How are you feeling after the first preseason game?

[SaltAndPepper]

16 minutes ago, Camp Fodder said:

Wildfires in Hawaii

Thanks for that claification

[Camp Fodder]

10 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Last year was a complete aberration.   The saints and Falcons got significantly better. 

Not sure I agree. Desmond Ridder is basically a rookie and Dennis Allen is a bottom 5 coach

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, Camp Fodder said:

Not sure I agree. Desmond Ridder is basically a rookie and Dennis Allen is a bottom 5 coach

Riddler has a year in the system and they are on a run team.  Carr is the best qb in the division right now.   Expecting to win the division is crazy talk.  We have a rookie qb and a paper thin defense.  It's going to take about a season.  

[Gerry Green]

LOL I love this place. 

 

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, Chaos said:

I know the preseason ritual. Laugh at those who panic, it’s cool to not give a fug because it doesn’t count.

And there's good reason for it, especially after only one game.

[Jaxel]

It was only one game, but we were the least competitive team this weekend. No panic yet, but I'd next week isn't much improved, then it will be worrisome.

[Mother Grabber]

4 hours ago, NAS said:

Concerned and worried is the same damn thing

i’m concerned that you don’t know the meaning behind this poll, but not worried

[NAS]

4 minutes ago, Mother Grabber said:

i’m concerned that you don’t know the meaning behind this poll, but not worried

Lol i get it now

[BrewerHouseBeer]

I know it's only preseason, but we had most of our offensive starters playing against their #2s. We also had zero energy or enthusiasm on offense. I know it was like 100° down there, but I would have liked to see a little more effort. Even BY looked like he didn't want to be there. Not hitting the panic button just yet, but Im going to need to see a big change next week. I just want entertaining football. Is that too much to ask? We have been so boring to watch for so long now. 

[Carl Spackler]

Preseason games don’t count and the score would be marginally closer if it weren’t for going for it on fourth down.

But that’s the most inept Panthers preseason performance since 2010. They looked like they hadn’t practiced all year and it’s not a good sign the starters were letting their backups move the ball at will on the first possession. Granted I didn’t expect this team to win a lot of games this year and key guys were out, but that was an inexcusable performance.  

[Carl Spackler]

I will say I hate the 3-4 and aside from 1996 it’s been a failure every season it’s used here. I counted one QB pressure the whole game and it was the sack by Barno. Nobody came close to pressuring any of their QBs and the off coverage presented 5-8 yard gains every snap, not including the inevitable broken tackle. Third down and fourth down defense was abysmal. Offensively, Corral had some plays that would make Randy Fasani blush. 

[Panthercougar68]

I’m not as doom and gloom today about the performance in general, but I will be concerned if we don’t fix the right guard spot until Corbitt comes back.

all the stunts that got pressure came from the right guard spot. There was one where Michael Jordan completely whiffed in picking up the defensive end that stunning inside and got in Moton’s way.

[Carl Spackler]

3 minutes ago, Panthercougar68 said:

I’m not as doom and gloom today about the performance in general, but I will be concerned if we don’t fix the right guard spot until Corbitt comes back.

all the stunts that got pressure came from the right guard spot. There was one where Michael Jordan completely whiffed in picking up the defensive end that stunning inside and got in Moton’s way.

People can say it doesn’t matter but if I’m an opposing DC, I just run stunts all day against this line, and you’ve got 7-10 sacks and a shutout most every week. 

[BlackPanther22]

Yeah honestly, the only thing I’m “concerned” about is how they end up settling the RG situation. Everything else is a wash imo. And while it is embarrassing to lay an egg in general, I really can tell they went out there with the intention of being as vanilla as possible.

For 1. Offensively, there was no pre snap motion at all. Anybody who’s listened to Frank and Thomas talk or even seen any amount of  training camp clips knows that motion is a big part of the offense. They didn’t show motion at all yesterday. It was legit just line up and go. So I don’t expect that to carry over. 
 

2. The defense was playing basic coverages/pressure schemes yesterday too. Correct me if I’m wrong but I didn’t see any of the Evero defenses staples last night, those being sim pressures, exotic coverage looks, stunts, etc. 

Just trying to put perspective out there and why I do actually believe what Frank said about them intentionally being generic. I think as fans we have a right to be disappointed in laying a goose egg BUT there’s a line between being disappointed and acting like the first game of preseason is the end all be all. The main thing to be concerned about IMO is the iOL play, but like offense/defense scheme stuff is way to early to be panicking about.