Scud's Studs (week 7 @ Carolina)

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Originally Posted by IrMitchell

Beck (If our defense played the same as the first 5 games.. I think we win this because of him)

Hightower

Monty (Wow! He was terrific blocking the pass and run at guard. Very impressed)

Locklear (A penalty.. A late sack, but man this guy held the fort down pretty good against Johnson)

Davis (Paulsen caught passes because nobody knew who he was.. Davis is our best threat and aside from a dropped ball, he did a great job. Loved the touchdown grab too)

Steve Smith The guy single handedly beat us, Newton put the ball near him and that's all it took.

Locklear had two holding penalties, but both came when the defender was clearly offsides (although only the first was called by the every mediocre refs). That seems entirely unfair. When a guy jumps offsides, are you supposed to let him have a free shot at your QB? In both instances, the jump put the defender basically in our backfield, and Locklear was trying to make sure Beck didn't get killed. I confess I don;t know the rule here (and it may simply be, don't hold ever), but it seems bogus to penalize him for these.

I agree that Davis should not be on the list. A good day, but a key drop on 3rd down when we were still in the game killed our momentum, and the Panthers got the ball and never looked back.

Although I like the run-heavy offense, I thought Kyle's playcalling on passing downs was poor. The Panthers often doubled Davis, and he didn't seem to adjust exceopt for the one drive when Paulsen was targeted. Also, Kyle didn't seem to notice that Beck seemed more effective when he rolled out to pass than when he stepped up in the pocket, yet there were few rollouts. Also, why no passes to our RBs when the Panthers LBs were not playing well? Helu seems to be a good reciever, and I think he could have gashed these guys. Finally, was Stallworth in the witness protection program yesterday? It was like a Ralph Ellison novel out there. Geez.