The Panthers need to play the cards they are dealt defensively.

[pstall]

So you keep Pep. You lose Kemo and you have a rookie still learning.

So why would you keep using the cover 2 with DB's that are avg at best all the while knowing that to be effecitve in that scheme you MUST pressure the qb? And that is what's NOT happening.

Why not zone blitzes? Send in Beason or Thomas Davis from time to time in a zone blitz package to cause a different type of disruption?

Once the other team's offense has to adjust that can then free up Pep to get to the QB more.

Teams are going to make a living dropping it underneath and with poor tackling to add to that it's easy money.

Smart coaching knows how to maximize it's talent or adapt to what is the talent you have.

[rayzor]

they were blitzing. it wasn't working.

[panther4life]

Your thoughts are echoed here but unfortunately some things never change

[Guild]

Nothing to really argue against here.

edit: Though like Ray said the blitzes we used yesterday didn't work.

[uncpanther]

Should of just switched to 3-4 since our strongest position is linebacker.

[pstall]

they were blitzing. it wasn't working.

Standard blitzes from the Cover 2.

Not hard to recognize.

You don't zone blitz exclusively but with that an occasional saftey blitz you make the other team have to guess more what's coming.

[CLTPanther]

I haven't really noticed Everette Brown on the field much. Did he not have 3 sacks and a FF in preseason? Granted that was likely against 2nd stringers, but Peppers was invisible yesterday, you'd think we give the guy a few shots considering we couldn't even get close enough to Ryan to hit him with a 10 ft pole.

[Panthers128]

what really is frustrating is watching them blitz and then they have the dbs 10-15 yards off the receiver. roddy white does a simple slant route and is wide open every time.

blitzing is pointless if you're leaving receivers wide open 3 seconds into the play

[Peppers90 NC]

i have noticed marshal blitzing alot but not getting remotely close to the QB. Our blitzes, when used are hardly disguised and easily beaten

[Peppers90 NC]

Should of just switched to 3-4 since our strongest position is linebacker.

lol

[megadeth078]

I'm convinced we have one play on defense.

[cgarsmoker]

they were blitzing. it wasn't working.

I saw that as well.....When we blitz, we get stonewalled. Then they blitz, we get stuffed. In case you haven't heard, I read where the Colts blitzed fewer than any other teams in the NFL under Meeks. I also read where the Colts blitzed more in their first game last week than they did all of last year. I'll try to find the link if I have a chance.

My point is...I don't have a lot of faith in our ability to get creative in designing blitz packages. Have you ever thought this? One of the reasons our o-line isn't very good at blitz pick up is because our defense isn't very good at it during practice and when we face a real blitzing team - they eat our lunch.

[cgarsmoker]

here is one link..... http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/isn-colts-blizting-091409,0,2861693.story?track=rss-topicgallery

INDIANAPOLIS, IND - Gary Brackett figures he blitzed four times in Sunday's season-opening victory -- more than he can remember having in any game during his seven-year NFL career.

Yes, these are the changes the Colts promised when bringing in new defensive coordinator Larry Coyer, and frankly, Brackett likes it.

"I'd say we blitzed upward of 10 times Sunday, and that's about 10 more times than we've done in the past," Brackett joked. "Last year, that wasn't really our philosophy. We had some blitzes, but they were mostly run blitzes."

[rayzor]

Should of just switched to 3-4 since our strongest position is linebacker.

and since we have that giant NT.