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PFT: Panthers 25th in Pre-Season Rankings

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Proudiddy Grand Master

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WOW.  Forgive me, if it's already been posted but, I didn't see it.

 

I thought most places would have us more in the middle to start the year...

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/12/panthers-come-in-25th-in-pft-preseason-rankings/

 


The Panthers are an intriguing mix of young and old, which makes them a little hard to figure.

They boast emerging stars such as Cam Newton and Luke Kuechly, productive veterans such as Steve Smith and a base of in-their-prime starters such as Charles Johnson, Ryan Kalil and Greg Olsen.

But for several reasons, they’ve underperformed in recent years, going 6-10 and 7-9, with late charges smearing deodorant over the stench of twin 2-8 starts.

There are enough parts in place that they could contend for a playoff spot, but enough could go wrong that doubts persist, which is why they’re 25th in our preseason power rankings.

You can read the full preview here, and then tell us whether we’ve ranked the Panthers appropriately in our poll below.

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I'm not sure we here would be happy even if they ranked us #1.  If they did that we would all talk about how crazy they are.  Instead we will call them crazy for ranking us too low.

 

 

My preference is that we call out DG for being such a butt-hurt little bitch about it.

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Hey bros. He's actually spot on with his analysis bros. I don't quite think there are 24 teams ahead of us bros, but we certainly have a boom or bust feel this year bros. So Darin can suck it for his ranking, but his analysis is on the money. Bros.

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Nobody is going to rank us middle of the pack right now, not until we beat some good teams.

 

I guess the Falcons and Redskins don't count?

 

Look the media is so annoying!!! Everytime they talk about the NFC South, they talk about how the Buccaneers and Saints can contend for the title (with obviously the Falcons). I know we haven't won some of these close games, but my god we had the chance to be 2-0 vs the Falcons, we where 2-0 vs the Saints. Then you go and look at every other game we played minus the Broncos and Giants, all of those games were lost by less then a touchdown.

 

We should be ranked pretty high this year in our division and conference, no I'm not saying we should be a top 10 team, but when your down near the bottom 10, with the upgrades we have made to a team that had the success we during the last later half of last years, you have to be in some peoples mind.

 

It's really frustrating listening to NFL radio or Espn because we are never mention, yes I'm an NFL fan but it would be nice sometimes to hear about your favorite team and the whole reason you watch football on Sunday. I get tired of hearing about these other teams all the time.

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I guess the Falcons and Redskins don't count?

 

Look the media is so annoying!!! Everytime they talk about the NFC South, they talk about how the Buccaneers and Saints can contend for the title (with obviously the Falcons). I know we haven't won some of these close games, but my god we had the chance to be 2-0 vs the Falcons, we where 2-0 vs the Saints. Then you go and look at every other game we played minus the Broncos and Giants, all of those games were lost by less then a touchdown.

 

We should be ranked pretty high this year in our division and conference, no I'm not saying we should be a top 10 team, but when your down near the bottom 10, with the upgrades we have made to a team that had the success we during the last later half of last years, you have to be in some peoples mind.

 

It's really frustrating listening to NFL radio or Espn because we are never mention, yes I'm an NFL fan but it would be nice sometimes to hear about your favorite team and the whole reason you watch football on Sunday. I get tired of hearing about these other teams all the time.

 

I definitely share your frustration. However we must place blame where it lies though, and it isn't with the media. Once we start winning those close games that have plagued us, everyone is going to jump on our dicks.

 

As I have said countless times, all this hinges on Rivera's ability to coach us to a win.

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Haha, another ranking, another demand for respect. Though I don't agree with the ranking, where I come from, they say respect is not demanded, it's earned.

 

Just look at it this way, in 2011, the seahawks were 7-9 (just like us). Did we hear anything about them? Nope! But last season, they lit it up and now they are ranked consistently top 3 and are talked about a lot.

 

I know we talk about how close we were in games and all that but how would you explain ranking a team with a consistent losing record to a casual NFL fan who does not watch any NFC south games let alone Panthers games?

 

We win, we will be talked about period!

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