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Steve Smith is the only one I can remember. He was seen as just a potential returner coming out of college.

True - but he's no DJ Moore replacement as was kind of sold to us.

The scouting report on him coming out of college was that he wasn't great at creating separation, was just really good at catching contested balls and running after the catch. From NFL.com Big, strong slot receiver possessing the mental and physical toughness to outperform his speed limitations. The career production is nothing special, but it’s clear he’s put time and effort into his craft. He runs crisp, well-paced routes and ramps up his focus when it’s time to go get the football. A lack of separation burst and long speed could make for more contested catches, but he has the body type and willingness for that work. Mingo can get tough yards after the catch and is an above-average blocker. He has the skill level and demeanor to become a starting slot receiver for teams using 11 personnel (three WRs) as their base offense.

I'm not OK with trading Luvu. Are you guys?

Ok, in that case we're going 11 - 0 the rest of the schedule.

This thread coming from a mod is a disgrace, why is it pinned?

How the hell did Panthers lose to Saints and Falcons?

Top post mate

Pat killed it. His points about Frank Reich were spot on

Ridiculous. Defense can’t stop anyone in the run game and that has nothing to do with the offense. Getting gassed is a convenient excuse. Top defenses get it done

Exactly I am not saying “we” for anything anymore. These idiots need to own it

Bears head coach Matt Eberflus made an addition to his staff on Monday. Eberflus announced that the Bears hired Phil Snow as their defensive analyst. Eberflus has been serving as the team’s defensive coordinator since Alan Williams resigned and he said last week that he was looking to bring on an experienced coach to help on that side of the ball. Snow was the Panthers defensive coordinator under Matt Rhule from 2020 until Rhule was fired last season. Snow also ran Rhule’s defenses at Temple and Baylor, but did not join Rhule’s staff at Nebraska this year. Snow also worked as an assistant for Rod Marinelli with the Lions and Marinelli is a mentor to Eberflus. “He’ll be here Monday giving us those reports, Tuesday giving us those reports as we do our game planning, and then he’ll be certainly helpful to our defensive staff,” Eberflus said, via Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times. The Bears are 29th in points allowed and 25th in yards allowed this season, but they allowed the fewest in each category during their Week Six loss to the Vikings. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bears-hire-phil-snow-as-a-defensive-analyst

Is it? Defense gave up 40+ points in two straight games

Haha that's not happening

It would be the Tepper thing to do

I think we can just say the team has not played complimentary football. It's so much about momentum and it seems when our defense needs the offense to maintain a drive or two, they're unable to do. I think since the defensive injuries it's mostly been defense that is unable to create the stops when they're really needed.

Through 6 games, Panthers would lead the NFC South in following categories 1. Points scored (112) 2. Points against (186) You look at our board and we focus so much on offensive problems but our defense has been extremely poor

6 games too late, some of us were calling for it in preseason

I wouldn't get my hopes up, but hopefully it will improve the rhythm of the offense and not have to wait for Reich's old ass to decide what he wants to call.

So you're blaming Bryce for throwing the ball away instead of taking a sack. yes he needs more time to throw because his receivers have below average separation and need more time to get open.

air yards or from scrimmage? air yards - clearly yes just from this chart, but from scrimmage I can't think of any

I saw that, much improved, just want to see some green dots 20+ yards next time. But most of that is on lack of protection

100%. He had to release it early

It's the perfect sh*tstorm 1. Bad scheme 2. Poor offensive line play 3. No true #1 WR

The rest of the league average sepearation is 2.94. Our top receiver was at 2.35 when he balled out. So yeah, they're not even average as a unit.