The Panthers' biggest Rival?

[PanthersATL]

36 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

Falcons and Saints go back to old NFCW days, I’d give the edge to the Falcons

thought our rivalry back then was SF.  There was some good SF games in that era, IIRC

[PantherKyle]

surprised by the poll. its easily the saints for me. 

[MHS831]

4 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

Whoever poses the biggest and most consistent threat.  That team will draw the most ire from our current fans.

Yeah, because I HATED S. Payton and Brees, but now the Saints are a non factor.

Nationally, there was a time when Seattle might have been the answer to that question.  We just have never been consistently good--no 2 consecutive seasons with winning records (I think).  We are too busy trashing our QB and coaches to worry about the other sideline.  I think that just changed.

 

[AggieLean]

Living in Atlanta, it’s the falcons for me. I look forward to that game, here in ATL, every year. The trash talking, being in that stadium with my panthers jersey on…it’s a high like no other. Only problem is we have been trash for awhile now. We still lost more against them than we won while Cam was in his prime, but it was still fun. 
 

I’ll be at the season opener since it’s down here. Can’t wait, and with Bryce, I’ve got a reason to be hopeful and talk a little trash. Been a long time. 

[thefuzz]

Atlanta.

Between Vick and Ryan, they have been pretty good vs us long term...with Cam, we normally had their number, or at least it seemed that way.

And I hate that city, so Atlanta.  I like NO and Tampa too much to hate on them.

[Ricky Spanish]

For me I think Atlanta is our bigger rival due to the geography and how close we are to each other, but I hate the Saints more, if that makes sense?

Either way I'll never get tired of chanting "85 SOUTH" whenever we beat ATL at home.

[MechaZain]

I hate NO more but it's Atlanta mostly due to proximity. Bridgewater yucking it up with Saints bench set that rivalry back 10 years.

[X-Clown]

I equally hate both the saints and falcons. Their fan bases would say they are each others biggest rival.

[Beast_3000]

1 hour ago, rayzor said:

we lost our team character and personality during the rhule years. we lost our identity. 

you need to have that to have a rivalry going. so we don't really have one right now. i think we'll get one, but the NFCS has been so bad for so long i think none of us have really any bravado or reason for it.

I was just think about this yesterday. Rhule was like the girl we all dated and asked ourselves WHY afterwards ???? We lost our swag our identity our moxy our desire to like football
 

Dumbest head coach hire in Panther history. 

[Soul Rebel]

I think ATL has to be our natural rival and there's been many games that have drawn bad blood.

Closest to us, I-85 rivalry.....ATL vs. CLT as a big metropolitan southern city.

The Mike Vick years of beating us....Smitty/Brandon/Cam fights....Cam's huuuuge run at the Bank.

I do think most fans "hate" the Saints for more reasons, but my vote is the Falcons. Their 28-3 game quickly wiped away our HORRIBLE SB50 public embarassment too.

 

 

[Tomcatn]

I used to root for the Cons before the Cats came along, never was a Skins fan. After the "Matty Ice" incident on their field they are now dead to me no matter who's chucking the ball. 

[DeAngelo Beason]

I'd say Atlanta, mostly because of I-85.

[shaqattaq]

2 hours ago, OceanPanther said:

Our first regular season game ever,, Addlanna falcons..  Sept 3, 1995, Georgia Dome, we shocked the NFL with a 20-23 loss in over time.  We took over their stadium that day. It was wild and crazy. Addlanna is our rival. 

I was going to say the Taints, but you convinced me! Fug the Falcons!!!

[shaqattaq]

26 minutes ago, Soul Rebel said:

I do think most fans "hate" the Saints for more reasons, but my vote is the Falcons.

Bountygate is my main reason for the hate! Just as I will always hate the pats for cheating us out of a superbowl.