The turning point

[top dawg]

I haven't seen anybody calling the muffed kick the turning point. The turning point was the first INT that led to the TD.

[guyinchesapeake]

We were 8 points down when Moore fumbled, and there's no reason to just assume that we would have moved the ball downfield for another TD, much less get the 2 point conversion, which we aren't the best at! If you put yourself in position where a muffed punt late in the game kills any chance you have, then you haven't played very well, especially when you look at the numbers we had compared to them, and we still couldn't get any points! I thought our offense would be a strength this year, so far, it's the defense that is showing real promise, but when the offense and special teams directly contribute to so many of the other team's points, you ain't gonna go far!

[PanthaSan]

We were 8 points down when Moore fumbled, and there's no reason to just assume that we would have moved the ball downfield for another TD, much less get the 2 point conversion, which we aren't the best at! If you put yourself in position where a muffed punt late in the game kills any chance you have, then you haven't played very well, especially when you look at the numbers we had compared to them, and we still couldn't get any points! I thought our offense would be a strength this year, so far, it's the defense that is showing real promise, but when the offense and special teams directly contribute to so many of the other team's points, you ain't gonna go far!

This....

Although Kasay has done it for us many times in the past, I think it is foolish to depend on your kicker to win games. The offense has to at least keep it close before you can start blaming missed FG's for a loss...

[panthers55]

If Kasay hits both the field goals, we wouldn't have gone for the 4th and 1. We would have kicked another to go up by 4. That changes the game and puts the onus on them instead of us to catch up. The three picks were awful but the missed kicks changed the game immensely and were the catalyst. Of the 2 picks the first was bad but the second was devastating as it put us in a big hole.

For those who say the first pick was the turning point, if we hit the field goals we are ahead.

[Skew]

I'd say the turning point was last years playoff game.

[KatsAzz]

I haven't seen anybody calling the muffed kick the turning point. The turning point was the first INT that led to the TD.

That is exactly right.I was sitting in section 132 behind the Panthers bench and by the players expressions coming off the field they looked as if they were thinking,"here we go again".

[Fiz]

i just want to point out that they went on to the field in a goal line formation, jake isn't a threat to make a play action pass, and after they gave buffalo time to put their RZ Stop personnel on the field, they ran it off the split end (the one without a tight end blocking) and immediately ran into two rushers.

poor play selection, poor execution, poor coaching

FTGE

[Mr. Scot]

To clarify for a few responses...

I'm never a believer that one play or one player wins or loses a game alone. There are plenty of plays that affected the outcome yesterday one way or another.

The reason I say "turning point" here is that that play was when I became certain that we were going to lose.

[ChucktownK]

1st INT; I was sure there would be more to follow.