Fame and Shame - Saints at Panthers

[Jon Snow]

5 minutes ago, mbarbour21 said:

True. That's the stuff we gotta fine tune. The NFC West looks like a division of playoff teams. We have to beat out at least one of them to make the playoffs. Luckily, they have to beat up on each other. We can make it in, but we have to put teams away. We have not played a team yet that has their crap together. That's not taking away from our success, but it's just a fact. Looking at the schedule, I'm not sure that even happens until we play the Cardinals on Nov. 14. Watching the Cowboys and Vikings makes me believe they may not be a playoff caliber team. Still wondering about Philly and New England as well.  Cards are the first sure-fire playoff team on the schedule in my opinion. 

This team does not have it's crap together on offense and special teams either, and they still are winning convincingly.   Imagine what it will look like when they do get it together. 

[mbarbour21]

Just now, Jon Snow said:

This team does not have it's crap together on offense and special teams either, and they still are winning convincingly.   Imagine what it will look like when they do get it together. 

I totally agree. That's why I am saying we have some things to fine tune. Special teams was pretty horrible. Dude that blocked that field goal strolled on in, but like FreeFua pointed out, if Marshall doesn't slip then the play likely doesn't happen. 

Like I said, if we can play the whole game the way we play our first halves, sky is the limit. We are winning the games on our schedule, that's all you can ask. The scores have made it seem closer than it was. I say this with no hesitation: IF SAM DARNOLD DOES NOT THROW THAT INTERCEPTION, SAINTS DO NOT SCORE. 

[Jackie Lee]

21 minutes ago, Fox007 said:

Gotcha, thanks. So not much you can do when that happens.

You could just as easily say he tripped up Erving. Questionable footwork either way

[Newbie]

1 hour ago, mbarbour21 said:

Sam Darnold looked really good yesterday particularly in the first half. If we can string together two of our first halves in a single game…..that’s a playoff team.

He’s got to get the idiotic plays out of his system. At a critical moment in the game he had a boneheaded turnover that allowed the Saints to cut the lead to 10 points. Our team responded well and bailed Sam out but we didn’t need that error. 

[Jon Snow]

2 minutes ago, mbarbour21 said:

I totally agree. That's why I am saying we have some things to fine tune. Special teams was pretty horrible. Dude that blocked that field goal strolled on in, but like FreeFua pointed out, if Marshall doesn't slip then the play likely doesn't happen. 

Like I said, if we can play the whole game the way we play our first halves, sky is the limit. We are winning the games on our schedule, that's all you can ask. The scores have made it seem closer than it was. I say this with no hesitation: IF SAM DARNOLD DOES NOT THROW THAT INTERCEPTION, SAINTS DO NOT SCORE. 

That is almost a certainty.  The only points we've surrendered were due to our own blunders. 

[jfra78]

We just beat the wheels off the fuging Saints.  I feel no shame in this game.

[mbarbour21]

4 minutes ago, Newbie said:

He’s got to get the idiotic plays out of his system. At a critical moment in the game he had a boneheaded turnover that allowed the Saints to cut the lead to 10 points. Our team responded well and bailed Sam out but we didn’t need that error. 

AGREED. They never should have been that close. It was total domination. I just wish the scoreboard would show that. We have to clean that up. Allowing teams to stick around has been our issue for years. 

[dave-o]

There was lots of fame to the shame those Taints fans had on their face filing out of BofA with half the 4th quarter left !!!

[joemac]

20 minutes ago, mbarbour21 said:

AGREED. They never should have been that close. It was total domination. I just wish the scoreboard would show that. We have to clean that up. Allowing teams to stick around has been our issue for years. 

I mean, 26-7 is an ass-whooping in the NFL any way you slice it.  The crazy thing is we very easily could of had 40.  I thought the same thing after the first game.  They are leaving a lot of points out there.  When the offense puts it all together, to go with this defense.....ohhhh weeeeee mayne.  LOOK OUT! 

[mbarbour21]

2 minutes ago, joemac said:

I mean, 26-7 is an ass-whooping in the NFL any way you slice it.  The crazy thing is we very easily could of had 40.  I thought the same thing after the first game.  They are leaving a lot of points out there.  When the offense puts it all together, to go with this defense.....ohhhh weeeeee mayne.  LOOK OUT! 

Yeah, but it's not a, "We just held them to 128 yards." kinda score. Bills won like 35-0. That's the score that says, "We held Kamara to .6 yards per rush." Lol!

[trueblade]

1 minute ago, mbarbour21 said:

Yeah, but it's not a, "We just held them to 128 yards." kinda score. Bills won like 35-0. That's the score that says, "We held Kamara to .6 yards per rush." Lol!

If Darnold doesn't make the one mistake he made all day, we probably win 35-0 too.

[mbarbour21]

1 minute ago, trueblade said:

If Darnold doesn't make the one mistake he made all day, we probably win 35-0 too.

[ThPantherFan]

3 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

Can't argue with you on either the fame or the shame. Might add Zylstra in there on the fame... the dude must have eaten his Wheaties that morning!

 

I very much agree.  Zylstra had some sunshine about him.

[ThPantherFan]

2 hours ago, Fox007 said:

Yea didn't Christensen get pancaked backwards

Yes, he did.