A month after playing William Jennings Bryan to Chip Kelly's Clarence Darrow on the evolution of offensive football, Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera is starting to see the light. The epiphany ostensibly struck sometime in the aftermath of a 24-23 Week 2 loss to the Buffalo Bills, which left Rivera's record at 2-14 in games decided by seven points or fewer. "It's about trying to make a statement," Rivera said Monday, via The Charlotte Observer. "And it's probably also honestly one of the things that I've learned. Sometimes you play by the book and you miss opportunities. It's been an enlightening situation for me. One of the things that I want to try to do is to make sure we are in the best position to win. And the other realization is kicking field goals is obviously not good enough." Source: NFL.com DaBears22's Take: They had a sound victory against the Vikings and their next three games are against the Rams, Buccaneers, and the Falcons. Not a bad idea to try out being more aggressive.
Their defense is sick. If they could get more consistent offensive production, this team would be dangerous
Cam seems to be thriving as of late. If they're allowed to score early, puts a lot of pressure on the opposing team
eh, he had good games against a bad vikings defense and a bad giants defense but he is still way too erratic and hurts his team in too many games. If they could get more consistent weekly production out of him, and the rest of their offense, they would be a playoff contender for sure.
