Packers vs Panthers Discussion Thread

[Joemailman]

Everything about the Panthers is slightly below average. Their offense ranks 19th in both points scored and total yardage. Their defense ranks 20th in points scored and 21st in yardage. Teddy Bridgewater is 2nd in the NFL in completion percentage, but only 17th in yardage and 21st in TD passes. Christian McCaffrey has missed most of the year but could be back Sunday. In his absence, Mike Davis has had about 550 yards rushing and 370 yards receiving. Their 2 top WR's, Robbie Anderson and DJ Moore, are both near 100 yards, but have only 6 TD's between them. Their TE's have been practically nonexistent.

All in all, a team the Packers should be able to handle if they show up to play. But the Panthers are not a terrible team, especially if McCaffrey is back and effective.

Hey Mad! Don't forget it's a Saturday night game!

[run pMc]

Assuming McCaffrey is not playing, DJ Moore and Curtis Samuel are the two players most likely to cause trouble. Bridgewater could dink and dunk his way down the field on a bend but don't break Pettine defense too... he's good at that, although it can easily stall in the RZ.

Defensively they are ok. This is a game the Packers should win. They are the better team and more consistent.

McCaffrey is a dynamic player; he's basically their Kamara. I'm skeptical he'd get a lot of snaps if he's just coming back from injury though. We'll see what the injury report looks like Wednesday...if he's not practicing he's likely not playing Sat pm.

[gbgary]

weather is supposed to be an issue i believe...soooo let's keep it simple. up the gut, over the middle, etc...and again...keep the D off the field as much as possible.

[Joemailman]

weather is supposed to be an issue i believe...soooo let's keep it simple. up the gut, over the middle, etc...and again...keep the D off the field as much as possible.

Nah. Right now they're saying mostly cloudy, temps in 20's/30's Saturday night. Winds 5-10mph. But it's early.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Tonyan has 46 catches on 52 targets. That has to be the highest catch rate in the NFL.

[smuggler]

He's second. Jonathan Taylor is first. Jamaal Williams is third.

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/player-stat/receiving-catch-rate

[Joemailman]

Running backs shouldn't count. Most of the time you're practically handing the ball to them.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Outside of Tonyan and Curtis Samuel (who catches a lot of short stuff like a RB), the top 9 are all RBs.

The next highest TE is Mo Allie-Cox at #25 with a 77.8% catch rate. Tonyan at 88.5%.

[Fritz]

So will the Packers show up or will they sleepwalk again?

[Joemailman]

Panthers coach Matt Rhule said Tuesday that he isn’t expecting running back Christian McCaffrey to play against the Packers in Week 15.


“I’m not expecting him to play, as of right now,” Rhule said, via Darin Gantt of the team’s official site. “We’ll see how the next couple of days unfold, obviously. But today was a walk-through, so he was able to do some things, but I’m not expecting him to play as we sit here right now.”

Bob McGinn
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Rating the #Packers in their W over the #Lions. For the first time, rookie ILB Krys Barnes stole some snaps from veteran Christian Kirksey.

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[smuggler]

We've gotten really lucky with opposing team injuries this season. Except for that second Vikes game. Cook going out let the Seahawks get a gimme win and then he came back fresh to skullfuck us.

[Joemailman]

We've gotten really lucky with opposing team injuries this season. Except for that second Vikes game. Cook going out let the Seahawks get a gimme win and then he came back fresh to skullfuck us.

Not as lucky as last year. Last year the Packers had I believe 5 games where the other team didn't have their starting QB. Actually I read earlier today that this year the number of games Packer starters have missed is about the same as their opponents.

[MadtownPacker]

So will the Packers show up or will they sleepwalk again?

No they handle this one but the Titans await...

[MadtownPacker]

Tonyan has 46 catches on 52 targets. That has to be the highest catch rate in the NFL.

During the game Sunday I mentioned to my son that I had not seen Tonyan miss a catch. That’s damn close to it.

[smuggler]

I can only recall one, might have been a deep post or a sideline ball that was *just* a bit long. Rather than dive for it, he tried for a one-handed catch. Other than that, yeah, dude's been great. Now watch him drop one against the kitties.