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Plays to Love Authentic Christian McCaffrey Jersey , Plays to Hate (aka “P2L, P2H”) looks at the most significant plays in swinging momentum and impacting the eventual outcome of the game. not the refs.Three plays to love2nd Quarter 0:01 – Panthers 10, Seahawks 10. Panthers attempt 25-yard field goalThe Situation: The Panthers looked to close out the first half with a chip shot field goal to take a 13-10 halftime lead. The Play: Michael Palardy made an excellent play by handling a surprisingly bad snap from J.J. Jansen which skidded along the turf by executing a perfect hold for Graham Gano’s successful field goal. Many holders would have likely mishandled this errant snap and blew the field goal, but Palardy saved this one.3rd Quarter 3:35 – Panthers 13, Seahawks 17. Panthers ball 1st-and-10 at SEA 35The Situation: The Panthers had been inept in the red zone all day. They were driving late in the third quarter and desperately needed a touchdown.The Play: Christian McCaffrey took a well-executed screen pass and darted 21 yards to the Seattle 12. But at the end of the play CMC fumbled, potentially causing yet another red zone disaster. Fortunately for the Panthers, lead blocker Ryan Kalil alertely dove on the ball and preserved the possession. McCaffrey concluded the drive with a 1-yard touchdown and a 20-17 Panthers lead. Any time a lineman recovers a key fumble 20-plus yards downfield, that’s a play to love. 4th Quarter 9:27 – Panthers 20, Seahawks 20. Panthers ball 1st-and-10 at CAR 25The Situation: There are two plays to love here: CMC’s long run and Greg Olsen’s huge fumble recovery. The Seahawks had just tied the game at 20 early in the fourth quarter.The Play(s): Christian McCaffrey ran through a gaping hole created by Chris Clark, Greg Van Roten, and Ryan Kalil and galloped 59 yards to the Seattle 16. Two plays later CMC tried to punch it in from the 1 yard line but he fumbled (again). Greg Olsen made a clutch recovery to avoid a disastrous turnover. McCaffrey scored two plays later for a 27-20 Panthers lead.Three plays to hate3rd Quarter 8:52 – Panthers 13, Seahawks 10. Seahawks ball 3rd-and-12 at SEA 33The Situation: Despite some early red zone ineptitude, the Panthers had a 13-10 lead at halftime. Cam Newton started off the third quarter with a red zone interception. Seattle faced a 3rd-and-12 on their first possession of the second half. The Play: James Bradberry lost his footing and stumbled, allowing David Moore to get wide open en route to a 54-yard gain to the Carolina 13. Instead of punting from deep in their own territory http://www.pantherscheapshop.com/cheap-authentic-christian-mccaffrey-jersey , Seattle scored a touchdown two plays later to go up 17-13.4th Quarter 3:33 – Panthers 27, Seahawks 20. Seahawks ball 4th-and-3 at CAR 35The Situation: Seattle decided to go for it on 4th-and-3 trailing by seven with 3:33 remaining. If the Panthers defense could get a stop here, Carolina would be in prime position to put the game away. The Play: David Moore simply beat Corn Elder on a streak and hauled in a back-breaking touchdown to tie the game at 27. Donte Jackson was injured in the first quarter which thrust Elder into a prominent role in this game. He wasn’t ready for prime time.4th Quarter 1:07 – Panthers 27, Seahawks 27. Seahawks ball 3rd-and-5 at SEA 47The Situation: Graham Gano missed a go-ahead 52-yard field goal with 1:45 remaining in a tied game. Seattle took possession at their own 42. The Panthers defense forced a 3rd-and-5 from the Seattle 47 and a stop here would likely result in a Seahawks three-and-out punt.The Play: Russell Wilson bought time as Tyler Lockett ran away from Captain Munnerlyn in coverage. Lockett hauled in a bomb and picked up 43 yards down to the Carolina 10 yard line. Seattle ran down the clock to kick an easy game-winning 31-yard field goal with no time left.Closing it out and summing it upThere were actually seven legitimate plays I considered for the “Plays to Hate” section and it was hard to narrow it down to three. Here are the honorable mentions:1st quarter - Getting stuffed on 4th-and-2 from the Seattle 5 yard line for a turnover on downs. 2nd quarter - Captain Munnerlyn gets beat by Tyler Lockett on 3rd-and-4 for a 27-yard gain, extending a drive that ended with Seattle’s first touchdown. 3rd quarter - Cam’s red zone interception on a forced throw to a tightly-covered Chris Manhertz, of all people. 