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The Carolina Panthers' Trojan Horse (Football Outsiders breakdown of the Panthers' defense)

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We just have so much quickness on defense. And it's not offset my them being soft.  We're large, athletic, quick as hell.  And Shaq has really shown a second life.  If we take care of the Texans, the Boys matchup is going to be super telling where we are given their weaponry.

That's the crux of that article when they bring up getting a pre-snap reader like Dak.  I'm interested to see how much we can get to him and if we can collapse their line.  Nothing is finer than seeing a 4 man or less front just dismantling 5 OLs ass backwards into their QB.

 

 

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24 minutes ago, Floppin said:

I enjoyed the article but his trojan horse analogy didn't really make sense to me. In what way was the Panthers defense a trojan horse? He didn't really flesh that out well. 

Regardless the content of the article was worth reading

I agree....  Maybe the author was suggesting that we were a trap game for the Saints following their win vs. Green Bay? They were overlooking the danger we posed?

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6 minutes ago, KB_fan said:

I agree....  Maybe the author was suggesting that we were a trap game for the Saints following their win vs. Green Bay? They were overlooking the danger we posed?

Yeah that's what I figured or maybe he was trying to comment on our disguised defensive looks. Either way he didn't do a very good job of tieing it all together.

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After a second thought I think it's just as simple as that he meant that our defense was an ambush that the Saints very obviously did not see coming and did not prepare for.

God knows why I'm trying to critically analyze a poorly executed literary analogy by a sports writer for Football Outsiders

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5 minutes ago, Floppin said:

After a second thought I think it's just as simple as that he meant that our defense was an ambush that the Saints very obviously did not see coming and did not prepare for.

God knows why I'm trying to critically analyze a poorly executed literary analogy by a sports writer for Football Outsiders

Boredom is a strange bedfellow. 

Not sure where I was going with that but I think I kinda understand. 

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1 hour ago, Floppin said:

I enjoyed the article but his trojan horse analogy didn't really make sense to me. In what way was the Panthers defense a trojan horse? He didn't really flesh that out well. 

Regardless the content of the article was worth reading

It's because we secretly kept Nakamura on the squad and disguise him as an opposing team's positional coach with hidden mics on their sideline.  Then before they even know it, he dissolves into a million tiny augmented realty Panthers.  

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1 hour ago, Floppin said:

I enjoyed the article but his trojan horse analogy didn't really make sense to me. In what way was the Panthers defense a trojan horse? He didn't really flesh that out well. 

Regardless the content of the article was worth reading

I guess it was using deception and disguises to get through their walls. 

That angle wasn't conveyed very well, but everything else was. 

This defense is definitely fun to watch. Best one I've seen here in a looooong time.

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2 hours ago, KB_fan said:

I agree....  Maybe the author was suggesting that we were a trap game for the Saints following their win vs. Green Bay? They were overlooking the danger we posed?

I think that's what it is, but they didn't make that clear and it's still not the best analogy. That's focused solely on the Aints rather than anything we did. We're just really fuging good, no Trojan Horse tricks from us.

 

Either way, the content of the article was great, fun to watch some of those plays again and get a better look at what was going on with a few viewings.

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