Can they beat the Giants???

[HPPantherzfan]

The Panthers fan in me says maybe, the realist in me and Barkley say no.  

[Jackie Lee]

To make matters worse, the Giants didn't even play their starting DE's against the Titans. Both are likely back this week

[Waldo]

Can they? Sure. Should they? Maybe. Daboll is a rookie cleaning up a mess but he is also a good coach.

If they don't then it is going to get comically lively in Pantherland.

[Jackie Lee]

Browns just gave the Giants the game plan to destroy our defense, on the opposite side they shut Henry down so CMC and Foreman probably aren't gonna go off. Gonna be their pass rush vs our WR's, and they didn't even have their starting DE's active on Sunday

[Panthercougar68]

2 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

Browns just gave the Giants the game plan to destroy our defense, on the opposite side they shut Henry down so CMC and Foreman probably aren't gonna go off. Gonna be their pass rush vs our WR's, and they didn't even have their starting DE's active on Sunday

But who are their DEs? I know they have Kayvon but I don’t think they have anyone up to Garrett or Clowney talet.

[Jackie Lee]

3 minutes ago, Panthercougar68 said:

But who are their DEs? I know they have Kayvon but I don’t think they have anyone up to Garrett or Clowney talet.

New guy Kayvon who was a top 5 pick, and Ojulari who is more of a Reddick type that had 8 sacks in his rookie year last year. Not exactly Garrett and Clowney but not scrubs

[Jackie Lee]

7 minutes ago, Panthercougar68 said:

But who are their DEs? I know they have Kayvon but I don’t think they have anyone up to Garrett or Clowney talet.

Just saying their Run D got the job done without them, and they should improve their pass rush. Doubt they can get all the tipped passes that JC got

[OneBadCat]

If they play like the 4th qtr we can beat them and a lot of other teams. But Rhule has to have his eureka moment in the next game or two or he’s gone. 
 

Giants is a must win game in my book.

[pantherclaw]

Seems to me if we can generate some offense front the start of the game, we should stand a chance.

[glenwo2]

Answer to the question :

 

Yes, they can.

 

But will they?  I'm not sure.

[ForJimmy]

I think we beat the Giants.  Hopefully our offense carries over from the 2nd half of last game when they were clicking.  Shaq hadn't played in a minute before that Browns game, so I think he will have a better performance.  Look for McAdoo to get CMC involved much more earlier...

[frankw]

It's possible but the Panthers will need to pull a full 180 to beat the Giants on the road. Have an actual gameplan this time better tackling actually pressure the quarterback and the OL will need to not be total dogshit.

[Sgt Schultz]

Of course we can beat the Giants.  In theory, we could beat the Bills.  The NFL works that way.  Add that while they are in the same state (barely), the Giants are not the Bills.

The challenge is that based solely on last week, the Giants put up a lot of yards on the ground and we gave up a lot of yards on the ground.  They gained 238 yards at 7..4 a carry, and even if we remove the 68 yard run, that is still 170 yards and almost a 5.5 yard clip.  We gave up 5.6 yards a pop over 39 carries.  Depending on your outlook, those things either don't mesh well or mesh perfectly.

The other problem is while the Giants didn't remind anybody of Air Coryell, they were efficient in the passing game.  If we don't generate some pressure on the QB, they may be efficient again.

They are far from unbeatable, but we are going to have to step up especially on the defensive side.  It's either that or turn it into a track meet early.  We certainly can not afford another start where the offense is inert.  Given the defensive challenges, the offense is going to have to hold their own.

Finally, when they had the chance with a tad over a minute left, they went for the win, big time (going for 2 after a TD brought them within 1).  If it comes down to a test of nerve late, we are probably screwed.

[Matthias]

Let's just say, I'm going to be rocking Barkley heavy in fantasy this week.