Davidson Deac II

Steve Smith has a few disadvantages though. 1. There is a glut of Wide Receivers in or being considered. It shouldn't matter, but it might. 2. He isn't the most diplomatic fella. Also shouldn't matter, but it might. 3. No ring. Definitely shouldn't matter, but it might. If he had one, that might get him in over some of the others. I think Luke is the most likely Panther to get in.

Maybe, but I also wonder if having almost an entirely different group of receivers than he did last year has a little bit to do with it. Our starters against Atlanta in the last game last year were Thielen, Coker, and Legette with Moore coming in. Legette is struggling, and might be gone after this season if things don't turn around. Coker is out, and Thielen is gone. TMac is a big improvement, but still a rookie. Renfrow and Young just look out of sync. If they can get in sync and Coker comes back, we could see an improvement.

If you look at Bijan's running on first down, almost all his attempts got 2-3 yards. He had only 3 decent to good runs in all of the first half. We were slowing him down on first down, forcing them to rely more of the passing game with 2nd or 3rd and 7's. The run game might fail again next week, but we did a much better job against Bijan than we did in week one against Jacksonville and against arguably a better back.

I wish we had Thielen right about now.

We also don't know what we are. In the first two games, turnovers killed us, and made the defense look worse than it actually was. We also have a lot of new guys learning their roles. During the first game, I listened to the Radio broadcast, and Luke basically said that our defense was pretty good when playing straight up, but got confused and out of place when the offense motioned. I think that is due to young/inexperienced players on defense, especially at linebacker.

So their offense is the worst in the NFL, and they cut a safety? Must be something behind the scenes.

I am not. Texans haven't started very strong the last couple of years. 0-2 Ryans first year and 2-1 the second year albeit against some bad teams. This year, the started off with three potential playoff teams.

Even without the Henry fumble, I don't think the Ravens would have won. They just couldn't move the ball much in th 4th qtr, at least until Detroit got the two td lead and relaxed its defense.

Wow, you guys get mad if Tepper gets involved, you get mad if he doesn't get involved.

Anyone involved in the run defense. For the first half, Robinson had a 10 yrd run, a 9 yrd run and a 6yrd. The other 6 were in the 1-3 yard neighborhood. We basically took away Robinson and forced them to pass more.

It also benefits us if we prove that we can score td's in several different ways. Makes us far harder to defend. I think TMac was the focus of the Falcon's pass defense, and they have a very good secondary. They took TMac away but we still got it in the endzone with a scramble by young and we rammed it down their throat for another.

I am far more concerned about Hunt being out.

We got the ball in the Red Zone four times (I think). Got three TD's and a field goal. I don't really care who gets td's as long as the team gets them.

No doubt Tampa still has a good shot

Wow, just saw the Eagles win due to a blocked fg returned for a td. A few seconds later, the Jets put themselves in a position to win with a blocked fg returned for a td. That is insane.