Wanton destruction: New York 36, Carolina 7.

    It was like watching a dad play ball in the driveway with his kid, and the dad is 6-7 and a former NBA player, and the kid is a 3 1/2 years old and only recently learned to walk.

     The result was inexplicable. The New York Giants scored the first four times they had the ball. They led 20-0 at halftime and the Panthers fumbled the kickoff that opened the second half. Specifically Joe Adams, the rookie return man, fumbled it. He also would fumble a fourth-quarter punt. Adams lost both.

      Carolina was, considering the import of the game and the opportunity, as bad as it has been. Cam Newton played his worst game as a Panther and the Panthers played one of their worst games.

      The Giants won 36-7.

        "Slow start. Slow middle. Slow finish," said defensive end Greg Hardy. "We just weren't ourselves."

         True, the Giants are defending champions. But they lost to Dallas at home and they had to rally to beat Tampa Bay at home. They're pretty good on the road, though.

        The 1-2 Panthers play Atlanta in Atlanta in 10 days.

         "That's the thing that stinks," said tackle Jordan Gross. "You have all weekend to sit and think about what went wrong. But as coach (Ron) Rivera said it's not time to hit the panic button. We can't let this happen. We can't be so up and down, two weeks down, one week up so far."

          Did anybody see this coming -- not the result but the manner in which it was achieved?

          Did anybody see the Giants, in a short week, winning by 29 on the road?

           Panther receiver Brandon LaFell didn't.

            "It was really shocking," he said.

 

Comments

[KYL]

Wow..if those were really the comments from our star players, I don't see the Panthers' winning any more than the 6 games they won last season.

Bad game? Weak start? HELLO...you got CREAMED!!! You didn't start at all...no energy, NOTHING. Just not yourselfs??? Sorry, but playing catch up 3 straight games now to start the season doesn't constitute this team having "potential!" It only shows the team is coming out without proper preparation or the talent just isn't there (I would like to think it's a combination of both!).

"Not time to hit the panic button?" Rivera...are you mad? Getting beaten at home 36-7, when it could have been 52-7 and 2 of 3 times, a team figuring out how to shut down Cam and the offense, yea that's a big problem. Plus, you've got a healthy "D" now with Beason/TD and D. Edwards, and they haven't shown any ability to penetrate and get to the QB. Charles Johnson mostly disappears in games and the secondary...they might as well not even play the game. Just terrible all around, and I really don't see it getting much better.

6-10 is best we will do this season until Marty gets fired and Rivera and staff get a "yellow card" warning. Cam better tone down his egotistical self and start being the leader we expect him to be and RUN this team. Sitting on the sideline basking in sulk is not going to do it!

[I've seen it too]

Eli is a pretty good QB, he should be, as he's taken enough years to get there, but he's not THAT great. He threw 3 picks and was terrible in the first half against the Bucs. In the second half the defense showed up and he was able to make a comeback. No such luck for Cam. With the rookie coaching, not to mention all the rookies we're having to play, he got the same D and still no OL coverage so he never even had a chance with all the pressure and hands in his face.
Put Eli on this Panther team and Cam with the giants and you would see who is the better QB, as Giant's backups are better in some cases than out starters...they have depth, an experienced coach and Cam would prove to be the better QB in only his second year.

[Here we go again]

Ron Riviera needs to find a new line of work....

[RonJeremyTheHedgeHog]

Put Eli on the Panthers and Cam on the Giants, and Cam comes out as the better QB by comparison? Wow, that's the most serious load of hog feces I've ever read.

[Jack]

Need new QB, Coach and another seasoned wide receiver. One new running back. We have some good players but you can't have good players around a running QB. A running QB is a game breaker who will take a team down. We need plays that are team plays. Cam gets too nervous and excited and it throws the team off. QB's run and slide not run and get tackled.
And Cam is so indecisive that he don't know what he is going to do besides dance around. You cannot build a team around a QB who has large rushing yards cause its not a one man team--hasn't anyone learned anything from Arthur Blank who tired to change football with Michael Vick.

[Sam]

You guys are idiots. Newton had the best rookie season of any quarterback, ever. And now you want to ditch him and go with whatever your new flavor of the day is? Hint: Before you worry about the offense, worry about the defense that made the offense play from behind from the first drive. We need defensive backs and defensive linemen more than we need a new quarterback.

[Rick]

Hopefully in a years, Cam will GROW UP and have a better attitude/mentality, etc., because that's a MAJOR part of his development, thus this team's success. He's such a petulant child out there, it makes you very pessimistic about the Panthers having *real* success while he's here...

[Ben]

Eli has taken every snap for 8-9 years. That's what the Panthers have to look forward to for the next 10 years, if Cam progresses as expected. It's going to be fun, but it may be next year before it starts. Sophmore slump?

[Joe]

I want to see the Panthers win, but the Giants are obviously still a couple levels above them in talent. Few if any of the Cats could start for the Giants based upon last night's effort. Man for man, and especially coach for coach, the Panthers just do not match up to the Super Bowl champs.
Prevent D against Manning... he couldn't stop laughing as he worked with his coach on the sidelines for the next possession. And his counterpart Cam? Sulking under a towel and ignoring his coach.
We fans deserve better.

[Flips256]

PLEASE - PLEASE get the Big Cat to read this article - it says it better than I have heard anywhere:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8406098/the-roster-moves-made-panthers-gm-incompetent-best

[james]

everybody don't freak out its one bad game. if they lose the next couple then panic.

[TruePantherFan]

The Grantland article says it all. Marty Hurney and the way he managed the team has given us a group or "Rotational" players, playing starting roles. Great coaching could possibly negate that but our coaching is elementary also. If we can't have a collective, better showing from the bottom up, we're gonna stay in the lower tier of the NFL

[dadadnit]

tom,
any prudent panther fan looked at this years schedule and figured 2-3 at the bye, 3-2 if we were lucky. we expected to improve throughout the year and make a late playoff surge. what has changed. nada.
the giants are who we should have thought they are, a solid unit who has shown they can come together in the clutch to win big games. we only just got to play in a big game.
where are all the experts who saw a panther victory this week. they are writing obituaries today. its all knee jerk. relax, this is just a step in the process.

[2 and 14 again]

If Hurney is not fired after this season, we will become the new Cleavland Browns.

[Jim]

Coach Buddha Rivera with his arms folded and his mind closed needs to find a job that suits him. Weak coach from a weak franchise, he is not likely to do better. Hope we don't have another Vince Young here.

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