You heard it from the bird first! If the panthers make the playoff's they will win it all next year. They have one of the hardest roads ahead of them with a tough NFC south to go threw aswell. They have all the tools on the O-side including a vet QB a powerful running game and a great O-line. O yeah they also have the best WR in the game, I dont care what anyone's say's. The only missing piece last year was the D-side. I will admit they have a good secondary with Godfry,Harris,Gamble,Marshell witch are all hard hitters. They are all solid and I think with there LB's it should be hard to pass on the panthers. The have the best young ILB with Beason and OLB Davis to sure up the linebacking core. They still have diggs and Conner so the only weak link is the D-side in my eyes and on paper is the D-line. We do have some good things to talk about because the D-line was good in the first part of the season against the run they just did not have the endurance at the end to produce. They needed some depth and they used the first 3 picks picks in the draft on the D-side. The sole reason our pass D sucked was because we could not rush the QB and the sole reason our run D sucked was the lack of depth. I think Brown our first pick will be a dam good pass rusher and Johnson witch had 6 sacks last year will be on the other side of brown. I really dont think Peppers will be on our team next year, but if he is then our D-line should be pretty good. Lewis had 6 sacks last year aswell, his only problems was old age and he works better with some one else rotating in with him. Kemo is dam good against the run, but like Lewis needs to be rotated and both need to stay healthy. I like Brayton,Johnson,Brown all being productive next year. I think we will be better as a team this year, because we have a new D coach this year with Meeks and he brings the Tampa cover 2 type of D with him. He also said he will play a D stlye that fits the players we have. We have very fast under sized players, so a cover 2 is a perfect fit. I still think we will be good team next year, but our record will not show it. I predict 9-7 ,8-8 record and if that record lets them in the playoff's with the power running game they have I think they could go all the way. O yeah D-will was robbed of the MVP vote last year. He was only a few rushing yards shy of AP he had way more TD's along with a better rushing AVG, plus the fact he took his team to the play off's last year and last but not least he did not fumble any last year. however this will be another topic for some other post.
http://http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=10452
1760 yds 10 td's 4.8 rush avg 21 rec 125 yds 9 fumbles
http://http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=10452
1515yds 18 TD's 5.5 rush avg 21 rec 121yds O fumbles
you tell me that stats dont lie....hmmmmmmmmmmm
