Quote:I'm just wondering who Panthers fans expect to rely on? It's gonna be their first game and they are without Benjamin. Are you telling me Kevin Norwood is gonna stop us? Funch is gonna tear us apart? They are relying on inexperience and we know how that goes. Our strength right now is in our secondary with DMac, Colvin, House and Brown. We literally have shut down guys like Antonio Brown and Odell Beckham (to the point of his boy Victor Cruz trying to call out our secondary).

 

The only thing to be concerned about is keeping a spy on Cam and covering Greg Olsen.

 

All game. Get used to it.

 

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And the Carolina defense is no joke themselves and will bring the heat on Bortles I presume so they will likely try to get the ball out of his hands quick. I expect Carolina to play primarily a ground game while we play ground and short passing.

 

This game is probably gonna be a bunch of field goals, honestly.

 

The Panthers offense will be Cam Newton , Jonathan Stewart, Mike Tolbert, Greg Olsen, and Devin Funchess.

 

Cam will run it about 7 times, Stewart 15-20, and Tolbert 5-10. Olsen will be the threat up the seam and over the middle with Funchess looking for one on one match ups near the sideline. They will send Tedd Ginn deep to stretch the defense, and go to 4 and 5 WRs with a hurry up offense to hit Brown, Bersin, Norwood and Cotchery with the one on one mismatches against LBs/dime DBs. The wildcard mismatch I see the Panthers exploiting will be Brenton Bersin and Philly Brown on Demetrius McCray and Dwayne Gratz. Those two DBs give too much ground and stumble often. In the red zone it will be Cam and the running game, and if that stalls they will toss it up to Olsen and Funchess if they are one on one in the back of the end zone.

 

Will it be a blowout? No. It will be a tough match up for the Jags if they need to keep 8 in the box to stop the Panthers' running game.

 

Are you willing to put the game on McCray and Gratz on key 3rd downs?

 

Ultimately, this game comes down to the best defense/most turnovers. The Panthers run D from the front 7 is very strong. I know for a fact that the Panthers have an athletic aggressive DL that will give Bortles less than 3 seconds in the pocket, and 3 amazingly fast and crafty LBs who can bait a QB on quick passes. The best bet anyone has against the Panthers D is to heave it up deep and hope you beat the DBs while risking a turnover because Norman, Tillman, Boston, and Benwikere are all ball hawks. Most teams try to get a match up on Roman Harper with a spread offense and take their chances deep. Any receiver or back who tries to cross the middle will pay dearly with the Panthers LBs waiting to unload.

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