We're 2 - 1 and our Defense

[SwagAces9030]

Teams are going to continue to gash us on outside runs, and Coleman and the Falcons gave the blueprint. Our DEs simply are not good enough to keep everything up the middle. 

[stankowalski]

It's weird to think that our defense may be the weak point of our team.  Hopefully getting TD back will help.  But even still New Orleans had their way with us last year so I feel like our offense is just going to have to score a lot this season if we want to get to the playoffs.

[Khyber53]

2 hours ago, Cpt slay a ho said:

Containment has been a big issue the last two weeks, both Ryan and dalton made huge plays outside the pocket the last two games. Gotta clean that up ASAP 

Getting Thomas Davis back will help this a lot. He might be an old Panther and a bit slower of step, but he can read and react with the best of them. He also helps keep the D-line on task and accountable. I bet that we'll see more out of Pep when TD comes back.

[jtm]

3 hours ago, NAS said:

...is ranked 19th in the league in yards  allowed.  They were again suspect yesterday but stepped up when it was needed the most.  Going forward, we need to figure out how to put more pressure on the QB and address the safety position!   I like that they started to blitz more in the second half, we should see more of that.  

The past couple years our D has gotten off to a slow start the first couple of games if memory serves me correct.  I'm not worried about our D as long as Luke is out there and they'll end up being a top 10 defense like they are just about every year.  

 

[Ship]

We just need to keep creating turnovers. Jackson’s ints May not have been crazy route jumpers but last year we weren’t even grabbing the gimme ints for most of the season. If we can get the gimme turnovers more will follow. If we can keep the offense in turnovers and Cam continues to protect the football, we will win games easily.

[jfra78]

We consider ourselves to be a bend but don't break type of defense, which will allow yards.  Should be looking at scoring defense which we are 14th at 20 ppg.

[Mr. Scot]

3 hours ago, Porn Shop Clerk said:

I'd like to see our D's stats by quarter.  Seems like we really clamp down in the 2nd half.  First half is where a lot of our issues are.

Helps a lot when your second half offense looks like an actual pro offense rather than an amateur sloth.

[BigSyke]

Defense is always gonna be average to above avg until that secondary is fixed.

It just looks below avg when the the front 7 has a bad game.....which is gonna happen from time to time. Its the NFL.

It will help if they keep getting turnovers though.

[Thanatos]

5 hours ago, Anybodyhome said:

Atlanta was without their starting RB and still ran for over 100 yards for the first time in 23 games or something. Cincy was without their starting RB and AJ Green went out injured yesterday when Cincy was matching Carolina's drives. I dare say this game may have been a little different had Mixon and Green both played 4 quarters.

I have said this for years. Carolina's defense under Ron Rivera has way more trouble with shifty backs- Tevin Coleman and Gio Bernard- than they do with power runners- Devonta Freeman and Joe Mixon. I would bet anything that they would have done better if the Falcons and Bengals had their starting RBs in.

[Hoenheim]

Donte Jackson and Obada bailed out the defense in a big way. The defense was getting trashed in the earlier parts of the game 

[Millioso7]

It’s week 3.. these numbers will taper off..