Sporters reporters forecast Panthers record

[raleigh-panther]

1 hour ago, Khyber53 said:

Well, in 2003 we had Rodney Peete and had just snagged some Cajun dude who'd spent time on and off New Orleans' bench and practice squad, had played a bit in Europe. Moose was being considered kind of a guy that hadn't lived up to being a WR1 and Smitty was interesting but hadn't really evolved yet. And then there was Ricky Proehl, an aging, not-so-fast white guy with good hands. Our RB corps was a rookie out of UCLA with a lot of question marks and an aging guy who'd just been jettisoned by the Deadskins. Our o-line was suspect and our offensive play caller was a former head coach of the Falcons.

Of course, we had this monster of a player at DE named Julius Peppers. The league had gotten a glimpse of him the year before but they had no idea. No idea at all what they were running into.

In 2015 we lost Kelvin Benjamin in the pre-season to injury and we were ready to hang it up right then and there. It would take 15 regular season games and one really pissed off Falcons team before someone would hang a loss on us. 

So, maybe, just maybe, we can find a spark of magic this season, the conditions seem eerily familiar. Sure would be nice.

No matter the reason, no matter how found, we had 2 QBs in Cam and jake that the nfl stage was not too big for

it all begins and ends there 

in 2003, a mix of receivers and stephen davis 

and in 2015, we all remembered who and what we had then

with Young, the NCAA game was not too big for him.  The nfl game may be   We shall see how he does this season    I dont believe in him   I want to but he has to show me something when it matters    No more excuses for him   

 

[TD alt]

On 9/4/2025 at 5:57 PM, frankw said:

Running game wasn't the problem at all last year and we've added much more to that room.

As much as I want to see this team win some games early I do not want to see a herculean effort from Chuba or the rest of the run game to achieve it. We've got a lot tied up in the passing game and ultimately that's why we hired Canales.

If you can run all over a team, you do it. That's a football truth as old as time immemorial. 

[TD alt]

I am loathe to make any predictions before I see the team in action. Within that vein, on the eve before the beginning of the NFL season in earnest, I will say that four wins is the floor and 11 wins is the ceiling. 

Call my sizable spread a "copout" if you like,  but I will tell you, "Nobody knows sh¡t at least until the end of the month."

That's the way I see it, and, for now, that's what I'm sticking to. 

 

[Moonraker]

I'll just say that if we end up at 6 wins, only 1 game better than last season...I will be disappointed, but not surprised. 

[SOJA]

i have us at 7-10 or 8-9. I think we could start the season 5-5, if we don't though we are going to be bad bad 

[kungfoodude]

Still sticking with my 4-7 wins prediction from very early in the offseason. I have seen little over free agency, the draft, training camp and preseason to sway that.

It's a long haul, at this point. I just want to see some semblance of progress, answer a few key personnel questions and perhaps start to look like there is some sort of direction we are heading. 

[Carolina Cajun]

On 9/4/2025 at 9:25 AM, CRA said:

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

I often say, 50% of the playoff teams will make it because of their total talent, but the other 50% is based almost entirely on injury luck.  IF we stay healthy, we can definitely win the division, maybe even get all the way to 11 wins if we're completely healthy all year, but as you saw last year, an injury to someone as important as DB can completely tank the season.

[Wanderlai]

My prediction…

[Shotgun]

On 9/4/2025 at 12:40 PM, cranky said:

You didn't see the team be incompetent. You saw the 2nd and 3rd stringers playing what the sub coaches called. Nothing more. I don't think anyone really knows how the team will be at this point. I, for one, hope it is a continuation of late last season.

Nope, I saw the team be incompetent then and now. You think they look competent? Really?