Wrapping up an ugly one

[Laetitia]

That, folks, was a professional football game, for which hard-working people paid full price.

The Jets beat the Panthers 9-3 in a spectacle that included seven turnovers, 20 punts and just 287 yards of total offense — by the two teams combined.

At least it didn't rain.

The Panthers still appear unable to throw the ball, after spending the offseason working on that part. It was hard to tell, as when Matt Moore got the ball out, it was either rushed to the point of inaccuracy or dropped.

Panthers coach John Fox was fairly nonchalant, putting most of the blame on the fact the Jets pressured from many angles, none of which his team game-planned against. You're going to hear a lot of that over the next few days, but you'll also hear a lot of low scores if they don't fix it.

Other highlights from the evening:

-- The Panthers' 6-of-18 on third down was nothing to be thrilled about. But it beat the Jets' 5-of-19.

-- Armanti Edwards wasn't using the inexperience card, when asked about his two mistakes that led to fumbles.

"I caught over 100 punts in camp, that's not an excuse anymore."

-- Injury wise, they seemed to come out OK.

Fox said CB C.J. Wilson "got dinged" and that CB Captain Munnerlyn had a calf strain.

Wilson went down after defending a deep pass, and asked how he felt, grinned and replied: "I just fell on my face. I'm good."

-- The intent was to play QB Tony Pike third, since he didn't get much work last week, but that didn't work out.

That means after two games, QB Hunter Cantwell has the highest rating on the team at 48.2 for the preseason. Cantwell was also the thrower of the Panthers lone passing touchdown last preseason.

—- Darin Gantt

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[Skew]

Nannerpuss did it better. Just saying.

[Dpantherman]

talk about getting hired for looks...

[Wither]

Nannerpuss did it better. Just saying.

The formatting was definitely better. And the thread icons.

[Jangler]

As I said in the game thread, We make teams play our game, shame that they play it better than we do.

[smash_n_dash]

Heh, nannerpuss got more pie too

[CAVSS]

Am I the only guy that loves defensive games? I mean I like it more when we win them...but still.

[Wither]

Heh, nannerpuss got more pie too

You see, people are expecting this one to give out pie, not receive it.

Am I the only guy that loves defensive games? I mean I like it more when we win them...but still.

Not when the other team gets to our QB every other play.

[neverlosethefeeling]

I love how Gantt still finds a way to make Armanti seem like the better man coming out of all this.

I don't see how Gantt had to make Armanti look like anything.

The quote speaks for itself. He's not making excuses, and that's a picture Gantt had to paint.

[Jangler]

Pie? From a bot? lol

[Carolina Fan]

It was a bittersweet loss for me, Got to watch our defense ( in my opinion ) out play the #1 defence last year, but special teams and offense was depressing.

[Dpantherman]

tonights game reminded me of the Tampa game last year. our Defense was awesome and we ran the ball...pretty much nothing else to see there.

[Wither]

Pie? From a bot? lol

God knows you won't give out any.

[Jangler]

910>162