Play selection during the last two possessions was dog awful

[frash.exe]

The Panthers offense ran 8 offensive plays in two possessions with their last lead of the day.

Seven rushes vs. one pass attempt. You know what those runs went for? 26 yards, or 3.7 a carry. It produced one first down. Before that, the Panthers were rushing for over 6 yards per carry.

The punting on 4th down didn't cost us the game nearly as much as not keeping the playbook open. You don't start running to daylight when you're leading by one point in this league.

Of course nobody is mad about this but if he threw 7 times and ran once there would be like 25 fire Chudzinski threads. So when people like to talk so often about how we abandon the run when losing it was actually running too much that shot us in the foot yesterday.

[SIGCHI222]

Playing, "not to loose", gets you a loss 9 times out of 10.

[megadeth078]

When we get into the 4th quarter with a lead, every pass we throw is suddenly in danger of being pick 6'd. We play like a bunch of pussies on offense late into the game. The defense did their job and the offense didn't repay them. We should have continued to play football instead of killing time and hoping they don't comeback on us.

[SIGCHI222]

When we get into the 4th quarter with a lead, every pass we throw is suddenly in danger of being pick 6'd. We play like a bunch of pussies on offense late into the game. The defense did their job and the offense didn't repay them. We should have continued to play football instead of killing time and hoping they don't comeback on us.

Dance with the girl you came with, right?

If you had enuff success to get the lead, why all of the sudden change things? Rivera needs to "develop" as much as any player we currently have. Hopefully he is not a finished product.