Note to Carolina Panthers coach Fox: Taking risks can be rewarding

[Rod Butsecks]

(By Scott Fowler, [email protected]) The New Orleans Saints provided a blueprint Sunday for the way you win a Super Bowl as an underdog against one of the best quarterbacks in history - something the Carolina Panthers couldn't quite do six years before.p/Namely, you take risks. When one fails, you take some more. If you go down, you go down utterly spent.

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[hepcat]

The Panthers played to win their Super Bowl....two point conversions and big plays. Let's not bring up the past...

[SorthNarolina]

Terrible article, don't even feel like disscussing it.

[GoreMetalJunkie]

-Sean Payton is the best play caller in the NFL.

-Foxy is just a tough minded stubborn old man.

end of story.

[mountainpantherfan]

The Panthers played to win their Super Bowl....two point conversions and big plays. Let's not bring up the past...

Completely agree.

And let's not kid ourselves. The few times Fox has taken risks the fans and media cruch him for it.

[csx]

the Panthers embarrass themselves when they take risks

[Tank]

The gutsy calls are overshadowing "the drive" that put the Saints up for good by 7. That was a Championship drive.

From NFL Playbook.

New Orleans Saints at 10:39

1-10-NO 41 (10:39) (Shotgun) R.Bush left tackle to IND 47 for 12 yards (C.Session). R16

1-10-IND 47 (10:00) D.Brees pass short right to P.Thomas to IND 42 for 5 yards (G.Brackett).

2-5-IND 42 (9:19) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short left to D.Henderson to IND 36 for 6 yards (T.Jennings). P17

1-10-IND 36 (8:36) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short left to R.Bush ran ob at IND 28 for 8 yards.

2-2-IND 28 (8:06) D.Brees pass short left to M.Colston pushed ob at IND 20 for 8 yards (T.Jennings). P18

1-10-IND 20 (7:34) D.Brees pass short right to R.Meachem pushed ob at IND 14 for 6 yards (A.Bethea).

2-4-IND 14 (7:06) (Shotgun) D.Brees pass short left to D.Thomas to IND 5 for 9 yards (G.Brackett). P19

1-5-IND 5 (6:23) P.Thomas right tackle to IND 2 for 3 yards (G.Brackett).

2-2-IND 2 (5:46) D.Brees pass short right to J.Shockey for 2 yards, TOUCHDOWN.

(Pass formation) TWO-POINT CONVERSION ATTEMPT. D.Brees pass to L.Moore is incomplete. ATTEMPT FAILS.

New Orleans challenged the incomplete pass ruling, and the play was REVERSED.

(Pass formation) TWO-POINT CONVERSION ATTEMPT. D.Brees pass to L.Moore is complete. ATTEMPT SUCCEEDS.

NO 24 IND 17, 9 plays, 59 yards, 4:57 drive, 9:18 elapsed

[Snake]

I could care less about taking risks like the on side kick. If they would have lost that the game would have been over. The think that struck me was the Saints D. Now I want to see our CBs play like they did.

[Davidson Deac II]

One team wins the Superbowl in part because of a onsides kick. 30 plus other teams have won the superbowl by running, passing, and playing good defense and not gambling on things like onside kicks.

I will stick with the more traditional method.