Game Grades - Panthers at Saints

[Carolina Cajun]

To quote one of my favorite movies of all time (Baseketball), "Well, it was a team effort, and it took all of us working together to lose this one"

[Growl]

Except for the times when he was open.

yeah you're right there was that time he was open and dropped the ball.

good job brandon!!

[beastson]

Ginn Lafell Smith are all slot receivers. Yes even Steve. Being down 20 points you have to come back and we cant because of this reason

[Thorrez]

You mean on the key drop that gave brees the chance for another td on a two minute drive?

Edit: quote about LaFell being open disappeared.

[Thorrez]

In what could have been a glorious day for the Panthers organization, instead they are left desperately looking for anything that went right.

On with the grades...

Offense

From the gameplan to the execution, it all was severely lacking. Cam could not find open receivers. Brandon Lafell made key mistakes in receiving and blocking. Byron Bell was beaten badly on too many occasions to count.

Overall, a very poor performance. Lets hope they all got it out of their system.

Offensive Grade: D-

Defense

Allowing over 30 points is never good. Pressure was never really put on Brees until it was too late. It seemed the Panthers gameplan was to drop back in a zone and dare Brees to beat you with his arm. An odd strategy to say the least. The result? One of the worst defensive performances in recent memory.

Defensive Grade: D-

Special Teams

Not much impact in this game. The missed field goal was bad, but really were the Panthers going to win this game with field goals? Heck no. Riverboat.... Come back!

Special Teams Grade: D

Coaching

This game had no chance of being won before the Panthers even set foot on the field. Looking at what the Panthers tried to do and the inability to adjust and create some positive plays was too much for any player talent to overcome. The Panthers were badly out coached by the Saints.

That is really all you need to know.

Coaching Grade: F

No, the gameplan was to jam at the line. We were just very bad at executing that plan.

[TheRed]

It was like watching the Cardinals game from earlier in the season all over again.

 

We shut down Brees early, had the opportunity to go up 14-0 in the first quarter, got field goals instead, then lost momentum. Honestly, with better play calling and execution alone, we could've won this game. Rivera has to get his act together, and kick Shula in the ass.

[Marguide]

I didn't have any huge issue with coaching decisions or playcalling. 

 

The strength of our D, the defensive line, just didn't show up tonight. We couldn't generate any pressure at all without bringing blitzes which left us exposed elsewhere.

 

On offense, our wide receivers had a bad day. Whether it was getting open, making catches or doing their job as blockers, the receiving corps played poorly.

 

I think the gameplan was fine overall. It just didn't work because certain individuals underperformed.

[MasterAwesome]

LaFell got nice separation on a good route at the goal line towards the end of the game when Cam threw an incompletion to the left corner of the end zone to Ginn.

[Guest shitposting]

[twylyght]

I see the usual huddle meltdown is back in fine form

[88 Bronco]

Hey, let's put the game on the backs of our crappiest 3 positions (DB's, RB's, and WR's)!

A better OL makes two of those look better

[MasterAwesome]

Too little, too late. Where was he during the first three quarters?

I'm sorry, but LaFell should not be re-signed. I can't trust that man again. Similar the Arizona game, he singlehandedly killed drives.

Watching at home on TV, I'm only able to see receivers that are in the frame at any given moment. So for all I know, LaFell was running free the whole game and Cam wasn't looking his way. Of course I'm not a fool so I know that's not the case, but if I witnessed LaFell open on a route and not thrown to, then I know it happens from time to time in games. People too often unfairly put too much on our receivers when Cam takes a coverage sack, wrongfully assuming he is scanning the entire field on every play and going through all his progressions. That's just not possible...Cam is getting BETTER with going through his progressions, but he's still locking onto receivers from time to time. I think there was one drive in the 2nd half where Cam threw three straight passes to Olsen without looking elsewhere, even though he had tight coverage on at least one of them.

On any given pass play, there are around 4-5 receiving options if you include the HB and TE. There are gonna be plenty of missed opportunities when some of these guys are running open but are not looked at. Happens for every team and every QB...I'm just saying this in response to people stating our receivers are "never" open because they aren't catching passes.

[drkmay]

I have no clue on why that went back to the "old way"... playcalling made absolutely no sense... The Seahawks are built very similarly to us and they gave us the blue print on how to beat the Saints but yet we did nothing... We didnt attack we an intermediate passing game, we bottled up Cam, i mean wat the fug man! This play calling was the worst I seen all season long...

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[SauceBoss]

Question. Would you rather have the bad day now? Or in January. Its good to lose, teams need a reality check.

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