If you're not proud of this team after that performance...

[Jay Roosevelt]

Then take your ass on somewhere else.

All week half this board was saying they wished the Saints had won so we wouldn't get embarrassed on national TV in the playoffs.

Yes, we lost. But this team and us as fans have NOTHING to be embarrassed about after that showing.

Keep Pounding, motherfuger!

[UAPanther]

[T-Wazzle]

Great game 

[LegioX]

3 minutes ago, Jay Roosevelt said:

Then take your ass on somewhere else.

All week half this board was saying they wished the Saints had won so we wouldn't get embarrassed on national TV in the playoffs.

Yes, we lost. But this team and us as fans have NOTHING to be embarrassed about after that showing.

Keep Pounding, motherfuger!

In our defense we have been playing like trash at the end of the season. Just win/loss/win/loss all season. They played great and I will eat crow. I just want to see this intensity and grit translate into next season on a consistent basis! 

[beckersteen]

I'm left scratching my head to be honest with the coaching. In that situation I think you have to go aggressive on defense. Press or at least tighten up coverage so you are actually in front of the first down markers. Blitz more. It forces the issue. We either get our stop or they score quicker and then we have more time than 30 seconds to get a field goal. The way we played it we effectively took ourselves out of the game, I don't get it. It's like the coaches literally didn't understand their situation. We played the softest zones and let them pick up 10-15 yards at a time, literally just let them. That allows them to march up field in increments and burn time. I don't get it. 

Edited 20 hours ago by beckersteen

[ChibCU]

Just now, LegioX said:

In our defense we have been playing like trash at the end of the season. Just win/loss/win/loss all season. They played great and I will eat crow. I just want to see this intensity and grit translate into next season on a consistent basis! 

We need another positive offseason. We’ve just been losing in the offseason for nearly a decade… that begins to change and we will have more success. 

[Shotgun]

I bet the rams hate playing the panthers after this season. lol 

[CarolinaRideorDie]

Very proud of this team for this year. We didn’t even expect playoffs but we got in, and we played competitively to the end! We are also a young team, I’m already ready for next year!! 

[SaltAndPepper]

I'm so... ugh. All I can think about is the now. I love this team so much though it's just... ugh. 

WE WERE SO FLIPPING CLOSE.

[Cuttinedge]

My hats off to them for leaving it all on the field. They did play  their  guts out. That being said we have some players and coaches who aren’t it and need upgrading 

[Castavar]

5 minutes ago, beckersteen said:

I'm left scratching my head to be honest with the coaching. In that situation I think you have to go aggressive on defense. Press or at least tighten up coverage so you are actually in front of the first down markers. Blitz more. It forces the issue. We either get our stop or they score quicker and then we have more time than 30 seconds to get a field goal. The way we played it we effectively took ourselves out of the game, I don't get it. It's like the coaches literally didn't understand their situation. We played the softest zones and let them pick up 10-15 yards at a time, literally just let them. That allows them to march up field in increments and burn time. I don't get it. 

Fuggin preach brotha. 

We literally chose the WORST option we could have. You play aggressive AF there and either a turnover happens, or they score a quick TD, which is EXACTLY what you want. We have 3 fuggin timeouts and all the time left in the world, if there was EVER a time to play aggressive with no worries, it was then. 

[hepcat]

After literally 8 years of miserable football, We just watched the Panthers play a hell of a game in the playoffs. From where we were 2 years ago after firing Reich and finishing 2-15 with Bryce looking like a bust, we’ve come a LONG way. We should all be VERY proud of this team and the future is very bright. 

[jopie87]

Needed one more play. They got it a few weeks ago, made the play to win it. And just couldn't or wouldn't this time. This one will sting for a while. They have to be a much better team next year. That schedule is brutal.

[DeadpoolPanther]

They found out what makes the playoffs different and stepped up. Learn, improve, come back for it next season.