4th quarter - Gano’s missed 52-yard field goal with 1:45 left in a tied game.On the positive side, Christian McCaffrey (125 rushing, 112 receiving) was incredible and set the Panthers record for yards from scrimmage. Cam Newton (25-30, 256 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT, plus 63 rushing yards) continued his elite play. D.J. Moore had eight receptions (on nine targets) for 91 yards and is emerging as Carolina’s best wide receiver. The Panthers front seven was great against the run, allowing just 75 rushing yards on 28 attempts (2.7 YPC). But the bad in this game was really bad. So, so bad. The red zone ineptitude. Corn. Captain. The inability of the offense to convert in short yardage situations. The inability of the defense to stop Seattle in short yardage situations. A once promising 6-2 start now swirls around the toilet bowl at 6-5. The 2018 Carolina Panthers are “competers”, not “contenders.” They are good enough to be competitive in most games but lack the consistency and coaching to regularly emerge victorious as true contenders usually do. But let’s keep hope alive until the Panthers are mathematically eliminated! While the Saints are running away with the NFC South, crazy things can happen with the Wild Card. Last year both the Tennessee Titans and Buffalo Bills grabbed a Wild Card berth with 9-7 records. In 2016 the Lions snuck in at 9-7. Yes Womens Dontari Poe Jersey , it’s gloomy ‘round these parts right now, but with two winnable games coming up against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cleveland Browns, let’s not throw in the towel just yet. Plays to love season leaders5 - D.J. Moore4 - Christian McCaffrey3 - Cam Newton, James Bradberry2 - Devin Funchess, Efe Obada, Greg Olsen, Kyle Love, Ryan Kalil, Torrey Smith, 1 - Ben Jacobs, Colin Jones, Chris Clark, David Mayo, Donte Jackson, Eric Reid, Graham Gano Womens Jarius Wright Jersey , Greg Van Roten, Jarius Wright, Julius Peppers, Kawann Short, Mario Addison, Michael Palardy, Norv Turner, Ron Rivera, Taylor Heinicke, Wes HortonPlays to hate season leaders4 -Cam Newton, Eric Reid, Mike Adams3 - James Bradberry2 - Captain Munnerlyn, Christian McCaffrey, D.J. Moore, Dontari Poe, Eric Washington http://www.carolinapanthersteamonline.com/daryl-williams-jersey , Graham Gano1 - Amini Silatolu, C.J. Anderson, Colin Jones, Corn Elder, Devin Funchess, Donte Jackson, Ian Thomas, Luke Kuechly, Norv Turner, Ron Rivera, Thomas Davis, Trai Turner The Carolina Panthers love running out of jumbo sets in short yardage situations. Whenever the ball gets close to the goal line, Norv likes to send out the hog mollies to try to grind out those final yards. He should stop doing that.Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns provided the perfect juxtaposition of smash mouth football with creative play designs and their varying success in the red zone . The Panthers first run inside the five yard line came out of this formation. Wide receiver D.J. Moore is motioning around Cam Newton, which makes the Browns account for the possibility of a speed option run or a swing pass to Moore in the flat. Devin Funchess and Curtis Samuel are lined up outside. The Panthers run a read option to McCaffrey. Touchdown. Easy.The next time the Panthers go near the end zone, the coaching staff went to their bread and butter. On first and goal from the one, this was the formation:Cam Newton handed the ball to Alex Armah. No gain. So the Panthers did it again.This time McCaffrey got the call. He technically scored Youth Ian Thomas Jersey , but an argument could be made that he didn’t break the plane. Regardless, the Browns were inches away from stuffing yet another run from the one yard line. The Browns went with a different approach. Their first play inside the Panthers five yard line was this offensive masterpiece:Easy touchdown. They ran that same play later in the game on third and two, and it went for 51 yards (second Tweet). The Panthers need to rethink the way they approach short yardage situations. When they spread the Browns out and used motion and deception, they scored easily. So did the Browns. When the Panthers tried to go heavy and pound it in, they struggled. About 20% of Panthers rushing attempts this season have come with fewer than two wide receivers on the field. Those runs have averaged roughly one yard per carry and have been successful about a quarter of the time. Look no further than the screenshots above to see why they don’t work. When the Panthers line up in the I-formation and no wide receivers, it lets the defense put all eleven defenders within a five yard radius. There is absolutely no space to run. On top of that, with the quarterback being eliminated from the play after handing the ball off, there are only nine Panthers to block those eleven defenders. With two unblocked defenders and little mental processing required to diagnose the play, the defense has an easy stop. And it’s not a problem exclusive to the Panthers. The Panthers have a bevy of weapons that can stretch the field horizontally as well as vertically. They have a quarterback that is one of the best short yardage runners in the entire NFL. There is no reason for them to depend on an archaic brand of football to score touchdowns. It doesn’t work. Sunday’s game provided perfect examples of the dos and don’ts of running the ball near the goal line. If the Panthers want to recapture their red zone mojo, they need to steal a couple pages from the Browns playbook. Who would’ve ever thought they’d be reading those words?