The Carolina Panthers haven’t started out their 09′ season as well as they hoped for undoubtedly. Nothing has gone according to plan, Jake Delhomme isn’t productive, the wide receivers haven’t impressed much, the defense isn’t what it was before, and the whole team is in the dumps.

The Carolina Panthers were a dangerous football team in 2008. Armed with one of the best wide receivers in the game (Steve Smith), a great quarterback (Jake Delhomme), and arguably the best running back in football in 2008 (DeAngelo Williams), the Panthers were dangerous.

The Panthers second half of the season schedule is brutal – at New England Patriots, at New York Giants, at New York Jets, and at New Orleans Saints.

While the Carolina Panthers weren’t the over whelming favorites to win the NFC South, no one expected them to play this badly and unorganized. When teams start out this dreadful, they will struggle the rest of the season to catch up to the leaders in the division.

Can the Panthers turn their season around? Yes they can because they do have the talent to do so. The Panthers need to create more turnovers on defense and give Jake Delhomme more chances to use WR Steve Smith, as of now, Steve Smith isn’t even on the radar as one of the best wide receivers in the league. It was just a couple years ago when Steve Smith was a MVP candidate.

Jake Delhomme did take the Carolina Panthers to a Super Bowl and gave the Patriots all they could handle. Jake Delhomme is a solid quarterback who is struggling.

Week 2 looked somewhat better, but as they say, a loss is a loss. The team traveled to Atlanta for a match-up against the Falcons, and lost this game 28-20. While they looked a little better than they did in week 1, Delhomme was still less effective than usual and the team failed to show the defensive dominance they exhibited week in and week out in 2008.

The Panthers made their name by running the ball in 08′ – if they are going to have any success this year, the Panthers must run the ball again

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