The Panthers need to play the cards they are dealt defensively.

[Guild]

I haven't really noticed Everette Brown on the field much. Did he not have 3 sacks and a FF in preseason? Granted that was likely against 2nd stringers, but Peppers was invisible yesterday, you'd think we give the guy a few shots considering we couldn't even get close enough to Ryan to hit him with a 10 ft pole.

There were some close ones.

Also, one of Brown's preseason sacks came against the Dolphins Pro-Bowl LT.

[PantherExpress]

I'm convinced we have one play on defense.

Thats exactly what I said, ha. :cheers2:

[unicar15]

We sent DBs on blitzes like 3 straight times on one possession in the 2nd half. They beat it every single time for a 10 yard gain...

[pstall]

We sent DBs on blitzes like 3 straight times on one possession in the 2nd half. They beat it every single time for a 10 yard gain...

While in the Cover 2. Again, Atlanta knows this.

Go back and see how Matt did last year vs zone blitzes.

Saftey blitz is riskier. Zone blitz with an LB is not. Now if they do that while in the cover 2 that keeps the underneath looking like that storm cloud on Neptune.

[Jase]

If we went zone blitz and sent pep into coverage more than twice a game, this place might actually become an internet chernobyl.

[CRA]

they were blitzing. it wasn't working.

sounds like a typical Fox defense then. None of it worked last season either. Can't expect the Carolina offense to do what it did the second half of last......defensive guru? If another national media outlet says that about Fox my head might explode. Joe Wilson would set them straight......YOU LIE!

[RazzleDazzle]

Fire Fox!

[rayzor]

people are still calling him a defensive guru?

[CarolinaHustla]

From what I understood, Meeks's system was to use the front four for pressure and use speed to get to the ball. I just think he may need to play with the cards he was delt. He didn't put this defense together. Also I think Harris being out has limited them.

[CRA]

people are still calling him a defensive guru?

I heard it yesterday......guys from the major networks don't watch Carolina. It is really hard to tell Fox is/was a defensive guy....hard to tell what really defines him besides the reputation of running the ball....which he also likes to get away from.

[RazzleDazzle]

Indy really never had any good defenses, I didn't like the Meeks pick up.

[CRA]

From what I understood, Meeks's system was to use the front four for pressure and use speed to get to the ball. I just think he may need to play with the cards he was delt. He didn't put this defense together. Also I think Harris being out has limited them.

that was the basic principle of last year's defense also.

[CarolinaHustla]

The defense looked alot better the first half of last season.They seemed to lay down late in the season. There is no fire or spark nothing. It seems like the old pilosophy of bend don't break BS. I don't like the Meeks pick up either. We got some game changers on defense, they should scheme to use those talents and cause havoc for offense's instead of waiting for for the play to come their way.

[mastadave]

I think some of the problem can be attributed to the problems on offense lastweek. Therefore practice last week was focused on offense. i still think we are a playoff team we just gotta work hard to bounce back...