we still have a shot. if the giants lose both games or seatle loses both games we have a shot.
i'm doing my part in hoping, are you?

12/22/2006 8:36:22 PM

12/22/2006 8:40:42 PM

FIRE DELHOMME

12/22/2006 9:00:38 PM

6-10, with or without that douchebag Weinke starting

12/22/2006 11:06:19 PM

im hoping. but not for your team.

12/22/2006 11:11:40 PM

what do you mean "if seattle loses both games"?

Do you mean if they lose, and then the 49ers or Rams win out to win the West, then they have a shot?

12/23/2006 7:50:37 AM

just cut your losses and get on the chargers bandwagon while there is still room

12/23/2006 10:33:10 AM

there is no way in hell this will happen

12/23/2006 12:20:56 PM

We won't beat Atlanta even if they play Schaub at QB. Season is done, let's just lose out and hope for a good draft pick.

12/23/2006 12:42:23 PM

whoohooo, keep the hope alive cats

12/24/2006 8:04:25 PM

is this serious? they can't still be in that shit can they?

12/24/2006 8:05:23 PM

12/24/2006 8:06:19 PM

I think if the panthers beat the saints next week, and the giants loose again, then they can go.

[Edited on December 24, 2006 at 8:07 PM. Reason : ]

12/24/2006 8:07:12 PM

yes they are,

look at my original post, the giants lost and i assume seatle lost so they are still in it

12/24/2006 8:07:12 PM

I haven't seen any official playoff scenarios, but going over the tiebreaking procedures, it looks like Green Bay is in the mix now. If the Packers beat the Bears next week they would finish 8-8 and have a better conference record than the Panthers, so they would get in. So, it looks to me like Carolina needs to have both the Giants and Packers lose next week.

12/24/2006 8:11:45 PM

^ along w/ a Carolina win I assume? That would be fucking sweet, but they would probably blow the wild card IIIIIIIIIIIF they happened to stumble into the playoffs.... but you gotta believe ... Chargers vs Panthers? LOL

12/24/2006 8:20:20 PM

Correct.

I just looked at the Sportsline scenarios and it confirmed it. So, go Panthers, Bears, and Redskins next weekend! Here's for a miracle.

12/24/2006 8:30:40 PM

haha gg Panthers

12/24/2006 8:52:22 PM

bttt bitches

if next week:

- Panthers win (@NO)
- Giants lose (@WAS)
- Packers lose (@CHI)

Panthers make the playoffs

we'll probably win and Giants lose and Favre will fucking beat the Bears

but hey, we win and we have a pretty good chance!

12/24/2006 10:26:25 PM

go saints

12/24/2006 11:01:56 PM

normally im the "lets get a better draft pick" type guy when i know we dnt have a championship caliber team.

But I could see ANY playoff team winning the Super Bowl this year given the level of parity and the general craziness of the league...


And since we've clearly got a lot of talent Id love to see us sneak into the playoffs just to see if we can do some damage.

12/24/2006 11:17:32 PM

What's the status of Delhomme for next week? As many problems as he's had this season, I think the Panthers need him to beat the Saints. The Packers should lose to the Bears and the Giants could easily lose @ Washington. It looks like beating the Saints is the most difficult part of the scenario.

12/25/2006 4:30:46 AM

Quote :

"And since we've clearly got a lot of talent Id love to see us sneak into the playoffs just to see if we can do some damage."

yea i'm the same way. i'm curious if maybe bein in the playoffs would get them to play with some intensity. i doubt it, but who knows.

12/25/2006 9:09:57 AM

if we (they) hadn't been so lousy at the beginning and mostly end of this season, this thread wouldn't even be here. who's to blame for that?

12/25/2006 12:03:57 PM

go panthers...

12/25/2006 12:12:28 PM

How long you reckon the Bears will play their starters since they have everything wrapped-up in the NFC. They hung in there this week but could easily mail-it-in and allow Favre and the Packers a chance to waltz in. The Giants are just schizophrenic enough to show up next week after getting their asses handed to them by the Saints. Imagine what if we had held just one of those 4th quarter leads we have blown...

12/25/2006 1:36:21 PM

the only thing im worried for it the skins beating the giants,
i think we'll easily beat the saints, i dont know why but i do

12/25/2006 7:53:55 PM

if the panthers could have a defense that doesnt get injured more than Tracy McGrady, that would help.

