For those who knock our schedule

[CRA]

Panthers have more wins against teams with winning records than Denver and Kansas City COMBINED.

You play who you play....people only selectively use the "you haven't played anyone card".

Anyone heard that said about Denver? That they have just beat up on bad teams?

[†William Moore†]

Yeah Denver has played scrub teams, but they've got Peyton Manning.  Nobody will point out how bad the teams are they've played because they want Peyton to look good.

[MHS831]

At the beginning of the season, we had the toughest schedule...Not our fault.  All you can do is beat the hell out of bad teams and win the others. 

[DirtyMagic97]

Well, everyone has said that about KC. It's not like people are saying it is Carolina's fault they haven't played a tough schedule. People are just reserving judgment about how good Carolina really is until they can beat a few good teams. It's a non knee-jerk reaction.

 

As far as Denver goes, they have Peyton Manning. I mean, Peyton Manning is enough on his own to get a pass for playing a weak schedule.

[Jackofalltrades]

Pat's haven't exactly played a murderer's row either.

 

They beat the Saints in Foxboro.

 

The beat the Bills and Jets by a combined 5 points.

 

They beat Atl by a TD

 

Killed TB

 

Lost to the Bengals and Jets (second game)

 

Beat Miami by 10.

 

Their only "convincing wins came against the Bucs (1-8) and the Steelers (3-6).

 

They've lost 2 of their 3 road games and are about to add another loss on the road.

[Carolina Cajun]

Absolutely.  People often forget, someone has to make those teams have losing records.  

[Ken]

When you haven't had a winning season in 5 years, people will question you when you start winning, especially after starting 0-2. Fair or not.

[xclr82xtc]

the whole "havent beat a good team" line is a complete crock of poo.    this is the NFL.  Every team is good, and on any given sunday, any team can win.   stfu about records already.

[pantherclaw]

Evidently the league is full of nobody teams.

[Zod]

Staying healthy and an easy schedule are bigger factors for teams making the playoffs than anything else. This is true for all teams in any sport across the board.

[ctrcat]

Did they watch the Rams (team we beat comfortably with their starting QB (a former #1 overall pick) against the Seahawks and Colts (without their starting QB)? If the Colts/Rams game in particular was a fight, the refs would have stopped it early to spare everyone the carnage. And, speaking of easy schedules, the AFC south? You gotta be kidding me.

[Awesomeness!!]

Half of the league is garbage.

[pantherholic]

I think the reason they say that more about us is because KC has beaten all the so-so teams on their schedule and Denver's only loss was to a pretty good team, while two of our three losses have been to mediocre/below average teams.

[teeray]

I would understand the concern if we were barely beating these teams. But we are stomping them