Panthers 2015 Preview: Complete Carolina Guide for Preseason, Season

August 5, 2015   ·   Bryan Knowles   ·   Jump to comments

The Carolina Panthers kick off their preseason slate Aug. 14 against the Buffalo Bills and open their regular-season schedule Sept. 13 with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The defending NFC South champions will be trying to make the playoffs for a third straight time for the first time in franchise history in what should be a competitive race.
The Panthers are hoping to keep their 2014 season-ending hot streak going through 2015. The best rushing team in the NFL after its bye week last season, Carolina finished the year with a top-10 offense and a top-five defense. That’s a team that can go far in a season and make some noise in the playoffs.
The key for 2015 will be building on that momentum, rather than falling back to the form that made them a bottom-10 team in both yards and yards allowed in the first 11 weeks of the season.
Was their season-ending hot streak a legitimate step forward, or was it a small sample size fluke? That’ll be the primary s...

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