Dave Gettleman: "We need more speed on the field"

[Clicheking]

The problem is the pass rush. No pressure by our aging de's

[CPantherKing]

The Panthers would be better off playing Kuechly and Shaq deep on pass plays and have Klein and Davis up at the LB positions. Harper and Coleman are costing this team by allowing the big plays.

You could see the expression on Luke's face when he looked back from his underneath coverage and was shocked he had no deep help over the top of the receiver. The LB covers better than the safety. Ridiculous.

[RJK]

is colin jones still hurt...he wasn't great but at least the defense functions at a high level with him playing there. just shadow with norman

[Salisburysean98]

Well now that Coleman is in a boot, Boston better be ready...

[thefuzz]

We are all angry at the defense, and rightly so, but the offense cost us the game yesterday.

When Bene went down, I said then that we are going to have to get accustomed to the other team scoring more points, and we are, but the offense at least needs to show up for the flight.

This is squarely on them, even with the defense having a less than stellar day.

[thennek]

I don't think anyone thought/thinks Jared Allen is the answer at DE.  He was brought in as a stop gap because of injuries.  I think the Panthers hoped Frank Alexander would play this year, and I doubt they expected for CJ to be playing like he is. It really is surprising to see how far CJ has fallen from last year.  Losing Hardy was huge, but unfortunately he had to be let go.  Great DE don't grow on trees.  

[Toker Smurf]

32 minutes ago, thefuzz said:

We are all angry at the defense, and rightly so, but the offense cost us the game yesterday.

When Bene went down, I said then that we are going to have to get accustomed to the other team scoring more points, and we are, but the offense at least needs to show up for the flight.

This is squarely on them, even with the defense having a less than stellar day.

I think the blame was even. The defense couldn't get off on 3rd down, giving Atlanta a 10+ min advantage in TOP, hamstringing the offense.

[thefuzz]

4 minutes ago, Cam El said:

I think the blame was even. The defense couldn't get off on 3rd down, giving Atlanta a 10+ min advantage in TOP, hamstringing the offense.

The offense looked hamstrung enough to me without the defenses help.  I agree, the D did them no favors, but they couldn't get out of their own way after the first drive.

[thefuzz]

19 minutes ago, Haplo E said:

We just need WRs that snatch football in the air like Julio does. We put too much onus on the QB to throw the receiver open. And those goddamn drop!

Every team in the NFL needs WR's that can snatch the ball like Julio does, he's one of the very best in the NFL.

Every team also needs a MLB that plays like his hair is on fire, and a CB that can lock down even the best WR's with a little help from his DL.

Such is life in the salary cap era.

[thefuzz]

2 minutes ago, Haplo E said:

I would say, 90% of teams in the league have a franchise WR and we don't even come close to having one. You can say KB but he was as drop-prone as Ginn and was the focus of the offense so he accumulated some decent yardage. I hope we make a run for Alshon Jeffrey.

KB was a rookie, and got 1k yards, and 9 TD's....don't know how much more you can ask for someone who was drafted at the back of the first and is making peanuts.

 

[TrianglePanther]

10 minutes ago, Haplo E said:

I would say, 90% of teams in the league have a franchise WR and we don't even come close to having one. You can say KB but he was as drop-prone as Ginn and was the focus of the offense so he accumulated some decent yardage. I hope we make a run for Alshon Jeffrey.

KB was asked to step into the #1 WR role as a rookie, and he was a force from day one. Do you understand how remarkable that is?

You seem to have a short memory.  

[juliosantos]

we need to start tre boston , guy is better than harper , delaire and addison need more playing time . we need more balance on dline we cant have 2 old slown vets in charles johnson and jared allen starting they fit better as rotation guys 

[thefuzz]

11 minutes ago, Haplo E said:

It's nothing about KB, it's just the franchise not having or even close to having a franchise receiver. Tedd Ginn had 14 catches, about 170 yards with the cardinal last year with the cardinal yet he's our #1 because he's feature. If KB come back and become that guy, the more power to him. And I'm not talking about some catch 3 drop 1 WR.

You said 90% of the teams have "franchise" WR's....I just don't count that many.

That would be 3 teams out there without "franchise" WR's, with us being 1 of them.  Off the top of my head I see the Pats, Vikings, Seattle, and Redskins just in the playoffs without a "franchise WR".

[juliosantos]

tre boston is what we need hes been better than harper