Quote:Defense was not good today. They lucked out that ginn has worse hands than allen robinson.

Eh, even if Ginn cought that they held the Panthers down pretty well I though and managed to get a turn over in good field position, I was expecting the D to be much worse without Marks on the field (he makes a big difference imo, Alualu doesn't come close to being as good as he is), they got a couple of sacks and would have gotten a few more against any QB that isn't Newton or Big Ben. Branch being missing was also noticeable today, he's not great but he's very good at "cleaning up", he doesn't really set up plays himself but when one guy gets to the QB Branch can usually come in and finish the play, Cam escaped a few times today and those are the points Branch would usually show up.

 

The offense (and kicking) was the biggest problem by far for me, and catches where the biggest problem on the offense. The first drive being ended up a drop set the tone for the entire game for the offense.

 

The refs sucked also, blowing a play dead far too quickly cost us a turnover and gifting the Panthers a turnover when Young visibly had his helmet thrown on the ground, they also gave a block in the back penalty against the Panthers that was very questionable.

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