HUGGY
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OK....OK I was wrong about the Carolina game. We didn't CRUSH them. We left points off the board. Three trips to the red zone with no points. That was embarrassing.
It was 88 degrees...1 PM hot...muggy... long flight.... early game... and the Panthers sold out totally to prevent Seattle from running. They did that up till the last part of the game.
What they didn't do was beat the Seattle defense. They scored 7 pts...at home. Cam Newton passed for only 120 yards...his lowest since he put on an NFL uni.
What they didn't do was stop Russell Wilson who threw for 320 yards...his highest total since becoming a pro.
One other thing that worked against the Seahawks and FOR the home team were the TV time outs. EVERY time the Seahawks made a significant play the TV time out was used to suck the oxygen out of any momentum the Seahawks could have used to keep the Panthers back on thier heals. It was incredible. When the Panthers made a big play ...no problem..let em play...no interuption! When the Seahawks made a big play before the chains could be moved we went to commercial EVERY TIME! It must have happened twenty times!
It doesn't get mentioned much but momentum is a significant aspect to a football game and a teams ability to take advantage of progress to gain even more progress. It is obvious that TV time outs can and ARE being miss used to give one team a decided advantage even if in the case of the Seahawk Panther game it's use was not successful for the Panthers.
It was 88 degrees...1 PM hot...muggy... long flight.... early game... and the Panthers sold out totally to prevent Seattle from running. They did that up till the last part of the game.
What they didn't do was beat the Seattle defense. They scored 7 pts...at home. Cam Newton passed for only 120 yards...his lowest since he put on an NFL uni.
What they didn't do was stop Russell Wilson who threw for 320 yards...his highest total since becoming a pro.
One other thing that worked against the Seahawks and FOR the home team were the TV time outs. EVERY time the Seahawks made a significant play the TV time out was used to suck the oxygen out of any momentum the Seahawks could have used to keep the Panthers back on thier heals. It was incredible. When the Panthers made a big play ...no problem..let em play...no interuption! When the Seahawks made a big play before the chains could be moved we went to commercial EVERY TIME! It must have happened twenty times!
It doesn't get mentioned much but momentum is a significant aspect to a football game and a teams ability to take advantage of progress to gain even more progress. It is obvious that TV time outs can and ARE being miss used to give one team a decided advantage even if in the case of the Seahawk Panther game it's use was not successful for the Panthers.