brees to be their feel good story this year before he inevitably retires.

[Thama]

I would much rather play the Rams on the road than the Saints in the playoffs. The Rams barely have a home field, while the Superdome can be an incredibly difficult place to play. 

[LA_Panther]

It was good for us. Rams will lose another game or 2 trust me. And we will meet the saints twice. If we want the #1 seed, we have to take care of them. As much as I want us coming here to play the rams, I don't want to deal with their crazy fans here lol