The Difference? Missed Field Goal.

[Jimmy]

8 minutes ago, CMCVP#22 said:

This as well, but I will give The starters a pass this was just there warm up game and we lost to one of the best teams in the NFL.   Now if we struggle agains the bucs then the writing is on the wall.  Tepper will start firing coaches and players 

Maybe should've played a little more in preseason together?

[Butterflyj30]

Wasn't this Slye's first NFL Game? It was butterflies I am sure he will get over it

[raz]

2 minutes ago, CMCVP#22 said:

I understand missed calls but you can’t review a play turn on your mic. And go he caught it “INCOMPLETE PASS”

yeah you can.  weird situation that came up like the old catch rule.    they missed a lot of calls on us.  we had our opportunities and couldn't produce.  don't be a saints fan

[Krovvy]

7 minutes ago, Butterflyj30 said:

Wasn't this Slye's first NFL Game? It was butterflies I am sure he will get over it

Hopefully.

[Sgt Schultz]

I didn't see the game.  The Panthers are almost never televised here.  Perhaps it is for the best. 

I was eating lunch, following the game on my phone during the missed FG.  They had a 3rd and 7 on the Ram 29.  That is a little longer FG than I am comfortable "settling" for, even a few yards makes a big difference.  Then I see a 5 yard delay penalty, and then it flips 4th and 13 from the 35. 

The question shouldn't be how a kicker misses a 53-yarder.  At that distance even the best are going to make some and miss some.  The question is the same one I had at the time (and have had similar ones before): how the h#*l did we turn a 47-yarder into a 53-yarder......yet again.  Did we not learn a thing from our previous mistakes?  At that point on the field everybody has to be aware that a negative play is a potential killer.  But, in predictable fashion, not only a negative play but a delay of game (followed by another negative play).

If anybody is going to pin the loss on the missed FG, they have to also pin it on what led to that. 

What bothers me about today is between that stretch, what I have managed to see, and what I have read on here, we have not learned a thing about those situations.  That is coaching.  Same old, same old in that respect.

[Mr. Scot]

One more time, folks. When the other team also misses a field goal, the difference in your game is not a missed field goal.

This really shouldn't be that difficult to understand.

[gakonline]

Three turnovers was the difference. Each cost us points. That was a long fiat field goal for Slye. 

[Black&BlueBubba]

Hey missed one also.  It made no difference.  

[J.B.]

1 hour ago, SBiii said:

How does this affect Slye going forward?

Well Gano would have missed an extra point - so we are pretty much in the same place

[Sgt Schultz]

31 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

One more time, folks. When the other team also misses a field goal, the difference in your game is not a missed field goal.

This really shouldn't be that difficult to understand.

On top of that, other than my beating my head against the table about the run-up to the missed kick being the "deja vu all over again," it is very difficult for a missed FG in the first quarter being the difference, unless maybe a blinding snow storm started immediately afterwards and you lost 2-0.

[Captain Obvious]

at least we don't have vinateiri or whoever . 

[jtm]

This one is on turnovers and countless overthrows by Cam. Several of those throws would have gone for big gains and the one to Samuel was likely a TD. 

[KBRed]

If Gano would’ve played, we would’ve lost by one point, because you know he would’ve missed an extra point. 

[SBiii]

75% capture rate at this point....Butker & Gano at 92% and 93% respectively over last 2 seasons.

Will be interesting to see how Slye's capture rate tracks over the full season.