Bright spots and , uh, not so bright spots.

[Kentucky Panther]

I wouldn’t say Teddy looked great. He did alright. Couple of passes could have been easily picked off. He missed a few easy throws. Every pass he threw that was longer than 15 yards looked like it fluttered. 
 

CMC is still CMC. Best running back in the league by quite a bit. 
 

Defense has a lot of growing to do. 

[Shocker]

Derrick Brown and Jeremy Chinn are studs already.  Chinn was extremely impressive IMO.

[AceBoogie]

21 minutes ago, CRA said:

The other bad....

is Carolina took an L. 

Cam, Ron, Greg...all get the dub.  Little extra salt in the wound. 

Doesn’t feel good watching Cam carry an offense less talented than Carolina’s, but they got what they want. A game manager who’s never going to win any games for you. 

[nctarheelreincarnated]

26 minutes ago, Black&BlueBubba said:

Jags and Washington won.  So we are in first place for Trevor right now.  
 

 

Ding, ding, ding! 

[RevJ]

The Good:
C Mac

Except for last drive, efficient play calling, able to audible and not burn timeouts.

Passing attack looked okay when we challenged downfield (Gannon kept saying we needed to test their CB, maybe we were afraid line wouldn't hold up)

Chinn, Brown looked good 

Barring a tie, we'll be in a 3 way tie for 2nd/Last place in NFCS (Didn't lose much ground -as if it matters)

Rasul Douglas looked decent for just getting here

The Bad

Heard a Raider analyst say fans were glad they dumped Whitehead, now we know why 

Short and Gross-Matos ghosted us

DJ Moore showed up for wrong reasons

We evidently have only 2 sound tracks of fan noise, and cheering after a 2.5 yard gain got old pretty fast

[nctarheelreincarnated]

Just now, AceBoogie said:

Doesn’t feel good watching Cam carry an offense less talented than Carolina’s, but they got what they want. A game manager who’s never going to win any games for you. 

Trevor Lawrence here we come! 

[cmichd]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

Last year, we loaded up on pass rushers and teams ran all over us.

Seems like we always zig when we should zag.

Well I think there was more to the Brown pick than what has been said.  Someone higher up wanted him and so he was the pick.

[Guest numbaoneforevea]

This defenxe will be lucky to win 2-3 games 

[top dawg]

By the way, the Bucs are going to kick ass this season. I already see it. All you Brady-is-done people are wrong! Give him weapons and he rips hearts out!

[Smithers]

19 minutes ago, Cdw said:

No delay of games, no really dumb time outs, no turn overs, that was nice

Amen!

[AU-panther]

38 minutes ago, Rags said:

In theory, it should.

But look at all the great pass rush teams lately, Sacksonville had Ramsey and Bouye, 2015 Denver had Harris and Talib, hell you can even look at how the LOB made Seattles Pass Rush. Look at the Raiders today and how their CBs even tackled well.

Look at Belicheck. He never, ever pays for talent like that, and look at what Gilmore, and their pass rush makes itself. He didn't pay Chandler Jones and hes one of the best pass rushers in the NFL.

Having good pass rush is essential, yes, and it definitely can elevate a secondary, but I'd prefer to have corners that do their job.

This ^

This idea that a D-line solves all of your problems is archaic and shared by fans and many teams alike.

Think about Belicheck, he very rarely pays big money for free agents, but look at Revis and now Gilmore.  He understand the importance.  

Everyone thinks that a D-line makes your secondary's job easier but its actually he opposite.  Your secondary gives your D-line to do their job.  If the other team is constantly getting the ball of quickly its hard for any D-line to get pressure.  

Forcing a QB to go to his 2nd or 3rd read helps a D-line as much as adding any individual on said D-line does.

Our defense was bad last year and everyone knows its going to be bad this year.  This offseason we concentrated on the line, next year hopefully the secondary.  I could see us going the free agent route next year.

 

[top dawg]

1 hour ago, GoPanthers123 said:

This team is far too good to get a number 1 draft pick, there is no way that will happen.

CMC carried the offense as usual, Teddy is looking average and defense has some big holes.  So can we get a wildcard spot?  9-7 might actually be enough.

It can happen (with what I saw today)! I didn't see a legit defense. We looked a little lost from coaching on down. On the field, there was no captain and little communication or adjustment.

[top dawg]

You failed to mention Robby, @Jeremy Igo, but I'd say you absolutely overlooked Pharoh!

[nctarheelreincarnated]

1 hour ago, top dawg said:

By the way, the Bucs are going to kick ass this season. I already see it. All you Brady-is-done people are wrong! Give him weapons and he rips hearts out!

Yeah, so. Uh, about that.