Panthers A Sleeping Giant (Article)

[csx]

We get a defense and we're in the playoffs.... and once you get in the tournament anything can happen.

It's just so easy and simple, why don't the other teams try to get defenses?

[rayzor]

i'll buy everyone of those bold statements.

i'm totally on board with that 3000 yard rushing. i've been saying that for a while. i thought we were capable of it before cam got here. now i see it as very likely.

i'm not quite so bullish on the defense being a top 5, but top 10? yeah, i can see it. at the very least a top 15.

if we continue to have that dominant run game and passing game as well as even just a mediocre defense, i can see us heading into the playoffs as a wildcard. if the saints struggle next year at all i can see us rising above them in the NFCS.

[OneBadassCat]

The Panthers are a sleeping giant and have been for a number of years. The Panthers have a lot of cornerstone players in comparison to the league. Smith, Beason, Kalil, Gross, Wharton, Gamble, Johnson, Anderson, TD(used to be), and how Cam Newton and Greg Olsen. We just gotta get some depth and build the defense.

[The_Mango55]

3000 yards is crazy. Nobody has done it for at least 20 years (that was all I could be bothered to look up).

The Pats hold the record for yards in a season at 3,165 yards in 78.

EDIT: Looks like it's only been done twice since the merger, 78 Pats and 73 Bills

[OneBadassCat]

Not sure if I want 3000 yds, that means Cam is running a lot. I'd rather him have 5,000 yds passing and get Smitty 2000 yds and his ticket to the HOF.

[jtnc]

Not sure if I want 3000 yds, that means Cam is running a lot. I'd rather him have 5,000 yds passing and get Smitty 2000 yds and his ticket to the HOF.

Actually it means we're running a lot, Cam's passing yards were much lower than the start of the season because our running game picked up. And a result of that he threw less interceptions.

[rayzor]

3000 yards is crazy. Nobody has done it for at least 20 years (that was all I could be bothered to look up).

The Pats hold the record for yards in a season at 3,165 yards in 78.

EDIT: Looks like it's only been done twice since the merger, 78 Pats and 73 Bills

Not sure if I want 3000 yds, that means Cam is running a lot. I'd rather him have 5,000 yds passing and get Smitty 2000 yds and his ticket to the HOF.

we have been pushing 2500 for several years. in '08 and '09 we were just under that. last year we were at 2400...and that was with the run game getting a really slow start.

i don't think we would have to have more carries per game because i can see it being more efficient than last year along with the whole offense.

while it's not likely, it's definitely doable.

[ScottInStanley]

Dont really get saying they will now have tape(game planning) on Cam. Thats what all the trolls said after his first couple of starts about the rest of the season. Fact is you cant stop greatness. There are years of tape on Peyton, Brady, Brees etc... and yet they continue to torch defenses. Best any team can do is hope to contain him, the DWill and JStew will burn them. Just sayin.....

[rayzor]

Dont really get saying they will now have tape(game planning) on Cam. Thats what all the trolls said after his first couple of starts about the rest of the season. Fact is you cant stop greatness. There are years of tape on Peyton, Brady, Brees etc... and yet they continue to torch defenses. Best any team can do is hope to contain him, the DWill and JStew will burn them. Just sayin.....

this sounds a bit homerish, but considering what we saw last year from cam and the rest of the offense, i think there's a lot of truth to it. much more likely that this is the case than cam and the offense taking a significant step backward.

[CRA]

Dont really get saying they will now have tape(game planning) on Cam. Thats what all the trolls said after his first couple of starts about the rest of the season. Fact is you cant stop greatness. There are years of tape on Peyton, Brady, Brees etc... and yet they continue to torch defenses. Best any team can do is hope to contain him, the DWill and JStew will burn them. Just sayin.....

No, you can stop Brady, etc......it is just very difficult to do.

There will eventually be a Cam blueprint regardless of how he develops.......few teams probably will have the bodies to implement it though.

[ScottInStanley]

Not being a homer, just saying if Cam becomes an elite QB, which i think we all believe he can be, then even the best game plan will only be able to contain him and open it up for our other players to have big games. But if our defense cant stop anyone and we cant hit clutch FGs it wont matter anyway

[megadeth078]

Top 5 ranked NFL defense in 2012? Isn't that what you usually need to guarantee that you make it to the playoffs? This article should have spent more time explaining how it's possible to go from #28 to #5 defense in one season rather than explaining how likely it is that we go to the NFC Championship game.

This article may be something I fap to on a rainy night, but if I wanna be a realist, this article is a mess.

[Montsta]

No, you can stop Brady, etc......it is just very difficult to do.

There will eventually be a Cam blueprint regardless of how he develops.......few teams probably will have the bodies to implement it though.

It's like us turning TD into our Vick neutralizer. Watch NFC South teams start drafting linebackers whose sole job it is to spy Cam.

[joemac]

It's like us turning TD into our Vick neutralizer. Watch NFC South teams start drafting linebackers whose sole job it is to spy Cam.

That worked out awesome for us...