I can't help but agree with Jerry Richardson and the owners are yesterday.

[PantherFanForLife]

*supposed to be "after yesterday"

Yeah we lost. And yes great teams win consistently.

But we have been a bad team that's been playing bad. A young team. An inexperienced team. A team with a rookie QB. A team still trying to get into a rythm. A team making plenty mistakes.

And despite all that we led the Superbowl Champions yesterday. Despite those facts, had a legitimate shot of winning that game. Despite the facts our rookie QB had less impressive stats he made the bigger play yesterday against one of the masters.

If a team with all those problems can have a legitimate shot at beating the Champs, why again do we need to spend millions and millions on huge player contracts, free agency to get a marginally better result?

Sure 50 million spent in the offseason probably would have made the difference and gotten us the extra 3 points we needed to beat the Saints yesterday. But you know what? So would have another 5 minutes of gameplay if we could have gotten the ball back one more time, better game clock manangement, or another two weeks of improvement on this team. Or just a little bit more of a push!

This team has a legitimate shot of winning games against the best teams in this league on any given Sunday...and I don't think the answer between 14-16 and 17-16 is 50 million dollars in contracts and offseason aquisitions.

No I think those 3 points can be found just as easily, if not more effectively, in: practice, rythm, coaching, experience, growth, confidence, willpower and heart.

And those things are things JR has already paid for when he bought these guys. I can't help but feel that he's right. Despite that we were 0-3 these "scrubs" played hard for us yesterday and I felt they were genuine and had their head and heart in the right place. And THAT's something money CAN'T buy. Money can only borrow that for a couple of games or perhaps lease it during a contract year.

PS: Oh -on the record, about the record - I don't think Mr. Sam Bradford is playing 47 million dollars better than our Jimmy Clausen, and the Rams sure as hell don't show a 47 million dollar difference in their record compared to the Panthers record.