Achilles

When he put his helmet by the heater and it got too hot to even put on his head…comedy gold! He might not be a world-beater, but our D has been MUCH more solid with him making the calls. He has leadership qualities. Also, he’s had better games than the Rams game.

Dave “Uncanny” Canales His choices are often inexplicable, but work absurdly well about half the time.

Pick up the option and bring some viable talent in to compete at the position. Bryce has to prove he can put it all together and not be so streaky. At the same time, we can bring in a vet backup with the potential to push him. One more year with Canales and this offense might still make a difference at this point. Ultimately I think his size disadvantage shows. He still takes too many sacks. Let him play out his contract, and consider what it would take to retain him. Bryce will have to know that it’s either time to get paid or time to accept a role as career back-up elsewhere.

It just doesn’t seem to be in the cards. Panthers would have to have at least a +2 turnover differential AND score 14+ points off those turnovers. Then, we might find ourselves in this game. Maybe Stafford has a Bryce-like 1st quarter. Even then, they can score so fast we would struggle to keep up. They could spot us 2 tds and still come back to beat us. With all our injuries on D, it’s hard to imagine keeping them within one score headed into the 4th. That said…if we are within a score late in the 4th, maybe we have a shot. That’s not how I see this going though… LAR 10 7 10 6 33 CAR 3 3 7 3 16

Glad he realized what a mistake that Victory Monday was. Team lacked focus all the way from that point to halftime of this game. Not winning in a way that calls for a day off. WAY more work to do but there is growth in this young team. Loved that he called himself out for a few questionable coaching decisions. Great chemistry and relationships in this locker room. Changing the culture of this franchise after years of mediocrity is no small accomplishment.

This Panthers team does not look prepared or focused. It’s like they are already resigned to get their butts handed to them. The failure vs NO is clearly rolling into this week at ATL. At this rate, it’s hard to imagine winning more than 1 or 2 additional games. Or any. If this season goes south and we end up 5-12, I don’t see how you return next year with the combination of Bryce and Canales. This team is not prepared physically or mentally.

Game. Winning. Drive.

It’s hard to imagine a set of scenarios where the Panthers best the Packers at Lambeau. I can’t stretch my imagination that far. It’s fair to both teams to expect a Packers victory. We haven’t gotten a lot of dumb luck this season. At some point or another a team is going to turn the ball over twice in the first half and let us get a 21-3 lead (it may not be this season). Where are the inexplicable fumbles in our favor? That’s the only way I can imagine the Panthers winning this game. By some stroke of dumb luck the Packers implode and we somehow jump out to a big enough early lead that they abandon the run and become one dimensional. Even then we might need a defense or special teams score. We are who we thought we were… Car 3 3 7 3 16 GB 7 10 7 3 27

This was always a game the Panthers would be expected to lose. Up until just the last few weeks, most people had this pegged as a blowout win for Buffalo. So really, the very idea that at this point in the season Carolina may be poised to get the upset is a small miracle. If we approach this game like we did the Cowboys game, and execute when it matters, there’s a chance. A pretty good chance. If we lose…no big deal, we didn’t expect a W here. If the Panthers play well but lose, there may be something to build on. If we somehow manage to surprise the Bills and the national news media…all the better. If we get blown out, it really isn’t that much of a setback. I see this as a win-win situation. The worst we can be is 4-4. If the Bills truly play hot coming off the bye week, it could look like Buffalo 35-20. If we dominate the run game on both sides and keep the ball out of Allen’s hands enough times, we could see 31-24 Carolina.

Rico needs to be the primary RB. He is simply more effective. Chuba could have lost this game for us with that blown pass block. Luckily Dalton held onto the ball. I DID NOT appreciate Schlereth just openly cheering for the Jets. I understand they were the home team and they are a major market team. But there are TWO teams on the field. Keep your poo together and don’t sell out to openly pull for one team. It ruins the experience for the other fans watching. I finally had to MUTE him! The NFL doesn’t give a crap about small market teams.

Chances of us scoring 40+ points? I don’t see it unless we get a couple of TDs from the D.

We’re stuck with Bryce for now. He led TWO drives where we came from behind to take the lead. One of them was the winning drive and he threw the winning TD. Taken as a whole…he played at expectation after the 1st quarter. That’s not so bad under the circumstances. We got the win. Maybe they’ll struggle to build on it but a win is a win. He drove the offense down and took the lead when it was needed. You can’t take that away from him. We’re not changing QBs anytime soon. Or owners. So…when they win, we should take it at face value and give credit where it’s due. Bryce came up big in clutch moments. You can’t take that away from him.

God forbid we get some Panthers leaning announcers from time to time! Seems like our announcers always have way more love for our opponents. Oh wait…I know why. We don’t give them a lot to get hype about. But still…even when we were beating the Falcons by 5 scores, it was like the announcers had their fingers crossed for a comeback.

He should stick with Bryce. Either they play/coach their way out of this or into unemployment. Either way, it’s not like we’re going to make the playoffs. So try to figure out what the eff…

Teams don’t have to win games to make money. Yes they make more money when they win but they make plenty of money when they lose. The league is profitable and owning a team is lucrative because of the TV rights revenue sharing. Because of PSLs it doesn’t matter if the stadium is empty. Tepper can put a mediocre team out there every year and still not feel the pain. He has billions of dollars and this is like a hobby to him. Where is his incentive to do anything differently? He’s going to be fine. I feel like this team is the most likely team to be relocated to an up and coming city. Austin maybe. Or Portland.