Why 2010 Means Nothing to the Carolina Panthers (no smack)

[AcousticSoup]

And I will be in and out of this topic all day. I am at work and have been in and out of meetings all day. I copied and pasted the OP from the Bucs message board I frequent. I just find it humorous that everyone is defending nothing.

And seriously, the cheap shots are ridiculous. It seems like there's a lot of Panthers fans smack talking when their brains fire off blanks. If you have nothing to say, don't say anything at all.

Does a Bucs fan really have to moderate a Panthers board?

[Hairless Cat]

should have called himself acoustic POOP, which is a fart by another name

[Shermdog]

Jesus!! I cant wait till Sunday. We are going to run the ball all over the Bucs!:yesnod:

[CharlotteBeer.com]

And it won't be what Fox had before which is conservative football (hardly any coach does that anymore).

And you don't think that we might get better as a result? Sure, most teams that undergo a change at head coach (as well as the subsequent personnel changes) do take a while to see success, but that's not always the case when the team maintains a core group of players (see the Falcons, Jets, Ravens, and Dolphins of recent years. I may even be forgetting a team or two).

I think the Panthers have that core in Smith, Williams, Stewart, Gross, Kalil and Otah on the offensive side of the ball. Defensively, most of our guys are young but seem like they've got tons of potential. At any rate, they haven't underperformed enough to warrant a firesale on that side of the ball.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Jesus!! I cant wait till Sunday. We are going to run the ball all over the Bucs!:yesnod:

No way. The Panthers are one-dimensional, and every team in the league knows it.

Someone should have just told that to the Bucs in 2008. You know, when they had the league's best run defense at the time, knew exactly what the Panthers gameplan was, and still couldn't stop them?

[Swashbuckler]

Im here to fug with you people! Its what I look forward to all off season. I will come back after the game and still talk sh*t win or lose. Thats what i do. No apologies, no excuses! Then, i will do it all over agin with the cincy trolls. And yes you people will be back and we get to do it all over again! Damn i love football!

So basically you do as much as you can to offer as little insight as possible and to contribute as little as possible? Smack is about making a point and backing it up, not swooping in, trolling and saying "I don't care what you have to say bro! I LIVE FOR THIS!" Put down the pom poms or start smacking.

[Swashbuckler]

should have called himself acoustic POOP, which is a fart by another name

I thought there was supposed to be no smack here. Read next time bubba!

[Hugo Stiglitz]

I got a hard on reading this.

I'll start on defense.

We just started recently. The Lions thought it would be cool to say "HEY LOOK AT US!! WATCH US COMPLETELY IGNORE OUR NEED AT LT WHILE WE TAKE SUH!" Poor Stafford.

Alright, alright onto the real story!!!

So we went off and took Gerald McCoy who's 3 technique ability is a perfect fit for our Tampa 2 defense. That by itself lives and dies by how much pressure the front 4 can create. Rush 4, drop 7, combine a little bit of zone coverage and utilizing man coverage for short periods of time, well timed blitzes and you will have a defense with ZERO weaknesses (See 2002 Buccaneers defense which became the first since the '85 Bears to rank 1st in every major defensive statistical category) The pressure is on McCoy to learn to utilize his strength and technique, and with time he will get better. There is a very hard learning curve for DT's in the NFL. Even the great Warren Sapp went through it.

Our problems last year can be attributed to the fact that we decided to steadily move away this scheme while not having any players suited for doing it on our front 4. We go back to the simple Tampa 2 and our defense ranked an average of #12th best once Raheem took over it and dumped Jim Bates. Add Gerald McCoy and Brain Price (whose specialty is wreaking havoc in the backfield) and you're gonna get some disruption from the middle. When you get that kind of pressure, our boy Aqib Talib is at his best. Watch him some time! He is like gorilla glue in coverage. But of course when your QB has all day to throw, your DBs are going to be FAR less effective. Barrett Ruud is like Jon Beason in the fact that he is a tackling machine, he defense QB if you will and a leader on the team. Check their stats, they're awful similar.

Then comes Tanard Jackson who is an expert and diagnosing the deep play and knocking suckas out. Unfortunately for him, he played alongside Sabby "Misscatelli" and any and all plays that got past the LB crew usually went yard because Talib and Barber couldn't always catch up to haul them down.

These are the cornerstones of our defense. It's not pretty or conventional by any measure at this point, but they played so much better once Morris took over. And that was BEFORE we acquired Price and McCoy.

