can't wait to listen to 610 the fan in the morning here in charlotte. Should be lovely. Those guys are always pissed that Cam doesn't get the love the Wilson and RGIII and Luck and Kaepernick get. Well, he had his chance today, head to head...and he hasn't been as good.

9/8/2013 3:49:36 PM

Another great start to a season by Ron Rivera. This season was over before it started by retaining that idiot.

9/8/2013 3:49:39 PM

Welcome to the 2013 season. Assume the position.

9/8/2013 3:49:55 PM

what a shameful game

9/8/2013 3:50:07 PM

lets look at.

russell can hit multiple receivers (like this drive) down the field. he has 300 yds and he's not doing anything really

cam really has only one good target who can run a route (besides olsen)
this makes us rely on the running game a lot. the running backs STAY hurt and you wear them down

other teams can pass the ball all over the field cause they have multiple catching threats.

9/8/2013 3:51:27 PM

couldnt even cover +4.5 LOL

9/8/2013 3:51:56 PM

luke: "damn russ you got me again why am i always on terrible teams with idiot head coaches"

9/8/2013 3:52:13 PM

Here's a thought. Don't punt fourth and one from midfield when Cam freaking Newton is your QB.

9/8/2013 3:53:56 PM

This game was squarely on the offense, defense played their asses off, aside from the one touchdown play. Can't score 1 touchdown in the nfl and expect to win

9/8/2013 3:56:21 PM

i mean the offense didn't do that well, but if deangelo doesn't fumble, we win

9/8/2013 4:04:46 PM

Squarely on Williams.

9/8/2013 4:05:51 PM

You're assuming they score a TD on that drive. Not really an automatic given what the offense showed today.

9/8/2013 4:06:03 PM

maybe of won.

god knows if we actually could punch it in the endzone.

looking at the whole game= NOPE

[Edited on September 8, 2013 at 4:13 PM. Reason : dd]

9/8/2013 4:06:48 PM

It's only game one, but I'm afraid I may have picked the wrong team for my NFL love affair. But I've already started learning their names and stuff so I guess this is it--Panthers for life...getting 89 tatted on my back tomorrow.

9/8/2013 4:07:57 PM

LOL @ the fumble, this is approaching like twilight zone level now

9/8/2013 4:12:17 PM

Holding onto the football is pretty overrated.

9/8/2013 4:15:50 PM

Damn it Williams
Damn it Olsen
Damn it Other Smith

9/8/2013 4:18:56 PM

at least we didn't do what TB just did

9/8/2013 4:20:50 PM

^haha was just about to post that

[Edited on September 8, 2013 at 4:21 PM. Reason : .]

9/8/2013 4:21:03 PM

no wings for the panthers tonight

only winners get wings

9/8/2013 4:55:02 PM

What was the deal with those penalties on Smith? They wouldn't show a damn replay in the stadium.

Cam protected the ball and put us in a position to win the game and Deangelo shat the bed. I'm not putting that loss on him.

9/8/2013 6:48:01 PM

First penalty on smith was he got pushed out and then ran out of bounds about 15 yards before coming back in. Can't do that have to make a quick reentry.

Second one, he ran out of bounds without help.

9/8/2013 7:12:18 PM

the replay official on FOX basically said the first one was bullshit, cause he was pushed out and the NEW rule says you have to come back in 'within a reasonable period of time' or something subjective like that

9/8/2013 7:14:54 PM

The first one wasn't bullshit at all. Smith ran a good 15 yards downfield 1 yard out of bounds and he had plenty of opportunity to come in. The defense can't block some one who is ob that's why the rule is there.

9/8/2013 7:22:43 PM

It's subjective, he also said in his judgment the player should be angling back to the field of play and cannot just run parallel to the sideline. It looked a bit like that's exactly what he did in my opinion.

9/8/2013 7:22:59 PM

I don't know if I've ever heard of a gunner penalized for not getting in bounds fast enough until today, and of course we get two

figures

On the bright side Tampa and Atlanta both lost today too, so the damage is somewhat mitigated considering we played one of the better teams on our schedule.

9/8/2013 8:10:55 PM

Garry Williams tore ligaments and is out for the season.

9/9/2013 5:04:58 PM

Well poop. Time to bring Geoff Hangartner back?

9/9/2013 7:53:34 PM

Just got back from the game Charlotte........ANOTHER game that I go to that we lose. I'd eventually like to experience a win........maybe.

Sat in club level too.....damn damn damnnnn.


Defense looked very solid. Russell was getting eaten alive in the first quarter. Gotta protect Cam better and need more WRs. Olsen's 1st quarters drops and D-Wills' fumbles killed us, especially the one in the red zone.


