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1 hour ago, MHS831 said:

The best thing about this win:  If you want to know how to beat those "W-eating" QBs---just pressure him.  He was not really challenged vs. GB.  They won easily and he barely had to pass the ball. Even he thought he was "back".  So now, Peyton is not the QB genius he thought he was--he is only as good as his cheating and Drew Brees could carry him.  Like Billichick, Rivera, etc. some coaches are only as good as their QBs.  Take a coach like Joe Gibbs, however, who won titles without great QBs, and you have something. 

I love the power of positive thinking:  saintlyn8:   Our punting looks good tho. Thats something.

 

Gibbs coached in a very different NFL. I think he'd find that particular approach difficult in today's game.

26 minutes ago, SBBlue said:

ESPN predictions

I felt like a homer predicting that we would win a close game against 4 time NFCS division champions who just beat the tar out the Packers.  We blow them out leaving points on the board.  

5 minutes ago, TNPanther said:

Daley looked like a tub of goo on roller skates in both pass pro and run blocking. Hope he doesn’t start.

Rhule says Dennis Daley will start at left guard in place of Elflein this week

https://twitter.com/WilliePStyle/status/1439986364326481928?s=19

2 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

So, are we keeping Zane Gonzalez after yesterday's performance, or is he shown the door like Santos and Slye before him?

FG's 2/3 (long of 42) and PAT's 2/3.

Will he get a pass because of the short week ahead of us or will Rhule make another move?

No choice. Since we signed Gonzalez off the Lions practice squad, he has to stay on the active roster for three weeks.

"Any man can stand adversity — only a great man can stand prosperity."

We've seen Rhule handle adversity. We have no idea how he or his teams handle prosperity. One game at at time.

1 minute ago, mbarbour21 said:

Yeah, but it's not a, "We just held them to 128 yards." kinda score. Bills won like 35-0. That's the score that says, "We held Kamara to .6 yards per rush." Lol!

If Darnold doesn't make the one mistake he made all day, we probably win 35-0 too.

This ain't college football. Ratings mean squat. Rack up enough Ws early to back our way into a WC spot because that last quarter of the schedule is brutally hard.

1 hour ago, Fox007 said:

Yea no more John Fox...uh scheme? we just line up and try to beat the man in front of us kinda like lining up against a brick wall and being like "welp what can ya do?"

 

They did a replay of the scheme on one where we overloaded the right side and the LT was so confused he didn't block either chinn or burns

This was one of my favorite plays yesterday. Terron Armstead is a really good LT, but he's lining up with Chinn and Burns over him and trying to decide who to block and ends up blocking no one. Loved it.

7 minutes ago, Snake said:

I'm just surprised people use ESON anymore. They are dying by the second. Seriously no one would watch if not.for football games.

I enjoy Matthew Berry and their Fantasy Football stuff but that's about it outside of the games.

4 hours ago, SOJA said:

I mean those are pretty reasonable takes. I'm far less optimistic about chances against the Saints...Jameis looked great and Payton is probably the best coach in the league. They are also talented and established. 

I wouldn't be surprised if this turns into a blowout. Hoping for the best, but the Panthers can not play like they did last week with wasted opportunities if they expect to compete in this game 

Said it elsewhere, but the Panthers team that played the 1st half against the Jets will beat the Saints. The Panthers team that played the 2nd half will not.

23 hours ago, CRA said:

this isn't like Ron.  Ron once caught heat for punting on the opponents 35 because he felt being conservative was more important than points.   This is something totally different and new. 

 

Rhule punted from the opponent's 33 on Sunday...

If Sewell plays well at LT, there's a chance the Lions may try to trade Taylor Decker at the trade deadline. Decker is 28 years old, and a top 15ish LT?

9 hours ago, glenwo2 said:

It was the first time I saw Asylum so I thought he was just another Panthers fan with a weird name.   lol

Anyway, as I stated before :

If we lose, I at least want to see IMPROVEMENT from Sam offensively in the redzone.

Though I think we have a good shot at winning anyway with how our "D" is playing, we need to score at least 20+ in order to have that shot.   Panthers offense has to get to work.

The Panthers team that played the 1st half Sunday will beat the Saints.

The Panthers team that played the 2nd half Sunday will not beat the Saints.

Might be a name to keep an eye on.

1 hour ago, mrcompletely11 said:

How would a forfeit affect fantasy football i wonder?

It would be treated as if the players in the forfeit game had an extra 'bye' week for the purposes of fantasy football. Put them on your bench, or take the goose egg.

