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Tommy Tremble! Good things happen when China Hubbard isn't touching the ball. 

I. fuging. Love. Spooky halloween-time movies. I start planning my Halloween night movie playlist in June, and I get visibly giddy once September rolls around.

Halloween Party Background Pick: Viy (Soviet, 1967) (YouTube)

It's in Ukrainian, so you don't need to try to follow it at a party. Just have it on in the background and enjoy the awesomely cheesy special effects that are good for some yucks, and some a really creepy. Plus young Natalya Varley is a smoke show.

Enjoyably Bad Sit Down and Watch Party Pick: Chopping Mall (1986)

I mean...what else do you need to know?

Okay, you still need more? Barbara Crampton's boobs.

What I'll definitely be watching: Exorcist III: Legion (1990)

It's so fuging good. And the cast is maybe the best horror movie cast ever.

Will probably be on TV at some point. Don't skip it: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

What a strange, strange movie. With no Michael Myers, and an absolutely bonkers plot. But boy oh boy, it really doesn't skimp on the Halloween spirit.

Best Homage to Halloween III: The Guest (2014)

It's not great. But more people should see it. Plus, young Dan Stevens is a smoke show.

I hope the outcome of this contest is that when the maximum number of minutes allotted for play have expired that the Panthers exceed the number of points that the Saints have accrued during that time!

Let's initiate this promptly!

I like him a lot. He's got a lot of fight and a lot of moxie. That game winning drive after that pick was impressive. I joke with my Washington friends that this is the start of the Heinicke Dynasty, and in truth I'd love to see it. But I'll temper me expectations. In the meantime I'm just enjoying watching him play and happy for him to have the opportunity to lead a team and win a game. 

Is it just me, or have there been an absurdly high number of GOOD games so far early this season? Browns/Chiefs, Ravens/Raiders, Giants/WFT. I'm completely blown away by how entertaining these games have been. 

We're gonna eat a W. 

Panthers 21

Saints 17

I don't know what's more satisfying; that for the first time in I don't know how long, our rivals fear our offensive firepower, or the fact that they're totally overlooking our defense.

I'm impressed that they think our LB Corps looks solid, and am even more surprised that I agree. 

And I really hope after all this, it doesn't come down to the kicking game to decide it.

2 hours ago, SBBlue said:

 

Double post.

2 hours ago, SBBlue said:

 The Crusher: Haha, Perfect. Robby !!!! Wow, we are horrifying. Our kicker punts better than their kicker kicks. I guess that’s nice 

Lol!

Winston is like going up against a pitcher with a 99mph fastball and control issues. It could be a ball in the dirt, it could be a heater right in your sweet spot, or it could be coming right for your head. You really don't know what to expect, but you should be nervous. 

41 minutes ago, thunderraiden said:

Come on, the first half could have easily been 35-0 if we didn't fumble on the one and two passes were 6 inches closer to the WR/TE. Thats like the people at the game shitting on Wilson because of his stats, fug stats, use your eyes. The eye test screams that the panthers completely dominated the Jets and the only reason the score is closer than what the game looked like is because the entire second half was garbage time.

Okay, using my eyes, I saw us make mistakes that cost us points. Great teams don't fumble inside the 5-yard line. If we were dominating them, it would have shown up on the scoreboard.

But it's a small sample size, and there was certainly rust we needed to shake off. Are those costly mistakes rust, or is execution a problem for the team? We don't know yet, but this week will tell us a lot more than the win over the Jets did.

I'm surprised it moved that much, TBH. How much does it mean, really, to beat the Jets in a one-score game? You've got to be happy about the win, but I still don't think it told us much about the team. However, considering the starters to this point had only a half of a preseason game to get into a rhythm, I think this week should tell us a lot more of who we are, and where we really belong in the power rankings.

22 minutes ago, onmyown said:

At the same time if the defense is already outplaying then, who cares if they get it on the 25?

Every team we play won’t have that scenario and it seems silly not to see what you have in the kicker…because at some point he’ll have to make those, get him comfy now is my thought but maybe they already know he isn’t the answer for the season and they’re looking elsewhere.

I think it's probably this, and we knew which options, kick or punt led to the most beneficial outcome. Give it to them on the 15 or the 33.

1 hour ago, Khyber53 said:

We punted from the 33. 

That means the coach looked over at the kicker and decided that he'd rather just give the football to the other team than risk a 50-yarder. 

I actually didn't hate that. Not fully trusting the kicker I'm sure factored into the decision. But pinning a rookie QB inside his own 5 yard line when the D-Line was absolutely abusing him all game seems like a pretty appetizing prospect. Force a turnover. Safety. Or at worst a 3-and-out and we get right possession of the ball right back where we left it.

Frankly I think Charlton isn't getting enough heat for botching a coffin corner punt so badly. Punting from the 33 to the 15???

Yeah, I'm okay with pedestrian starting field position if it means we're not putting one of our offensive contributors needlessly in harm's way, or putting in a guy with the dropsies.

Don't Beat Ourselves is out motto this year, after all. So go with safe and win in other phases of the game.

3 hours ago, Tbe said:

C’mon guys. You don’t open up the playbook week 1 so everyone knows what you can do.

A simple run game could beat the Jet so they went with that. 
 

It’s the smart thing to do.

I don't know if this is sarcasm or not, but regardless, I agree. A vanilla game plan was enough to beat the Jets. That, combined with Sam had a whole half of a preseason game to get into the flow with his guys, I can see them wanting to make this more of a shake off the rust kind of game. I choose to believe we have a more aggressive playbook for our very real competition with NO next week.

Low key happy about this. Forces their hand to start the lineup we all know needs to be out there. 

1 hour ago, Jackie Lee said:

 

Excellent depth at worst, and I honestly think he could be starting by week 2 or 3.

39 minutes ago, Icege said:

LG for sure

Pat Elflein is terrible 

Michael Jordan got cut by the Bengals. Young guy. Started 19 games. He honestly couldn't be worse. 

8 hours ago, TheWiz said:

Matt Rhule and his unnecessary loyalty unproved players

Matt Rhule has the necessary drafted player develop!

4 minutes ago, CRA said:

I think Will Grier clears waivers and is right back with the team.

There is no indication the Panthers want to add talent that threatens Sam.  Rhule doesn't want the headache. 

I don't think we need anyone to contend for the starter job. We just need a competent backup. A 30-something journeyman clipboard holder would fit the bill. We had two third-stringers, and canning one didn't mean we got a backup by default.

This says one thing to me; we're signing another QB before the week is over. I think we were going to roll with 3 on the 53 man roster, we just didn't like our 3.

54 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

You don't know what 71 one is?  It's 69 with 2 fingers up her butt.

I tried a 72 once...I still have teeth marks.

I (don't kill me) foresee a lot of punts early in the season. Not confident in our O-Line, and so I see a lot of drives stalling deep in our territory. That being the case, you can't overstate the value of a solid punter. Our defense is good enough to slow even the most aggressive offenses, but we just can't afford to give the opposition great field position to start from. Winning the battle of field position could snatch victory from the jaws of defeat a couple times until the offense starts clicking.