December 28th, 2008: Last time the Panthers were over .500 in the regular season

[PhillyB]

2003. Ricky Proehl caught a Jake Delhomme pass in the corner of the endzone on 4th-and-goal. It was the last play of the game. I was there. It was awesome.

we beat st louis in the 06 opener if i recall correctly, and then san diego in the 08 opener

[Rip Saw]

Now we have all of Sand Diegos scrubs.

[L-TownCat]

2009 - CAROLINA PANTHERS RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL 2 43 Everette Brown DE Florida State 2 59 Sherrod Martin DB Troy 3 93 Corvey Irvin DT Georgia 4 111 Mike Goodson RB Texas A&M 4 128 Tony Fiammetta RB Syracuse 5 163 Duke Robinson G Oklahoma 7 216 Captain Munnerlyn DB South Carolina 2008 - CAROLINA PANTHERS

2010 - CAROLINA PANTHERS RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL 2 48 Jimmy Clausen QB Notre Dame 3 78 Brandon LaFell WR LSU 3 89 Armanti Edwards WR Appalachian State 4 124 Eric Norwood DE South Carolina 6 175 Greg Hardy DE Mississippi 6 198 David Gettis WR Baylor 6 202 Jordan Pugh FS Texas A&M 6 204 Tony Pike QB Cincinnati 7 223 R.J. Stanford CB Utah 7 249 Robert McClain CB Connecticut

1 1 Cam Newton QB Auburn 3 65 Terrell McClain DT South Florida 3 97 Sione Fua DT Stanford 4 98 Brandon Hogan CB West Virginia 5 132 Kealoha Pilares WR Hawaii 6 166 Lawrence Wilson LB Connecticut 6 203 Zack Williams C Washington State 7 244 Lee Ziemba T Auburn

[Jim Harbaugh]

How can this be true. We are loaded with top 15 talent everywhere, mostly in the wrong spots.

Fixed it.

[bigdog10]

In contrast to this thread: This is the first week that the Patriots have been under .500 since 2003.

Just goes to show what good coaching, a good QB, and solid drafting will do for a franchise.

[Mother Grabber]

the man is oppressing us

Nope, I'm too busy oppressing the Eagles, don't have time to worry about the Panthers.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

we beat st louis in the 06 opener if i recall correctly, and then san diego in the 08 opener

nah the rams were 2007. 2006 was an ass-whupping at the hands of the falcons in charlotte when we had been hyped as serious super bowl contenders all offseason. john abraham took over that game.

2008 was super special because we won a road opener and then the home opener. that was only the second time since 2003 when we had won our first game at home.

[PhillyB]

nah the rams were 2007. 2006 was an ass-whupping at the hands of the falcons in charlotte when we had been hyped as serious super bowl contenders all offseason. john abraham took over that game.

2008 was super special because we won a road opener and then the home opener. that was only the second time since 2003 when we had won our first game at home.

poo you're right, i had them flipped.

that opener against the falcons was actually one of the more depressing games i've watched, probably because we were so hyped coming into the season. (i wonder if that's an insight into how hard we're taking this season so far...)

then the vikings debacle the next week...

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

poo you're right, i had them flipped.

that opener against the falcons was actually one of the more depressing games i've watched, probably because we were so hyped coming into the season. (i wonder if that's an insight into how hard we're taking this season so far...)

then the vikings debacle the next week...

i was so pumped for the 06 opener. there was all the offseason hype, it was the falcons, and i had somehow scored tickets at face the thursday before the game. they were otherwise very hard/expensive to come by and i kind of regard that whole episode as the point when the "wine and cheese" stuff and bitching about PSL owners started up for real on this site because the single game tickets were gone super fast.

the team came out so flat. vick was passing at will and dunn/norwood were ripping us up. steve smith was still having his hamstring problems so our offense was foster for 2-foster for 2-desperate bomb to keyshawn/keary colbert-punt. can't forget losing morgan and wharton for the year and hartwig getting injured as well. just a disaster and the truckloads of falcons fans there let us know about it.

[Argus Plexus]

2003. Ricky Proehl caught a Jake Delhomme pass in the corner of the endzone on 4th-and-goal. It was the last play of the game. I was there. It was awesome.

I was just a boy during that year but I remember it.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

2009 - CAROLINA PANTHERS RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL 2 43 Everette Brown DE Florida State 2 59 Sherrod Martin DB Troy 3 93 Corvey Irvin DT Georgia 4 111 Mike Goodson RB Texas A&M 4 128 Tony Fiammetta RB Syracuse 5 163 Duke Robinson G Oklahoma 7 216 Captain Munnerlyn DB South Carolina 2008 - CAROLINA PANTHERS

2010 - CAROLINA PANTHERS RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL 2 48 Jimmy Clausen QB Notre Dame 3 78 Brandon LaFell WR LSU 3 89 Armanti Edwards WR Appalachian State 4 124 Eric Norwood DE South Carolina 6 175 Greg Hardy DE Mississippi 6 198 David Gettis WR Baylor 6 202 Jordan Pugh FS Texas A&M 6 204 Tony Pike QB Cincinnati 7 223 R.J. Stanford CB Utah 7 249 Robert McClain CB Connecticut

1 1 Cam Newton QB Auburn 3 65 Terrell McClain DT South Florida 3 97 Sione Fua DT Stanford 4 98 Brandon Hogan CB West Virginia 5 132 Kealoha Pilares WR Hawaii 6 166 Lawrence Wilson LB Connecticut 6 203 Zack Williams C Washington State 7 244 Lee Ziemba T Auburn

[Silent Majority]

The drunken Irishman strikes again!

[Thorrez]

As already stated, the problem is we are not loaded with talent.

Pre-2009:

I think we overspend in RBs, sure I love Ste and D-Will but 2 1st rounders and post-rookie contract of $10+ million a years on the Rb position is just not the way the NFL works today. Look at the Giants, spend on the offensive line and any guy with speed off the street can have a 100 yards game.

2009: Fox and Hurney gambles that good-Jake will still be around which would mean we are still a playoff team in win now mode. So they waste a 1st on Brown to improve now. So a combination of bad drafting AND bad gambling mean a pathetic draft.

2010: Already behind due to 2009 they make an even larger gamble to fix it by drafting Pickles and we all know they lost again. And on top of that we are the 2nd runner up loser in the Wildcat hype (At least we didn´t waste a 1st on Pat White or The Golden Calf of Bristol but only a 2nd on AE).

2011: Cam. I guess the 2nd best pick up was Bell and he wasn't even drafted...

3 years of drafting pretty much netting ONE talented player.

[Keith Moons Liver]

^ what that guy said. building through the draft doesn't work when you suck at drafting. you can't just be happy with getting a 1st round star every now and then, you have to consistently be able to get quality starters in the middle rounds. we typically don't even get quality backups out of our draft picks.