Sober Thoughts - Panthers at Cowboys

[Zod]

First off, I'd like to say that in regards to my drunken rage yesterday I have...

 

Second, here are some more sober thoughts about yesterday's loss.

 

Momentum, I believe in it. Young teams are especially susceptible to it, both positive and negative. This is why those many blown calls in the first half were so detrimental. It's not just about the score. 

 

Sam Darnold, I believe in him. Sam has played the best football from the QB position since 2015. The Panthers must find a way to protect him and give him more time or else I fear soon he may regress to a green uniform.

 

Chuba Hubbard showed a lot of promise and settled my mind about the backup RB spot. He is good enough for this team to win with.

 

Run defense was pretty bad yesterday, but it happens. Until it happens again I am not even going to worry about it. All of our best defenses had occasional breakdowns like that from time to time.

 

What I keep coming back to is how that felt like a Ron Rivera 45-7 blowout loss on the road. But Rhule kept the guys playing hard and kept it relatively close. That is encouraging. 

[Rubi]

It boils down to the Panthers had a cupcake first 3 weeks with 2 rookie QBs on bad teams and a Saints team led by Famous with a weakened roster/staff with covid and injuries. 
 

The secondary looked completely lost in the second half. I’m not sure if losing Horn was a reason yet. Their OLine looked like it was twice the size of our DLine. I didn’t like that matchup at all. 
 

They ran into a stud QB on a loaded team who will probably challenge for the NFC. Need to take this game and throw it in the trash and move on 

Edited October 4, 2021 by Rubi

[Harbingers]

We will get better, we needed a punch in the mouth, I have no doubt about that. We were simply out schemed and the refs didn’t help anything shifting momentum early. 

[Tbe]

This team has a lot of promise but the roster is incomplete.

The bills hit the Texans 40-0 yesterday. We’re not quite at that level yet.

[KillerKat]

5 minutes ago, Rubi said:

It boils down to the Panthers had a cupcake first 3 weeks with 2 rookie QBs on bad teams and a Saints team led by Famous with a weakened roster/staff with covid and injuries. 
 

The secondary looked completely lost in the second half. I’m not sure if losing Horn was a reason yet. Their OLine looked like it was twice the size of our DLine. I didn’t like that matchup at all. 
 

They ran into a stud QB on a loaded team who will probably challenge for the NFC. Need to take this game and throw it in the trash and move on 

Chinn isn't a FS but we are forcing him to play most snaps at FS.

[NAS]

We had one really bad quarter.  Team will bounce back. It’s good to get a loss like this out of the way early 

[Zod]

3 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

Chinn isn't a FS but we are forcing him to play most snaps at FS.

This has crossed my mind as well. 

[Ivan The Awesome]

The needle is trending up. Moral victories aren't bad, I just don't want them to be the norm like the past couple of years. 

[CRA]

I never thought the Panthers, the D, the coaching staff, Sam were what was collectively painted after 3 weeks. 

I also don’t think any of those things are what was painted after the Dallas game.  

I think when we are done with the 3 game stretch vs the Cowboys, Eagles and Vikings we will have a good overall picture of our strength and weaknesses and exactly where we stack up.  

[CaptainJFlint]

The Panthers aren't as good as 3-0 supposes. Not yet. But the young team will get better...

And the Cowboys seem to be quite good this season...

We played on the same level in 3 quarters...

Not much to worry, it will become a good season for the Panthers!

[electro's horse]

31 minutes ago, Zod said:

 

Chuba Hubbard showed a lot of promise and settled my mind about the backup RB spot. He is good enough for this team to win with.

is it just me or were we running the ball pretty effectively when we abandoned it?

[KillerKat]

14 minutes ago, Zod said:

This has crossed my mind as well. 

If our current safeties can't play FS that well, it may be time to move one of our CBs there.

[CRA]

Jeremy Chinn seems to be in the early Thomas Davis window of his career.   Too talented and causing a staff to put him where he doesn’t actually belong.  

[mrcompletely11]

Whether I am sober or drunk I fuging hate the cowboys.   
 

I like where we are as a franchise but I am really questioning wtf they were thinking not going left tackle and addressing the line furthermore in the draft.     That decision is going to tank our season IMO.   If we can figure out the line in this off season then we are in good shape but I am not sure how you do that missing so many quality picks.  
 

fug the cowboys and fug the cheating refs.