As bad as the "O" was...no pick 6 and no punt return TD and it is 22-14

[TonyN]

Not looking for moral victories, but the defense was good again today.

Offense has deep problems, of course.

The special teams breakdowns were troubling...

Will the team quit???

[panthers04100]

But the offense threw the pick 6 so that counts as part of the offense being bad

[Wine&Cheese]

22-14? Oh ok, i feel better now...

Thanks!

[Fox007]

While we are taking things away that actually happened, why don't we just end the game after we scored our TD?

That way we win yay!

[BigSombrero]

Your post is sensible but the thread title is ridiculous. If the Broncos didn't score two of their td's then the panthers would have only lost by 8...

If your going to try and polish a turd, don't do it half a**ed. Finish the job.

"If the Broncos didn't return a punt or a pick 6 and scored 8 less points offensively, the game would have went into overtime and the panthers might have won".

[Fox007]

In my fantasy land the Panthers are 9-0 and won today when Cam led a 4th quarter comeback. He threw a TD pass to Gettis as time expired.

Time to celebrate

[rico6]

Loser mentality produces loser quality threads.

[Swaggasaurus]

Holding Manning to 22, while having an offense that can't but a third down conversion is noteworthy. Why is it an issue for the OP to say that the D played decent?

[Zithers]

you forgot the safety

defense allowed 20 points. most since keek took over D:

[TonyN]

you forgot the safety

defense allowed 20 points. most since keek took over D:

Damn, I forgot all about the worst play of the entire frigging day...Thanks

[Gucci Mane]

As soon as the punt return happened, our morale was gone, and our tails were tucked. Its been the motto of the panthers ever since fox and im tired of it. Defense was on its heels all game didn't put any pressure on manning, and our coverage was the classic bend-but-dont-break. We got lucky on a few dropped passes, and unlucky on a few calls.

As soon as the punt return happened, Chud went all out panic mode and just started slingin pass plays one after another, with a run thrown in sometimes. We didn't stick to our formula and it ended up costing us, much like when we played the giants.

[TonyN]

As soon as the punt return happened, our morale was gone, and our tails were tucked. Its been the motto of the panthers ever since fox and im tired of it. Defense was on its heels all game didn't put any pressure on manning, and our coverage was the classic bend-but-dont-break. We got lucky on a few dropped passes, and unlucky on a few calls.

As soon as the punt return happened, Chud went all out panic mode and just started slingin pass plays one after another, with a run thrown in sometimes. We didn't stick to our formula and it ended up costing us, much like when we played the giants.

I saw Manning moving in the pocket on many occasions in response to Carolina pressure...He 's hard as hell to sack, but you can at least get him out of his comfort zone a little and I thought the Panthers did that pretty well. Actually, Denver was only 3-13 on 3rd down...the defense got off the field quite a bit...

[Gucci Mane]

I saw Manning moving in the pocket on many occasions in response to Carolina pressure...He 's hard as hell to sack, but you can at least get him out of his comfort zone a little and I thought the Panthers did that pretty well. Actually, Denver was only 3-13 on 3rd down...the defense got off the field quite a bit...

Manning moves in the pocket in anticipation, because he is smart. He's not moving because he HAS to. Cam doesn't even realize there's a whole defensive line coming to sack him. Cam is reactive while Manning is proactive. Denver never needed to do too much on offense after they had the lead and when they did, it was on 1st and 2nd down.

[Toolbox]

hindsight is a bitch