Originally Posted by
Highlander
That game was U-G-L-Y. Looking at the Giants play flat footed the following week makes our loss the week before look even worse now.
I'm still wondering why Fox alternates Williams and Stewart in the first half, then Williams and Goodson in the second. Stewart rushed for over 1,100 yards last year, yet he can hardly get off the bench in the second half. The 4th and goal play they ran was just soo predictable. Why they waited until the last play to bring Stewart in cold and give him a shot I'll never know.
So the strategy on how to beat Carolina is pretty simple. Put 7 or 8 men in the box, double cover Smitty, and dare the QB and #2/#3 WR's to beat you. So far, Carolina has been unable to get anything going in the running game, and with 3 very good backs that says something about the O line. I'm holding out hope that adding Otah back to the O-Line will improve the run blocking significantly, but this team looks to be playing for draft picks this year. I don't fault Fox, b/c Richardson and Hurney left him with practically no veterans to work with outside of a few guys in skill positions. This is the youngest team in the league, and boy do they look like it.
If you want to get a PSL, this would be a good year to get a bargain on one...