overlooked amoung the fox/moore/delhomme drama...kasay to kick a milestone

[nosuchthingasapanther]

only 6 kickers in nfl history have kicked 400 or more field goals. kasay could join them this sunday.

big props to the last OP (original panther).

i vote carolina kicks a field goal with their first trip into the red zone on sunday.

[Dpantherman]

I would be happy for him, but there will always be a cold dark space of rage toward him for costing us SB 38.

[MadHatter]

only 6 kickers in nfl history have kicked 400 or more field goals. kasay could join them this sunday.

big props to the last OP (original panther).

i vote carolina kicks a field goal with their first trip into the red zone on sunday.

He could have already been on that list if he had not missed those two gimme's in the Buffalo game.

[PhillyB]

I would be happy for him, but there will always be a cold dark space of rage toward him for costing us SB 38.

that's a myth. you could just as easily blame the defense for allowing 29 points and 450 yards of offense up to that point. or the offense for failing to convert on several critical first downs that would've put carolina up.

Kasay might have been the most visible cause, but to blame it on him is beyond absurd.

[Dpantherman]

that's a myth. you could just as easily blame the defense for allowing 29 points and 450 yards of offense up to that point. or the offense for failing to convert on several critical first downs that would've put carolina up.

Kasay might have been the most visible cause, but to blame it on him is beyond absurd.

its not absurd. After we had just come back to take the lead, he gave the Patriots a short field. We played reasonable D the whole game. Sure its not ALL his fault. But he gets plenty of blame for botching that kick.

[PhillyB]

its not absurd. After we had just come back to take the lead, he gave the Patriots a short field. We played reasonable D the whole game. Sure its not ALL his fault. But he gets plenty of blame for botching that kick.

allowing 481 yards of offense is not reasonable D.

I agree that he deserves blame for kicking it out of bounds... a bad play is a bad play. but people pin entirely too much of that loss on him.

[Dpantherman]

allowing 481 yards of offense is not reasonable D.

I agree that he deserves blame for kicking it out of bounds... a bad play is a bad play. but people pin entirely too much of that loss on him.

thats becuase he had 1 simple job to do. We had the lead. 1 small mistake near the end of the game. how many teams can beat Brady with a short field? not many

[vumpler]

I would be happy for him, but there will always be a cold dark space of rage toward him for costing us SB 38.

The only accurate reply.

:banghead:

[Davidson Deac II]

its not absurd. After we had just come back to take the lead, he gave the Patriots a short field. We played reasonable D the whole game. Sure its not ALL his fault. But he gets plenty of blame for botching that kick.

Their last four drives consisted of them slicing thru our defense like a hot knife thru butter. We managed to get an interception once, but other than that, neither defense played well for the entire fourth quarter.

Fwiw, I felt we were doomed when the Patriots got the ball with over a minute left. We would not have stopped them no matter where they got the ball.

[Davidson Deac II]

allowing 481 yards of offense is not reasonable D.

I agree that he deserves blame for kicking it out of bounds... a bad play is a bad play. but people pin entirely too much of that loss on him.

I agree. Yours is the only accurate reply.

[Dpantherman]

Their last four drives consisted of them slicing thru our defense like a hot knife thru butter. We managed to get an interception once, but other than that, neither defense played well for the entire fourth quarter.

Fwiw, I felt we were doomed when the Patriots got the ball with over a minute left.

fine i screwed up. point is. Give Brady the ball at the 40 with a minute and change left-- huge disadvantage. odds would have been in our favor had he had the whole field to work with

[nosuchthingasapanther]

Fwiw, I felt we were doomed when the Patriots got the ball with over a minute left. We would not have stopped them no matter where they got the ball.

this.

as excited as i was about the panthers being in the lead, waaaay too much time on the clock was the only thing going thru my mind.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

odds would have been in our favor had he had the whole field to work with

not really.

give brady or manning a minute or two, and it won't matter how much of the field they have to cover.

[Davidson Deac II]

this.

as excited as i was about the panthers being in the lead, waaaay too much time on the clock was the only thing going thru my mind.

Jake called a timeout right before he threw the TD pass to Proehl. I remember thinking at that moment that calling the timeout was a mistake. Best to let some time run off the clock, then call it. IMO, that hurt us worse than Kasay's kickoff. But the biggest mistake was going for 2 so early. It put us in a hole that we never got out of.