As a Carolina Panthers fan it seems as though we go through year after year of hope and promises of improvement only to have everything fall apart. Years ago we were a fine team, and we have made it to the Super Bowl on multiple occasions only to fall short. The most disappointing of which was where we went into the Super Bowl an undefeated, seemingly unstoppable force, only to lose the big dance in what was a boring and frustrating experience for Carolina fans.
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This slogan has always made me laugh
It becomes difficult to remain a fan and lately, I haven't even been able to watch all of a game because it just makes me made to watch my team make the same mistakes over and over and nobody seems to be learning anything along the way.
When you play Tampa Bay, a team that isn't even that good and will be lucky to make the playoffs and then receive a double up score 46-23 thrashing at their hands, it doesn't make you feel very good about your team especially when things were looking pretty good in the first half.
I don't mind Tom Brady having a good game unless it is again us :) The thing that kills me is the amount of turnovers in the second half. There is one sure way to make a fan of any team demoralized and that is to be constantly turning the ball over and of course allowing 3 touchdowns is hard for anyone to bounce back from.
And here is the part that really gets to me. We use ALL of our draft picks to get defensive players in the 2020 draft, that was supposed to be our new big thing. It was I think one of the only times in history that a team has used all of their draft picks on defensive players. Yet here we are, ranked 17th or so in the league as far as points allowed per game. We were supposed to be one of the best defensive teams in all of the NFL, yet we just look pathetic out there.
Before the pre-season there were multiple pundits claiming that the Panthers are going to be a tough team to beat this year as they compared our upcoming defense to legendary defenses of the past. Well, that didn't exactly pan out did it?
We haven't even been in the playoffs for 5 years and I suppose it is a good thing that almost no one is allowed to go to the games at the moment because I would imagine they would be experiencing a drop in ticket sales. It is just entirely too frustrating to watch your team suck year after year.
We are currently 4-8 and it would take an absolute miracle for us to make it to the playoffs this year. It may already be mathematically impossible, I honestly don't know at this point and I am starting to not care. The only game we have won in our last 7 was against the Detroit Lions and honestly, that isn't much of an accomplishment. As bad as i feel about our team, Lions fans are probably feeling even worse.
If I were the coach of the Panthers I would just try to fend of injury for the rest of the season, because of the 4 games remaining in the regular season, I would be surprised if we win 1 of them. We got Denver at home on the 14th and they are just as bad as we are which is ironic because they were the team that defeated us in Super Bowl 50, when all the oddsmakers were giving Carolina massive advantages. If we lose that game on the 14th, I don't think I will even bother to watch the rest of the season.