Let's give special teams some love.

[PhillyB]

A volcano of sh*tty posters has risen from dormancy and exploded, launching the reeking lava of tripe and hogwash all over Pantherland's interwebz. But there is a bright spot.

Special teams was glorious today. I almost had a seizure when Pilares ran that back for a touchdown. The holes were wide open. First KO return for a TD since 2003, when Rod Smart did it, and today's return set a franchise record in that statistic at 101 yards.

I gaped at the tv as it happened, expecting a flag the entire time, but they pulled it off. Unreal.

On kickoff coverage they were solid. Josh Vaughn made the most of his promotion to a starter on the unit and played at a very high level, including a huge tackle on the first play of the game.

Defense was beyond abysmal, Cam Newton had accuracy issues - but special teams had moved on from the short bus. Congrats to Brian Murphy for getting his unit fired up and motivated to play actual football. Hopefully this will be a bright spot moving forward.

[UNCrules2187]

Yeah, even Armanti had two returns for 10+ yards.

[Shufdog]

I'm drunker than Cooter Brown!!!

[Dpantherman]

Yes, could use a punter though.

[TylerDurden]

Still don't trust either kicker... But, I noticed both Vaughn and Wilson in coverage today and they were great additions.

Pilares came through for me as I basically founded his fanclub here during the draft, but those next few returns we could've done without lol.

And I was really surprised with Armanti.

Sadly, it was all for naught.

[jtnc]

Yes, could use a punter though.

Baker has to go, that's his 4th shanked punt this year.

[GSQUARED]

Still don't trust either kicker... But, I noticed both Vaughn and Wilson in coverage today and they were great additions.

Pilares came through for me as I basically founded his fanclub here during the draft, but those next few returns we could've done without lol.

And I was really surprised with Armanti.

Sadly, it was all for naught.

Vaughn did have a good day on ST, nice observation

[pantherfan81]

Agreed ST made me :)

[mav1234]

Baker still tried his best to have another of his punts returned for a TD today. =|

But ST was solid other than that.

[DickolausJ]

That Pilares kid looks like an NFL Player. And Armanti actually had some space! Coverage wasn't terrible either.

Yea I still am not sure about our kickers but hopefully we have some momentum we can build on.

Going to love how the team looks after we get a full offseason of minicamps.

[CLG]

Props to Vaughan especially!! i thought he'd be a good move up to ST

Edit: Still shocked at the Kick Return tho..

[bigjohn]

I was going to post this too-- if the D had shown up in the second half we'd be giving game balls to the special team.

Amazing how you end up with a bit more room on punt returns when you're not letting them punt from the 50.

[redbuddha]

We just need some depth on Special teams, better players, better results!

[Chaos]

Did anyone besides me chuckle when they showed the Detroit sidelines after the Pilares TD return, and there was a pissed off Danny Crossman? Too funny.