Credit to the Secondary

[UKPanther94]

Going into the game I think we were all nervous about a dangerous pass offense against a banged up defense that was cobbled together, something that became even worse when Davis and Harper went down. But those guys balled back there, holding Fitzgerald/Brown/Floyd for a total of 90 yards is incredible. McDermott did an incredible job making sure they werent able to pick on McClain and Finnegan, maybe a lot was helped by Palmer's meltdown but that in part was exasperated by the play of our secondary. I'm certainly not expecting the Legion of Boom from them but they more than got the job done.

[PandaPancake]

Have you been to bed?

[joemac]

I havent!!

[SOJA]

gotta give credit to the d-line, CJ in particular rose from the grave 

[BelgianPantherFan]

2 minutes ago, SOJA said:

gotta give credit to the d-line, CJ in particular rose from the grave 

Yeah, I was getting frustrated with CJ at the beginning of the game, he was held way too easy out of the plays. He really started to stir things up halfway the second quarter.

[stirs]

Just like Luke said, the guys up front got after the QB and made everyones day easier.

 

This was the key to the game for me a week ago and I never really expected the effort by the DLine.  Pleasantly suprised

[TheWiz]

This was definitely a credit to Jared Allen going down. They were able to gash us a few times running the ball but the young gunners we have at DE... They just kept that rotation of fresh legs coming. 

Hiting the QB, hitting his arm, getting to the ball helped the secondary be Opportunistic. not to take anything from the secondary, they really did a nice job. But the front four played so well that even though TD went out, we didn't feel much drop off.

[KSpan]

Can't leave Shaq out of the discussion either. Carolina played a lot of base 4-3 before TD got hurt and Shaq had the slot on lock.

[Peppers90 NC]

1 hour ago, KSpan said:

Can't leave Shaq out of the discussion either. Carolina played a lot of base 4-3 before TD got hurt and Shaq had the slot on lock.

He matched up a lot on Fitzgerald before Davis went out, and won those matchups

[the_philosopher]

1 hour ago, KSpan said:

Can't leave Shaq out of the discussion either. Carolina played a lot of base 4-3 before TD got hurt and Shaq had the slot on lock.

 

3 minutes ago, Peppers90 NC said:

He matched up a lot on Fitzgerald before Davis went out, and won those matchups

Yeah, that was a really intriguing coaching decision, and I loved it. It was working so well, I was a bit surprised they didn't just plug Klein into Davis's role and stick with it.

[Peppers90 NC]

15 minutes ago, the_philosopher said:

 

Yeah, that was a really intriguing coaching decision, and I loved it. It was working so well, I was a bit surprised they didn't just plug Klein into Davis's role and stick with it.

coaches are saving the best for last, can't wait to see how we carve up that Denver defense next

[UKPanther94]

20 minutes ago, Peppers90 NC said:

He matched up a lot on Fitzgerald before Davis went out, and won those matchups

I remember that being a talking point on here before the game and it was thought that Fitz would slaughter him, really good to see Shaq do well there

[Zaximus]

I hate to say it, Allen not playing was a blessing in disguise for getting us pressure.  Ealy is the future, played great, and yes, CJ was there.  Also, I'm not sure we lose too much with Boston in.  Harper is great in the run, but Boston won't get burnt as much as Harper on passes.

 

But props to Norman as usual, but McClain stepped up (just gotta hold onto those INTS!), Coleman as usual grabbing those INTs, Finnigan was serviceable.  Great job.  

[Jmac]

Shaq played a big part in that game plan.....kids going to be good.