Bright Spots

[Happy Panther]

If you didn't look at the score you might think we had a decent game

 

1) Running game looked good. Everyone averages over 4 ypc. Look for Williams to shine getting 20 carries an 100 yards against the jets in the lone back role.

2) No turnovers. 

3) Cam was efficient. 65% completion rate and looked great running the ball.

4) Ginn got us 100+ yards on returns and looked like he could take one back.

5) Nortman had one bad kick I think but still managed to flip the field most times.

[Guest]

That was clearly the gameplan - efficient ball control football.  It might have worked, on another day. 

[therealmjl]

Welp that's it

[Happy Panther]

At Carolina -12 NY Jets

 

Also noting this

[CollegePanther]

The only bright spot was the fire behind Drew Brees' passes

[caatfan]

This D depends on the front 7 to be the bright spot, and it wasn't bright enough last night to protect our weaker DB from an A+ QB. They need to shine brighter on both D and O or there'll be another loss in 2 weeks.

[Darth Biscuit]

Honestly Cam looked pretty damned good most of the time.  He is progressing thru his reads and hitting the receivers... he could improve his movement in the pocket some, but otherwise he's playing well.  His O line didn't help much, Bell got just flat beat 90% of the time.

 

There were a couple of times where his timing looked a bit off, that play to Ginn on the right sideline is a good example...  he was about 1 second late getting the ball out... he's got to trust his receivers are going to run the route and get the ball out before they cut.  That's what Brees did so well last night.

[Doyle]

The face mask on Ginn kept him from scoring a touchdown.  This could have given us the momentum and changed the game.  It just wasn't our day and the streak wasn't going to last forever.

[SOJA]

That was clearly the gameplan - efficient ball control football.  It might have worked, on another day. 

 

 

not getting 14 points early really hurt us, Gano's missed field goal

 

 

I don't think we were winning that game, no matter though. Brees played great and we had zero pass rush

 

another bright spot was Smitty's TD, another one for his HOF case. 

[NCCU_Panthers]

I liked that the much hyped noise factor wasn't an issue, no false starts. 

[SpeedOFLight]

not getting 14 points early really hurt us, Gano's missed field goal

 

 

I don't think we were winning that game, no matter though. Brees played great and we had zero pass rush

 

another bright spot was Smitty's TD, another one for his HOF case. 

 

Yeah it was a rough game but I loved that TD last night for some reason and to watch Smith give it to a young fan was pretty cool to view.

[Marc Anthony]

Defense looked lost...except for TD...

[PantherGuy]

If you didn't look at the score you might think we had a decent game

 

1) Running game looked good. Everyone averages over 4 ypc. Look for Williams to shine getting 20 carries an 100 yards against the jets in the lone back role.

2) No turnovers. 

3) Cam was efficient. 65% completion rate and looked great running the ball.

4) Ginn got us 100+ yards on returns and looked like he could take one back.

5) Nortman had one bad kick I think but still managed to flip the field most times.

 

You did a much better job of finding bright spots than I did. I honestly couldn't think of a single one. This partially confirms what I suspected: the gap between us and the Saints is not as big as what last night seemed to show.

[88 Bronco]

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