Bayless and Stephen A. - Can the Panthers overtake the Saints in the NFCS?

[JawnyBlaze]

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=9925934

 

Solid video.  They both say no, but both give respect.  Bayless is confident we lose the next two, Stephen A. almost seems to be ready to take us over NE but not SF.  They give us a decent shot at a wild card, but not beating NO for the division title.

[E CaT PanTHer]

solid video indeed. 

 

Stephen A. said we probably won't catch the Saints, but the wild cards will most likely come out of the South and West, one of them being Carolina

 

[Riverboat Ron]

One game at a time. If we're going to continue our success we need to focus only on the opponent we're playing next. We have to keep playing consistent time consuming chain moving offense, hard nosed rock solid defense and Rivera has to keep being "Riverboat Ron" on gameday. 

[BIGH2001]

The media is moving slowly. Giving respect but not saying we are there yet. That will all change after we beat the 49ers tomorrow.

[lightsout]

If we just beat the 9ers...we will still be looked at as "a surprisingly good team that is catching teams". If we dominate the 9ers like we're capable of doing, we will be looked at as "a dangerous team that has it together". 

I keep hearing about the 9ers run game and Kaep being tough to stop. We stopped AP. I mean, we STOPPED AP. Our defense has played lights out this season. We will be fine as long as we execute. And if we do execute and if Cam has one of those "man, this guy can't miss" days...you're looking at a score similar to last week.

That's just my .02 anyway, for whatever that's worth to you.

[CatMan72]

If we just beat the 9ers...we will still be looked at as "a surprisingly good team that is catching teams". If we dominate the 9ers like we're capable of doing, we will be looked at as "a dangerous team that has it together".

I keep hearing about the 9ers run game and Kaep being tough to stop. We stopped AP. I mean, we STOPPED AP. Our defense has played lights out this season. We will be fine as long as we execute. And if we do execute and if Cam has one of those "man, this guy can't miss" days...you're looking at a score similar to last week.

That's just my .02 anyway, for whatever that's worth to you.

We shut down Lynch too...

[lightsout]

We shut down Lynch too...

Valid point. The difference is our offense is productive now whereas it wasn't the first couple of games.

[2jakefansinva]

If we just beat the 9ers...we will still be looked at as "a surprisingly good team that is catching teams". If we dominate the 9ers like we're capable of doing, we will be looked at as "a dangerous team that has it together". 

I keep hearing about the 9ers run game and Kaep being tough to stop. We stopped AP. I mean, we STOPPED AP. Our defense has played lights out this season. We will be fine as long as we execute. And if we do execute and if Cam has one of those "man, this guy can't miss" days...you're looking at a score similar to last week.

That's just my .02 anyway, for whatever that's worth to you.

 

if we beat SF by 1 pt. on the road.................that is a big thing!

[MHS831]

I can't watch those 2 clowns.  I really don't care what they or any other members of the press think.

[The Golden Child]

The media is moving slowly. Giving respect but not saying we are there yet. That will all change after we beat the 49ers tomorrow.

Yee

[Kurb]

Why is first take on my screen...

[Frizzy350]

Right now, I'm not thinking about the division title (still early) but if they believe New Orleans is that far ahead of us... lol. We can sweep them again. It'll be tough but their defense isn't special. The Jets and Patriots have exposed it. As long as we don't have a major injury, we're game to overtake the South.

 

Bingo.  I think we'll be able to have huge games on the ground vs NO and keep brees off the field.  Even before we got Star and KK we put a ton of pressure on him last year.  Saints are the only shootout in the league I believe we can win.  We've exploited their defense in the past and we can do it again.

[t48]

I don’t get it. The only reason Steven A does not pick us is because our win streak came against Falcons, Bucs, Rams and Vikings which has a combined record of 7 - 27

 

Well the 9niers last four came against: Jags, Titans, Cards, and Texans which has  a combined record of 10 – 22. If you add there win against the Rams the record is 13 – 28

 

Not a good argument what so ever!

[Awesomeness!!]

History has shown that winning Divisions and first round byes rarely translate to Super Bowls. It doesn't matter if we catch the Saints or not. Lets just hold on to the 6th seed