Winners and Losers from the Lions Game

[CarolinaNCSU]

Winners - Our WR core outside of Funch, Cam, and Stockholm Syndrome for the fans

Losers - Everyone else

[DeAngelo Beason]

I like your picks.  I'd add:

Winners:

Curtis Samuel.  He's small but somehow manages to play big.

 

Losers:

Kuechly.  Don't even know where to start.  He's just atrocious.  Probably the worst player on the defense.

[Thorrez]

1 hour ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Probably so. I kind of expect at least a touchdown a game from him at this point. lol

That interception was on him though

[Anybodyhome]

Defense. Week in and week out every TV guy out there tells us this is the best LB corps in the league. The 24th ranked rushing offense in the league had Carolina on its heels until Kerryon Johnson went down. Luke and TD actually ran into each other more than once, got caught out of position so many times it was painful to watch.

Run game. The Panther running game was top 7 before yesterday's game, and it never got off the bus. Thankfully, Cam Newton had a very good game passing the ball and that was the only reason the Panthers were even in the game.

Let's face it, after that first drive I thought Carolina might hang 40 on Detroit yesterday.  

[tiger7_88]

1 hour ago, Randolph Panther said:

Still dont agree with the 2 point call.  We could have held them and got to OT and won.  Had momentum and had stopped them previously on defense.  Just makes you wonder if Ron is feeling some heat from within.  

On another note, if Smith ever comes back I would bench Funchess and play him.  

Moore, Samuel, and Wright.

Funchess and Smith can watch from the bench and lead cheers.

[Ivan The Awesome]

So is it safe to say that Eric Washington is the Mike Shula of the defense?

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Ivan The Awesome said:

So is it safe to say that Eric Washington is the Mike Shula of the defense?

If Rivera staunchly refuses to fire him or at least reduce his role, it might be.

[Ivan The Awesome]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

If Rivera staunchly refuses to fire him or at least reduce his role, it might be.

I think the only thing we have learned from Rivera is that he's stubborn af and won't make changed until his job is on the line. 

[thefuzz]

Said it in a tweet a couple times yesterday.

The defense is broken, we all know that, but if you can't figure out how to score 20 in todays NFL, you don't deserve a single win.

 

Ron is not the right coach for todays NFL...at least not with a contender (I don't really think we are one)...he is much better suited for the Marty Schottenheimer role of a team builder, then he needs to be cast off once the talent it there and they know how to play football.

Ron and Hurney....good lord Jerry. 

[Mr. Scot]

4 minutes ago, thefuzz said:

Said it in a tweet a couple times yesterday.

The defense is broken, we all know that, but if you can't figure out how to score 20 in todays NFL, you don't deserve a single win.

 

Ron is not the right coach for todays NFL...at least not with a contender (I don't really think we are one)...he is much better suited for the Marty Schottenheimer role of a team builder, then he needs to be cast off once the talent it there and they know how to play football.

Ron and Hurney....good lord Jerry. 

We figured out how to score 19.

That final point, or two...wellll 

[rico6]

Ron ain’t building poo without generational talents to lean on.

[thefuzz]

12 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

We figured out how to score 19.

That final point, or two...wellll 

Yea, we keep going round and round about:

1:  Graham Gano.

2:  Cam's pass.

3:  Rivera stupidly going for two.

4:  The defense being out of position.

Etc....

At the end of the day, we have talent at across the offense, and do not put up enough points consistently.  Ron has to (I know he isn't) self scout his team better than he has been.

[carpanfan96]

3 hours ago, electro's horse said:

I think Funchess played his way out of town yesterday.

A more aggressive team would severely diminish his role moving forward. All told, he should be at best the 3rd receiver? Hell I'd take Jairus Wright over him. 

At least Wright catches the damn ball reliably, so let's say funch should be 4th. lol

[raleigh-panther]

Ron is the loser along with the fans

Ron is too loyal to vets that don’t deserve playing time

Ron picks his friends as coaches as opposed to going to the brightest minds 

take a long hard look at the coaches on the defensive side of the ball.  I suspect the answer to this years defensive morass lies there.

take a look at failed defensive line draft picks from the gentleman regime as an add on

Also, The Panthers allow farewell tours to players who should have been released or traded  two years beforehand.

In the NFL, wrong side of 30, is not the place to be.  

I am sure it’s very tough to coach players who make 5 to 10 times a year what he makes, but some of these guys are clearly under performing whether that performance is scheme, injuries we don’t know about, habits we don’t know about...I mean these guys aren’t choir boys, but losing to a Lions team that is truly abysmal, on what should have been a business trip, not acceptable 

Face it, the Panthers are in decline defensively and I dont believe Ron’s the coach and Marty is the gm to recover them  

from the look of Ron yesterday, I’d say he has had enough too

do I hope I’m wrong, yep....don’t think I am  we will see how the season ends