No Pass Rush

[Alan Ford]

Biggest reason why we lost the game is that we couldn't generate any pass rush. I didn't see much blitzing out there which I think we should have done especially on 3rd down.

I blame this loss on poor coaching defensively. The zone was supposed to slow down the Falcons and prevent big plays but it allowed Matt Ryan to pick us apart. Even though the stats don't show, one third down conversion after another just killed us.

I'm really losing confidence in this coaching staff and probably the players are too. They looked content with keeping this one close and didn't have the killer instinct to go for the kill.

We also missed Chris Harris. We need some big hits in the secondary.

[beastson]

My dude lol. We blitzed on almost EVERY SINGLE 3rd and long. We just suck at blitzing cause our DC inability to draw up some good ones. Despicable

[charlottenian]

Our blitz scheme has this spilled all over the pages

[robtrox0]

yup I think Meeks is just simply doing what Fox tells him to do.. Fox is the one we all know is at fault.

[Alan Ford]

My dude lol. We blitzed on almost EVERY SINGLE 3rd and long. We just suck at blitzing cause our DC inability to draw up some good ones. Despicable

Really? That makes it even more pathetic!

[StartMattMoore]

The D-line was tired because Jake kept putting them back on the field.

[robtrox0]

The D-line was tired because Jake kept putting them back on the field.

Dont be a d-bag man.. Jake did ok today

[StartMattMoore]

Dont be a d-bag man.. Jake did ok today

Jake was okay, but okay isn't good enough in the NFL which is why we're 0-2!

[rico6]

:beatdeadhorse5:

[Rello]

I love how The Panthers hire a new DC and they're still running the same lame ass vanilla D they ran last season. Why in the hell are the CB's still playing 10-15 yds off the WR. Even when The Falcons were near the endzone the CB's were still playing off. The Panthers need to learn how disguise their blitzes a lil better. God I wish we had Rex Ryan for our D coordinator lol.

[Dpantherman]

dude get off of Jake. its really getting riddiculous. Jake is not the reason why the Defense didnt peform.

[PantherPhann89]

yeah I agree wit you Rello, our D is soft and our motto is "allow the catch then attack". The same s as last year, so the problem is Fox. We need to fire Fox, i expect him to be gone after this 4 - 12 season

[scpanther22]

i thought Leonard did a good job with pass rush..Lewis IMO was not good.ATL ran at him all day

[Miaoww]

The D handled the run pretty well, mainly due to the speed of the linebackers and the ability of the secondary to play the run. Against the pass though we were destroyed. The front 4 simply can't generate any pressure - and that includes Peppers - he doesn't require a double team, so the 'lesser' players on the D-line are never put in favorable matchups.

We basically play a cover 2 without actually causing the QB to rush his throws, resulting in the holes in the zones being exploited. It really is frustrating to watch.