Some quick notes I made after watching the first half again.

[panthers55]

The only defensive stat that matters is points surrendered. So far the first unit has done a good job limited points given up. Yards surrendered isn't that important if the other team is not converting it into points.

[Cape Fear Cat]

I suspect we'll see more diversity on our D looks once the bullets start flying for real. I'm not too worried about things yet, given that everything is so basic at this point.

[jarhead]

The only defensive stat that matters is points surrendered. So far the first unit has done a good job limited points given up. Yards surrendered isn't that important if the other team is not converting it into points.

That is true but given two of the teams we have played are Miami and the jets the case could be made we are not playing the level of competition we have on our schedule.

[bleys]

Fua plows past Mangold sounds good to me..

[panthers55]

That is true but given two of the teams we have played are Miami and the jets the case could be made we are not playing the level of competition we have on our schedule.

The case could be made that we shouldn't be reading too much into anything in the preseason. Plus the level of competition can vary greatly based on a few people getting hurt. For example Philly may have potential with Vick but if he is hurt, they suddenly are not very good offensively. The same could be said about many teams on our schedule including ourselves if Newton goes down. Strength of schedule is notorious for being incorrect from year to year and from preseason to postseason.

[mj4life]

something else to keep in mind is that we don't play in the afc north. almost every team in our division(tampa excluded) has the ability to score 20 or more per game, so it's really more about coming up with stops & turnovers when we need them most

[pantherclaw]

Nice write-up!

Yeah, I also saw a formation I don't recall us playing before, which was a 2-4-5

I just hate that we've been showing these different looking formations, but we're not blitzing out of them. We need to practice our blitzes if we plan on being any good at it.

the best blitz is a well timed blitz.

The defense is practicing blitzes. I don't care if i see them in preseason.

[pantherclaw]

That is true but given two of the teams we have played are Miami and the jets the case could be made we are not playing the level of competition we have on our schedule.

can only play yhe team that's on the field.

[Argus Plexus]

Scored on a Top 5 D without Smith, contained their offense to nothing but field goals, and no big ST's fu*k ups. I'd call that a win win, fellas.