The "LAST TIME" you had true hope/hype coming into the season....

[LinvilleGorge]

6 minutes ago, Newbie said:

We even looked bad in preseason. 

We looked terrible in the preseason. I was sounding the alarm but got laughed off by the serious fans who know that preseason is completely irrelevant and that we didn't want to show what we had in Bryce and we'd really start kicking ass once the regular season started and we were game planning and scheming it up.

Well... I'm still waiting.

Now mind you, these same serious fans dismissing our preseason struggles were also spiking the football about how much better Bryce was gonna be because Stroud threw an INT on his first preseason drive.

[Johnstonny]

2 hours ago, TheBigKat said:

2019... I honestly thought a healthy Cam and this team was primed for one more run at it with the vets we had

 

 

 

Cam, CMC, DJ, Luke, TD, Olsen, Samuel, Olsen

 

Getting McCoy, having Dontari Poe, Bruce Irvin

 

This team was primed to take off but Cam's foot just had other idea. It was after this year it all got blown up and it was the last year that this team even had the semblance of a Carolina Panthers DNA team

 

as an aside, whoever knows the name / beat that McCaffrey is playing, I will venmo you $25, I can't find it

 

Look at the talent on that team.... who we got now? nobody.

[ECUPantherFan]

Rhule year 1. I bit hard on the hype.

[Billy Love]

2016

[Gapanthersfan]

This year, sadly. 
 

My God look at that list of blue chip players. We always had at least one or two every season. Now…

[SOJA]

This season. I didn't think we'd be great but I think I had our ceiling at 9-8 and our floor at 5-12. Thought we would be very similar to what I've seen from Houston this year. 

[T-Wazzle]

[OneBadCat]

I was hyped at the end of last year because I thought Wilks was going to get the job he earned and we would eventually resign Cam to get our big balls swag back.

 

Then we would inevitably draft AR or Stroud as the heir to the Empire once Cam inflicted his justice upon the league for the NFL stealing his Super Bowl 8 years prior. We would still have DJ Moore, and Foreman(he wouldn’t want to leave). Burns would be playing with heart. Chark would be getting hit in stride. And the world would be at peace. 

[SmokinwithWilly]

[jfra78]

99% of Panther fans were very hopeful this past offseason.  Not all thought we were heading to the playoffs, but most thought we were heading in the right direction

[45catfan]

1 hour ago, Billy Love said:

2016

ditto.

[Bigdaddy8523]

When I thought we were hiring Wilks I had hope. The last half of the season last year was the happiest I had been since they brought Cam back. I just knew we would get back to being the Keep Pounding Panthers. Then the trade happened for the 1st pick. I knew we were taking Stroud. Now I'm miserable again and don't see any way out of it.

[Car123]

2018

[The Huddler]

this year

 

 

all hope is gone