How Are You Doing as a Fan??

[TD alt]

I just look for incremental progress. I didn't expect a good season, because that's not what happens when your team is a disaster. I enjoyï seeing some of our new additions make a few plays, and that gives me hope that there is 8ii to build upon. Let's get the QB right, and perhaps the progress will become more perceptible to more people.

[BIGH2001]

Interest in the panthers and the NFL is at an all time low for me. I used to never miss SNF or MNF and I’ve probably watched 30 minutes of those games all year. Didn’t turn on either for one second this week and turned our game off when it hit 21-7. I haven’t attended a home game in 4 years and don’t know when I’ll be back. The team is just a collection of mismatched free agents and awful draft picks who mainly seem like their biggest interest is in collecting a paycheck. I believe Canales when he says he wants to build a culture but realistically the cards are stacked way against that.

 

[Ricky Prickles]

As fans of this team in the end it's just a game. We have the luxury of not being paid by the organization and having jobs in the line so to us it's just a game. The sun will still rise and set no matter how many games this team wins or loses. I want them to be successful but in the end I don't control it or even make decisions to help it so I have to just accept what I see and if I'm not content with the results not let it get to me that badly. My on the bright side comment would be "At least we don't have to watch Bryce lead this team on offense any longer as it was completely unwatchable then".

[Day1PanthersFan]

Thank God it's Hockey Season 

I will probably be dissapointed in April again, but it will be better than the Panthers

[TNPanther]

I will admit, my resolve as a fan is being tested. But I will remain a Panthers fan as long as I follow football. Nothing will change that. My girlfriend asked me the other day, "would you ever consider switching teams?" My reply was, "what the hell is the fun in that?"

My degree of investment has changed though. Like most others have expressed, I no longer emotionally react to what's going on. QB sacked? Eye roll. Defense gives up a big play? Sigh. People poke fun at the Panthers helmet on my desk at the office? Yeah, whatever, we suck. I've started watching RedZone on my phone at the Riot watch parties. I care more about my fantasy team than the result of the Panthers game. 

A big part of this apathy stems from the fact that we have nobody on the roster to grow attached to as fans. We have had a different opening week starting QB every year since Rhule kicked Cam to the curb. Our currently best players are a punter, an injured DT, and a running back whom we joke about Rhule's wife drafting. Long gone are the days of fan-favorite staples like Luke, TD, Olsen, Cam, Kalil, to name a few. Even more recently, we had guys like CMC, Luvu, and Burns who were marketable. The 2023> Panthers merely consist of a revolving door of JAG faces. Besides our two QB's, the team's most recognizable player outside of diehard fan circles is... wait for it... Ja'Daveon Clowney. Incredibly shitty drafting over a 4 year period will do that to a franchise.

I'm making the trip from ATL to Charlotte for one game at BoA this year, 11/3 against New Orleans. I am doing so mainly because my GF and I enjoy visiting Charlotte. I otherwise couldn't care less about financially supporting the current iteration of the Panthers and/or giving my money to Tepper.