Pantherxtreme

The rule isn't if your butt is on the ground it's if you give yourself up which Bryce did, but he was still contacted

I know he likes being aggressive, but that seemed to be a little too aggressive. Not sure why were chasing points with the lead there. Rico averaged 3.1 yards this game and Chuba averaged 3.6 we couldn't run on them in the first game and neither in this one. Field goal was the better play.

I mean its not like Tampa is much better. This division is nothing to write home about

@CRA @mrcompletely11

that's the play thank you

Your memory is off. There was a slide and there was the run you're describing two separate incidents

That baffled me why were we so set on going for it, when a field goal puts us up 2 scores?

Both Chuba and Rico averaged less than 4 yards a carry neither had much going on.

When I saw how they did everything to try snd gift wrap the win for the Bucs against the Falcons, I was worried about the refs and this game. But the Panthers deserved to lose if you letting a qb throw to open guys at the sticks on 3rd and 14 you not ready for prime time.

Yes it was bogus. Bryce had a similar last minute slide where the Saints defender still laid a hit on him and it didnt get flagged.

Yea that last personal foul hit on Shough was bogus dude running full speed and then makes a sudden slide what is the defensive player suppose to to do there when he's already committed to making the tackle on a full grown man.

We got a late fieldgoal to end the half, Saints offense drained the entire 2nd quarter. We score on a beautiful pass from Young on the opening drive in the 2nd half to go up 17-7 from there we just sit back in zone and let Joe Montana pick us apart the rest of the way.

How many was he supposed to score when the Saints had had the ball for almost the entire 2nd quarter? Saints receivers running open in zone all game is the bigger issue. We have Horn and Jackson two dudes with ball skills how about a little man coverage.

I havent been the biggest Byrce supporter but you guys using this game as a reason to scream Byrce are showing your bias. Its not his fault defense couldn't get off the field on multiple 3rd and 14 etc and the Saints just drained the clock.

This loss wasn't on Bryce defense and that wack zone got shredded.

Haven't followed HS football in years but seems like the NCHSAA has watered down the playoffs, 8A? 7A? I remember 4 classification, what's the reasoning from going away from 4A or 4AA system?

Actually nevermind.....

"Analytics say go for 2" These coaches oursmart themselves game would be tied if they just went for the easy points.

Atlanta would be winning this game handily if not for the refs, every Tampa Bay offensive drive has been aided by flags, and every Falcons offensive drive has been stalled by flags.

Actually the other poster was referencing last season when Rico played for Dallas, he referenced a 49ers game where they held him check as evidence of him slowing down towards the end of last season, but that 49ers game was sandwiched between 2 previous monsters games against Cincinnati and the Panthers and followed by another monster gane against the Eagles. So I just didn't see the evidence of him slowing down. Bottomline we need rushed 40 times against the Rams regarded as the best team in the league and eclipsed 164 yards. We're not capable of beating teams in the air consistently we need a dominant run game not mediocre, not just ok, but a dominant one that keep our defense rested and allows us to take shots in the passing game.

Oh definitely their passing numbers would be much better with Dak. Stafford, Maye, Dak are my top 3 Qbs for the season. Hurts had a bad game turnover wise but he hasn't thrown many picks this season. They haven't had the dominant run game like their previous Super Bowl seasons, and Hurts needs that to succeed he's not a drop back and throw it 35-40 times type Qb.

Dak has better receivers now. And Williams has nearly 300 more rushing yards in the season than Barkely. What Dak needs is the Eagles defense or any defense.

He's not bad. He's just proof you don't need a all pro Qb like some here think to win and play in Super Bowls. Build your roster up.

Dowdle averaged 4.4 yards and 4.5 yards in both games against the Eagles. He had a bad outing against the 49ers sure, but the week before that he averaged 6.0 yards against the Panthers and the week before that 7.3 against the Bengals. I'm not going to use a bad 49ers game sandwiched between some really great games as evidenced he was slowing down. He rushed for a 1000 yards in part time duty for the Cowboys and now with similar circumstances with the Panthers he has 929 yards with really 6 true starts. Is he bell cow back I don't think so as he wasn't in college nor as he been in his NFL career but that's not the nature of the position in the NFL currently most teams have a committee approach. But most teams don't have a guy that can take over games like either Dowdle or Chuba. Good teams don't let good players walk I doubt Rico is going to demand franchise back money. Chuba's on pace maybe for 600 yards this season, he's only missed 2 games. I dont want to role with that and the mystery bag that is Brooks and Etienne when we have back to back consecutive 1000 yard RB already in the fold.