Official Week 2: Panthers @ Cardinals Gameday Thread

[d-dave]

1 minute ago, mav1234 said:

Terrible start to the game, meh first half, Bryce started to play better in 2nd half but mostly was taking what the D gave him, until the 2nd to last drive when IMO he had some great throws. But when the pressure was on to actually take the lead, he folded pretty hard. Indecisive with the ball, took multiple sacks/had an intentional grounding, got bailed out by the Zebras a couple times

What I was coming on to say, except Bryce's fumble-6 and pick were pretty back breaking.  

What was getting me at the end was how there was no plan to move the ball in that last drive.  We had 50 yards, and only really moved with penalties.  Did anyone have a catch (forgive me, that last drive took 4 hours lol)?

For me, I feel less bad since we tried to fight back.  Bryce did battle back, BUT he still didn't deliver.  Canales did not call a particularly good offensive game.  His seat needs to be hot, and I'm find letting Bryce deliver us a new QB and coach.

[45catfan]

107 passing yards before the scoring drive leading to the 4th quarter. Yes, Bryce had a pretty good 4th quarter, but this is MO....garbage time stat padding versus soft zone when the opponent is up huge on the scoreboard trying not to give up the big play.

[CarolinaLivin]

[The Lobo]

5 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

I don't quite think that is the case, I just think Bryce stopped being decisive with where he was going with the ball.  He was throwing into tight windows on the last drive, too.

I won’t doubt he made some nice throws, but the cards D in the first half were doing some crazy blitzes and mixing up stunts and coverages, after the half they stopped. Rushed four probably 98% of the time. To me, any qb could have performed well in that situation. They had Bryce in a blender the first half and then just stopped. Like I said, he did make some nice throws, that last TD to Renfrow on the 1 was sweet, not gonna lie. 

[strato]

13 minutes ago, Gipetto said:

Exactly just miserable fuging weirdos 

Miserable I will give you. But if you aren’t miserable after having to watch this college player fail for three years you are the weirdo. 

[Proudiddy]

2 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

Buddha baker was out on the final drive 

he’s the entire defense 

I didn’t even realize he went out after that collision bc I thought he got up.  That’s insane.

[frankw]

18 minutes ago, Gipetto said:

Exactly just miserable fuging weirdos 

If you speak honestly and realistically about the starting QB once again playing like ass when the game matters you're a "miserable fuging weirdo". But if you create a thread asking why the defense can't win the game for us while making absolutely no mention of the QB's horrific play in the first half you're a true fan.

That's some wild logic. But hey have fun living in alternate dimension.

[Butterflyj30]

They better start Treymane and Jimmy Horn Jr next week

[45catfan]

11 minutes ago, Moonraker said:

As soon as it really mattered we went right back to choking. Had like 10 plays there at the end and didn't get a single completion with 1:50 on the clock and a timeout

Yup, FIVE incompletions, an intentional grounding and a sack all the while aided by encroachment, defensive offsides, defensive holding and roughing the passer calls.

Edited Sunday at 11:48 PM by 45catfan

[electro's horse]

10 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Yup, FIVE incompletions, an intentional grounding and a sack all the while aided by encroachment, defensive offsides, defensive holding and roughing the passer calls.

He wanted to hand it off to Chuba so bad 

[gakonline]

10 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Yup, FIVE incompletions, an intentional grounding and a sack all the while aided by encroachment, defensive offsides, defensive holding and roughing the passer calls.

Wait.. we had one completion for 5 yards the final drive. 

[Lurk21]

Cardinals  were down multiple  defenders by the 4th quarter and Bryce was as indecisive  as I have ever seen with 50 yards to go. I know the special  teams room is hot!! It is extremely  hard to recover an onside kick... and  to basically  do nothing with it, is demoralizing!!!

Edited yesterday at 12:02 AM by Lurk21

[tukafan21]

36 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

XL should be able to make those plays...

But yeah I agree... I dont know why he didn't go to TMac more. I'd probably just feed him all day if it's 1 on 1 1.

Should he though?  Why?

He's 6'1" with bad hands, nothing about him says "jump ball guy" other than him being jacked and thinking he'll be able to out muscle the defender, but that's not going to be enough in the NFL with his height and hands.

But yes, if we're ever inside the 10 yard line (and maybe even the 20) and T-Mac gets 1 on 1 coverage without a safety anywhere near over top of them, then we should be calling an audible and throwing it up to him, every single time.  Sure, if he has one of the true Top 5 elite CB's on him, maybe it's not an "every single time" type of thing then, but even in those instances, he still needs to get a target or two on that series.

[Dragoon11]

53 minutes ago, Chad_Cota said:

Zavala and Mays. Glad to see Hunt get's hurt 2nd game into the season. 

It's typical for us. Always key injuries in the first 3 weeks of the season. Can never stay healthy. I know it happens to other teams, but it's always our core guys