Magazines Give No Love to the Panthers

by Jaxon on Jul 2, 2007 1:15 PM EDT in News Comment 2 comments

The sports magazines have issued their preseason divisional winner picks. It seems everyone is still feeling a little stung by last seasons’ failure to live up to the high expectations. I see the failure more to do with injuries and poor play-calling than a drop in talent. Most people agree the Panthers only helped themselves in the off-season so why is there no love? It probably has more to do with the emergence of the Saints than the Panthers failure. As I’ve posted before this team was only a couple plays from making the playoffs. If the injury bug stays away then I think the Panthers will battle the Saints to the division championship. I know the Saints will not sneak up on anyone this year. Remember we all thought that after Gruden won the championship with the Bucs that they would dominant the division for years. How did that turn out? I predict I similar dip for the Saints this year.

Here’s my NFC divisional winner picks: East (Cowboys), South (Panthers), North (Bears), West (Rams). Wildcards: Saints and Seahawks.

As far as the AFC, who cares? lol I know the Patriots are everyone’s pick this year. Good. Let them have all the pressure that comes with that. They made a lot of noise in the off-season but will that translate into wins? I notice no one is picking the Colts to repeat. They did lose some personnel on defense but the offense should still be high octane.

I’ll go with a repeat for the AFC champion: Colts.

I hate giving a Super Bowl prediction prior to preseason but here it is anyway:

Panthers 27 Colts 24

What are your predictions?

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Early...

It's too early.
You should re-post this (or at least your prediction) right before the start of the season.
I can't say anything right now... I don't even know much about the teams changes and all.
Sorry.
I like your SB winner though. :)

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by UtesFan89 on Jul 2, 2007 8:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i agree and disagree

I can't stand when a team loses starters, and then the media says it's no big deal because of some replacements. There is a reason those guys were on the bench in the first place, so the Colts new defense that lost 3 of last year's starters, including 2 DBs, will be overrun early and often. They'll lose to whoever they play first in the playoffs, San Diego or New England. One of those two teams, or maybe the Steelers if they have another lucky run, will get to the SUperbowl and lose to the Panthers. The Panthers lost key starters after our trip to the Superbowl, and we haven't been back yet. This offseason we're finally attempting to be accountable for losing Marlon McCree, Will Witherspoon and Mushin Muhammad. McCree played great for San Diego's 14-2 season, Witherspoon led the Rams in tackles as their best defender, and Muhammad was in the Superbowl and helped the maturation of their younger receivers like Bernard Berrian.

The Saints overestimate Devery Henderson and underestimate the energy and experience of Joe Horn. They let Horn go, and it's going to hurt. They have a tougher schedule and they won't make the playoffs.

My predictions are the Panthers over the Patriots in the Superbowl. NFC playoff teams will be Dallas, Philly, Carolina, Rams, Seahawks and some other NFC North team besides the Bears who don't realize the impact of losing Tank Johnson and Lance Briggs. Those guys are done.

by usana_gaines on Jul 4, 2007 12:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs