The majority of yesterday sacks were coverage sacks

[GoobyPls]

I was rewatching the game and the pass rush wasn’t as good as the numbers indicate. Murray held the ball forever and kept tripping on the turf.

 

This secondary is the best we’ve had since 2015

[Raleigh PF]

I did notice this. The defense had steady pressure, but it was the coverage that resulted in a majority of the sacks.

It does seem like the Panthers did dial up a few more blitzes from different areas in the second half. That did produce results. 

[ForJimmy]

Our secondary is solid (Cockrell looked good last night). I just wish Ron didn’t play then 10 yards off the line of scrimmage... 

[TN05]

11 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Our secondary is solid (Cockrell looked good last night). I just wish Ron didn’t play then 10 yards off the line of scrimmage... 

In this case we were clearly running a bend but don’t break scheme. It worked. Murray got 3-6 yard completions but his YPA and even YPC were horrendous. 41 passes for 170 yards.

[DeAngelo Beason]

Number 2 passing defense in the NFL.  It's been a LOOOONG time since I could confidently say the DBs are holding their own.

[BrianS]

2 minutes ago, TN05 said:

In this case we were clearly running a bend but don’t break scheme. It worked. Murray got 3-6 yard completions but his YPA and even YPC were horrendous. 41 passes for 170 yards.

Noticed this as well.  Against that offense, it's probably the right call.  That offense is designed to score a lot of points quickly.  Making them drive the field works against them.

While I agree, our secondary did a good job, our pressure was good.  We didn't get many quick sacks, but we were getting good fast *pressure*, making Murray uncomfortable in the pocket.

[CPF4LIFE]

25 minutes ago, TN05 said:

In this case we were clearly running a bend but don’t break scheme. It worked. Murray got 3-6 yard completions but his YPA and even YPC were horrendous. 41 passes for 170 yards.

It always works against mediocre qbs and rookie qbs. An above average qb carves them up. This was game where the scheme was perfect for the team we played against.

[Daddy_Uncle]

We give up way to many first downs with easy passes because there's no defender close. We got lucky the cardinals receivers dropped some wide open passes too

[TN05]

4 hours ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

We give up way to many first downs with easy passes because there's no defender close. We got lucky the cardinals receivers dropped some wide open passes too

This was intentional. We wanted to keep them from attacking deep, so we gave them short routes but locked up deeper ones. This is obviously not a plan for every week.

[WarPanthers89]

Cockrell needs to be extended just as a key depth piece alone for cab/safety as we can play three roles. Jackson, Bradberry and Cockrell are definitely performing well together right now and it is exciting 

[caatfan]

The DL should look better against the Texans. They're not protecting Watson well at all. 

[joemac]

25 minutes ago, caatfan said:

The DL should look better against the Texans. They're not protecting Watson well at all. 

Imagine that.

[trueblade]

30 minutes ago, caatfan said:

The DL should look better against the Texans. They're not protecting Watson well at all. 

They better, because if they don't, Hopkins is going to be a problem.

[Cpt slay a ho]

Secondary is worlds better, Tre Boston and Reid look like a good tandem so far.

Yeah the pass rush wasn’t dominating like the stat sheet shows, a lot of times it was kyler running in circles in the pocket.

Luckily he might be the most explosive qb we face all yeah. 

We got bailed out by 3 drops that could have changed the game entirely