Other heroes

[Mr. Scot]

Everybody knows how well Cam Newton, Greg Olsen and Luke Kuechly played in this game, but let's not forget some of the other contributors who don't get as much attention.

I'll start with Philly Brown, who had some pretty good plays early on that made the defense rethink itself a little but.

Who else deserves a pat on the back?

 

[Darknight]

Delaire constant pass rush...my goodness

[GRWatcher]

Josh Norman. He basically shut down half the field for Wilson.

[332nd]

KK, collapsing the pocket, distracting blockers, 2 sacks. Damn good game.

[RJK]

i held back on this post earlier.....ealy played great, delaire played great, j no played great, bene played great, shaq luke TD played lights out, the oline played great. THE STS COVERAGE UNIT PLAYED LIGHTS OUT!!! KK, cotch, dickson.....funch redeemed himself late. Rivera, shula, Jerry Richardson

[Udogg]

Just rewatched the game.  Man there were so many little plays..  Key blocks.  Blitz pickups.  Pick plays on the crossing routes.. etc..

Stew-- He was running like this was the last game he was ever going to play.

Turner and Kalil were mashing people.  I mean mashing.

Luke was great to have back but TD was everywhere Luke wasn't.   I can't believe how fast he is still.

Shout out to Shula... 28 points against that team.  4 80 yard drives?   Wow.

 

 

[XClown1986]

Stew gave this offense life. Ran hard and had the stats to show it.

Funchess caught the balls that made the difference. Regardless of the drops, the rookie showed up when the chips were down.

O-line across the board has done well. Love the big uglies.

Of course the always underappreciated Thomas Davis. Key sack, big hits, and set the tempo often.

D-line. Good pressure, should have gotten at least 3 more holding calls, made Russell Wilson more unsettled than any group we have had prior.

Great team win all around.

[GRWatcher]

I'll bet Funchess had some personal coaching from Coach Proehl after those drops. "Fight for it, son! You're bigger than they are."

[Mr. Scot]

How about Star Lotulelei for doing the hard work on the interior DL?

[O-Ther]

Whoever pulled that fire alarm

Panthers seemed to play with an extra chip on their shoulders. Lots of extracurriculars after the whistle 

[London Loves Luke]

All good points, I'll throw Coleman's name in the hat, he got really unlucky on the TD was in perfect position. But he was at the front of every ruckus and physical play. Really brought back an edge that we missed last year.

[cbarrier90]

How about Star Lotulelei for doing the hard work on the interior DL?

The addition of him + Delaire and the loss of Unger since the playoff game were extremely evident.

Great trade, even if Graham got his in this game.

[DaveThePanther2008]

Oher and Remmers got beat a couple times but they were going up against a stellar D-Line and even the best get beat but I thought the O-Line did a tremendous job.   Shula says this wasn't the offenses best performance but it is hard to deny they were pretty damn good.  Four 80 yd drives is amazing.

I guess what bothers me the most was the "lack of explosive plays" the announcers keep talking about.  We are, and have been since Shula took over, a ball control offense.  Those big plays don't come too often and if you push for them.  More than not you are going to turn the ball over.   So Shula has to be commended for attempting them now and then to keep the defense honest but smart enough not to dwell on it.   I will take the 10-15 plays 80 yd drive any day of the week. 

[GRWatcher]

We saved the explosive plays for the end of the game. :)