Our Defense Is Good

[Catdaddy]

82 plays on defense is always a lost, but our defense held strong against the world champs and gave our offensive offense a chance to win it at the end which is amazing

[pantherj]

It's not easy to throw the deep ball against Tampa-2 defense. We gave them all the short throws they wanted, but short throws are not as safe as running the ball. Our defenisve goal was to generate turnovers by swarming/striping/nailing the recievers after the catch. Our defense had plenty of opportunities to unload on vulnerable recievers looking to get yards after the catch. Godfrey is becoming notrious for blasting recievers before they can get turned around and get their feet set. That's how you win even though you're giving up the short pass. You punish the recievers, RB/WR/TE, make them suffer for all their catches.

The problem with our defense is that the QB isn't worried at all. He's not getting hit, and so he can keep his composure. He has all the time in the world to make a decision, and not worry about getting hurt. That's a big part of the reason we're winless. That's going to change next season. I'm almost certain we're going to draft and buy pass rushers who can generate the pressure we need to win. Either that, or Panther fans won't be at BOA.

[mj4life]

we do need to generate more pressure esp. up the middle but if our offense could sustain drives & put points on the board it would do wonders for our defense.

[CatMan72]

That and we allowed two backup HB's to run the ball right down our throat.

[rayzor]

That and we allowed two backup HB's to run the ball right down our throat.

yeah, that was kind of embarrassing. only reason they were able to do that, though, was because we had to keep them so heavily covered in the backfield. it wasn't so much the ability of their RBs as it was how much attention we had to pay to keep the big passing plays limited. if you can keep people out of the box you can run a lot more efficiently.

i know thats what's going to get our run game going.

[Catdaddy]

That and we allowed two backup HB's to run the ball right down our throat.

They did cause we shut down their passing game. They ran plays they haven't ran all season to keep us off balance.

[HPPantherzfan]

If we are going to have a game this year where the front 4 "break out" I would hope this would be it after watching Chicago's O-line give up 9 sacks!!!!!11111one

Or was it 10?

[Happy Panther]

No our defense is not good. Our defense showed a little bit of promise in the most recent game. And we have some talent and drive which means they will give us some good games.

1) 31-20-20-16 are the points so far. 16 is good, 20 is ok 31 stinks.

2) 376-273-305-383 are the net yards. 383 is from the game you are harping

3) Sacks -1-0-1-1

4) Secondary has looked terrible at times. Especially the first 3 games which were terrible teams

5) Questionable against the run

Not sure what defense we have been watching but the overall grade is around a D+/C-

[Catdaddy]

No our defense is not good. Our defense showed a little bit of promise in the most recent game. And we have some talent and drive which means they will give us some good games.

1) 31-20-20-16 are the points so far. 16 is good, 20 is ok 31 stinks.

2) 376-273-305-383 are the net yards. 383 is from the game you are harping

3) Sacks -1-0-1-1

4) Secondary has looked terrible at times. Especially the first 3 games which were terrible teams

5) Questionable against the run

Not sure what defense we have been watching but the overall grade is around a D+/C-

Did you not read what I said? When our defense is on the field for almost as much plays as an entire game, they are going to have yards against them. To even be in games with our offense should let you know just how good this defense is.

[Happy Panther]

Yes I read what you said. You picked one strange stat out of one game to somehow argue that our Defense is "good."

They are not if you look at the entire body of work.

They are actually "bad"

But with energy and promise

[Catdaddy]

Yes I read what you said. You picked one strange stat out of one game to somehow argue that our Defense is "good."

They are not if you look at the entire body of work.

They are actually "bad"

But with energy and promise

Stats don't mean anything. But you are the only person on here that thinks our offense has been great. If our defense isn't good, the offense must be keeping us in games. Watch all 4 games again, cause he haven't been watching what I have.

[Dpantherman]

points > yards....team with the most points wins...always

[panthers55]

Did you not read what I said? When our defense is on the field for almost as much plays as an entire game, they are going to have yards against them. To even be in games with our offense should let you know just how good this defense is.

If you factor in the number of plays against us, we are in the middle.

We are 8th in yards surrendered per play

We are 20th in 3rd down percentage surrendered.

Compare us to the Steelers who are a good defense.

We had a total of 280 defensive plays versus the Steelers 259. Or about 5 less plays a game than us. In the only defensive stat that matters they are giving up 12.5 points a game and we are giving up 21.8 points.

[carolinarolls]

Thanks OP..now we all know the difference between good and good enough