Giants game

[33inNC]

Ian Thomas special. Get roughed up by another DB. 

[Bear Hands]

Dang, we've made it to the Matt Corral/Shi Smith/Ian Thomas show.  Tune off time.

[TylerDurden]

1 minute ago, Saca312 said:

incredible how the panthers season is over two games in vanilla preseason! clearly this is the panthers best and limit.

if the panthers look like this the first few games of the regular season, sure, you can start panicking. but poo, it's preseason football. overanalyzing what amounts to 1v1s, simple playcalling and tryouts for fringe roster guys is simply unproductive.

Not analyzing anything.  Scheme and actual calls made to win a game is going to make a huge difference, but the thing that is troubling about what we're seeing is a lot of guys are getting beat 1 on 1 and off effort.  We're just getting outplayed...  and the "vanilla" poo only goes so far as an excuse, because the other teams aren't calling their plays either but they're still whooping our ass handily.

[Butterflyj30]

Is Andy Dolton not playin this pre-season?

[t96]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I had convinced myself we had a real NFL coaching staff but now I'm beginning to wonder if we actually fired Rhule and company because this does not look like a decently coached team.

I never bought the superstar staff narrative but I think it's a little ridiculous to attempt to judge coaching in the preseason

[SmittysLawnGuy]

At least our it's preseason who cares , crew is still in force!

[Chaos]

5 minutes ago, Silent Majority said:

Those brushing this off don't get it. These guys are getting beat head up on basic plays. You can't just flip a dang switch when the games start counting.

This. Anyone saying “it’s just preseason herp derp” and thinking that week one everything will magically work need mental help. Fundamentals are ass across the board. 

[Navy_football]

I hope this isn't an indication of what tye offense will look like during the season. This is Rivera-esque.

[Floppin]

Corral blows

[Rubi]

1 minute ago, 33inNC said:

Ian Thomas special. Get roughed up by another DB. 

He’s always on the ground 

[pantherj]

[Saca312]

4 minutes ago, Ornias said:

I don't care how vanilla it is, I still would expect some pro level play. We are bad on both sides of the ball and short draft picks next year to boot. 

again, come regular season if the first few games show the same as preseason, then I'll join the doom and gloom wagon.

i could care less about who wins in the preseason, chances are the coaches are just using it as an evaluation style scrimmage as they should.

i would suspect that come regular season, these coaches will understand the deficiencies carolina beholds and likely will scheme and adjust for such.

i'd much rather see sloppiness and crap in the preseason, bc it's the perfect time to analyze weaknesses. if they gameplanned and actually tried scheming, well those weaknesses would be masked, and they wouldn't be able to adjust in time.

so yeah, i'm on the train of thought the coaches understand that and will scheme and adjust for it when games matter. if they don't, then i'll join the wtf wagon.

Edited August 19, 2023 by Saca312

[TheCasillas]

Odd no call

[96Bravo]

Well, I was really excited about this season. But I'll have to accept that this will be a "growing experience" this season. New coaches, players and whatnot. Too many other good teams out there. I'll hope to see us get better as the season progresses.