DaveThePanther2008

In our history we've had great linebackers that have turned us into Super Bowl contenders. Mills, Morgan, Beason and Luke.   I would love to see another side-to-side linebacker and get back to greatness.

40 minutes ago, La Pantera said:

I wouldn’t count ATL or NO out, in those games. Divisional games are a different kind of animal.

Let's hope so.

Tampa has a pretty easy schedule.  

They have both Atl and N.O. at home so an upset by either of these two teams is pretty slim.  

There only other game is Miami, who has been playing better lately but it's going to be tough. 

We are going to have to win against TB twice and New Orleans.

We'd both end up 10-7 if we beat them both games.  We'd have the tie breaker from head to head.

It's a huge task but if we can beat them in Carolina in week 15 we have a chance in the final game.  

If we beat Seattle it going to be quite interesting. 

1 hour ago, Castavar said:

Canales and Curhan go back to their Seattle days. 

I knew it was someone up the chain of command.  It was a steal for DM, even if he is just adequate. Finding players that can come in and play without losing too much.  Hunt is a very difficult player to out play. 

53 minutes ago, CRA said:

I don't disagree.  Hubbard got often too patient.  Wonder of he adjusted because he did hit some holes much more like Rico does Sunday.  

My opinion, Chubba used to play the same way.  When he saw Rico doing it he realized that he wasn't running the same way he was before he got hurt.  

1 hour ago, CRA said:

I still think in the grand scheme, it's better to let either Hubbard or Rico operate in the lead position.  Both are just flat out best with volume.  I think the 50/50 split over the course of an extended window limits how good the rush can be any given Sunday. 

Give them both early reps and see who has the hot hand.  I have noticed Chubba running more like Rico these past few games.  Not so much pitter pattering at the line and just bulldozing for whatever he can get.

I like the way both are running now.  It's a good thing to have.  DC just needs to be ready to put the lion share of carries with the back that seems to be having a better start. 

I just hope it isn't like before where it was you get this series I get the next.  Doesn't work 

Not sure who but Curhen has former connections with someone on our staff.  They obviously knew something more about him.  He's no Andrew Norwell but we ran the ball at will with this guy so he does deserve some props.

Zavala for whatever reason cannot stand up to the demands of playing in the NFL.  He's collecting a paycheck but rarely is available.  I'd rather move on and work with guys like Curhan that at least can stay healthy.

Canales in the post-game interview stated that the strip sack the noise was overwhelming.  It's good that our fans are showing up.  It's been too many years since we had a home crowd favorite.  I remember listening to the Dallas game and you could hear the Cowboy fans almost as loud as our fans.  That's unacceptable. Hopefully, this team continues to get better, and our bandwagon fans come back out and support the team. 

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Bryce hasn't been so terrible that we have to act like a routine screen pass was some grand achievement.

Where is it I said it was a grand achievement?  I was just pointing out how really good that play was. Too many want to argue every single thing BY does.  It's luck, it's bad defense and every other possible reason other than he did well. 

I think T-Mac should win.  He's definitely the man.  He makes big plays when we need them.

Just now, JawnyBlaze said:

He really isn’t. He’s one of the worst I’ve ever seen at it. People like to whine about drops but most of the times receivers get a finger on the ball and someone screeches it was a drop it’s because it was way high, low, behind, ahead of, anywhere other than placed well. That includes these screens and dump offs. He just happened to throw this one well. 

Opinion

Every touchdown he threw yesterday were pin point money passes.  He's had several passes this season that have been money shots. 

3 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

Including Bryce 9/10 times 

As my daughter says that OA.  Bryce is pretty good at ball placement.  

2 minutes ago, dep said:

Yeah it was a great throw, but also, he's an NFL quarterback lol we should expect this regularly 

Agreed, however there are many QBs that don't place it perfectly.  

I've watched this highlight several times.  So many people want to criticize Young because he's doesn't throw down the field very much.  However, if you watch this highlight and focus on the ball placement, It's a perfect throw.  He leads Hubbard perfectly.  He hits him in stride.  He's full speed in a moment. 

