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Rank the Panther teams

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1. 2003...Not as good as 1996 or 2008, but they won when it counted. If you ranked the top 10 Panther victories, five would come from this season.

2. 1996...This team was average and maybe even below average offensively, but that defense was bad ass. Greene, Mills, Lathon...I think this defense was better than 02 or 03.

3. 2008...This was probably the most feared Panthers team ever. No one wanted any part of Double Trouble, but we all know how it ended. A QB with the yips and an OC determined to win with him throwing, inexplicably.

4. 2005...One can only wonder what would have happened if this team had won the division. Instead it had to win three playoff games in cold weather, and predictably injuries did it in at Seattle.

5. 1999...Looking at the offensive stats...how did they not make the playoffs? Well, an ole defense and a few Seifert brainfarts did them in.

6. 2009...Three games in, it looked like not just the team, but the entire organization was imploding ala Texas Stadium. The opener was almost as crushing as the playoff loss that ended the season before, but this group was one of the top teams in the League at the end.

7. 2007...The Year of Vinny.

8. 2006...The Year of Keyshawn.

9. 1995...Best expansion team ever.

10. 2004...No team had ever even made the playoffs after a 2-6 start. The Panthers came this close to doing it after 1-7.

11. 1997...Back to reality after premature success.

12. 2002...Despite awesome defense, team lost eight straight.

13. 2000...Pretty forgettable. Beuerlein got beat up, setting up the end of the Seifert era.

14. 1998...The end of the Capers era.

15. 2001...Fifteen straight losses. Nuff said.

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