Football Gameplan's 2012 Wk 11 Panthers vs Bucs Preview

[FootballCzar]

Good afternoon Panthers fans! Good luck this week!

Em

[BigSombrero]

Good analysis. I hope you're right.

As you said, this is going to be a huge test for those corners. We all know Nakamura is terrible in pass coverage and Carolina is going to have to strike a balance with dropping back to help those corners or keeping a safety in the box to help with the run.

So Josh Norman and the rest of the corners are going to have to find a way to hold their own against Mike Williams and V Jax.

Carolina isn't a team that's currently built to play an uptempo game or come from behind. They like to get the ball on offense and use all three downs to get the first so they can control the game and keep it close. The early stages of a game are important when playing Carolina. Tampa needs to score quick and put them behind and force them out of their element. Make them feel like they have to gain chunks of yardage and put td's on the board to stay in the game. That's when Cam will start trying to do to much, he'll try and carry the team to victory and make mistakes.

So Tampa needs to continue playing lights out against the run, force the panthers to throw more than they want to, and take the opportunities that come. Division rival so it may come down to the wire, but I like Tampa's chances.

[FootballCzar]

So Josh Norman and the rest of the corners are going to have to find a way to hold their own against Mike Williams and V Jax.

Thanks Cap'n! The good part is that neither can really beat you with speed so getting you hands on them at the LOS would help out big time!

[TheRed]

Picking a Panthers loss eh, way to go out on a limb there brother.

[Ivan The Awesome]

I feel it's going to be a shootout this time. We're much better against the run this time around.