12/25/2006 8:03:11 PM

saints won 1st round bye by the cowboys losing today to philly...which means that i doubt they will play their starters for long against us next week...which means our chances improve.

this would be unreal if we get in

12/25/2006 10:06:00 PM

do they have a shot at home field throughout? and does the outcome of next week's game determine that?

12/25/2006 10:09:16 PM

Quote :

"if the panthers could have a defense that doesnt get injured more than Tracy McGradyTA McClendon, that would help."

12/25/2006 10:11:42 PM

^^ No the Bears have already wrapped that up. Next week's game is meaningless for New Orleans.

12/25/2006 10:18:06 PM

wow i cant believe the Packers have a shot at gettin in the playoffs..

12/25/2006 10:20:16 PM

^^ my point exactly

[Edited on December 25, 2006 at 10:20 PM. Reason : .]

12/25/2006 10:20:44 PM

if we get in i hope we can pull out last years playbook for the playoffs, and add keyshawn to the gaps

because the way play calling has been this year....ugh

12/25/2006 10:58:24 PM

yea, all panther hating aside, speaking purely football. IF yall make the playoffs, i don't really see yall going anywhere.

Panthers are playing like they got their heads cut off, and the OC is pulling some NC State shit. You can't win without airing it out in the playoffs, and I dont know what the hell was up with the Falcons, but yall should've gotten ya ass ripped the way panthers were playing, just so happened falcons had a shittier day, but not by much

How many years does Delhomie (i call him delhomie so dont none of you fucks get on my dick about it ) have left on his contract? Between me and friends (panther lovers) the convo of gettin rid of jake comes up. I say it wouldn't happen because he's the face of the panthers, IMO. The good ole boy that has all the south ridin' with yalls bandwagon...but on the other hand, I see that he's one of weak links of your team. Injuries or not, he's not the smartest QB in the league, and underthrows way too much to be considered a threat...Steve Smith just makes him look like a fucking champ.

'cuse my rambling tho, im all hopped up on turkey and ham

12/25/2006 11:34:56 PM

^ none of what you just typed is true.
delhomme is not the face of the franchise by any stretch of the imagination. nobody will cry if he leaves, maybe a sniffle or two.
the gameplan agains the falcons couldnt have been better. keep the ball out of vick's hands and weinki's hands and we win. and it worked.
and i think the running the ball 90% of the time will get us to the superbowl.

and no he doest underthrow, he overthrows too much but thanks for pretending to know anything about the panthers.

12/26/2006 1:00:44 AM

WHY DO YOU KEEP SPELLING WEINKE'S NAME WRONG

12/26/2006 1:04:44 AM

First the giants game is on saturday night, so we should know if we are playing for anything come sunday morning....lets say they lose....then we gotta take care of business....then theres the fact they moved the green bay chicago game to 815...hence making us not know anything either way until 2007 is rang in.

12/26/2006 1:05:42 AM

hey... it could happen

12/26/2006 1:15:08 AM

The Bears don't need to win either, they will play their scrubs most of the game against the Packers and will likely lose to them, seeing how Green Bay has something to play for.

But, you can always hope

12/26/2006 11:46:57 AM

Panthers are 3 point favorites


Giants are 2.5 point favorites


Packers are 2.5 point underdogs


If we just assumed every game was 50/50 then we'd have a 1/8 shot of making the playoffs....since we're better than 50/50 in two of them Id sat we're like a ~15% chance to make the playoffs.

12/26/2006 7:30:04 PM

The Panthers are 3 point favorites vs the Saints?

12/26/2006 7:39:06 PM

How are we favorites? We will know everything on saturday night on what we have to play for by watching that game. period.

12/26/2006 8:33:02 PM

too bad the panthers could not have held half of their 4th quarter leads

i mean even one of those and none of this really matters

[Edited on December 27, 2006 at 12:26 AM. Reason : .]

12/27/2006 12:24:11 AM

Delhomme got some snaps at practice today

PS...for everybody that says "Steve Smith just makes Jake Delhomme look good"...what about when he made the Pro Bowl when Smith was out all year

12/27/2006 1:52:15 PM

he had muhammed

12/27/2006 2:10:43 PM

Yeah, what a talent he is.

12/27/2006 3:31:16 PM

I'm not Delhomme's biggest fan, but I sure as hell would rather have him in there than Weinke

12/27/2006 3:37:45 PM

his record speaks for itself...delhomme is well above .500 as a starter and has a nice postseason record as well...the only way weinke won 1 game out of his last 19 starts is because we kept him on the sidelines on passing downs

12/27/2006 3:53:47 PM