If he throws it too far in front he probably doesn't catch it or loses his balance enough that he gets tackled.   Too far behind and he has to slow down a bit and doesn't get up to speed in time to score.

Bryce pinpoints a perfect throw, and Hubbard blows by everyone and scores.

It was a great play.

24 minutes ago, Wolfpredator said:

I am not crapping on the team effort....yesterday was the first time I have been excited watching a Panthers game, so hats off to the team for actually getting me into the game.  With that said, if this team can't win without turnovers, we are not making a deep playoff run and its that simple.  3 Interceptions against SF and we got 3 points because our inept offense.  Now, we scored off the fumble, so I will give us that, crazy 4 and 2 play call to keep the drive alive.  Two other interceptions and we only score when the defense does the scoring for us.  Its a team effort, its always a team effort but from my perspective the defense is hitting on all cylinders when it comes to the turnover battle and our offense is pretty much garbage when given opportunities to turn the tides in our favor. 

My point is, you don't win on offense alone. The defense did what they needed to do to help this team win. The Bears are living off of turnover wins.  Turnovers against high powered offenses is a must and what we needed to do.

6 hours ago, CPF4LIFE said:

Do we still win this game if defense dont score a TD

Why do people do this? It's a team effort.  If the defense scores a TD it's 6 points in the books. PERIOD That's like saying the Ram's only punted once.  They also had 3 turnovers.  

The Rams have probably the best offense in the NFL but, it shows if your defense can come away with a turnover or two.  You have a chance to stay in the game.  We got 3 turnovers and each one mattered.

Hey Vegas please list us as 10 pt underdogs the rest of the season.  

Go Panthers

6 minutes ago, PantherChris said:

Hunt is massive upgrade if hes back....

Would finally have our best 5 out there if Mayes and Hunt are back

It is a testament to Morgan.  He's finding players to fill rolls when our starters go down.  If our starting 5 make it back for these last four games we could be achieving a record that no one predicted. 

1 hour ago, KatsAzz said:

Just so you know: In todays game, only one penalty was called against the Rams, while seven penalties were called against the Panthers.

Something is wrong with ths mighty wrong, in my opinion.

The breakdown of penalties is as follows:

The Rams: 1 penalty for only a total of 5 yards. The single penalty was a delay of game late in the fourth quarter.

The Panthers: 7 penalties for a total of 70 yards, some were penalty stopping drives.. One of these was the unnecessary roughness penalty on the opening kickoff that gave the Rams good field position.

that holding call on Mitchell was BS.  You could call holding on every play.  He barely altered his momentum. I thought it was very weak. 

Jake Curhan???  This a guy we stole from the Cardinals.  Starting at Guard and our run game didn't skip a beat.  This is on Morgan for finding quality back-ups.

2 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

We are not a passing team. We are clearly a running team and Bryce is asked to not fug it up while tasked to make a few throws when called upon. Sorry, but I want more out of my so-called franchise QB than that.

If anyone need props today it was a undermanned defense.  Several starters out and didn't miss a beat.  

You're right we aren't a passing team but a passing team without a complimentary running game will not go very far.   Once you make a team stop running and just throwing, you're in for a long day. 

Two years ago with those injuries we get Young killed.  Now we have depth.  i believe the announcers said a few times that this is our 10 offensive line combination in 13 games.  There should be great credit to Dan Morgan for getting some depth on this team.

2 hours ago, 45catfan said:

Bryce was able to throw because of the run.

That's with almost any team.  If you stop the run it is pretty easy to defend a passing team.  

This is exactly how you beat one of the best teams in the NFL.  You take the ball away and you score as many times as you can.   LA Rams defense is one of the best defense in the NFL and I believe we scored more offensive points on them than they had against them all season.

Great Win, Best win of Young's career. 

Ransom is exactly the type of player Morgan wants.  Tough, nasty and hungry.  To build a great defense you have to have those types of players that want to punish people.  Our greatest defenses have always had these types of players.  

Future looks bright.