Will the Panthers go undefeated in the regular season?

[ctrcat]

Lot of chest thumping over a 12-0 team..

Panthers deserve the credit. Maybe not the "best" 12-0 team ever, but think about what you're saying. 12-0 is still pretty good, regardless of contributing factors.

They can throw the ball around the field and have a solid defense. I think they are the best team in the NFC, with this version of the Seahawks right behind them. I'd love for that to somehow be the NFC Championship game

Good post. Even if they lose this weekend, 16 games is still the longest regular season streak in NFC history. If I remember correct the Hawks had a very weak schedule in 2005 but were certainly a fresher team in late January not having to go on the road 4 straight weeks.

 

[Hasselbeck]

The Giants will beat them, then the Panthers will rest everyone in W17.

So I pick 14-2

 

[Seahawk Sailor]

That's a tough call. On one hand, those remaining games look like fairly easy wins. On the other, it's quite hard to do, dividion games are no gimmies, and they'll probably be resting guys by week 16 or 17. Likelier than not they'll drop one, but I don't know that they really have to if they really try not to.

 

[Cyrus12]

I still have a feeling they could be a one and done team in the playoffs...be fun to watch Cam cry afterwards...

 

[Hawk-Lock]

The Panthers are finally starting to get banged up. Jonathan Stewart is expected to miss this week's game against the Giants. Olsen is banged up as well but I think he is expected to play.

Carolina is caught in a bit of a pickle. They will need to decide if they want to start to rest players and get healthy for playoffs are go for the perfect record.

 

[VivaEfrenHerrera]

If these three games were in the middle of the season, then you'd pretty much say yah, they're gonna win 'em. But it gets weird at the end with desperate teams in the mix combined with the likelihood of resting guys. (Didn't the coach pretty much come out and say he didn't care about being undefeated?)

I hope they do pull it off, though. Specifically, it'll devalue what the Cheats did and at the same time demote the whole feat from "Whoah, something super awesome" to "Something that happens once in a while with a decent team, some breaks and a favorable schedule."

They've had a neat year, but in terms of greatness? They're about like the '05 Hawks, or the first Panthers team that went to the Super Bowl, or the Atlanta team that fluked past Minnesota only to get mutilated by sniveling John Elway. A good team, but ultimately forgettable outside its own fanbase.

 

[el capitan]

They've had a neat year, but in terms of greatness? They're about like the '05 Hawks, or the first Panthers team that went to the Super Bowl, or the Atlanta team that fluked past Minnesota only to get mutilated by sniveling John Elway. A good team, but ultimately forgettable outside its own fanbase.

That might be the most remarkable thing about the Panthers, they could go 19-0 and win it all but you could probably still name at least a dozen teams that lost in the Super Bowl that are better than them.

 

[ctrcat]

The Panthers are finally starting to get banged up. Jonathan Stewart is expected to miss this week's game against the Giants. Olsen is banged up as well but I think he is expected to play.

Carolina is caught in a bit of a pickle. They will need to decide if they want to start to rest players and get healthy for playoffs are go for the perfect record.

I think it depends on the player. In the case of Stewart, Panther fans are ecstatic that he's been healthy this long and are happy to see him sit and rest. There's also excitement to see Cameron Artis-Payne, who they spent a 5th round pick on and was 1st team All-SEC, and see how he looks compared to other rookie RBs.

 

[Rex]

I hope the Panthers go undefeated throughout if not facing an NFC West opponent. Would love to see the '72 Dolphins surpassed.

 

[253hawk]

No. They have the third easiest schedule in the league, still only won half of their games by a single possession, and they've only played two teams with a winning record -- us and Green Bay. Their luck won't hold out forever. I think Atlanta takes them down as 4 of their 6 losses were by a combined 11 points. Plus they haven't played each other yet, and Dan Quinn will get two cracks at them in a three week span.

Called it.

 

[hawknation2015]

 

[seahawk Dan]

uh

Seahawks can beat this team . ,YES. They lose

 

[Largent80]

LOL, NOPE.

 

[Largent80]

I just wish they would have played us with the current Hawks team, not that pile we put on the field back then. They are going to lose one of those games and frankly they look beatable.

Ummm, Yeah, what HE said.