Carolina Panthers vs Washington Redskins Gameday Thread

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by Bushead

Someone said Cam would go to the probowl if he played against the skins 10 more times and I was just saying Cam's been tearing up everyone, so in "defense" of the defense, let's not make it seem like a magical one-time game.

Actually no. He's put up big numbers, but also made critical mistakes and had a completion % at or under 60%. He's also had two 3 INT games.

What we did today was allow CAR's running game to get going and take the pressure off Cam. He wound up 18/23 with no INTs because our D couldn't force CAR out of Cam's comfort zone. Cam made a couple of nice throws, but our secondary ain't real good either and our best S in coverage DB (OJA) was out. Kudos to the CAR O-line, their OC and Cam for executing & staying within their gameplan.

Prior to this week, the CAR run game outside of Cam was nonexistent. Today we gave up 24 / 103 yds to CAR RBs. Also the 1st 25 yd run by Cam included 3 missed tackles. No excuse for the poor run D. We're over-pursuing and not closing down the cutback lane on the defensive right side (Bowen, Rak, both MLBs but moreso Rocky). This has been going on for 3 weeks now and isn't fixed.

If we get beat strictly in the air, fine I'll live with it. But good teams run and can stop the run. We can do the first part, but if we can't do the second (and nothing is showing me this is going to change) we're in for a long season....again.