I'm being optimistic.

There has been alot to pick apart on the way the Panthers have played, so far. But, I want to point out that if not for 2 plays the Panthers would be 4-0. I know that is like saying "If a frog had wings he would bump his ass so much", but really, we are in very good shape. The things that aren't working are things we can correct.

In the first game, if either Steve or Ricky had not stepped out of bounds, we would have had a TD instead of a field goal. That would have have been enough to win.

The Miami game, one play. The safety doesn't read the play, or Jake spots him lurking, we get the field goal and the win.

Now, I'm not happy with alot of things. We need to get more pressure on the QB. We need to spread the ball around more. We need to run the ball better. We correct these problems and we're Super Bowl bound. We don't and we'll just be average. I choose to believe Fox will get the team to come around.

 

That's just the point. Every year he does get this team straightened out but it really has to play bad before that happens and there just doesn't seem to be any need for that.

I'd almost guarantee that at some point in this season we will look great for a number of games.

 

I guess the main thing is, it sholdn't come down to that one play!

 

That's Fox Football though, he plays games close. I think he wants the heavy fans to have heart problems

 

Well if you want to play football where one play decides the game, we aren't going to be that successful unless we play close to a perfect game every game.

 

I feel exactly the same way. Hopefully it is for a large number of games, including the playoffs.

 

hopefully weeks 14, 15, 16, wildcard weekend, divisional playoffs, etc...

 

It's not one or two plays it's ALWAYS the last half of the 4th Quarter or the last minute. It's a 60 min. game and until the Panters figure that out it's always going to be this way.

 

my biggest worry is.....Tampa and Atlanta finishing ahead of us....then the playoffs will be a stretch....

I see us splitting with Tampa and losing both games to Atlanta as usual....

if that happens and Tampa keeps winning, then we will be lucky to get the final wildcard.