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09-17-2016, 01:12 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers (http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/car/carolina-panthers) coach Ron Rivera feels "disrespected" that the NFL schedule makers didn't allow the defending NFC Champions to open at home. :cry
He called it a "pain in the ass" to spend the entire offseason reliving the 24-10 Super Bowl 50 loss to Denver so the league could schedule a rematch at Denver to kick off the season.
"Forget the fact that you're the defending NFC champs and you deserve to open up at home in front of your home crowd on opening week," Rivera said on Friday, eight days after a 21-20 loss to the Broncos. "We're going to make you guys relive it for five more months. That's how I felt. :cry:cry
"So for the next five months I've got to put up with it, deal with it, answer the questions and relive it constantly over and over and over. Honestly, it became a pain in the ass." :cry:cry:cry
The subject came up when Rivera was asked if there would be a moment before Sunday's home opener against the San Francisco 49ers (http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/sf/san-francisco-49ers) to honor last season in which Carolina had an NFL-best 15-1 record during the regular season and won the NFC Championship.
That led to Rivera getting on his self-proclaimed "soapbox" about having to open at Denver.
"I struggled with that," Rivera said. "I really did from Day 1. There are so many things they could have done to honor us and honor our team, our fans and our city that I thought this would have been a great opportunity to show it.
"I feel like we were robbed of that. We had to wait a whole week to do it. You can tell, I'm disappointed it didn't work out that way." :cry:cry:cry:cry
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17563771/ron-rivera-feels-disrespected-carolina-panthers-forced-open-road
Am I missing something here? Last I checked, the Panthers choked in epic fashion in the Super Bowl and Scam Newton quit on his team. At the end of the day, Carolina was just one of 31 losers last season. Why do they deserve special treatment in the schedule? The Panthers really are a team full of crybabies, and it all starts with their coach and their starting quarterback.
He called it a "pain in the ass" to spend the entire offseason reliving the 24-10 Super Bowl 50 loss to Denver so the league could schedule a rematch at Denver to kick off the season.
"Forget the fact that you're the defending NFC champs and you deserve to open up at home in front of your home crowd on opening week," Rivera said on Friday, eight days after a 21-20 loss to the Broncos. "We're going to make you guys relive it for five more months. That's how I felt. :cry:cry
"So for the next five months I've got to put up with it, deal with it, answer the questions and relive it constantly over and over and over. Honestly, it became a pain in the ass." :cry:cry:cry
The subject came up when Rivera was asked if there would be a moment before Sunday's home opener against the San Francisco 49ers (http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/sf/san-francisco-49ers) to honor last season in which Carolina had an NFL-best 15-1 record during the regular season and won the NFC Championship.
That led to Rivera getting on his self-proclaimed "soapbox" about having to open at Denver.
"I struggled with that," Rivera said. "I really did from Day 1. There are so many things they could have done to honor us and honor our team, our fans and our city that I thought this would have been a great opportunity to show it.
"I feel like we were robbed of that. We had to wait a whole week to do it. You can tell, I'm disappointed it didn't work out that way." :cry:cry:cry:cry
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17563771/ron-rivera-feels-disrespected-carolina-panthers-forced-open-road
Am I missing something here? Last I checked, the Panthers choked in epic fashion in the Super Bowl and Scam Newton quit on his team. At the end of the day, Carolina was just one of 31 losers last season. Why do they deserve special treatment in the schedule? The Panthers really are a team full of crybabies, and it all starts with their coach and their starting quarterback.