I just have one question. Where's our run game?

[PantherFanForLife]

How the fug do we have 303 yards passing......and 76 yards rushing with 2.2 yards per attempt. And why are our running backs willing to force the issue and lose yards by running backwards or sideways?

I'm beginning to think poor passing isn't the main reason why our running game has been sucking this year.

Is our O-line THAT bad?

[Jangler]

It ran away.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

the passing game was successful because the run game wasn't abandoned...33 attempts.

you always keep the threat there, even when it isn't working.

[PantherDude]

Simple: the offense didn't open enough holes for Double Trouble to run through. If you can't open up the holes enough, your RBs won't get through enough. But hopefully the next few games they will improve that, especially when Otah come back soon.

[Mother Grabber]

Ask our Oline.

[PantherFanForLife]

the passing game was successful because the run game wasn't abandoned...33 attempts.

you always keep the threat there, even when it isn't working.

Well yeah you don't abandon it, but it's still worries me that it's just not working.

What really bothers me is the decision making both running backs are making. There were honestly multiple plays where they could have just taken the tackle when it was obvious the were beat, and instead pushed pointlessly and ended up costing us yards. Or for example when Stewart rushed right, and he had a lane open inside and had the defender off balance, but instead he changed his route one more time and tried to get outside landing him right into the defender's off-balance momentum.

And the whole thing seemed to slow...it was like I was watching him in slow motion.

[Fox007]

Stewart hitting the hole like 100 year old tortoise doesn't help much either.

[raleigh-panther]

Otah, who is that?

...and yes, Stewart does not look like the Stewart of the past two years.

[Razeyfingers]

Stewart hitting the hole like 100 year old tortoise doesn't help much either.

Looks like he's searching for gaps that arent there to me. Why are we talking about this anyways? We have less than zero depth on our O-line and teams constantly stack the box and throw run blitz's at us. Looked like it paid off for Moore today.

[FuzzyPanther]

Stewart hitting the hole like 100 year old tortoise doesn't help much either.

Dead on. Something is not right w/ 28 this year. I still can't figure out what his problem is.

[mav1234]

The OL finally got pass blocking down. That was good.

Run blocking not so much...

Stewart also doesn't look like he wants to get hit. he dances too much. I remember when he'd run over people...

[MaineManPanther]

We have guy in Schwartz who hasnt had much expierence as a guard and a backup at our RT spot.

[Zaximus]

This isn't all an O-line problem. Stewart, like others have pointed out, seems slow, and is avoiding running people over or getting hit. He's missing holes too. DWill and Stew look off this year, regardless of the O-line. We didn't have Otah for quite a few games since we got him and we still were able to run it. Maybe we're missing Otah, and Vincent, not sure.

I think we're really missing Hoover though. Wondering how much of that "RB vision" our guys had was Hoover leading them through a hole and trucking people for them. We should have kept Hoover till the wheels fell off.

[PantherFanForLife]

The OL finally got pass blocking down. That was good.

Run blocking not so much...

Stewart also doesn't look like he wants to get hit. he dances too much. I remember when he'd run over people...

Yeah I really don't get that. DWill too. Although DWill was always supposed to be the limber one, his decision making skills leave a lot to be desired. Too many of his plays today reminded me of his final play in the closing minutes of the Saints-Panthers game where we lost by 2.

And Stewart. He's supposed to be our Power-Runner, no? I'm not seeing him pushing up the middle.

But, NOT to make the mistake so many made with Moore, I don't want to assume these guys just spontaneously got worse. I think the fact that Stewart is opting to go outside so much, instead of up the middle says a lot about the faith these guys have in our O-line.

I think that's been the consistent black mark on both sides of the ball, running and passing.