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Sporters reporters forecast Panthers record

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Adam Rank (NFL Media): 9-8

Nate Davis (USA Today Sports): 8-9

Joe Person (The Athletic): 8-9

Alex Zietlow (The Charlotte Observer): 8-9

Mike Kaye (The Charlotte Observer): 7-10

NFL Nation (ESPN): 7-10

Vinnie Iyer (The Sporting News): 7-10

Greg Auman (FOX Sports): 7-10

Conor Orr (Sports Illustrated): 6-11

Ali Bhanpuri (NFL Media): 6-11

Matt Johnston (Sportsnaut): 6-11

John Breech (CBS Sports): 5-12

Moe Moton (Bleacher Report): 4-13

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NFL is weird....a team can win 4 games or 7 games and it really just come down to lucky breaks or unlucky breaks.  This team really feels like a 6ish wins type team.  They could win more or less.   The division is bad.  So, I expect bad a lot of games featuring bad football teams and that can result in wins. 

 6ish wins sounds about right.  

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14 minutes ago, therealmjl said:

Nothing about this roster screams 9 wins

Some writers  are either 

a. Optimists

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b  don't know the team 

of course 2 things can be true at the sane  time 

i see 6 wins, tops and that is generous

Evero is one of the main reasons i feel that way   …it wouldn't matter what players he has…  thank God his contract is up this year .  

 

 

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1 hour ago, CRA said:

I mean, it would take injuries to knock Tampa down to being on par with us.  

Yeah, TB seems head and shoulders above the rest of the division with a sizable step down to ATL and then us and N.O. at the base of a cliff below that. I do think we have a good chance of being better than N.O. and if Penix has a sophomore slump 2nd in the division wouldn't be a crazy outcome but something pretty crazy would have to happen for us to catch TB.

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1 minute ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

The NFC South is so bad that hosting a playoff game isn't impossible.  But neither is picking in the top 5 next draft.

Exactly. The NFC South is the most unpredictable division in football right now. I think people are overestimating the Falcons and underestimating the Saints (they can run the ball and play defense), but it really could be any of the 4 that win the division. Will be interesting to see it play out.

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biggest concern for me in terms of record, the first 5 game slate is where the Panthers need to be picking up decent % of their total wins. 

and I think the Panthers appear to be limping into the season.   Past 2 years, that was has been talked about and it panned out as such.  Nothing says the Panthers are coming in hot....which they really need to IMO. 

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2 minutes ago, XClown1986 said:

Exactly. The NFC South is the most unpredictable division in football right now. I think people are overestimating the Falcons and underestimating the Saints (they can run the ball and play defense), but it really could be any of the 4 that win the division. Will be interesting to see it play out.

I think the 3 easiest division winners to call are the Bills, Eagles, and Bucs. 

 

 

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I'm not sure that Tampa is the clear favorite. Yes they have the best offense on paper, for sure. But that defense? Tampa's linebackers and secondary are suspect. I think they are going to get ripped apart in the short and intermediate passing game. The best player in their back 7 is Lavonte David and he is 35. And if Dean or Winfield get injured? Oof.

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