Pause here to consider the possibility the panthers are better than you think

[Captroop]

46 minutes ago, Icege said:

Joey "Thigh High" Slye will kick us to victory

I was gonna say, "remember the days when our biggest concern was Gano was going to blow a crucial kick for us?" What sweet, simple days those were.

 

Okay, which one of you idiots wished on the monkey paw that Graham Gano wouldn't lose us any games this year? You gotta be REALLY specific when you're wishing on a monkey paw or dealing with a genie! Frankly I'm disappointed you don't know better, whoever you are!

[chknwing]

Can did have sufficient time behind that line to complete a pass at times but just held onto the ball.  You could tell that he really wanted to run with the ball but knew he was not supposed to

[Shocker]

On paper this team should be top 10.  Paper doesn’t show our QB is playing really bad and our amazingly conservative coaching is old and way too predictable.

 

[t96]

1 hour ago, PhillyB said:

I'm trying to justify buying those flights to London. None of you ruin this for me

View it as a trip to London to see London, not the (soon to be London?) Panthers...

[*FreeFua*]

13 minutes ago, TheRed said:

The fickle fans throwing Cam in the trash lack the resolve and testicular fortitude to endure losing. They'll disappear eventually through the rebuild. No point even quoting them.

Ah yes the superior fan of the Carolina Panthers the almighty TheRed, who watches every game from his couch...

If we were all just as diehard as you BOA would be completely empty every home game and the team would be playing elsewhere

[NanuqoftheNorth]

2 minutes ago, Shocker said:

On paper this team should be top 10.  Paper doesn’t show our QB is playing really bad and our amazingly conservative coaching is old and way too predictable.

In a nutshell.

[Zithers2]

I think we are pretty average, maybe above average, when we are playing our best ball. Too many avoidable mistakes are made (losing every fumble, 12 men in huddle or not rushing to LOS every fuging snap, etc). OLine is bad. No other way to put it. No idea why Daryl is at LT instead of Moton. Even Gettleman said when Daryl was drafted, "He's a right tackle." That guy and GVR are gonna get abused by mediocre-at-best speed rushers like Dante Fowler and Shaq Barrett all season. Moton or Little need to get a chance ASAP. Not buying the pass rush either. People love talking up our front seven but in reality, we only have an elite DL if you are looking at 2015, not 2019. McCoy and Poe aren't special anymore and Short isn't elite either, though still good. Another inexcusable thing is no screens called when we are getting blitzed like crazy, and that god awful trick play to end the game, which EVERYONE knew was coming. Not one person watching was fooled. Like, how do you mess that up? How do you not go with a money play like Armah and Cam diving up the middle? Like I said earlier, easily avoidable mistakes are killing us.

I'm actually slightly encouraged by Cam's play last night. I haven't seen that much zip or air underneath his passes since 2016. Maybe he just needs game action to get back into a rhythm and get used to the timing again since he's been mostly dinking and dunking the past two years. I do hope his foot is okay and that he can begin running again. Excellent dimension he brings to the offense and we're clearly worse off without it. Not convinced he's done. I mean, he just outplayed Goff last week and no one is saying Goff is done. I am however, done with Rivera and Norv. I just don't envision us winning the big one with them. We need an offensive minded coach who can take advantage of the tools we have with guys like DJ and Samuel and CMC who can line up all over the place, in addition to what Cam and Olsen obviously bring to the table. It doesn't make sense that we don't have constant big plays and guys getting open all the time like when I watch other teams play. It's embarrassing that we are so behind.

[Burnout189]

56 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

I don't actually regret it. I love the team and showing support internationally will be cool regardless of how they're playing, in addition to hanging out with huddlers/roaring rioters in london. And no matter how poorly that goes I've got ten days in Europe to enjoy.

If you have ten days in Europe you best skedaddle over to Germany and get some of the best beer on Earth.

[MVPccaffrey]

29 minutes ago, TheRed said:

The fickle fans throwing Cam in the trash lack the resolve and testicular fortitude to endure losing. They'll disappear eventually through the rebuild. No point even quoting them.

This must be what the last stand looks like after all the race baiting and "fake fan" accusations have fallen flat in what is obvious to 95% of the board.

We're enduring losing right now.  That 9 game losing streak and all stretching back to last November, with another 8-10 losses this year remaining.  We'll win a game or two, maybe even three more than '01 or '10, but we're no longer on the precipice.  We've fallen off.  

[TheRed]

18 minutes ago, *FreeFua* said:

Ah yes the superior fan of the Carolina Panthers the almighty TheRed, who watches every game from his couch...

If we were all just as diehard as you BOA would be completely empty every home game and the team would be playing elsewhere

You didn't even wait a full quarter against the Rams before creating a reactionary thread blasting DJ Moore. I don't care how many games someone attends if they are that much of a baby about what amounts to little more than entertainment at the end of the day. Life isn't easy bub. Get used to it.

[*FreeFua*]

3 minutes ago, TheRed said:

You didn't even wait a full quarter against the Rams before creating a reactionary thread blasting DJ Moore. I don't care how many games someone attends if they are that much of a baby about what amounts to little more than entertainment at the end of the day. Life isn't easy bub. Get used to it.

The guy who doesn’t leave his house telling someone else about life...

thats gold 

[BrianS]

41 minutes ago, TheRed said:

The fickle fans throwing Cam in the trash lack the resolve and testicular fortitude to endure losing. They'll disappear eventually through the rebuild. No point even quoting them.

Why should losing EVER be acceptable?  Class?  Class?  Anyone?  Bueller?

Cam will still have a chance to show everyone this year that the first two games were an aberration.  But the early returns look really, really bad considering the narrative all off season has been "Cam is *RIGHT* this year".

[RevJ]

I paused.

I considered.

I don’t think they are better than I think.

What makes it worse is  that as much as I hate to say it, I no longer think they are very good, at least not at this point.

[TheRed]

5 minutes ago, BrianS said:

Why should losing EVER be acceptable?  Class?  Class?  Anyone?  Bueller?

Cam will still have a chance to show everyone this year that the first two games were an aberration.  But the early returns look really, really bad considering the narrative all off season has been "Cam is *RIGHT* this year".

Has anyone said losing is "acceptable"?

Doesn't mean it's not inevitable. Especially for a small market team barely 2 decades into it's existence. Even moreso if we are looking for another franchise QB much sooner than we anticipated. There's gonna be losing. You can put your big boy pants on and handle it or you can hop on another bandwagon. That's sports.