How The Polls Are Ranking The Panthers

[KatsAzz]

In a poll of nfl.com viewers, the Panthers were ranked as the leagues 23rd best team. Strangely, that's the same place nfldraftscout.com ranks them, in their mock drafts by Rang and Reuter, who had them drafting 9th in 2011.

Steve Wyche even ranked the Panthers at #30.

However. walterfootball.com expects the Panthers to make the playoffs, and draft 22nd.

Peter King picked the Panthers to make it to the Super Bowl, as a wildcard team.

If any of these predictions are correct, the Panthers could find themselves drafting anywhere from 3rd to 31st next year.

So much for the polls.

[Dpantherman]

when did king do that? i know he had us ranked 8th, but we weren't his SB pick...

[Dpantherman]

oh shiz yes he did. this has been up for a long time, how did i miss it???

[KatsAzz]

oh shiz yes he did. this has been up for a long time, how did i miss it???

I have no idea!

[Dpantherman]

So for five straight years there's been at least a 50-percent turnover in the playoff teams. Remember that as you throw crap at your computer when you see I don't have New England making the playoffs, but I do have Carolina in the big dance. There's not quite the same high number of playoff changes (I have five of 12 different from 2009), but I do have five of eight division winners changing.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/peter_king/05/16/ranking/index.html#ixzz0rM0Tp46w

he picked the Bears to win the SB bf the 2009 season...

[Carl Spackler]

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/peter_king/05/16/ranking/index.html#ixzz0rM0Tp46w

he picked the Bears to win the SB bf the 2009 season...

"The big dance" is a nickname for the NCAA Tournament, not the National Championship game. In his context I took that as us making the playoffs, not the Super Bowl.

[Dpantherman]

had it right the first time...

[brandon_87]

super bowl bound!!!!!!

[SorthNarolina]

There is no need to worry Dr.Z will pick us to go to the big dance.

[Woodcookedbbq]

Yeah that just simply tells me that they don't know. But I'm sure the reason for the low rankings is due to the fact that they simply don't know much about Matt Moore.

[SorthNarolina]

Yeah that just simply tells me that they don't know. But I'm sure the reason for the low rankings is due to the fact that they simply don't know much about Matt Moore.

What really annoys the poo out of me is that the media knows even less about Kolb yet they give him the benefit of a doubt.

[Frizzy350]

What really annoys the poo out of me is that the media knows even less about Kolb yet they give him the benefit of a doubt.

NFC east can do no wrong. if jason campbell were still on the 'skins everyone would say "he's poised to break out THIS year" AGAIN.

[eViL jEsTeR]

Yeah that just simply tells me that they don't know. But I'm sure the reason for the low rankings is due to the fact that they simply don't know much about Matt Moore.

how much do WE know about matt moore?

[monstercat]

how much do WE know about matt moore?

We know that he's played better than Kolb so far, even though Kolb is in a more QB friendly offense. For some reason though, I heard Baldinger say that Kolb was gonna be awesome this year, but he had all kinds of questions about Matt Moore. Based on the evidence, that makes no sense to me.

Granted, none of us really know how either of those QB's will turn out, but Moore has been here for 4 years and he was a better QB in 09 than he was when he got his first start in 07, so there has definitely been some improvement. Certainly, there is no reason to expect him to fail, unless you're judging him solely on his draft status.