the exorcism of ron rivera

[PhillyB]

> fantastic play clock management

> decent situational awareness

> situationally appropriate up-tempo offense

> punt coverage wasn't a flaming trash pile

the jury is still out on rhule and co. but these are vast improvements over rivera's regime. amazing that he couldn't improve in any of the areas during his decade-long tenure here.

[PantherBoy95]

Ron won.

[Castavar]

4 minutes ago, PantherBoy95 said:

Ron won.

1 game

[Shocker]

Edit:  Reading is fundamental...good points there

[Jeremy Igo]

Just now, Shocker said:

LOL...it is somehow Ron’s fault.  Thats rich

I think his post went over your head. Not at all what he is saying. 

[Peon Awesome]

Sometimes change is good for both parties. A change in scenery may have been just what the doctor ordered for Rivera. Good for Ron. That defensive line is legit. Chase Young with 1.5 sacks in his debut, 8 as a team. 

[Khyber53]

We looked better than expected, we moved the ball, we made adjustments at halftime, we didn't screw up the clock too much, had a good return game, still ran the ball right into the middle of the pile on 4th and 1 with 1:43 left to go in a winnable game.

Things are looking better in some areas. Others will take some time.

Rivera did get the win after five days of chemo treatments and practices afterwards. Perhaps the change was good for both sides. Ron used to be a heck of a coach, he seems to have found something in himself there. Rhule seems like he can be a heck of a coach, too and the pro game certainly doesn't seem to be to big for him and his basically college-level coaching staff.

We move on, wish the old teammates well and cheer on our new ones.

 

[Toker Smurf]

Um, not sure how clock management was fantastic with the final two minutes of the game. 

[NanuqoftheNorth]

Looks like the change of scenery has been good for Ron and Cam.  I'm happy for both of them today.

Panthers are a work in progress, but there is still much to be positive about in today's game.

Win, win, and win. 

[Gesualdo]

1 hour ago, PhillyB said:

> fantastic play clock management

> decent situational awareness

> situationally appropriate up-tempo offense

> punt coverage wasn't a flaming trash pile

the jury is still out on rhule and co. but these are vast improvements over rivera's regime. amazing that he couldn't improve in any of the areas during his decade-long tenure here.

Most crucially for me, the defense was in disarray...but then improved somewhat midgame, despite being a young and weak unit.

Whereas when things fell apart under Ron, they tended to just keep on disintegrating.

[Moo Daeng]

I thought the same. I have hope for the strategic side. This was a good start. Not bad for having zero practice games. It should improve more.

[electro's horse]

wait are we exorcising rivera from the team or are we performing an exorcism on ron rivera

[stbugs]

2 hours ago, PantherBoy95 said:

Ron won.

He did but it sure seemed like the Eagles did everything they could to give away that game. Pederson definitely falls into those one year wonder/everything goes right type of coaches. You are up 17-0 and you go for it on 4th down at midfield twice? You deserve to lose. Both of those led directly to Washington scores.

[onmyown]

Ron also came from years as a coveted DC in the NFL, Rhule did not

And yet for all his time here his defense ranked an average of like #18 in the NFL...

His offense ranked slightly worse

Special teams even worse than that

I’m still trying to figure out what exactly he did so well and can’t help believe the players really just had to overcome his BS