The faith never dies here at CSR! Just takes a few pit stops to re-fuel every now and then and comes back full force :).

I’m really worried about Thomas Jones next week. I think Peppers, if his hand feels any better, along with the rest of our d-line, can make Sanchez’s night a living hell, but I’m afraid you may be seeing a lot of Jones back there in the secondary.

I think next weeks game is absolutely winnable, despite how well they played against the Patriots in the second half today. In fact, if you guys manage to draw up the strength and determination you had against Arizona, I believe there’s not a team in the league that can hang – fanatic Panther-ism aside :). I mean, the so called “#1 offense” Saints got dominated in that first half – things just slipped a little in the second.

Good luck! Hope training goes well this week, we’ll be here dissecting information and waiting for Sunday to roll around as we do every week!

but the Panthers have too much talent to not make some more noise this season. The Jets are not a bad match up for the Panthers…very winnable game if…the offense protects the ball and the defense makes their tackles. Another INT or two would be nice too.

Oh…and a few hits from the hitman!

Thanks again Chris…

I know you weren’t with the team during the 2003 Superbowl run, but the team was doubted then too- even in the Carolinas. People simply thought a team who won that many close games couldn’t possibly go all the way, and we were almost had the Pats then.

What am I saying? With some other losses going our way and the team stepping up I really think we can do this.

I know people are being overly critical right now, and it’s not a knock on the other guys, but it’s amazing what a difference your return made to the secondary, not to mention what you’ve meant to the Panthers since coming here. You made the retirement of Mike Minter easier for us to deal with!

Imagine this. Never again will any of the commentators on ESPN be able to say “The Panthers have never had back to back winning seasons LOL!” It also gives us a little under a half and half chance of reaching the playoffs, which is more we could ask for at this point.

The story of the season though has been our inability to stick to the running game though. I was just watching the Sunday sports show earlier with Mike Minter on the local news, and even he pondered why the Panthers didn’t run the ball when they were in the red zone. We stick to the run against Dallas and that’s a guaranteed win. Realistically, we could be at 6-4 or 7-3 right now if the Panthers just run the football.

The reason the Panthers don’t make the playoffs, the biggest reason is that they didn’t run the ball long enough. These three and outs are killing our defense in the sense that they get tired as heck after long enduring drives by the other team. Give D-Will and the Beast the ball and run it down their throats.

In short, RUN THE DAMN BALL!

Every year that we are not expected to win, we play great. Every year our hopes are high, we flounder. Fox’s teams play well when they’re not supposed to, but don’t show up to the games they should win. He’s a great back against the wall coach, but lacks consistency and can’t handle being on top.