Jump to content

  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

If last night was a regular season game

jpo287

By jpo287,
in Carolina Panthers

Recommended Posts

jpo287 Newbie

jpo287

Posted
Posted

who would have won? If Smith, Stewart and Otah had started with Munnerlyn returning punts in place of Edwards, who do you think would have won. In other words, look at the first quarter, take away the fumbles and add Smith, Stewart and Otah into the offense and how do you think the game would have faired?.

Does Smith catch some of those "drops" and would the Jets have scored without the fumbles?

Looking at it like that, does last night still look so bad? After all, some "experts" are picking the Jets to go to the SB.

Just asking

Link to comment
Share on other sites
lightsout Grand Master

lightsout

Posted
Posted

I thought the same thing last night. Personally, IDK. QB play was "eh". Run game was great (as usual). Defense played well, overall. Special teams were...well, special teams in Carolina. Granted, I thought they were a little better (but not much) last night. It's iffy. But there is a possibility, if only because the defense did such a good job.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
natty Newbie

natty

Posted
Posted

It's impossible to tell as it would completely change the dynamic of the game. Yeah we'd have Smitty back, but they'd have Revis too.

The Jets aren't as good as advertised. Big market, some talented players and an upcoming QB is a perfect formula for a lot of hype. They won't make it to the suberbowl.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
2jakefansinva Newbie

2jakefansinva

Posted
Posted

who would have won? If Smith, Stewart and Otah had started with Munnerlyn returning punts in place of Edwards, who do you think would have won. In other words, look at the first quarter, take away the fumbles and add Smith, Stewart and Otah into the offense and how do you think the game would have faired?.

Does Smith catch some of those "drops" and would the Jets have scored without the fumbles?

Looking at it like that, does last night still look so bad? After all, some "experts" are picking the Jets to go to the SB.

Just asking

why would anyone spend time speculating about the outcome of a practice game? Baffles my mind.........

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Dpantherman Newbie

Dpantherman

Posted
Posted

If Revis was on the field then it wouldnt have mattered f Steve Smith had played or not.

Doesn't mean we couldn't have won. We still ran the ball well w/ D-will, and add Stewart to that mix. And Shanchise would have thrown a few picks had he played the entire game. 5-10 12 yards.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
pantherfool Newbie

pantherfool

Posted
Posted

It was obvious that we didn't have anything to counteract the blitz the last 2 weeks. But I believe if we had Smitty, Stewart and Otah back that we could have used them(smitty especially) to counter that and make them pay. After getting burned a couple of times they would have backed off on the blitzing. Since we didn't have those guys we are vulnerable to the rush because other teams feel they can cover any of our rec 1 on 1.

IMHO

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Varking Grand Master

Varking

Posted
Posted

If it was all starters vs. starters, the Jets likely would have won all things considered. Especially if you give them Revis back. He automatically shuts down one side of the passing game and considering both of our quarterbacks just locked onto targets all night, it would have been even more forced turnovers via the passing game.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
pantherfool Newbie

pantherfool

Posted
Posted

The answer is obvious: the Panthers would've won.

I would have liked to think so, but I'm not sure. The game would have been different but I feel that the Jets are a little ahead of us at this point. Special teams would have cost us the game. That's the part of this team that EVERYONE should be worried about. The offense will straighten itself out in time.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
panthers55 Grand Master

panthers55

Posted
Posted

I can see speculation on Baltimore or Pittsburgh who we will actually pllay this year in the regular season but not the Jets who we wouldn't see unless it is in the post season. Even then we won't be the same team we are now in the 10 game of the year for example. So this kind of speculation is actually useless. Just like speculating on whether Smith would beat Revis or the other way around. I don't know if Revis will even play this year. Since he isn't getting paid what he wants it will be up to him to back down if he is smart.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • tukafan21
      Round 1 - Panthers Select Tetairoa McMillan at Pick 8

