Game Observations

[hepcat]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

How many 'meaningful.games' did the Panthers play last year?

They are all meaningful until they're out of playoff contention. Bryce returned last year when they were what, 1-7?

[kungfoodude]

Just now, OldhamA said:

Guess I'm the only one that thought the D played well today.

The Cards were just repeatedly targeting Rozeboom and Scott - short of just benching them for rookies I don't know what Evero is meant to do there.

He dialled up a perfect blitz on that Murray 30 yard scramble and Rozeboom just whiffed. Should have been a 15 yard loss, drive over.

Jimmy's and Joe's, ladies and gentlemen. 

The DL was mediocre, the LB's are amongst the NFL worst, safeties are average on a good day. CB was a bright spot. 

[UnluckyforSome]

1 minute ago, kungfoodude said:

Man, I do feel bad for Corbett. He just cannot stay healthy.

I feel like it was just waiting for the inevitable to happen.

[OldhamA]

47 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

- Even with Derrick Brown back, we so far have the kind of defense that would require an offense that scores about thirty points a game to win.

We do not have an offense that can score thirty points a game.

- Young is still not quite good enough for me to endorse sticking with him, but the "worst ever" talk is silly, especially given that his 'support staff' has some major holes in it.

Evaluate him honestly and don't try to explain it away when he does well. You still might come away with negative feelings, but they'll at least be honest.

The D is bottom third in the league, talent wise - we're lacking talent at LB and at S. I bet that's where we'll rank come the end of the season.

I think you're being disingenuous with your Young take. This was his THIRTIETH start. He's the same guy that ran out there against the Falcons in 2023. 

[Mr. Scot]

6 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

The jury isn't out. He is simply not an NFL caliber starting QB. I will say that it is certainly possible in a few years after he makes his way through some other NFL stops that he develops but I find that very unlikely.

If I had to make a prediction right now, I'd say perennial backup with the potential to be a good QB coach down the road.

He's certainly shown the ability to play at an NFL level sometimes, but you can't build a team around "sometimes".

[ncstatekwi]

37 minutes ago, CarolinaReaper said:

At the end of the day, I saw my team live up to the motto " Keep Pounding" and although we didn't get that magical comeback story legends are made from, it was at our grasp, and that right there is a feeling I didn't know could exist at half down by 24pts. So, ATL is a must win, or the season over. The time is now, take all the disrespect and get angry for god's sake Canales, learn from your mentor Carroll and go smash a whiteboard.

If ATL is smart..they run run and run some more!!!

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

If I had to make a prediction right now, I'd say perennial backup with the potential to be a good QB coach down the road.

He's certainly shown the ability to play at an NFL level sometimes, but you can't build a team around "sometimes".

Honestly, if I had to make a prediction it will be that he will be out of the NFL in 4 years.

[Mr. Scot]

7 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Don't wish injury on anyone so that's a bummer. But he wasn't the answer at center. 

We need a true center 

[Mr. Scot]

12 minutes ago, Seamonk said:

OL got better over time. High snaps are still an issue. Mayes didn't look much better than Corbett but his balls were low enough. Senior Citizen Calais Campbell was owning our interior. 

The run offense wasn't good but we were also playing from behind the entire game due to early mistakes. Later in the game we were running it decently on first and second downs. The short yardage plays had to be designed with chuba as a fullback to get anything. Defenses seem to know when Rico is about to get the ball. They were on him almost immediately every time. 

XL not mentally there. He was trying to do too much or not doing enough. 

The TEs were used really well in the 3rd&4th to eat up dink and dunk yardage. All 3 of our guys were getting looks. 

Brycen seems like a steal. One handed catch behind him was unreal. That should have been a pick. 

Renfrow is getting a lot of looks. He's still putting his body on the line too much to catch some of these horrible balls. 

TMac looked great. There was 1 ball where he should have caught it which was broken up. But pretty much everything else was a big positive yardage play and showing more shiftiness than I thought he would. 

Defensive line turned up. It took them a while. Getting Princely and Nick in helps a lot too. Keeps the older guys fresh. 

Both MLBs are awful. Bad angles. Bad play diagnosis. Bad wrap up. No coverage skills. McBride was eating them up. Kyler's big run was from what should have been a sure-fire sack. Need some more energy and beef from the MLBs in this scheme. 

nick scott... 

Ransom looked like he wanted to hit someone and enforce the middle. 

Moehrig still needs to show us something more. 

They tried to pick on Mike Jack but he started making plays. Don't think they tested Jaycee that much outside of running the ball his way sometimes. 

The tackling at times was really poor. If it wasn't for Arizona constantly shooting themselves in the foot with holding penalties and kyler being kyler, this game could have easily been worse. 

Special teams was tackling better after a while. Kicker looks good. The onside kick was crazy. 

I don't like Bryce. I don't like his playstyle. I don't like what it requires to keep him serviceable. He made some good plays throughout the game. But he also put us in the hole to begin with. I would have liked for Bryce to hit the weight room harder by the 3rd year in the league. I need him to clean up his fumbles. More than throwing costly interceptions, he's fumbling the ball more often than not. He just doesn't have the strength to hold on. Weird that Kyler threw the same lame duck interception as him. 

Can agree with a lot of that but Campbell's been good for a long time.

[Mr. Scot]

13 minutes ago, UnluckyforSome said:

Sounds like it's time for Cade Mays.

Corbett's been banged up a lot these past few seasons.

[Jon Snow]

7 minutes ago, hepcat said:

They are all meaningful until they're out of playoff contention. Bryce returned last year when they were what, 1-7?

This team was out of playoff contention before the season ever started. 

[Mr. Scot]

9 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

The DL was mediocre, the LB's are amongst the NFL worst, safeties are average on a good day. CB was a bright spot. 

And let's talk scheme...

Edited 1 hour ago by Mr. Scot

[frankw]

15 minutes ago, UnluckyforSome said:

Sounds like it's time for Cade Mays.

 

This is why so many people wanted to draft a center instead of trade up for an already injured RB last year.

[onmyown]

44 minutes ago, VintagePanther said:

When yall gonna admit that Derrick Brown is not a game changer . Not even close to one . Don’t get sacks nor TFLs . He just be out there 

Did you watch the game this week or last, he is double and even triple teamed, which should free up everyone else. The problem is almost everyone else is trash. And that’s exactly why other teams do this.

Edited 1 hour ago by onmyown