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Bleacher report About our panthers

ncguy2184

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It is tough to be fan of a really bad football team. Game days seem like something to punish you instead of something that you take pride in. You wait for turnovers instead of touchdowns, injuries instead of trade inquiries, suffering instead of Super Bowls and at the end of it all, you are just glad that the offseason and the false hope it sometimes provides is coming.

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/760811-carolina-panthers-2011-preview-get-your-cam-eras-ready?utm_campaign=buzztap&utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

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Pretty sure people don't like it when someone posts things from bleacher report, its no different than reposting a forum thread for the simple fact Bleacher report is news articles from your every day fan.... the ones that sit in the bleachers of games... that's why its called bleacher report.

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Panthercougar68 Grand Master

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The way this is written you would think the Panthers have been 2-14 for the past 5 seasons.

Not only were the 2010 Carolina Panthers one of the worst teams in the history of the National Football League

HIGHLY debatable

but they also had one of the worst quarterback situations in league history

this not so much

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this not so much

I could probably agree if they said "quarterback performances" instead of situations, as their assessment makes no mention of the ineptitude displayed by the offensive (no pun intended) coaching.

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Oh how soon we forget...

do you guys remember sitting through those games last year? I don't know about you but there was a point where Sundays did in fact feel like a punishment. Especially after the 09 season.

and yes last year they did put up the stats to be one of the worst teams in history. The stats are debatable but the team was horrible.

That is why I am looking forward to this season so much we can only be better.

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Oh how soon we forget...

do you guys remember sitting through those games last year? I don't know about you but there was a point where Sundays did in fact feel like a punishment. Especially after the 09 season.

and yes last year they did put up the stats to be one of the worst teams in history. The stats are debatable but the team was horrible.

That is why I am looking forward to this season so much we can only be better.

Who said the team was good?

The team was bad but not the worst in NFL history.

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no way is our team in the conversation for worst in the history of the NFL, but it was pretty awful.

still, maybe I'm a nutjob, but I still loved sundays. If nothing else, I got a kick out of watching the D play in the 2nd and 3rd quarter most games.

also, every time clausen completed a pass I'd get giddy and hope that he'd make it two in a row. he almost never did, but when he did, man, that made sunday great.

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Not worst, one of the worst...there is a thread a while back I think people could only name 3-4 teams statistically worse and a couple didn't count because it wasn't the same 16 game plan...etc. I would guess they would not break out of the top ten worst of all time, I could be wrong, too lazy to look up.

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