About those punt blocks and blaming the players....

[Jeremy Igo]

Here they are in slow motion...

 

 

 

The first one is absolutely Minnesota's coaching staff taking advantage of something they saw on film. Notice no outside rushers, everyone is in the interior. The player that blocked the punt went untouched. The Panthers were woefully unprepared for this formation and strategy by the Vikings.

 

 

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100% on Rodgers and he should be held accountable.

 

 

 

Here is the second one....

 

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This blocked punt is a direct result of the first blocked punt. Jacobs is confused, keeps to the inside thinking the same thing may happen again. Instead, the rushers are more spread out to the edge and blows by Jacobs. Yes, this was Jacobs fault, but you can't tell me he couldn't have been better prepared on the sidelines by the coaching staff.

 

 

 

This, folks, is just horrible horrible coaching.

 

 

 

[London Loves Luke]

It literally looks like they have 2 more men on the field. 

[carolinaperks]

I just posted this somewhere else but maybe it's more fitting here.

 

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Head coach Ron Rivera typically holds two practices during the off week, but the Panthers are 0-3 coming out of the bye under Rivera. So in an effort to find something that could snap that streak and the team’s current slump, Rivera gave his players five days off after their lone practice of the week on Tuesday.

 

In comparison, the Rams practiced blocking punts all week because they knew they found a weak spot.

[electro's horse]

fun reminder: rodgers was ron's college drinking buddy and prior to this job was the DC for six years at Patriot league powerhouse Holy Cross.

[KSpan]

High school football 101 - block from the inside out and everyone calls out their man. Doesn't seem overly complicated, but this staff has had a way of making simple things look difficult.

[Mage]

Does Ron Rivera actually watch the team play or does he see something differently from us through his glasses?  The last thing this team needs is even LESS practice time.

[Lumps]

A punt isn't a bad play...

God damn Fox was right.

[Jrock88]

tolbert has to take that guy on the 2nd one , no? we are just unfocused. undisciplined team right now

[ZeroZeroSeven]

What's so funny is Ron seemed pissed about the "individual breakdowns".  Ron needs to get through his head that the "individual breakdowns" are an issue because he continues to ask the players to run head on into brick walls.  Not exactly a recipe for success...

[B.BERSIN]

If we don't count those two TD's from these blocked punts, we still lose it by 4 points. That's just...sad.

[Mr. Scot]

A punt isn't a bad play...

God damn Fox was right.

 

It is when it's done like this.

 

[FootballMaestro]

Makes sense OP.

 

Minnesota players, had mentioned after the game that they saw issues in the Panthers punt formation which they could take advantage of.

[rippadonn]

Sometimes I think the NFL pays JR to field losing teams. They seem to leave things other teams see on the scouting report wide open just like when Sproles knew that they leave the middle of the field wide open.

These things only make sense if you're planning to lose. The Panthers certainly aren't game planning to win. "Yeah, take five days off! You guys need not practice." Tired of ownership throwing seasons away on purpose(it would seem). Everybody in the audience can see what their doing wrong but them.

The coach continues to point fingers when he should take responsibility. We don't care how "mad" you appear Ron the results are the same. The QB takes responsibility every loss. You should too

[electro's horse]

im not going to pretend i know what's going through jacobs head on the 2nd one. He just missed a block. if he's so easily rattled that the first one led to that or whatever he doesn't need to be out there.  

 

on that first one though holy moly they're just shooting the A gap. that's pee wee stuff.