Will Carolina Panthers reaches to the Super Bowl next season? If so, explain why?
87459
Absolutely. They will be like a more practiced, more refined version of the near-powerhouse they were this season. They have THREE members going to the Pro Bowl this year. The Dallas game was what really undid them this year.\n\nUnder the steady coaching of John Fox... this team will go far. They already have made the playoffs twice in three years... and were at the Super Bowl in 2003. The Seahawks, on the other hand, will probably collapse after their post-Super Bowl loss as so many teams do for a year.
997377
I agree with you.  I also live in North Carolina and we love our hockey down here.  I say GO CANES GO.  If they win the Stanley Cup, it will be the first big professional win for any professional sport team from our state.  The Carolina Panthers almost won the Superbowl a couple years ago.  Our NBA team needs a lot help right now.
105648
Sorry. The game last night was the Seahawks first Super Bowl appearance. They have never won it.\n\nWell, there's always next year!
482920
WOW...Who knows. I'm a Panthers supporter so that would be my wish, but as a Prediction at this stage I'd have to say the Cowboys or the Knights.\n\nCan't wait to see.
74289
The Steelers made a statement that they still own that division. Honestly I really think they are going to the superbowl, but if not I will still think the season a success as the steelers won the division for the 11th time in 15 years. Wish Palmer wasn't hurt, Chad Johnson never got that chance to wave his terrible towel did he?
894844
What drugs are you taking?\n\nThey might go on a 7 game LOSING streak.\n-------------\nBill Cower is in his last year and he's CLEARLY lost interest.\n\nBig Ben is more beat up right now than Mike Tyson.\n\nThe defense is HORRIFIC.\n\nThe offensive line ought to be run out of town.\n--------------\n\nLook, you got REAL LUCKY winning that Super Bowl last year.\n\nFirst of all, you never should have got in the playoffs.\n\nThen (if you wouldn't have trashed Palmer's knee) Cincinnati should have beat you by 20.\n\nTo top it off, the referees apparently got together before the Super Bowl and decided to let you guys win no matter what.\n-----------------\n\nBe thankful for your Championship last season.\n\nIt won't happen again for a LONG LONG time!
1182644
WHOA dude - that is a good question.  I am so stoned right now I cannot even remember my name.  But I would like to think that it will be cool when the Broncos win the Super Bowl XL in Detroit this year against the Seattle Seahawks.  I think the Seahawks have a great team with Steve Largent, Shaun Alexander and Jim Zorn.  They can move the ball effectively and they should win it all I think.  I got to go to the bathroom now and take care of  business - if you know what I mean.  You ever danced with the Devil?  Man - I am fried right now.  WHOA.
346492
I think it will be what it should have been last year in the superbowl.  Panthers vs. Steelers.  The only reason seatlle won is because they shutdown steve smith, now the panthers have keyshawn.  And they will draft a good TE in the draft.  And they were on their 5th string running back(Jamal Robertson).  Although i am a panthers fan i think the steelers will win again because their defense is amazing.  I think at the end of the year their defense will be ranked #1 with the panthers ranked #2.  It will be a low scoring game and will come down to who has the ball last.
158829
Like everyone else said, they don't want any team to have a home-field advantage. Also, you are talking about tens of thousands of people coming to the site of the Super Bowl. These people all need hotels, airfare and othere accomodations. Trying to plan something this big with only one or two weeks notice would be a complete disaster. There are some NFL cities (like Green Bay) that simply could never handle that many people at once on short notice. Jacksonville had trouble with it a few years ago, and they had plenty of warning. This needs to be planned out years in advance. Plus the NFL likes to reward cities (like Detroit, or Houston last year) that build shiny new stadiums for their teams. They don't want the Super Bowl to be played in a dump.
784370
Super Bowl hangover, it happens to nearly all Super Bowl winners. Key free agent losses and the retirement of "The Bus" cost them a lot of the leadership they enjoyed last season. Injuries havent helped and the soap opera that was Big Ben over the summer certainly didnt help. They need to regroup and re- dedicate themselves to the goals they had last year and they will be fine. There is still plenty of talent wearing Steeler black.
