5 Questions For The Panthers

Delhomme says his arm is stronger than it has been for years. We’re still loving the Jeff Otah trade, the guy is a beast. He actually cost us next years 1st plus a 2nd and 4th from this past draft.

Peppers contributes in so many ways, more than just sacks. This past week against the Falcons he had 5 tackles combined, one for a loss, 1 sack, 2 hurries and 2 passes defensed. Rumor is the Panthers have already made an offer to resign him but nothing has been announced.

The Panthers have held the following RB’s to less than 100 yds and zero TD’s: LT, AP, Turner & Forte. LJ will be next.

The Panther run D has been a strength so far.

Whether they can beat Dallas, NYG, Philly or GB in the playoffs is still up in the air. I think if they stay healthy they can beat anybody on any given Sunday. I really thought Dallas was the class of the lague but then they lost to the ’skins, so that gives us hope.

I’m too much of a Homer. Jake had a good week last week and maybe he will again this week. I wouldn’t play him because from week to week the Panthers could change the game plan and run the ball 40 times. They’re too unpredicable on offense.

To go with that last question, how good is the Panthers secondary to stop our WR’s and TE?

But I can’t say its why we lost the Minnesota game. It better get worked out as the season goes but so we’re getting too many penalties on both sides of the ball. Two weeks ago it was the offense (7), last week it was the defense (6).

I think its very likely the Panthers keep LJ in check. The Chiefs will have to pass the ball effectively to beat the Panthers. Our secondary has played well but rookie FS Charles Godfrey has been beat deep a couple times so I would think the Chiefs should test him early and often.

Tore his ACL on special team in the Vikings team. He was looking good to that point but wasn’t going to play much given how deep the Panthers are at LB.

No buyers remorse on the Otah trade. Though he went down with an ankle problem last week word is he will be good to go against you guys.

They rarely get good pressure with just the front four. They will mix in some zone blitzes plus they have pass rush lineup they deploy. Also, for the first time this season the Panthers moved Peppers to the left side on some plays. The Panthers also frequently will drop Peppers or Brayton into coverage and blitz a LB or safety.

6 years ago he did the same thing against a practice squad player. Check out what Jaxon from CSC had to say about this most recent incident.

but not in the locker room, where he was a distraction. Damione Lewis has played well though in his spot. The FA LDE Tyler Brayton has played ok but he’s no one you should fear. Maake Kemoeatu is still a very good run stopper and loves to excel on those 3rd and 1’s. The subs are DT Walker and DE Charles Johnson who excel at the pass rush. As I said earlier, run D has been great, the pass rush average at best but the pass coverage has been good.

but he’s asked to do a lot of things. Peppers vs. Albert will certainly be a key match-up.

you will put pressure on Jake. Musin Muhammad proved he is back last week (8 for 147 yds, TD) which means we finally have options other than Smith. TE Dante Rosario is a weapon too. The Chiefs will have to score at least 20-30 points to beat the Panthers.

My prediction: Panthers 31 Chiefs 16

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How’s that for a commitment? When he filled in last year and started the last three games he definitely look competent. Many Panther fans regard him as a possible replacement for Jake, but that remains to be seen. He fractured his leg during the preseason and is out a few more weeks with a possible return around week 6. Right now he’s under contract for another 3 seasons, including this one, so he would have to be traded if another team wanted him.

He looked a little shaky in the preseason but again he is young and a good chance of being around the league in some form. He needs more experience and time around the pro game to make any firm type of decision.

As the team we’re striving to be.

Solid on both sides of the line (when healthy). Competent QB.

But considering they spent 2 first round picks on RBs in 3 years I would imagine they are following the trend of the rest of the NFL and going with a two back system for the time being.