Power Rankings - Panthers moving on up

[Zod]

Here are the power rankings from across the interwebs provided by panthers.com The Panthers were typically ranked 5 spots lower last week across the board. 

 

25th NFL.com

NFC South: Buccaneers 1st, Saints 10th, Falcons 28th

ANALYSIS: "Sam Darnold got his Revenge Game, but the most exciting development to come out of a 19-14 win over the Jets was a Carolina defensive front seven that used speed and athleticism to completely outclass its opponent. Brian Burns and Shaq Thompson led a swarming Panthers defense that had rookie Zach Wilson running for his life from the first series. Darnold overcame some early miscues to deliver a strong performance in his Panthers debut, while Christian McCaffrey -- a ho-hum 187 total yards -- was back to looking like the best running back in football. These Panthers could be frisky."

 

23rd ESPN.com

NFC South: Buccaneers 2nd, Saints 9th, Falcons 27th

ANALYSIS: "Top rookie: CB Jaycee Horn

Horn wasn't perfect, as he did give up an 8-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter, but that was on a perfect pass from Zach Wilson to Corey Davis. What he didn't do in playing all but one defensive snap was give up anything big down the field. He kept the plays in front of him and his man-to-man coverage allowed the defensive front to pressure Wilson. Not a bad start for the son of former NFL receiver Joe Horn."

 

23rd CBSSports.com

 

NFC South: Buccaneers 1st, Saints 6th, Falcons 29th

ANALYSIS: "They did some good things in beating the Jets, but they have to be better than that going forward. It sure has to be good to have Christian McCaffrey back running the football."

 

26th BleacherReport.com

NFC South: Buccaneers 1st, Saints 10th, Falcons 31st

ANALYSIS: "They say that revenge is a dish best served cold. If that's the case, then Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold must have been feeling pretty frosty Sunday.

Granted, it was a hardly a blowout. But Darnold got a measure of payback against the team that he spent his first three seasons with, throwing for 279 yards and a long score to another ex-Jet, Robby Anderson.

Darnold and Anderson weren't the only players on Carolina's offense that showed up. Tailback Christian McCaffrey turned 30 touches into 187 total yards. Wide receiver D.J. Moore caught six of eight targets for 80 yards. Carolina's defense notched six sacks and allowed just 252 total yards.

It was a good performance on both sides of the ball, but it also came against one of the league's worst teams.

A much stiffer test awaits in Week 2 against a New Orleans Saints team that just smoked the Green Bay Packers."

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[ForJimmy]

[Harbingers]

11 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

What are we the dirtiest player in hockey? 
 

[Captroop]

I'm surprised it moved that much, TBH. How much does it mean, really, to beat the Jets in a one-score game? You've got to be happy about the win, but I still don't think it told us much about the team. However, considering the starters to this point had only a half of a preseason game to get into a rhythm, I think this week should tell us a lot more of who we are, and where we really belong in the power rankings.

[Ocpanthertew714]

[Khyber53]

It's not to the deluxe apartment in the sky yet. The beans will still burn in the kitchen if we aren't careful.

[thunderraiden]

3 minutes ago, Captroop said:

I'm surprised it moved that much, TBH. How much does it mean, really, to beat the Jets in a one-score game? You've got to be happy about the win, but I still don't think it told us much about the team. However, considering the starters to this point had only a half of a preseason game to get into a rhythm, I think this week should tell us a lot more of who we are, and where we really belong in the power rankings.

Come on, the first half could have easily been 35-0 if we didn't fumble on the one and two passes were 6 inches closer to the WR/TE. Thats like the people at the game shitting on Wilson because of his stats, fug stats, use your eyes. The eye test screams that the panthers completely dominated the Jets and the only reason the score is closer than what the game looked like is because the entire second half was garbage time.

[joemac]

And when we beat the Saints on Sunday we will be up in the 18-21 range.  

[Captroop]

41 minutes ago, thunderraiden said:

Come on, the first half could have easily been 35-0 if we didn't fumble on the one and two passes were 6 inches closer to the WR/TE. Thats like the people at the game shitting on Wilson because of his stats, fug stats, use your eyes. The eye test screams that the panthers completely dominated the Jets and the only reason the score is closer than what the game looked like is because the entire second half was garbage time.

Okay, using my eyes, I saw us make mistakes that cost us points. Great teams don't fumble inside the 5-yard line. If we were dominating them, it would have shown up on the scoreboard.

But it's a small sample size, and there was certainly rust we needed to shake off. Are those costly mistakes rust, or is execution a problem for the team? We don't know yet, but this week will tell us a lot more than the win over the Jets did.

[Shotgun]

It sure feels nice to move up to the high 20s.

[jfra78]

Worst undefeated team in the league.

[Zod]

1 hour ago, Khyber53 said:

It's not to the deluxe apartment in the sky yet. The beans will still burn in the kitchen if we aren't careful.

Fish fry in the kitchen.

Beans burn on the grill.

Took a whole lot of trying 

Just to get up that hill

[BlackPanther21_]

8 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

Worst undefeated team in the league.

UHHHH... Texans?