      By tukafan21 · Posted

      Here's the article, obviously about Arizona, but has a lot that speaks to who T-Mac is as a player and person https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40918248/arizona-noah-fifita-aiming-big-12-championship-2024  
    • TheSpecialJuan
      OFFICIAL Undrafted Free Agent thread

      By TheSpecialJuan · Posted

      https://x.com/justinm_nfl/status/1916355909313233403?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA
    • tukafan21
      Round 1 - Panthers Select Tetairoa McMillan at Pick 8

      By tukafan21 · Posted

      Was a crazy day today for me with the Wrexham game starting just into the 4th Round and then them clinching promotion for the 3rd straight year.  So between all that celebrating today and just trying to follow the rest of our draft, I purposefully stayed out of this thread all day to give it a good read through later, lol Here's some responses to some of the things said today, sorry, it's a bit lengthy, but I've gone like 24 hours without getting to talk T-Mac, I was having withdrawals, hahaha. All of this The new staff was not good this past year, to the point that the fan base were calling for heads to roll just a few weeks into the season, it was pretty ugly on the Arizona boards.  The offensive play calling was pretty atrocious as well, and as mentioned here, Fifita took a massive step back this year and was constantly missing T-Mac when he got open and thus the bad/late throws were also causing some of the contested catches he had to make. Plus like you said, the entire offense was just to throw to T-Mac no matter what the coverage because we had no other receiving weapons.  Teams were constantly double teaming him directly off the snap and it was very rare for there to not be a safety already over the top on him before every snap too.   In a way, I'm actually surprised he put up the stats that he did, everything was stacked against him and he still put up 1,300+ yards. I'm actually not sure it has been mentioned, as it was something I never brought up this past year in talking about him on purpose, I didn't want it to sound like I was making any excuses for him, and I don't remember seeing others talk about it as I might have then jumped in too. He missed all of fall camp and only started practicing days before the season opener and at least publicly, it wasn't certain he'd even play the first game, which of course he then went out and put up 300 yards lol.  He also tweaked his ankle at one point about 5-6 weeks into the season.  Came out for a play or two to get checked, then came back in and kept playing but was a step or two slow the rest of the game but seemed mostly fine the rest of the year. In fact, for a few weeks after that, there was a vocal portion of the fan base that were hoping he'd just shut it down for the season because how bad the offense was and felt he was hurting his draft stock and risking injury at the same time.  But as everyone also knew, he wasn't going to quit on his teammates, in particular his QB in their last year together (will get to that later) I do think the original injury and lack of fall camp did keep him a half step slower than the year before at times, but it didn't stop him from still being an All American. This is also another reason T-Mac is a great fit with Bryce, once they get their chemistry down, the two are going to thrive on off script plays. T-Mac and Arizona's QB had played together since the 8th grade and were best friends, they basically shared a brain on the football field and it showed.  It's given him so much experience working off script, while finding and sitting in the holes in coverage to give his QB a big target as they scramble. Yep, smart, swagger, but also a GREAT teammate. When Arizona's coaches left after 2023 season, the assumption was that T-Mac, Fifita, and our top LB (who all went to the same HS together, and with Mason Graham too) were going to follow them to Washington.  In fact, T-Mac was a QB until 8th grade and switched to WR only because of Fifita, he's thrown a TD pass for us too, so he can be used in gadget plays. The day after we hired the new coach, he invited any players to come and talk football in his office, T-Mac and Fifita organized a large group and they talked with him for 2 hours.  When it was done, all the players left but T-Mac and Fifita stayed back and basically told the coach they were staying and were going to keep the team together as much as they could and they did, we only lost a few players (too bad the new coaches sucked lol). Both of them also then turned down some NIL money and told them to use it to give to other players on the team to help keep as much of it together. There's a good ESPN article about this a while back, maybe I'll try to find it. But THIS is the type of kid you want to build around, he's the full package and it's why I never missed a chance to let you guys know he was always the player we should have been targeting. 
×
×
  • Create New...