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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. 

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

 

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