Breakfast Crow

[Anybodyhome]

I'll own it. I said Murray would likely shred the Panther defense and I was wrong. Of course, the Panther D we saw yesterday wasn't the same one we've seen thus far. I was pleasantly surprised that Curtis Samuel actually caught a couple passes and there were D-lineman in the Arizona backfield more than once.

 

[LinvilleGorge]

The huge strides this young D has made very quickly is fuging impressive.

[Khyber53]

14 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

The huge strides this young D has made very quickly is fuging impressive.

Yeah. And it is across the board on the defense. Didn't see that one coming. 

If it keeps improving game to game, it's going to be great.

 

[Harbingers]

Just now, Khyber53 said:

Yeah. And it is across the board on the defense. Didn't see that one coming. 

If it keeps improving game to game, it's going to be great.

 

Ya... it might start even giving us hope this season. *Knock on wood*

[Black&BlueBubba]

17 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

The huge strides this young D has made very quickly is fuging impressive.

Agreed. Phil snow needs to get some props.  

[Khyber53]

Just now, Harbingers said:

Ya... it might start even giving us hope this season. *Knock on wood*

I think there's good reason.

And talk about game over game improvement? How about that red zone offense? What a difference a week makes!

[Harbingers]

5 minutes ago, Black&BlueBubba said:

Agreed. Phil snow needs to get some props.  

If he can put up at least a "good" defense vs. KC, GB & the Saints. I'll eat my Phil Snow crow.

[hepcat]

25 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

The huge strides this young D has made very quickly is fuging impressive.

It was impressive. But at the same time, the Panthers have had some good juju against the Cardinals for the last 6 years or so. That was win 5 in a row against them. Also, Kingsbury’s offense is pretty predictable and Murray is pretty average when you stop his scrambling. Hopkins was pretty obviously not 100% as well. And I do think Rhule and Snow’s experience against Kingsbury and Murray in the college ranks have them some advantage too.

Either way that was a great defensive performance, but I think they had some help too.

If they have that kind of performance against a team that has just completely owned the Panthers in recent years in the Falcons, I will really be excited to exorcise those demons. 

[Anybodyhome]

42 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Hopkins was pretty obviously not 100% as well.

For more reasons than one. 7 catches for 49 yds, but I think the bigger picture is where is his head after what occurred in Houston. Guy is one of the best WRs in the league, but he doesn't look happy playing the game, which has always been his trademark. I know he's dinged a little, but is he going to be just another excellent player fading into obscurity by playing on teams that can't get him the ball?