glenwo2

Though the BIGGEST CULPRIT out of a good amount of culprits, for my part, has to be the Defense. Their inability to stop the Steelers from doing whatever they want, played MAJOR ROLE in the outcome of this game.

Poll should've allowed us to pick more than one, imo. It was not any ONE group or person that deserved the blame overall.

Well so far the Bucs are leading 10-0 so who knows?

Seems the Bucs are not messing around.

It will get worse once the Bucs lose to Cincy.

Yeah. If Levis is a Darnold clone, we don't want to go through that again. Take a shot with Richardson and Start Corral.

Exactly. Unless Tom Brady turns into Patriots Tom Brady against Cincy, we are looking once again at the Panthers controlling their own destiny once more next week. Maybe if Tom and the Bucs didn't stink like horsesh-t this year, the coaches/team WOULD be embracing the tank right now.

Maybe if the Bucs win, maybe Zod could create a thread entitled Lions vs. Panthers Gamethread without the Playoff name?

My biggest (and most surprising) thought from today : Sam played better than I expected him to. He also had zero turnovers (which has always been an issue for him career-wise). He also threw the ball away instead of forcing it which was also an issue of his. All in all, he played a very steady game. Unfortunately he also showed that he lacked Game-Awareness like knowing when to run and when not to. Hopefully he fooled some GM out there into thinking he'd make a good backup for his team... ...in the meantime, I would love to see Corral get a LEGIT shot next season.

You really risking your "win streak" like that?

Okay I know we suck but it's been awhile since we've played games in December that actually mattered. And if the Bengals beat the Bucs, we will still be playing a game in December that matters next week. I'm just going to have to take THAT moral victory (however small it is) for what it is.

uhhh....WHY?

You're probably right but at the same time, they'll be all happy, smiles, and giggles going home so perhaps they'll have their guard down instead of being PISSED that they lost to the freakin' Jets (which they didn't)....

unfortunately, it will be a slow burn because the Falcons lost. And the Bengals will pretty much beat the Bucs. So we'll be back right here watching more frustrating Panthers football next week. Oh joy.

What are you doing?

If the Bengals destroy the Bucs like some here expect, yeah we will. So get ready to b*tch some more at our TV sets. But the Lions are going to be feasting on this crappy D, though. Lions did barely hold on to beat the Jets just now so at least they won't be all that pissed and might let their guard down....

I wish someone would just kick them in the balls when they do that. Make them think twice.

I think HE should bury it but it's a moot point since I put his ass on ignore so it's all good for me. And I'd really like to see Corral get an honest shot at QB next season. Like...FOR REAL this time without a dumbass at head coach.

Damn...that was close to the Panthers recovering and making things interesting. Oh well.

I really wish those towels had Covid. (do I really? No but I'm pissed)

Thankfully, I'm no longer one of those weirdos.

The "game will be over by the end of the 1st quarter when the Lions drop 20+" wasn't a clue that THAT was what I was saying?

Sorry but CP4LIFE is an annoying little turd-burglar. I keep forgetting how annoying he is. But yeah...Fitterer needs to answer for this crap.

Here's the weird thing : If the Bengals destroy the Bucs like some of us expect, we are STILL going to be in it amazingly. So we get to experience the edge-of-our-seat sh-tshow again next week. But this time the game will be over by the end of the 1st quarter when the Lions drop 20+.

This game was like CP4LIFE : Pure Diarrhea. The Defense played like PJ plays QB. Sam, as much as I like to rag on him for sucking, was surprisingly the least of the suckage today. It was the "D" or -EFENSE that was the Main Culprit. They couldn't stop a nosebleed today. Had the D we saw against the Seahawks was playing, we'd be looking at another big win.