Friday, November 5, 2010

Panthers-Saints notes and prediction

A few pregame notes on Carolina's 1 p.m. home game against New Orleans Sunday:

-- Matt Moore is 5-2 as a starter at home but had all kinds of problems last week in Carolina’s 20-10 loss at St. Louis. Best-case scenario for Moore: a quick, early touchdown. Most likely scenario: Carolina has three points at halftime.

-- Carolina has won seven of its last 10 against New Orleans and only lost by two points to the Saints earlier this season. For whatever reason, the Panthers rarely get blown out by New Orleans.

-- Why do I think Steve Smith is going to do something hugely newsworthy Sunday?

-- Drew Brees loves to pick the Panthers apart with one seven-yard pass after another, and then at the end of the afternoon he always has 300 yards. Will Chris Gamble or Richard Marshall ever jump on one of those routes? Brees is averaging nearly 332 yards per game in his career vs. Carolina.

-- Lance Moore has become quite a thorn in the side of Carolina recently, and I expect he will be again today.

-- My pick of Carolina to pull a second straight upset last Sunday against St. Louis worked out badly, so I’m now 4-3 picking the Panthers’ games this season. Not too good. On Sunday, I’m figuring on the Saints overpowering Carolina, 22-10.

14 comments:

Jason C. said...

Who cares?

Anonymous said...

10 points??? No freakin way - at best you will see 9 (because we have John Kasey)

My guess - 6 points MAX...

Mitch said...

I'm with Jason C. I don't care either.

Dwight said...

If you don't care, why are you wasting your time posting here?

Anonymous said...

JASON BAKER FOR PANTHERS MVP

Steve said...

Turn out the lights, this Panther season has been over before it ever started! JR must sell this team. The new owner must get rid of both Martin Hurney and Don Gregory. And the new owner should hire Jim Harbaugh and draft Andrew Luck to get this organization back on track! That's all.

Rob said...

Don't blame the players, don't blame the coaching staff. From what I understand Jerry Richardson is leading the "lock out" cause for the owners.

Thus not picking up any marque players this off season through free agency. So now all the PSL owners and Panther fans will suffer thru one of the worst season's the Panthes will ever have.

So Jerry when you send me my bill for PSL's tickets this off seaon maybe 1 or 69,000 other Panther fans won't send in any of their money in. The Panthers won't just be bad this season, but probably for 3 more years to come.

Why don't you just sell this team. Your pockets are not deep enough for me. Where is the emphasis on winning the a "friggin" superbowl Jerry?

Paul said...

For those of you who post on here "who cares" then obviously you do, otherwise you wouldn't have the read the article and taken the time to post your tiny comment. I for one do care because I support the Panthers regardless. Unlike the Cowboys, the Panthers do give it their best every Sunday. Remember, the Panthers are only beating themselves. They will figure it out against the Saints and win. That's just my prediction and it's my right even if everyone disagrees. Go Panthers!!!!

NicoLeeO said...
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NicoLeeO said...

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Anonymous said...

@NicoLeeO - so are you a bartender there or cocktail waitress..? Otherwise, why are you posting a advertisment for a bar, and not talking about the Panthers on a Panthers blog...!! Hope you make a few tips, for wasting your time posting your comment..

Anonymous said...

WHY DO NFL OWNERS HIRE DEFENSE COACHES AS HEAD COACHES, I DONT UNDER STAND THIS, YOU PUT YOUR JOB IN HAND OF SOMEONE ELSE. HEAD COACHS SHOUILD BE OFFENCE COACH AND HIRE DEFENCE COACHES, WHAT DO YOU THINK

Pablo said...

I think the Panther's will lose again.

Larry said...

Well, Saints have shown a knack for losing to unsuccesful teams, and barely winning when they do win. It will probably be more interesting than it should be.