Breaking Down The Carolina Panthers Preseason: Questions Grow Larger

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Published: August 28, 2009

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... games don't get "game plans," the third contest will. So, this Saturday's home opener will be the first real look at the Panthers since the team's abysmal playoff loss to the Arizona Cardinals in January.  

A quick glance back to this past January shows just how the Panthers arrived at where they are now.

Following the playoff loss to the Cardinals, lots of Panthers fans were irate and many still are. The coaching staff received some heat for allowing the game to go down the way it did. More specifically, fans were upset with quarterback Jake Delhomme for having a record night—that record being throwing interceptions in a home playoff game.

The Panthers faithful were also upset with a defensive scheme that saw their beloved Panthers going up against one of the top wide receivers in the NFL in a single-coverage package facing the Panthers' weakest cornerback.

Many fans and Monday-morning quarterbacks could not figure out why the lea...

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