POLL: What was the biggest problem for Panthers last year?

[Fan01]

Cam.

But he was also the biggest reason for our wins too. And he's the QB so he's got the oppertunity more than any other player to affect the game.

If he doesn't fumble in the Atlanta game we win.

If he hits a wide open Hartsock in the endzone in the Seahawks game we win.

But it's hard to blame a player that does so much for the team. Even Superman makes mistakes.

I think SS and NT are our biggest weakness and filling those positions with quality players will go the farthers in helping us improve.

If I had to pick one I'd say NT. Shores up the run D. Pushes the pocket and allows our DE to get up field and reek havoc which is turn makes our less than stellar CB's look very good.

[Salvo]

The playcalling and the swiss cheese D really hampered our progress early in the season. Those issues got better but it seemed like the OL got worse as the season wore on. The injuries and constant shuffling certainly did not help it.

[Miiikey]

The first half of the season/getting in a groove. And end game management.. There were a few games we should've won; make playoffs.

[Jackofalltrades]

Chud- needs no explanation

[jfo89]

I voted for other..

I believe it was a comination of end of game management and poor db play. Our cb's lining up 15 yards off the ball at the end of games was killing me. Whether they were told to or if it was their choice idk but we all knew it was coming, and they never corrected it. That bears game still haunts me.

[Keep Pounding]

I voted end of game management. Although a lot of the issues I believe were on the players as much as on the coaches...

[Woodcookedbbq]

Coaching, and it's not even close.

Does not include McDermott. He did his job well.

[carolina-chuck]

Rivera + Naka

[KillerKat]

It was a combination of Chud being stupid, Hurney screwing over the team, and Rivera's poor game management.

[top dawg]

Basically I think it was general inexperience on the field and on the sidelines. Moreover, Cam's sophomore slump the first half of the season didn't help matters at all. This was the difference between winning and losing the close one's, and letting the one's that shouldn't have been close slip away.

[pantherclaw]

Oline issues.

They couldn't block well enough for the offense to work early on.

Even when the coaches went back to more two TE sets, our offense was still the issue, cause our cam led offense cannot close out winnable games.

[NCstoner420]

Late game play by the players, they don't know how to go for the kill yet.

[weymouthst]

Gotta be end of game stuff. Regardless of what the reasons are, we lost so many games by 5,6,7 points. A single possession, 1 TD.

Gotta learn how to finish games.

[Disinfranchised]

Scoring less points IMO.

Yep. Touchdowns. John Madden says "Touchdowns are good. You want your team to score as many touchdowns as they can. Usually the team with the most touchdowns wins. "

j/k It was the D. Scored enough points to win. The D just could not get key stops. Yea, they'd get stops, just not the key stops.