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- The offense played with good tempo - no delay of games, false starts, or illegal shifts that set them behind the sticks. - When the pocket was clean, consistently moved down the field - Short yardage run game killed drives - ran 3 straight times on First red zone possession before 4th down stop by Houston. Then got stopped on a 3rd & 2, and settled for a field goal. - Liked that Brown called for a flea flicker on a 2nd & 1. Jimmie Ward, who is a good safety didn't bite. However, that's a great play to put on tape that we aren't just going to run the ball on every 2nd & short situation.

Imagine the reverse - Bryce throws for under 150 yards, 3 batted passes against the 31st-ranked defense missing two starters in the secondary while Stroud gets sacked six times and still orchestrates a Game Winning Drive. The moral of the story is to allow rookie QBs to develop and take their lumps. It's encouraging after the bye to see Bryce have his best game so far and consecutive games without an INT or Fumble.

I thought Brown did okay. The biggest negative was running it 3 straight times on first red zone possession and going conservative on the third one as well. However, player execution led to more stalled drives. Mingo and Chark both dropped balls in their hands that would have extended drives and OL, especially Ickey killed drives. There aren't plays for 2nd & 20

A win is a win. Bryce has been improving week to week. Some young guys like Mingo, Blackshear, and Tremble looked good. Both Stroud and Young will be good Qbs. Anyone honest assessment of both teams today can see the Texans have a better supporting cast around their QB.

Defense will have to force a TO. The Texan's defense has a stranglehold on offense

FGs get you beat

Just limit self inflicted mistakes. Holding by Bozeman. Drops by Chark and Mingo. Missed extra point FG.

3 straight runs to the right. Then defense will allow another 10 minute drive

Mingo drops a third down conversion. While Texans receivers make toe taps and defenders miss in space

One or the other has to give. I think this receiving core is average to below average. If the offensive line was middle of the pack, then it's doable However, you can't have both a below average receiving room and below average offensive line. Honestly, if they acquire a WR on the caliber of Tyler Lockett as no.1, keep Thielen in the slot, and Christensen and Corbett return to full strength will pay dividends for the offense.

Thanks for sharing. I think For Fitt, Barno could be classified as a contributor, plays special teams, and gets about 10-15 reps on defense for a sixth-round pick that's solid. Overall though, the calling card for Fitt was Seattle was able to develop and hit on players that were taken on Day 2, 3, or UDFA (Richard Sherman, Bobby Wagner, Kam Chancellor, Doug Baldwin, etc.) This roster lacks depth and hasn't won anything this year, including preseason games.

With Mayfield, Moore, and CMC on the roster last year for 5 games, averaged 17.1 points per game.

Telling about the program the Panthers built when Moore, CMC, and even Baker Mayfield look better on other teams.

This was posted on twitter and reddit. Part of the reason 0-4, the trenches (OL and DL) are in the bottom third of 3 out of 4 categories (Pass Block, Run Block, Run Defense, and Pass Rush) Moving forward I hope they adopt the Eagles and 49ers approach. Every draft they should be drafting a OL and DL.

@Icege thanks for posting Takeaways for me - Lack of explosive plays generated on offense due to 3 of our receivers (Mingo, Marshall, and Chark) at the bottom third of separating rate and the lowest clean pocket rate through 4 weeks and Bryce's deep ball accuracy at the bottom third - Everyone has room for improvement