[Edited on September 10, 2013 at 12:16 AM. Reason : .]

9/10/2013 12:10:07 AM

Two of the best defenses in the league squaring off, with the Seahawks edging out the win

I won't be worried unless we shut the bed at Buffalo

9/10/2013 12:13:23 AM

Headed up Friday morn for our away trip this year

We will be first row right behind the Panthers' bench at midfield

9/10/2013 12:15:15 AM

two of the top 32 defenses in the league

9/10/2013 12:16:01 AM

Seattle was arguably the best last year. Panthers were 10th in the league last year, and just held Seattle to 12 points

I don't think my assessment is a stretch.

9/10/2013 12:21:41 AM

tampa bay fans are starting to chime in laughing at how lame our offense is going to be under shula, oh well at least he's given us a running game again

9/10/2013 1:45:51 PM

after Week 1, I'd be laughing too if he weren't the offensive coordinator of my favorite team

9/10/2013 1:54:24 PM

I'd be laughing if I was a TB fan. Just to keep from crying.

9/10/2013 1:58:50 PM

Even though Carolina lost, I'd still like to watch the game because I was at work on Sunday.

Anybody know of any places online that might have a stream for free?

9/10/2013 2:21:11 PM

Tossed $100 on us to win the division at 6:1 odds.

We look pretty damn good this year and there's no way Atlanta gets as lucky as they did last year.

New Orleans looked solid and actually tampa is probably underrated now that was a fluke loss, but our offense looks good and our defense has a ton of potential.

There were so many near sacks that RW just found a way to avoid.

9/11/2013 6:40:56 PM

Our offense looks good?

9/11/2013 6:41:34 PM

so long $100 lafta bucks

9/11/2013 7:15:02 PM

Just won two tickets to the Panthers vs. Rams game on Oct. 20th......SUPER excited!!

9/11/2013 7:22:31 PM

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/09/11/4306256/newton-not-biting-on-issues-involving.html

Quote :

"Newton isn’t throwing a party. “You don’t have a bar mitzvah just because you’re a starting African-American quarterback in this league,” Newton said Wednesday. “Even though I’m a fan of everybody, I can’t say I just root for Michael Vick, (Robert Griffin III), Russell Wilson, Colin Kaepernick. I still feel like I learn just as much from Michael Vick as I do from Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers or even RG3.”"

Quote :

"If you have skills to play the game of football, then you’re going to play no matter what your race,” Newton said. “I didn’t feel any type of pressure coming into this league saying that I have to represent for all African-Americans, like saying all my fans are just African-American. When I play this game I play it to the best of my ability so I can inspire everyone, not just a particular set of people."

Cam is just the best

Quote :

"I think if Cam wouldn’t have had success, we wouldn’t have some of the zone-read option we have going on with some of the other quarterbacks,” wide receiver Steve Smith said. “It isn’t just black quarterbacks. You got (Cleveland’s) Brandon Weeden doing it. It’s a copycat league. You’re going to get people to copy success. And if success is in the style of quarterback, people are going to do it. Doesn’t matter the race.” Smith said there’s a lot of racial code when it comes to football. An “athletic quarterback” is a black guy, he says, and a “high-motor guy on defense” is white. Newton was pegged as an athletic quarterback coming out of Auburn for his size (6-foot-5, 250 pounds) and rushing ability (he rushed for 1,473 yards as a junior)."

and Smitty is one of my top-3 all time favorite people

9/11/2013 9:58:20 PM

9/12/2013 10:13:57 AM

^ WTF Detroit. Like $10 for a 16 oz beer. Fuck that.

GG to the Panthers for being #1 on this list.

9/12/2013 10:25:05 AM

That would mean $5.50 20oz beers in the stadium, which I have never seen.

Even the 16oz bottles on the concourse are $6.50

I wonder where they got those numbers from

9/12/2013 10:28:06 AM

I was thinking the same thing. I know I've had $6.50 beer at the stadium, but I sure as shit didn't get 24oz.

9/12/2013 10:33:33 AM

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/13/ron-rivera-skeptical-of-hurry-up-offenses/

9/13/2013 1:24:47 PM

I honestly fucking hate Ron.

[Edited on September 13, 2013 at 2:15 PM. Reason : more specific]

9/13/2013 2:15:14 PM

He can be a bit too stubborn/conservative in his approach on football

but when has a hurry-up offense ever won a Super Bowl

defense still wins championships

9/13/2013 2:24:06 PM

except not really

big time defensive struggle in last years game

and I think we all remember that great Packers D from a few years ago

and I'm pretty sure P. Manning and his no-huddle offense won a Super Bowl

9/13/2013 2:55:04 PM