1 hour ago, Soul Rebel said:

Maybe should have drafted a kicker instead of a backup LS in the 6th. 

Would this be a bad time to mention Trey Smith started on Sunday for the Chiefs?

1 minute ago, Carl Spackler said:

I remember when throwing to Steve Smith 12 times and his getting 8 catches was force feeding. Throwing to someone 19 times though? Nah, that ain't it.

Monday Nov 13, 2006 Steve Smith received 35% of the targets (8 receptions on 12 targets. Jake threw 34 passes.)

Waller received 34% last night (33.9% to be precise). So you're trying to tell me a 35% target share IS force feeding but a 34% target share isn't.

1 minute ago, frankw said:

McCaffrey led the team in carries and receptions for a total of 30 compared to 10 receptions for Waller. You are grasping.

RBs and TEs are different positions. Of course an RB is going to have more total touches than a TE. That wasn't the question.

You seem to reject the idea that giving one receiver 33% of the targets is "force feeding that player". I simply disagree. 

7 minutes ago, SetfreexX said:

1) Chuba missed a blitz pick-up during the game, and that the rookies can't afford to play like rookies

A good example is BAL last night, as decimated as they were, and with Bell and Freeman being there roughly a week, they still were not dressed. 

Also from the Monday night game, Baltimore's rookie (Ty'Son Williams) missed a blitz pick-up that led to Lamar's fumble that gave LV the ball for their game winning drive.

Just now, frankw said:

Whats's your point? The Raiders had six receiving targets with 40 or more yards. It's a passing league and a league built around dynamic offenses not a one man crew.

You asked: Did either team force feed one offensive skill player?

I showed you one team threw 1/3 of their passes to one player. I would say that makes a strong case that they were force feeding that player.

21 hours ago, Clicheking said:

Shouldn't of started our defense in fantasy....I won't be making that mistake again

21 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Fantasy football scoring is dumb if our D didn't score pretty damn well.

I prefer IDP leagues instead of DST leagues.

8 minutes ago, frankw said:

Take last night's game for example. One of the wildest games I have ever seen. Did either team force feed one offensive skill player?

Waller had like 19 targets.

Edit: Carr threw it 56 times. 1/3 of them went to Waller.

4 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

Technically we already had a track record of that last year. If you look at CMC in limited action last season, we used him a LOT. It will be interesting to see if we basically roll with the Rivera era level of usage.

I definitely get he is our best offensive player and we pay him a ton of money.....but it is rare for ANY NFL RB to last with a high level of usage over time. We have to eventually do a better job of managing his wear and tear. Maybe he is an outlier and can sustain this but that isn't something I would personally bank on as a head coach. 

This isn't college football where you have four years to use a player up and then on to the next. You have to try to protect your franchise players for the duration of their tenure with the team. They don't grow on trees.

22 minutes ago, KillaCamNewton said:

Hes getting touches but its not like hes getting used as a battering ram 30 times a game like Derrick Henry. I think getting like 15 carries and 10 catches out of the backfield per game is pretty healthy workload. As someone said his catches are in the open field and hes not having 300lb falling on him

So can't remember the poster, but someone had put out the idea that RBs really fall off after 1800 touches in their career. CMC is at 1032 (including Week 1 2021). At 300 touches/year, he should have 2 -3 more good years.

RB career touches Includes Week 1 2021

• Zeke - 1667
• Melvin Gordon - 1544
• Derrick Henry - 1280
• CMC - 1032
• Kamara - 1021
• Cook - 943
• Carson - 835
• Aaron Jones - 789
• Chubb - 769
• Saquon - 657

They've got a huge TE/WR named Juwan Johnson. 6'4", 230+ pounds. Snow better have Horn shadowing this guy in the red zone. If they get him matched up on DJ, it'll be six.

18 hours ago, TheCasillas said:

Ill be a bit more specific... Brady doesnt have a RZ fade in the playbook. I dont think we have had a single throw thrown under Brady where it was a 1 on 1 jump ball istuation in the corner of the RZ.

Im speaking for the entirety of our RZ issues, not today's. TBH if that fumble doesnt occur today... we are probably speaking positiviely about our RZ offense today.  I just wish we would focus on big targets in the RZ and setup 1:1 situations.

Seems like both Dan Arnold and Terrace Marshall were acquired/drafted to run that type of play.

Also why was the end zone pass to Thomas not to Dan Arnold. Arnold is much better receiver than Thomas. Not saying he would have caught it, but if you made put money on one TE on our roster to make a circus catch, it's Dan Arnold.