Carolina Panthers

[HisIceness]

He said Mr. Richardson is using his own personal plane to fly Bojangles to Winnipeg.

Well that settles it then. Panthers to Winnipeg confirmed.

 

[Unsustainable]

It's game time

 

[Unsustainable]

Luuuuuuuke

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

so far so good!

 

[HisIceness]

Forgot Benjamin was still on the roster

Although there were times last year I forgot about him.

 

[Unsustainable]

Super Cam with 2 records:

Rushing TDs
Games with Rushing and Passing TDs

 

[HisIceness]

Move em to the 'Peg.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Go into the defending Super Bowl champion's home opener, beat them solidly in the first half, rally in the 4th quarter to be in position for a last-second win. Kicker blows it.

I'm not gonna get TOO down about that.

 

[HisIceness]

The Panthers tend to lose their season openers, even when they have 4th quarter leads and/or playing teams they should beat. The last two seasons were rare opening wins.

It is what it is, not the best start to the season but we've seen this before, so we should be used to it by now.

 

[cptjeff]

Icing the kicker worked. Disappointing, but that's why they do it.

 

[Buenos Necas]

Go into the defending Super Bowl champion's home opener, beat them solidly in the first half, rally in the 4th quarter to be in position for a last-second win. Kicker blows it.

I'm not gonna get TOO down about that.

Yeah, that was a tough game for sure and I'm glad to have it out of the way. Hopefully Cam is okay after those hits to the head, wouldn't be too upset if he had to miss the 49ers game to play things safe.

 

[Joe McGrath]

It's really amazing we've gotten to the point that in the NFL when a kicker misses a 50 yard field goal, he blew it. But here we are. What was it, maybe 10 years ago that field goal would be at best a 1/3 chance?

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

It's really amazing we've gotten to the point that in the NFL when a kicker misses a 50 yard field goal, he blew it. But here we are. What was it, maybe 10 years ago that field goal would be at best a 1/3 chance?

To be fair, the ball flies far in Denver. Every kickoff had a chance to go through the uprights, the punters couldn't pin anyone deep because it kept going into the endzone, and Gano thought he could make one from 60 there. Also, the one that didn't count went off the upright and in. So I think he could have done it, but obviously icing the kicker worked out well for them.

Edit: On another note, this was my very first game as a fantasy owner. C.J. Anderson gave me 25 points but also beat my real-life team. I'm feeling very conflicted about this whole thing.

 

[Unsustainable]

Only 1 team has won a SB undefeated.

I think this will motivate and they will go on a tear.

 

[Dishface]

I am pissed that they lost, but now they got that loss out the way. No pressure for an undefeated season, just play game to game and get into the playoffs.

Also those refs were garbage last night.

 

[Wolfpuck]

The officiating was a disgrace. I don't want to hear **** from the league about player safety when they totally dropped the ball with all the unflagged shots to the head Cam took.

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

That last one in particular was awful. Hits like that get you thrown out in college.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

That last one I'd need to see it again. No doubt the guy went high, led with his helmet and got Cam in the head, so it was a clear penalty. IIRC, Cam was in a bit of a weird position as well making his head a bit lower as well which I think contributed to it some. Still though, they called the penalty on that one, it was just offset by his intentional grounding. I didn't see the whole game, but that "hands to the face" was a pretty weak and marginal call that went the Panthers way on the 4th down they didn't convert so as an unbiased observer, they got a break there IMO.

It's kind of a catch 22 with Cam. He's so big and strong that guys have to really try and lay a lick on him or he'll just brush them off. He is constantly extending plays with his athletic ability, taking off running, etc...which means he's going to take more shots. It's exciting, and fun, and part of what makes him who he is, but man, sometimes I'm like "throw it away Cam".

 

[Buenos Necas]

Not in regards to any of those hits to the head, but Cam has put himself in bad situations quite often in an attempt to draw a late hit call. Wouldn't be surprised if he's got a bit of a reputation for that among the refs, adds another layer to how they call games with him. There were a couple hits earlier (not to the head) where he just held on to the ball too long, and drew the hit right as he threw it away. They weren't late hits by any means, and he's unnecessarily taking abuse. Hope he stops doing some of that after last night.

 

[Dishface]

I think it's more of the D getting more aggressive to knock him down because he can escape the tackles that most quarterbacks would just slide down to. Cam never slides and he fights for yards just like a RB does. But in the end, the refs needed to call at least one more of those 4 hits that he took.

 

[Unsustainable]

2 Broncos fined 42k for hitting Cams head.

 

[cptjeff]

2 Broncos fined 42k for hitting Cams head.

Honestly, that's a joke. At least that means the NFL realizes it wasn't a clean hit and has probably given the refs quite an earful, though.

 

[Brock Ness Monster]

Trai Turner was also fined 9k for his malicious jumping up and down episode.

 

[Unsustainable]

Honestly, that's a joke. At least that means the NFL realizes it wasn't a clean hit and has probably given the refs quite an earful, though.

If one of them was called we probably won the game also. Every time he got knocked in the head it killed our drive.

 

[Wolfpuck]

And they waste no time crapping their pants...

Edit: Ginn actually caught and held on to the ball. Too bad he didn't have both feet in.