Carolina Panthers vs. Dallas Cowboys Game Thread

[brian032]

Two things that drive me nuts when watching the Panthers this year is seeing our offense in shotgun formation on nearly three-quarters of all snaps and the ridiculous option-read. God damn that option read. I feel like breaking my tv and yanking a chunk of hair out every time I see it.

The defense has surprisingly played okay this year, but if the Panthers want to win games then Chud needs to stop with the gimmicks and Cam has to start taking over in the 4th when it counts most. No team will win a Super Bowl, let alone get to one, with a gimmicky option-read offense.

[PantherPhann89]

Can someone tell me why our WR's run routes short of the 1st down marker on 3 and short?

[charlotte49er]

Holy krap! How did the Panthers lose that game? Fig Newton got intercepted in the end zone after driving down the field! WTF was that?

Austin even dropped a sure fire pass to give it away for the Cowboys! On top of that, the Cowboys D couldn't tackle a little old lady with a walker for the first half!

[Thorrez]

Was the PI on Murthy a blow call by the book? Yes

Was it an obvious call in a game on the line situation? No

To me it looked like Murthy is the kind of player that gets touched and after that focus on showing/telling the refs how bad the defender abused him (kind of like soccer players). If he instead makes an all out fight for the ball even if hit a split second early (which he should expect), the way Smith would have done, it would have been a lot more obvious that he had a catch had he not been cheated. And that means you get the call a lot more.