Executive Summary: The Carolina Panthers

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The Carolina Panthers are enjoying their bye week in the best position possible at 4-0. The last time this team was undefeated was 2003; when we made it to the Super Bowl I'd say that is good karma. Many around the league have called us “the worst undefeated team due to the lack of competition we faced early in the year. My response to that is we don't make the schedule and the reality is in any sport anyone can win on any day. I will echo head coach Ron Rivera's sentiments when he said we are not going to apologize for being undefeated.

Critics can say what they want, but it hasn't been smooth sailing for us we've already faced a ton of adversity with injuries to key players and a young receiving core. The team has shown a ton of grit and
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Another big concern was the revamped offensive line protecting Cam Newton who has taken the most hits of any quarterback since entering the league in 2011! Through four games we've done an excellent job protecting Newton as our offensive line ranks second in the league right now; helping propel Newton to this MVP caliber start.

As for our young wide receiving core there's been some growing pains but they keep developing and becoming more reliable especially Ted Ginn JR. our offense ranks eighth in the league putting up 27 points per game very respectable for an offense that had many questions. The one concern I do have moving forward as the competition stiffens if drops continue to plague our offense, but our young guys have stepped up and will continue to develop and get better.

Cam Newton has put this team on his back early on this season with his arm and his legs. He already has nine total touchdowns and just two interceptions both of which were not his fault. It's been really fun to watch him lead this offense; my favorite part about what he's done this far is his footwork has been a lot better. When he has bad stretches he has a tendency to throw off his back foot causing turnovers that has not been the case thus far in 2015 knock on

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