Defense carrying team

[ncfan]

Think we all knew this but crazy seeing us leading the league in this

 

[micnificent28]

Just now, ncfan said:

Think we all knew this but crazy seeing us leading the league in this

 

But but but... da Allen is winning da games.. means he's really good right?

[Jackofalltrades]

1 minute ago, micnificent28 said:

But but but... da Allen is winning da games.. means he's really good right?

He moves the ball and apart from one game hasn’t made the critical mistakes. It’s complimentary football. I’d like to see the O perform a bit better considering we’ve played pretty poor pass defenses. 

[ncfan]

8 minutes ago, micnificent28 said:

But but but... da Allen is winning da games.. means he's really good right?

Refreshing to see a Defense be able to carry the team if needed.

Havnt seen this in several seasons

[Raleigh PF]

Faulty stats again - based on yards per game. The Panthers have scored 125 points in the four games since Cam has been hurt. Certainly, the defense has been responsible for putting them in position to score (and then scoring some themselves), but the offense has been efficient enough to capitalize on their opportunities.

And occasionally toss in a 99-yard drive. 

So, it shouldn't be a surprise that teams with a good defense get a shorter field and have less reliance on the offense to gain those yards.

[SmittysLawnGuy]

Nut huggers never die!

[OceanPanther]

I like the way the defense has played.

But our scoring defense is not where we'd like it to be.  unless you play fantasy football, yards you give up rushing passing etc mean nothing..  POINTS you give up are still what matters..  22 a game.   14th in the league.

The better  teams with leads , and yes we've had them,  are still  making stops ..  Our game with the Texans was awesome, but we had a 6 point lead and couldn't give an inch

[Moo Daeng]

9 minutes ago, Jackofalltrades said:

He moves the ball and apart from one game hasn’t made the critical mistakes. It’s complimentary football. I’d like to see the O perform a bit better considering we’ve played pretty poor pass defenses. 

Pass defense is our strength. 9th in passing yds allowed. Our issue is rushing defense where we are 21st.

[Raleigh PF]

2 minutes ago, OceanPanther said:

I like the way the defense has played.

But our scoring defense is not where we'd like it to be.  unless you play fantasy football, yards you give up rushing passing etc mean nothing..  POINTS you give up are still what matters..  22 a game.   14th in the league.

The better  teams with leads , and yes we've had them,  are still  making stops ..  Our game with the Texans was awesome, but we had a 6 point lead and couldn't give an inch

That goes back to the Ron Rivera lack of killer instinct this team has had since day 1. 

To be fair, it's not something exclusive to Ron. Many teams have this same issue.

[Anybodyhome]

8 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

Our issue is rushing defense where we are 21st.

The 3-4 can get to the passer, but they are getting gashed up the middle by RBs.

[micnificent28]

37 minutes ago, Jackofalltrades said:

He moves the ball and apart from one game hasn’t made the critical mistakes. It’s complimentary football. I’d like to see the O perform a bit better considering we’ve played pretty poor pass defenses. 

6 fumbles isn't critical mistakes? Those are as good as ints in my eyes.

[Peppers90 NC]

1 minute ago, micnificent28 said:

6 fumbles isn't critical mistakes? Those are as good as ints in my eyes.

4 fumbles lost, not the same as 6 interceptions

[jfra78]

Defense, CMC, the Wideouts, the system.  Everyone except Kyle Allen right?

[CRA]

40 minutes ago, micnificent28 said:

But but but... da Allen is winning da games.. means he's really good right?

Every winning/postseason year outside of 2015 Ron Rivera has had....has been driven by the defense.  So you can say that about 75% of the seasons Cam has gone to the postseason too.