WINS DESPITE WARTS
There’s no question that, despite an unblemished record, Carolina has flaws. That’s also a reason for optimism.
During the early years of the Rivera/Newton era, the Panthers were one of the league’s best at finding ways to lose. Now it’s almost like they can’t give games away, as hard as they may try.
Six days after the Colts rallied from a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit, the Packers nearly came back from a 23-point hole in the final nine minutes. But instead of turning wins into losses, the Panthers are the top team in the NFC.
“My first couple years were hard, and I was concerned with the look and the body language, body expressions, the looks on the face, the ‘Oh no, here we go agains,'” Rivera said. “We’ve grown that in our first two seasons to now in season five where our guys have that kind of confidence and swagger.
“But the thing you have to be careful of is that it’s not false bravado that you can just show up and people are going to roll over. That’s not going to happen, not in today’s football. There’s too many good athletes with too much pride going on out there.”
You think the late game struggles on both sides if the ball shows a need for better conditioning? The defense looked gasses vs the colts and they were sluggish vs gb in much of the fourth.
Can’t wait. When we get Charles and Andrew back it’s going to be crazy. Really wish Josh would have batted the ball but “spur of the moment” things do happen. Let’s keep pounding the rest of the season!!