Carolina Panthers Retrospective

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The Gravity of the Situation

We all hoped that Sunday would be a close game and some even were brave enough to hope for a win, but I don't think anyone would have thought we would have given the defending SB champs a run for their money to the end.  I know we lost the game, but there is hope beyond hope for the future.  Cam has played so well that I personally have forgotten that this was his second NFL start.  Sure he threw 3 interceptions, but he had to learn at somepoint he wasn't in Auburn anymore.  There were times on Sunday Cam made Dom Caper's defense look pathetic and he often made Clay Matthews look like a school girl.  You can say what you want about AZ's defense, but no one thinks that GB's defense is a joke.  He has shown an uncanny ablility to get us into the red zone.  Sure he has struggled once he got there, but lets not forget this guy is a rookie who only now has 2 games under his belt.  Cam has thrown 4INTs but he has also scored 5TDs in 2 games, which is almost half of what we scored all year.  I for one am ready for the rest of this season and for the first time in a long time I can't wait to see this team play.


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Re: The Gravity of the Situation

GB was missing their top cover corner and they gave up a ton of yards to NO.

Our passing looks good, but we still need to run the ball effectively to win.


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Re: The Gravity of the Situation

and we were missing our top LB.  Plus its not like N.O. passing game sucks.


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Re: The Gravity of the Situation

Exactly..and THIS JUST IN..clay mathews is still hugin air...ohh by the way...never thought we'd be the #2 offense right now...not bress not ryan...suck on that Bradshaw...


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Re: The Gravity of the Situation

Eerily similar to SD last year.

Top in a bunch of categories, but struggle to win games.


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Re: The Gravity of the Situation

Superman,  you are right.  We need to get better, but I think you are missing the whole point of my post.  Sure we need to run the ball better, improve our redzone offense, and defense overall. 

However, we are playing this well with one of the youngest teams in football and a ROOKIE qb so comparing us to last years Chargers is pointless.  We will struggle to win some games this year, but we will only get better and I think we finish out the season strong.


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Re: The Gravity of the Situation

This is the most optimistic I have been for 15 yrs as a panther fan.  Cam is the first QB we have had that I can honestly envision winning multiple Lombardi trophies.  I'm not saying we and Cam don't have improving to do but now we have a potential elite QB.  We have never had that.  Most thought Cam was boom or bust.  Right now he is boom and I expect that to continue for at least 10 years.


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