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Typical Panthers loss. Typical Huddle reaction. And still, I feel disappointed anyways.

I just want this team to not embarrass me tonight.

Damn, the meteor didn't win between Cowboys and Eagles.

Holy smokes! What a play!

Bills getting busted up by these Texans.

And just like that, momentum swing.

Oh, no! Expectations! Two biggest things that need to go our way relate to injuries. Bryce's ankle doesn't flare up and Wallace can come back. Have to keep scoring and have to limit the damage CMC will do for us.

Raw speed is the one thing that can't be taught. That said, we used to have Ted Ginn, a guy who had wheels for days. But, man oh man would Ginn drop the easiest of catches. Still, super fast guy with cannon arm QB was the ideal pairing. T-Mac isn't going to pull away like Ginn but he does all the other things well, especially for a rookie. It's looking like a great pick so far although we really needed to draft someone like him earlier.

It's almost like deciding not to run Marshawn Lynch at the goalline in the Super Bowl.

Takeaways: 1. Falcons pass d had their share of miscues. Whether we confused them or they did it to themselves... 2. T-Mac doesn't have elite speed but when Bryce throws with good anticipation, it doesn't matter. They complement each other well. 3. Considering his ankle got reinjured, Bryce was moving around a lot better than expected. Very much a necessity because... 4. What the pass pro? I know we have a lot of injuries but there's far too many miscues. Zavala should not be on this roster next season. All our QB's going forward cannot be statues because they'll get crushed behind this line. 5. I feel Canales went full Canales with his playcalling... and it worked for once since we had been going heavy with tons of running and short passing. All those positive chunk plays were worth all the negative plays.

This game is gonna be godawful. Oh, we're not talking about Raiders vs Cowboys?

Definitely getting more mileage out of Bryce than someone like Richardson. Stroud's currently in concussion protocol as well. McCarthy missed his whole rookie year. Penix is out. Purdy is perpetually out with something.

Makes me wonder. Yesterday was a rare day when our receivers didn't just get open and make catches but also get YAC. Was part of that reason because we were rather static on where we lined up our guys until now, especially with who is effectively our best receiver? In other words, we surprised the Falcons by exploiting matchups far more than we had before?

I'll let the clip be the judge. I tend to be cynical about these things.

Whoops. Well, sucks for Penix. Then again, saw a clip out there of an Falcons defender that seemed to step on Bryce's ankle on purpose, so not feeling as sorry for the Falcons.