As for the offense, I'll break it down player by player.

Josh Freeman.............. Josh Freeman....... Oh boy where do I start here? Rocket arm, excellent mobility and the kid has poise and leadership like no rookie I've ever seen. But the kid is still green, accuracy is iffy and he still makes mistakes. Despite this, the Buccaneers faithful know how potentially great this young man could be. Had the defense not succumbed to Miami and Atlanta and Josh Freeman's record would stand at a lofty 6-4, not a bad record for a guy who hadn't played a full 16 games yet and this is with a relatively poor team around him.

Kellen Winslow. What can I say? He's a soldier. He put up one of the finest seasons by a Buccaneers tight end in team history and STILL could've done better. Not since Jimmy Giles have we had TE that played at such a high caliber. He lost marks with me shying away from the physical play. I'm willing to forgive and forget. Browns fans act like "Oh yeah, no big deal he's gone." Trust me... the bulk of them would give up their seasons tickets for him to come back.

Mike Williams and Rejus Benn, It's too early to tell with them so I'll let the film do the talking. Look up Williams' TD catch last week and Benn's catches against Houston in the final game of the preseason. It led to the announcer crying out "THIS KID'S GONNA BE A PRO BOWLER!" They have limitless potential as a tandem. To sum up Mike Williams, he's like having spider man on your team and Rejus Benn is a yard after catch monster who fights for every square inch of turf. He will probably be best used for shorter yardage plays of 10 yards or so while Mike can go deep.

Carnell Williams, my favorite player, the come back kid.. the freaking Cadillac!!! His knees are as good as they have ever been. Jon Gruden had a fetish for abandoning the run game and forgetting that our boy Cadillac gets stronger as the game goes on. He has the heart of a lion and runs like one too. He MIGHT be on his last legs (literally) but he is still effective. If you ever want to see him at his finest, look up his performance against New Orleans in our upset. He can still do it... and he will do it. In the wings lies Kareem Huggins who can run like the wind and LeGarrett Blount who runs like a bull in a china shop. This season will answer if they can provide a solution at RB. Based on what we've seen so far.. the answer is "Oh Lord yes!"

Odds and ends: Davin Joseph is a stud guard. How he has made the pro bowl only ONCE is beyond me. Anyone whose got love for the big dogs up front should watch him play. He is dominating in every since of the word. Jeff Faine is invaluable in terms of leadership, not the best center in the world, but he leaves it all out on the field, doesn't make excuses and he gets the job done week in and week out. Man's a ball player and one of my favorites on the offense.

This is what I smack for. This is why I dare to dream. This is why I love my Buccaneers. Anyone can have an opinion, I choose mine to be that we are a team destined for great things. We can only go "up" from here. At least so far in our season, our record is indicative of this.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

This is what I smack for. This is why I dare to dream. This is why I love my Buccaneers. Anyone can have an opinion, I choose mine to be that we are a team destined for great things. We can only go "up" from here. At least so far in our season, our record is indicative of this.

How exactly does a 1-0 record indicate that your team can only improve?

[tbf]

I thought there was supposed to be no smack here. Read next time bubba!

that wasnt smack, they have no clue what smack is. They throw out a few insults and call us trolls. Smack is telling them that locals in North Carolina are better off cleaning pig crap than attending Panther games since it is more entertaining. Or... Do they have parking spots for their trailers at the stadium? I'm still waiting for the smack talk to start.

[Swashbuckler]

Thank you for the kind words Hugo. That Panther fans is the method to Swashy's maddness. Call Raheem Morris and Mark Dominic whatever you please, in just 2 years under them we've had more structure and direction than we ever did under Jon Gruden. I'm so excited to see the fruits of their labor and just how sweet it may taste.

[X-Clown]

Bucs fan call us homers, but then make claims that a rookie WR who caught a touchdown against the Browns in his first game is already better than anyone on the Giants receiving corp, including a Pro Bowler who had over 1200 yards last year and another receiver who caught 3 TDs last week. This is why no one ever takes any of you guys seriously.

[Dingo_ate_Babies]

lol, Raheem Morris is your head coach.

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[rayzor]

How exactly does a 1-0 record indicate that your team can only improve?

you beat the team that is likely the worst team in the league this year and you're no longer the worst.

the baton has been passed.

congrats, buc fans. climbing your way up to he #2 pick in the draft!