Why we lost yesterday!

[restNChrist]

I live in Grand Rapids and don't have channels that show me the Panthers every week.  Normally I will gamecast it, listen over internet radio, or follow the game feed on here.  Yesterday I was extremely happy to be able to watch them play on CBS.  Why a NFC matchup on CBS?  i have no idea.  

 

We lost because... 

 

1) we settled for field goals when we should have been going for touchdowns.   3 Trips to the redzone and not one play designed for the endzone except the one that KB dropped.  This is on the OC.   We all know Shula is a paper tiger wrapped in a wet blanket, folding like a lawn chair...so no need to beat that dead dog anymore!

 

2) KB missing the TD!   This guy makes the easy grabs and misses the hard ones.  It's been his knock coming out of college and seems to be true!   The one long bomb he caught yesterday was amazing and over two of the best CB's in the game... and he misses a 15 yd layup for a TD....   I don't get it.  But he's a rookie and will only get better!

 

3) Cam's dumb pitch picked!   Not only was it a horrible decision but it also put him a funk that he couldn't recover from.  He is an exceptional talent and could be one of the best, but he needs to continue to mature in one area particularly... forgetting and moving on.  Quit sulking, put on your big boy pants and go win us a game!

 

4) Easier said than done when Bell is your LT.   The man was abused harder yesterday than any LT ever!  It was down right embarrassing!   Our Offensive line actually got an upgrade with Norwell but that is never enough to make up for what i believe may be the worst LT of all time!  He looks like he isn't even interested in trying to block someone.  On a few play he actually stayed in position and held out a hand... I kid you not the guy barely moved!   HOW IS HE STILL ALLOWED TO PLAY?

 

5) Wet paper-towel prevent defense by MCD!   Now with Cam as your QB you get acquainted with how hard it is for defenses to contain a mobile QB so kudos to Wilson for some of those runs on that last Seattle drive... but every play our DBs were miles away from the receivers.  They could have thrown 10 yard passes on every play the whole way down.  Honestly, who thought after two plays on that drive that we would stop them.  That's not on the defense as they had played a really good game all day... thats on crappy scheme for that last drive.  MCD prevented us from winning.   Reminds me of two years ago when we lost to the Falcons and the Bears on last minute drives in prevent defense.  Oh how we are reverting back to our old ways!

 

6) Roman Harper - not much to say here... he can't tackle, he can't cover, he can't play... confused why he's out there... especially if he is going to cost us precious timeouts for our last drive.

 

7) The last chance drive!  4th and long pitch  after sack after sack aft sack!   ?   What in the heck was that?   I'm still trying to figure this one out!  Perhaps the worst called last chance drive of the entire history of football.  Of course i haven't watched every game in the history of football but I'm taking an educated guess!   

 

thoughts?

[SOJA]

the reason we lost is because Seattle handed us opportunity after opportunity and we failed to capitalize 

[Biggdaddi1022]

we have no speed on this team on defense or offense...... no to strike fear in people.

[cbully]

[Professor Queso]

Poor Execution is the reason we lost. Execution on behalf of the coaches and players was piss poor. Let us move on, huge game this Thursday against the Aint's. 

[Ezrider1423]

I live in Grand Rapids and don't have channels that show me the Panthers every week. Normally I will gamecast it, listen over internet radio, or follow the game feed on here. Yesterday I was extremely happy to be able to watch them play on CBS. Why a NFC matchup on CBS? i have no idea

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[chknwing]

we lost because seattle had more points than carolina. the end.

[restNChrist]

Switch to DirecTV and get NFL Sunday ticket free

im with ya brother... but im poor ;(   don't even have cable

[restNChrist]

we lost because seattle had more points than carolina. the end.

wow... glad you were here 

[Datawire]

we lost because seattle had more points than carolina. the end.

 

That was very John Madden of you. Well done, that's the hard hitting insight we all yearn for.

[Doyle]

 

 

2) KB missing the TD!   This guy makes the easy grabs and misses the hard ones.  

 

Its obvious you haven't seen the games this year.  He has caught some really tough passes this year. 

[top dawg]

Red Zone inefficiency, which is a symptom of a bad O-line and worse play calling.

[restNChrist]

Its obvious you haven't seen the games this year.  He has caught some really tough passes this year. 

wow... thanks for that catch..  i meant the opposite.   He catches the hard ones and misses the easy ones is what i meant.  

 

I've actually seen the packers game, the lions game, and the end of the Cincy game other than the Seattle game.  All the others I may not have "seen" but know exactly what happened.   The huddle is the most informative place for panthers info.  

[Doyle]

wow... thanks for that catch..  i meant the opposite.   He catches the hard ones and misses the easy ones is what i meant.  

 

I've actually seen the packers game, the lions game, and the end of the Cincy game other than the Seattle game.  All the others I may not have "seen" but know exactly what happened.   The huddle is the most informative place for panthers info.  

 

Yeah after reading your post a little closer it looked like it wasn't what you meant.  Steve Smith said a couple of years ago that the easy ones were the toughest catches to make.  I can remember playing short stop when I was younger and those lazy ground balls were such a bastard to field.  I rarely let a hard burner get by me.