Defense/WRs Disappoint Against Carolina

what the hell Reed was doing most of the time. Safety was supposed to be a strength for us but now has become a weakness. I usually defend Reed as I believe he is a good tackler (something we cannot seem to grasp) but my God he is the deep help and was beaten like a cheap ho.

That’s the yardage the Panthers put on our defense today. A rookie QB only had like four incompletions. No fumbles, No int’s. One back averaged over 10 yards a carry. Smith had 153 yards receiving. We’re lucky if one of ours had 53. Two games in a row the defense has sleepwalked through the game. The Panthers took the Eagles run plays right off the film and did exactly the same thing. Even Laron looked like he was just trotting around out there. Shanahan had better wake this group up.

just like Rex?

Time to have Armstrong, Austin and Paul be our starting WRs. (now that Moss is injured)

Vanilla? … is that the right term? Also I’m not sure what the issues are with our receivers all the sudden not being able to hold on to a well placed pass.. Gaffney made we want to run into a wall. The QB position was fairly stable yesterday, except all the sudden the WR’s take a day off and the defense. Sad loss. Though it shows some promise if the team can all show up and play in rhythm.

I wonder how many other guys were sick and it affected their play.

Our starting guys(aside from Moss) are a bunch of 6’ and under has beens and no-names. If anything, they have exceeded expectations.

which looked reasonable when compared to he predecessors last game….

But he did play at the level he is capable of and that can win games if, as you say, the D steps up.

I don’t know what more you wanted him to do. The first half was rusty but we barely even passed so I don’t know how much you can take from him in the first half. I felt he did what he had to do when we had the ball…. which was difficult because we barely even had the ball. Bottom line is you can’t blame him for the loss, which for some strange reason a lot of people are. The defense never gave the team a chance to win. You go from making it 16-13 to giving up a TD right after. Then we come back with that drive where Gaffney and Fred had huge drops that would’ve continued the drive. Then the rest is history. Defense just couldn’t get off the field, that’s why we lost the game. Those two long drives by the Panthers were just daggers.

How many of you like Logan Paulsen? I thought he played great and actually showed he is a capable receiver and even bowled over some guys.

Just tried to bring a bright spot to that pile of dung.

I think that has to do with all the drops… didn’t see them with Rex.

 i had a hunch that durring the bye week. shanahan and crew thought and thought about it. and decided to not make a playoff run without a good qb. so they pretty much blew the philly game and the panther game. i was really pissed after the philly game but wasnt mad at all after the panther game… because i now know the plan is to lose the rest of the games to get a better draft pick without having to give up something to move up. plus lets face it. looking at our schedule. only the dolphin game wouldbe a lock to win…. but with the way we are playing i think we can lose that game too….

Here are my observations – for 20 years now, it does not seem to matter who the players are, or the coaches…we play down to our opponents and they tease us with wins over teams we should lose to. This false hope has me pulling my hair out, leaving me bald. We started out beating N.Y. G-men, which is slightly surprising and running our record to 3-1, giving us some idea what fans in New England, Pittsburgh and Green Bay are enjoying. Then they allow beatable teams, like Carolina, to give them a good case of whip***. It is not one particular group either, RBs one week, entire DEF another, which just adds to the insanity. Lack of consistency in any area seems to plague us, no matter what. I almost could hardly bear it yesterday. It makes me wonder, what does it really take to put together a winning organization? Just when we think they have finally figured it out, they give us yesterday’s results. PATHETIC AND DISGUSTING!!!!!!!!

Part of the time-of-possession issue is the defense not getting off the field, but part of it is the offense not staying on the field. The first word I would use to describe the way the 2nd half defense looked is “tired.” We weren’t getting pressure from the line in the 2nd half.