I'm wearing my optimism goggles in this thread

[Bronn]

The Panthers of old would have let that game yesterday turn into a 2014 Panthers/Vikings-esque "it was over before it really started" game.

Yeah we lost. Yeah Teddy had an ugly game. Yeah a lot of our other guys had bad days.

But the coaching was pretty solid. The defense, although missing some key players, didn't seem like they missed much of a beat.

We beat ourselves, for the most part, with mistakes. The INTs and the fumble killed us. The drops hurt too.

But we're still a young, talented, well-coached team. We'll bounce back.

A lot of credit goes to Chicago's defense. They are really, really good. Their offense isn't great, no, but they won the field position game, and Foles made some good throws.

Robby Anderson is a freaking beast. CMC will be coming back any day now. There aren't a lot of other tough defenses to face on the horizon that are comparable to Chicago's.

We'll be okay.

[joemac]

I think so too.  Even though we looked pretty terrible all game, we were somehow in a position to tie the game at the end.  The guys never gave up, and they kept battling all game long.  Chicago has by far the best D we have faced all season.  Hopefully they learned some things this game, and we can right the ship against the 'Aints.

[run-run-pass-punt]

This team is moving in the right direction, as anyone with eyes to see and a heart to feel is aware.