Panthers could finish with the worst defense in the history of the NFL

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Currently giving up 33 PPG, good for 4th worst overall - less than 1 point away from being 2nd and a FG away from being #1.

 

[electro's horse]

You have to score a ton of points to give up a ton of points. 

I have a very bad feeling that Canales offense has been figured out (bengals defense is awful) and teams are going to be running out the clock in the second half a lot. 

[jayboogieman]

[pantherj]

Yeah the offense will need to step it up if we're going to get #1 worst defense of all time. Teams need to be trying to score in the 4th, not killing the clock.

[frankw]

We hired an offensive head coach and proceeded to gut the defense in order to build up the offense around the smallest QB in the league.

Sorry if isn't fair but Dave Canales has to figure something out. He took the job.

[Green-Ghost]

It Will be very hard to beat New Orleans defense, during the Brees era.  I believe they hold the worst defense record ever.

[L-TownCat]

Meh… ppg are up across the league.  Rule changes and an emphasis on more scoring is going to rewrite the record books anyway.

We are bad, don’t get me wrong, but the “historic-ness” is less than advertised.

[dxpanther]

are we really putting the coach on the hot seat, 5 games in with basically a 2nd string roster? is our fanbase a reflection of tepper or is tepper a reflection of our fanbase?

[Ricky Spanish]

I'd be more upset if we didn't gut the defensive side of the ball this offseason only for all the second tier starters we had to begin with all get hurt so now we're on 3rd and 4th string players.

You can't make chicken salad out of chicken poo, and this roster right now is premium bird droppings.

[SmokinwithWilly]

1 hour ago, frankw said:

We hired an offensive head coach and proceeded to gut the defense in order to build up the offense around the smallest QB in the league.

Sorry if isn't fair but Dave Canales has to figure something out. He took the job.

If you chop off your feet then try to run a marathon you have no one to blame when you fall on your face. 

[Waldo]

[WhoKnows]

1 hour ago, frankw said:

We hired an offensive head coach and proceeded to gut the defense in order to build up the offense around the smallest QB in the league.

Sorry if isn't fair but Dave Canales has to figure something out. He took the job.

It’s not surprising. Fitterer in 3 years traded away so much talent (DJ and CMC, basically Burns) and draft picks (2 firsts, 3 2nds and a score of thirds and fourths). We lost so much talent that there was no way to fix both and we didn’t even have the cap space to sign the guards without trading Burns first.

[CPantherKing]

Replace Evero now like Wilks & Holcomb replaced Snow's problem coaching and see immediate improvement with this roster.

Is there a capable DC on the staff? Maybe Cooley? Look at the defensive coaching staff Tepper forced on Canales. I'm not sure how involved Capers is with play calling and game planning now.

[TheSpecialJuan]

I love this for us