Full disclosure, I'm a Panthers fan and a strong one at that. But I live in California so going to their games is difficult (even hard to watch on TV). But I've received a great opportunity to see the Texans face the Panthers next next Sunday and I've never been to Houston or Reliant Stadium. Along with the game, I'll be in the city for at least three days, so I'm sure there are a lot of other great things to see. If you guys have any suggestions about things to see or places to be in and around the Houston area, please let me know. Good luck in the game and your AFC South title hunt!

(btw, if this should be a Fanshot, I'll happily move it . Over on Cat Scratch Reader, these go under Fanposts but you guys might want them under Fanshots.)

CSR recently started a Greatest Panther of All Time bracket and the vote between Jordan Gross and Julius Peppers brought up the question of whether the greatest can be judged off of merit both on and off the field. A lot of people would not consider Pepper as the GPOAT due to the insulting nature of his departure from the team for the Chicago Bears. Many simply did not like him just for leaving the Panthers. I bring this up because the situation with Charles Johnson could soon reminisce it (props to JohnnyMac080's fanshot for bringing this to my attention).

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CJ made comments (please read the entire exchange and original post, available in fanshot linked above) recently on Twitter related to whether or not he should return to the Panthers as being based on winning and more subtlety on price. Other Panthers have also intimated as much, like Deangelo Williams (who has stated that he would like to return to the Panthers but the team's financial status might force him to sacrifice to stay on the team). As I assume everyone would want, it'd be great if these players could take one for the team and accept a reduced salary than one they might receive on the open market in the hopes that we might become a winning team eventually. But sometimes they don't and fans get upset. But is it reasonable for us to be upset?

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