41728
On October 26, 1993, NFL owners unanimously selected Carolina as the 29th NFL franchise and the first expansion team since 1976. Fireworks exploded over uptown Charlotte as jubilant fans gathered to celebrate the news. "This is a dream come true for me and my partners and for the 10 million people in the Carolinas," said Carolina Panthers Owner/Founder Jerry Richardson, who became just the second former player to own an NFL team along with George Halas of the Chicago Bears. \n\nThe "dream" began on July 16, 1987 when Richardson met in Charlotte with a group of interested parties to discuss the feasibility of entering the multi-city competition for two NFL expansion franchises. On December 15, Richardson officially announced an NFL franchise bid for the Carolinas. \n\nOne of the first orders of business was to choose a stadium site. Locations in North and South Carolina were considered. On December 15, 1989, Richardson Sports selected a site in uptown Charlotte as the future home of a privately financed NFL stadium that would seat more than 70,000 fans. \n\nAcross the Carolinas, support for an NFL expansion team poured in at an unprecedented rate. U.S. Sens. Jesse Helms of North Carolina and Ernest Hollings of South Carolina lobbied NFL owners on the Carolinas behalf. Likewise, North Carolina Gov. Jim Martin and South Carolina Gov. Carroll Campbell formed a blue-ribbon committee of leading citizens in both states. Fans demonstrated their enthusiasm by selling out preseason games in Raleigh, NC in 1989, Chapel Hill, NC in 1990 and Columbia, SC in 1991. \n\nAt the League owners meeting on March 18, 1992, the NFL reduced the list of expansion candidate cities from eleven to seven with the Carolinas making the cut. Two months later, the NFL narrowed the list of expansion hopefuls to five communities – Baltimore, St. Louis, Memphis, Jacksonville and the Carolinas. \n\nHowever, on October 20, 1992, NFL owners decided to delay the expansion vote until the fall of 1993 because of a labor dispute between the League and the players. Fortunately, on January 6, 1993, the League and the players approved a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. On March 23, 1993, the expansion race officially resumed. \n\nOn June 3, Richardson Sports revealed its impressive plan to privately finance a 72,300-seat stadium from the sale of Permanent Seat Licenses, club seats and luxury boxes, beginning on July 1. A remarkable 15,000 pieces of mail from first-day orders were collected. By the end of the first day, all 8,314 club seats sold out and all 104 luxury suites were reserved and ultimately leased. First-day PSL orders totaled 41,632. \n\nFinally, on October 26, 1993, NFL owners unanimously selected Carolina as the 29th NFL franchise.
49871
Denver is a dangerous, balanced team.  The steelers are tough defensively,and underrated offensively, the Seahawks are more one dimensional than people realize, but, and this is not because I live in charlotte, the Panthers are the most complete team still playing, and they have one thing that no one else has....Steve Smith
967328
I think the Panthers are going to win the division and the Saints will be the wildcard.  The Saints defense is poor and will hurt them yet this season.\n\nFor More on the Saints, Panthers and the NFL. check this site out.  http://factipedia.com/sportsblogs/
53489
I say Pittsburgh will win. They have became road warriors and becoming the first 6 seed team to make the big show. Plus this is probably the bus’s last game so that makes the team want to win it for him. \n\nI think Seahawks will choke in the big game. What happen to Carolina? They should have won that game!\n\nBig Ben is a great qb to only be in the NFL for two years. He will be big in the Super Bowl.
138382
They haven't earned it frankly.  They went through one of the easiest regular season schedules, beat a Redskins team that couldn't play offense and beat a Carolina team relying on their 4th RB.  They haven't really proved anything.
707892
We won't know anyone schedule next season until this season is over.  I think the NFL post the next season during the pro bowl.
824411
I think the Bears fate rests in the hands of Grossman. If he continues to be the opposite of clutch the Bears are done, but if he gets it together the only team that might contend with them is the Giants. The Bears will beat Carolina because all you have to do is shut S. Smith down and the Bears can do that. Carolina has proved time and time again that when Smith has a bad day the Panthers lose.