The OFFICIAL Packers-Panthers Game Thread

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Why did we almost win? Was Carolina playing a different defense in the 4th quarter? I hope one of the experts here watches game film and knows. I just think it's really obvious the starting receivers we had today leave a lot to be desired. Maybe things will change if Monty comes back, but c'mon, man!

i think we started taking more risks in the passing game and it opened things up.

or it could have just been the panthers going into cruise control and letting up like we usually do and letting us right back in the game

i sure hope M# doesn't sit down and think his gameplan worked

[beveaux1]

I think that when Shields comes back, there will be a tightening in our defensive backfield. Shields and Burnett haven't played a whole game together since the beginning of the season. I'm still concerned about our MLB situation and our receivers, but we need to ride Starks for a while. He gives us a spark.

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We'll find out next week. It's still Matthew Stafford throwing to him.

stafford might just revive his career next week against us unless the defense changes some things up, cause what the d's been doing, ain't working

[Badgerinmaine]

stafford might just revive his career next week against us unless the defense changes some things up, cause what the d's been doing, ain't working

true that.

[Rastak]

Pack win big in a game that sends the Panthers into a downward spiral of mediocrity the remainder of the season. The Panthers disband as a professional team with 2 weeks left in the regular season and Cam Newton joins the Youth Girls Flag Football team of America coached by Michael Sam.

Pack 73.5
Panthers -2

That was close....sort of.....well maybe not super close.....you were in the right county......errr, state.....well, the right country.....the planet was correct.

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I think that when Shields comes back, there will be a tightening in our defensive backfield. Shields and Burnett haven't played a whole game together since the beginning of the season. I'm still concerned about our MLB situation and our receivers, but we need to ride Starks for a while. He gives us a spark.

see, i don't know, shields has been brutal in a couple games, maybe 3 games

he sure as hell wasn't the reason the defense was looking better earlier on, he was usually the weak link

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i don't like it, i'm expecting us to give up another shitload of yards today

we are once again one of the worst teams in the nfl against the run (26th), they are the best running team in the nfl

they got a QB who can run, we are a team that can't keep contain

they have a top 10 defense, we suck on offense

i think we lose again, hopefully not another ugly loss

closer

[channtheman]

That was close....sort of.....well maybe not super close.....you were in the right county......errr, state.....well, the right country.....the planet was correct.

[pittstang5]

stafford might just revive his career next week against us unless the defense changes some things up, cause what the d's been doing, ain't working

What I can't get my head around is, Why the F@ck are Receivers WIDE F@CKIN OPEN! The Score could have been worse, but Cam overthrew alot today! This keeps happening, Week after Week! It should not happen!!

Megatron is gonna have 250 yards next week.

[Joemailman]

What I can't get my head around is, Why the F@ck are Receivers WIDE F@CKIN OPEN! The Score could have been worse, but Cam overthrew alot today! This keeps happening, Week after Week! It should not happen!!

Megatron is gonna have 250 yards next week.

You're right about the secondary problems. Megatron though isn't what he once was although he's still pretty good. If they stop blowing assignments, they'll be okay. If they don't, it doesn't matter who the opposing WR is.

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What I can't get my head around is, Why the F@ck are Receivers WIDE F@CKIN OPEN! The Score could have been worse, but Cam overthrew alot today! This keeps happening, Week after Week! It should not happen!!

Megatron is gonna have 250 yards next week.

its happened for years

the super bowl year, we had chuck woodson and nick collins making huge plays after we would give up all those yards. its the capers defense. the problem is that we don't have the playmakers to slam the door shut at the end of drives and games like those two did

[pbmax]

Its lack of pass rush. Capers plays a lot of trail coverage (as did the LeBeau Steelers) and you do have a window to complete a pass if the back level of the D is not nearby. What is stopping most QBs from threading that needle is pressure. Just like Rodgers was forced off Cobb on 4th down.

Without pressure, that trail coverage is especially vulnerable to QBs who have good arms and like to throw to empty spaces and let the WR run to the ball (who don't like tight window throwing). So Wilson and Newton can exploit it. So can Rivers and Manning if they have time.

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Downs syndrome superficial fans praising Thomas Davis for saving the game.

Uh.. Hello??! If Davis isn't there, the ball falls incomplete and you still win! Don't know who made the play? Seriously? YOUR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN, SHORT!

Davis made some good plays in his own right, but Kawan Short is the guy that saved the game on 4th down.

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Its lack of pass rush. Capers plays a lot of trail coverage (as did the LeBeau Steelers) and you do have a window to complete a pass if the back level of the D is not nearby. What is stopping most QBs from threading that needle is pressure. Just like Rodgers was forced off Cobb on 4th down.

Without pressure, that trail coverage is especially vulnerable to QBs who have good arms and like to throw to empty spaces and let the WR run to the ball (who don't like tight window throwing). So Wilson and Newton can exploit it. So can Rivers and Manning if they have time.

are blitzes not getting home, are we just not blitzing, are they the 10 second delayed blitzes that we use to use all the time with hawk

what are you seeing pb?

we haven't seen the corner blitz at all

[smuggler]

Blitzes absolutely not getting home. Sending 6 men against a 5-man protection and getting stonewalled.