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Niners are next. I really hope we bury them at home.
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Like the 4-4 record, have tempered enthusiasm with concerns...
Glad to see us running the ball, especially to finish games in winning fashion... After Armstead and Lelito, this offensive line looks like it will be lucky if it's still standing at season's end... Cooks' maturity as a pro player stands out as much as his speed, quickness... Brees rediscovered ability to hit players like Cooks, IN STRIDE, downfield to keep teams from congested the front third of the field... Roll Tide is finally playing to his billing as a first round plus selection... When do we get our RB depth back? Hope we don't overpay for Roll Tide in the offseason (don't think he'll stay with Payton anyways)... Galette finally beat his man one-on-one for a sack last night... This was not the same Panthers defense from a year ago; and even they seem to rattle the Saints early... One game at a time, one game at a time... |
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now lets see if we can hold onto it. serious teams rolling into town the next few weeks.
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The Panthers bailed us out on quite a few plays. Something is wrong with Vaccaro and the cushion our DB's are giving are concerning. WR's are having no issue creating separation. Overall, great win. Our offense is clicking and I love it seeing Drew taking more and more intermediate shots down field instead of checking down. I think it was holding back our offense at the beginning of the season. Our front 7 is creating more pressure and things are looking up for the defense.
Can't wait til next week. Longer layoff this week. =/ |
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Happy to have clawed our way back into things and starting to look respectable on defense and rushing the ball.
We played our best game on defense and it was made to look better by a pathetic Cam Newton. How anyone thinks this guy is a pro QB is beyond me. He has no touch, poor accuracy and no heart. Carolina is a flat out pathetic offense but it was what we needed on the road right now to gain some confidence. |
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Great back-to-back games considering they played a hot GB team a few days ago, then go into a division rival's house and beat them by 18 (EIGHTEEN) freakin' points. That last TD drive was a thing of beauty. And with Carolina and the pundits whining about Carolina's rookie UDFA O-Lineman, they can chew on this: Lelito 2nd year UDFA center & Harris 2nd year UDFA RT was on that field during last TD drive.
You gotta have depth to win in this league, and we showed that last night. Oh, and we were missing Byrd...and PT...and Khiry...and Hawthorne...and Goodwin...and Strief for most of the 2nd half. Anyone notice how well Bush is playing in the FS role, BTW? Not great, but not terrible. I think we do well in the next 3 games in the Dome against the Whiners, Ravens, & Bengals...we seem to play tougher teams very well in the Dome in the SP/Brees era. Not saying we make a clean-sweep of these 3 teams (though it would be completely awesome), but we simply play better against the better teams in the Dome. You have to win the quarters of any season. 1st quarter we were 1-3. 2nd quarter we were 3-1. We go 3-1 in each of the last 2 quarters, we end this thing 10-6. 2-1 in the division is not too shabby either. We have to play the Fail Clowns & Carolina back in the Dome and play TB on the road left in this season. 5-1 or 4-2 in this division with about a 10-6 overall record will get us a division and #3 seed. As long as we keep playing good, sound ball...especially the defensive side of the ball for the road games left. Stranger things have happened... |
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Despite a poor performance, Newton still managed to squeeze in his Superman pose.
Whew. Thought I may have gone a week without seeing that. :rolleyes: |
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