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The best thing the Panthers did last week to increase chances of a win this week...

Jeremy Igo

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By the Panthers just showing a little bit of Cam Newton running on a designed play it completely changed what defenses need to do against the Panthers now. Up until then, they hadn't spent much time worrying about Cam taking off. Even Marvin Lewis said they hadn't been worried about it until this week.

 

Now that they have seen it, the defense has to change significantly on how to cover the Panthers. Edges have to be contained instead of pushing forward to the pocket. Translation: Good news for Bell and Chandler

 

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We also need to have Can working on his snap counts so we aren't always snapping the ball on the first hard count. It seems like the opposing DEs are getting huge jumps due to the predictability of our snap count. Throw in a few hard counts to draw them offsides a few times and you automatically slow them down the rest of the time. With two shaky tackles who are so susceptible to the outside speed rush I am surprised we have seen virtually none of this.

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Great point. The fact that McDermott also disguised our defensive coverages more in the second half...dropping linebackers and sometimes even a lineman into coverage and cutting back on blitz calls...also helps a ton. Before the second half last week the formula to beat our defense was simple: use quick, short screens. Our adjustments (finally) prevented the Bears from doing that in the second half and now forces teams to reconsider their strategy. We were a much better defense when we cut back on blitzing. And believe it or not, we got more pressure in the second half with just the front four than we did the last 2 and a half weeks when blitzing everyone. I just hope McDermott learned his lesson and carries this strategy into today's game.

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