Movin on UP! New Power Rankings

[Car123]

Sbnation 20. Carolina Panthers

Cam Newton is off to a pretty good start this season. His completion rate is on target for a career-high 63 percent. His touchdown and interception numbers are about where they have been, but his stats were criminally overlooked amid a year of psychoanalysis by cable television last season. Ron Rivera has finally learned to beat the bad teams. He gets Tampa Bay next week for a chance to get .500, before a tougher divisional matchup against the Falcons.

smh

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/10/22/4863080/nfl-power-rankings-week-8-broncos-chiefs-browns-vikings-bills-saints-seahawks

[Spaceballs83]

here are some more.

 

CBSSports

 

16. Carolina Panthers: The front seven on defense is among the league's best, and when the offense is turnover-free they win. In case you missed it, the Panthers have given up fewer than 12 points a game over the past month while going 3-1.

 

ESPN

 

18

Panthers
3-3

6
Last Week: 24 Cam Newton returns to prime time on Thursday red hot. Just eight incomplete passes in his past two games (35-for-43, 81.4%).

 

 

FOXSports

 

22 Panthers 3-3 4 22/28

There are some very talented, young interior defensive lineman in this league and one of them is named Kawann Short.

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SBNation

17) Carolina Panthers (LW: 21) - Would you believe it if I said the Panthers have the sixth best point differential (+56)? Cam Newton completed 88% of his passes against STL in a win.

 

Bleacherreport

 

This Week's Rank: 21

Last Week's Rank: 23

Differential: +2

The Carolina Panthers are a sleeping giant in the NFC South. Sleep on them, and Cam Newton and Co. will rise up and put a beating on your team. That's what happened in Week 7, as the Panthers shocked the St. Louis Rams by playing fast, hard and physical on both sides of the ball.

Newton was brilliant against a talented Rams defense, but it seemed like the Panthers were able to get inside the heads of guys like Chris Long and Janoris Jenkins throughout the contest. That led to mistakes, an ejection and otherwise emotional play from St. Louis that the Panthers were able to capitalize on.

The NFC South may be run by the New Orleans Saints right now, but keep an eye on the Panthers.

 

[hepcat]

I've seen everywhere from 14-24.  Reinforcing that these numbers mean absolutely nothing.  I saw one ranking that had the Falcons in the top 10 still and I almost choked on my drink.

[Doyle]

All this goes away if we lose to the Bucs. 4-3 looks a hell of a lot different than 3-4

 

I'm dyslectic so 3-4 actually looks better.

[Semaj]

Top to bottom. Not talking about just the Panthers. This is the best power rankings I have seen this year. There is some real uninformed idiots on bleacher report.

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[beastson]

Kawaan is playing pretty damn well. Kinda surprising for a 2nd round pick DT this early. He's looking like a DEFINITE steal

[Gabeking]

Nobody is mistaking you for anyone else now KK. Good poo :)

that's my dude! he follows me on vine so he's a automatically my favorite player now :D

[Darth Biscuit]

3-4 is still pretty manageable and far better than 1-6 last season

 

Not that much diff between 3-4 and 4-3 except that we have to lose to a team in complete disarray to get to 3-4.  

[Devoid]

Yahoo Sports

 

13. Carolina Panthers (3-3, LW: 19)

 

They've handled business the last couple weeks. But why do I have this feeling they're going to lay an egg on Thursday night at Tampa Bay?

[JawnyBlaze]

My favorite thing about the ESPN rankings is how we're the biggest jump from last week and the team we beat is the biggest fall, heh.

[CardiacCats]

Thursday can't come fast enough. Ready to get this over with.

so I'm not the only one who feels this way

[CarolinaNCSU]

Seems that some in the national media still aren't sold on us, thinking we may lay an egg Thursday night. I'd be lying if I said I weren't somewhat scared we will as well.

 

Win Thursday, corner turned. 

[Vampire the buffet slayer]

I'm dyslectic so 3-4 actually looks better.

I bet you were pissed in 2010.

"How did we not even get a wild card!" "14-2 dammit, teh jimmeh!"

[footballisasport]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000267871/article/power-rankings-week-8-chiefs-take-top-spot-panthers-bills-rise

 

Panthers #14

 

Don't want to overstate anything or go too hot dogs and apple pie here, but take a gander atCam Newton's combined numbers over the past two weeks: 35 of 43 pass attempts completed, 10.4 yards per attempt, five total touchdowns, no picks and a 140.9 passer rating. Peyton who?OK, maybe Newton isn't quite better than Peyton Manning, but I'll take him over Peyton Hillis, so take that.

 

Cam has a ways to go to get to Peyton's level but metioning them both the same positive sentence can only be an inspiration.