Where's the Defense?

[Cpt slay a ho]

yea we need to drop trogvac straight up

[Jangler]

I want to see Fox come into the defense practices and have a lot of ass sammys, starting with Trgo's.

[maxx1957]

I think the D. needs to step up in the playoffs. So far we have just got

by. So lets hope they show up in the playoffs.

[HGG]

I think the D. needs to step up in the playoffs. So far we have just got

by. So lets hope they show up in the playoffs.

It's all up to Ken Lucas and Chris Gamble.

I'm not worried about the linebackers or the D-line once it's healthy.

Lucas and Gamble get burned too much, and that reverberates.

[SorthNarolina]

The defensive line really needs to step up their play, johnson leaves sacks on the field while brayton can be an inconsistent tackler

I don't feel like our pass rush from the front 4 will really scare anybody, if that can change we will be unstoppable

if our front 4 can get better pressure then the secondary will look all the better for it

[User Name]

It's all relative

They've been a little dinged and going up against some very good offences since the bye. None of the games have been defencive battles. I gaurantee the Bucs, GB, and NY didn't expect the Panthers could drop 28+ on their D's either.

When the offense throws up lots of points early it can sometimes affect the defence as the other team goes more wide open in catch up or shoot out mode. To illustrate my point look at the 03 SB, two teams known for their D couldn't slow each other down in the second half.

Anyway IMO the D hasn't really regressed as much as the competition has improved and the O has came on. I think they'll be good enough to get us where we want to be if they heal up over the bye.

Rank PPG YPG

1 New Orleans Saints 28.9 463

2 Denver Broncos 23.1 370

6 Atlanta Falcons 24.4 391

7 New York Giants 26.7 427

8 Green Bay Packers 26.2 419

14 Tampa Bay Bucs 22.6 361

[Pantherxtreme]

Yea it is all relative, out of those six teams mentioned we are 4-2, now guess which four are out the playoffs and which two are in.

Defense has to get it together if we want to do anything the playoffs,

man it's like a tale of two seasons 1st half defense carried us until our offense found it's rythem now the defense is nowhere to be found!

[User Name]

man it's like a tale of two seasons 1st half defense carried us until our offense found it's rythem now the defense is nowhere to be found!

What team have you been watching? The D hasn't carried a game all year, arguably against Oakland, but other than that they haven't been needed to "carry" a game the O has been putting up points all year.

Score in wins

26-24

20-17

24-9

34-0

30-7

27-23

17-6

31-22

35-31

28-23

30-10

28-34

33-31

The first half the Panthers played 3 top 10 O's and beat them all at home. Since the bye they've played 5 of the top 10, the only one at home was the number two O (Denver) and they handled them just fine.

They haven't lost anything or regressed, they wern't playing better earlier in the year, they were playing against worse O's, and had more home games.

As it stands they have no more than 1 away game, and will face Minnesota, Atlanta, or Arizona at home. The D has already contained two of those teams at home and played decent against the third in a road loss.

Y'all can get all worked up if you like, but I'm not a bit concerned about the D, if they're healthy in two weeks (most likely vs ATL). As far as the NFCC game if it's in NY I feel they match up much better if Kemo plays. If NY gets knocked off (by Philly most likely) I like our chances at home.

[tyghtt05]

Yeah we definitely need to get our SWAGGER back!!