2010 Expert Picks (Consensus: 3rd) from ESPN

[rey2009]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/preview10/team/_/name/car

WTF really !!!! they really think panther are gonna suck SMH

This get's me more pump for the season

[Frizzy350]

5. Defensive uncertainty: The defense doesn't look like a Fox defense. The days of Carolina's defense being built around the front four are long gone, with Julius Peppers' departure representing the disappearance of the last dinosaur. The Panthers are counting on some young guys emerging up front, and players such as Greg Hardy and Eric Norwood showed flashes in the preseason. But linebacker Jon Beason is the only player opposing offenses have to account for on every play. Beason is a tremendous player, but he can't carry a defense and is going to need help from a lot of angles.

^^^^

i guess getting 18 sacks in 3 games doesnt mean a darn thing.

[The_Cannon]

Yea the disrespect is sickening...but lets hope it doesn't just get the fans pumped, but it gets the guys in the locker room taking names too.

[Dpantherman]

you all should go back and see who they all picked preseason last year...these things are pointless. not worth thinking about

[Cat'sGrowl]

So, what they're saying is, according to their numerical rankings at the the bottom, the Panther's don't have a single elite player?

Riiiiiiiight.

Gotta love the "experts."

[Swarly]

you all should go back and see who they all picked preseason last year...these things are pointless. not worth thinking about

4 teams in the top 10 power rankings last season missed the playoffs lol

edit- and Saints were ranked #19.

[OneBadassCat]

Wow they don't even have Beason as an elite player. fug these guys.

[The_Cannon]

Wow they don't even have Beason as an elite player. f**k these guys.

List has no credibility. Smith AND Beason are both elite...Plus they have D-Will having the same rating as Maurice Jones Drew.. FRAUD

[Mother Grabber]

I like how Patty Y says not to sleep on the Panthers, rambles off a list of quality players, and then ranks us 3rd in the division.

[Chaos]

3rd is a safe pick for these douches who slobber on Matt Ryan. Only one of these guys had the nutsack to put us behind the Bucs.

As previously mentioned, these things are crap.

[tvandenberg]

(82) Gross is a natural knee-bender with above-average foot quickness, and good agility and body control. He understands blocking angles and knows how to position himself.

On a scale up to 100, Gross is only an 82? Show me an 'elite' tackle then.

:beatdeadhorse5:

[CAVSS]

The consensus is that experts pick from Large Market to Small market and call them "power rankings" in preseason most of the time. No shocker there.

[Davidson Deac II]

The consensus is that experts pick from Large Market to Small market and call them "power rankings" in preseason most of the time. No shocker there.

I am not sure market has anything to do with it. With a few exceptions, they picked the entire NFC to finish as it did last year. They flipped four pairs of teams, Minnesota and Green Bay, New York and Philly, Saints and Atlanta, and Arizona and San Francisco, and thats it as far as I can tell. They had all four teams that finished at the bottom last year finishing at the bottom this year and three of the third place teams remaining in the same spot.

Only two of the selections are even mildly interesting. They have the Falcons over the Saints, and Green Bay over the Vikes.

Same with the elite rankings. They are basing them on how the team finished last year. If the Panthers were coming off of an Championship game or Superbowl win; Smith, Beason, and Gross would all be elite players.

[Carolina Crazy V2]

All ESPN "EXPERTS" do is pick the 10 best teams that made the playoffs last year and add in two teams who just missed.