The Sad Thing About Monday Night...

[KAYA]

Half our fanbase probably thinks that should be the normal level of performance.

Great point. Alot of fans have unrealistic expectations.

[PantherExpress]

You should stop using it, then.

Indeed. When watching our boys on Sunday I fall back to that old time saying 'Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.' I don't expect us to put up those stats every week, but I expect us to play that hard. As been said, our O-Line is starting to gel and we are healthy this late into the season, which is great, that (as we all know) could be a huge factor given a key player goes down. I think they lit the fire at Green Bay and now they're fanning the flames, let's see if they can keep putting wood on it.

[unicar15]

Jake had a 75 passer rating with two picks and one TD?? Our running game picked up the slack but what am I missing here? Did something happen in that game that was unusually positive?? Our defense gave up easy pass completions and stopped the run...if anything I think that we should improve from this game. Especially with Jakes consistency and our defensive play.

[Matt Foley]

To me this win is comparable to NY's win over Baltimore a few weeks ago.

Obviously it has more meaning due to the Division rivalry, but I think that's a pretty comparable win.

Tennessee?

[Delhommey]

Tennessee?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?id=3706517

[Planiversal]

I find the more I use the word "should," the more disappointed I am with life.

what is this? the zen of football fandom?

[panthersphan]

W/ 2 first round running backs. 2 first round OT's

We should be able to run run run all day long...maybe not 300 yards...

[francois.nc]

W/ 2 first round running backs. 2 first round OT's

We should be able to run run run all day long...maybe not 300 yards...

Amen...

[Matt Foley]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?id=3706517

Thought you may have meant the Jets. My bad.

There is virtually no way the Panthers can play on the same high level for Denver and the final two road games, and even if they did, the week off would kill them in the playoffs.

Best case scenario for Panthers fans....team escapes with ugly win versus Denver, ekes out slugfest versus the G-Men and then wins a wild and wacky finale versus New Orleans where Smitty goes crazy or something like that, giving opposing d. coordinators two things to concentrate on at the same time.

[Delhommey]

I can get on board with that.

[Carolina Husker]

Thought you may have meant the Jets. My bad.

There is virtually no way the Panthers can play on the same high level for Denver and the final two road games, and even if they did, the week off would kill them in the playoffs.

Best case scenario for Panthers fans....team escapes with ugly win versus Denver, ekes out slugfest versus the G-Men and then wins a wild and wacky finale versus New Orleans where Smitty goes crazy or something like that, giving opposing d. coordinators two things to concentrate on at the same time.

poo. I'll take 3 wins uglier than the Oakland game if I can get 'em...

[engine9]

Half our fanbase probably thinks that should be the normal level of performance.

I don't think that way at all, but hey at least we won. We'll do better next time.