OFFICIAL GAMEDAY THREAD - PANTHERS @ SEAHAWKS

I don't even know what to say or where to start, fellas.  Pathetic.  Pitiful.  The O-Line was horrible.  Both tackles cost us a bunch of yardage.  Icky is the worst.  I'm going to change his name to Todd Steussie if he doesn't get it corrected.  And whose fault is it that receivers aren't getting open?  Thielen was the only one who seemed to be able to make a play downfield.  I just have nothing.  Literally ... nothing.

I don't know, Mr Bond.  I'm going to offer a little "push-back" here....just for something to say.

***IMHO***  Other than one major area, the Panthers held their own up in Seattle. The O-line was not terrible. Other than the inordinate number of False Start penalties, they did ... pretty OK. ***IMHO*** The penalties you can credit to the Seahawks fans and how they inject themselves into the game. Playing in Seattle has always been a real problem. And probably always will be. ***IMHO***

Here is what I mean..... (ALL of this information is from published "Box Scores").
ESPN:  ESPN Carolina vs. Seattle
CBSSports:  CBS Carolina vs. Seattle

PASSING:

Passing Yardage:   Carolina = 361 -- Seattle = 296
Net Passing Yardage:   Carolina = 334 -- Seattle = 279 
Completions:   Carolina = 34 -- Seattle = 23 
Sacked:   Carolina = 3 -- Seattle = 2 
Interceptions Thrown:   Carolina = 0 -- Seattle = 1 
Passing TDs:   Carolina = 2 -- Seattle = 1 
Passing Rating:   Carolina = 88.4 -- Seattle = 87.3

RECEIVING:

# Receivers Targeted:   Carolina = 10 --- Seattle = 9
# Receivers W/Dbl Figures Yardage:   Carolina = 7 --- Seattle = 6
# Receivers W/Negative Yardage:   Carolina = 0 --- Seattle = 2
#1 Receiver:   Carolina = Adam Thielen, 11/145 yds 1 TD --- Seattle = DK Metcalf, 6/112 yds 0 TD
#2 Receiver:   Carolina = DJ Chark, 4/86 yds 1 TD --- Seattle = Kenneth Walker III,  3/59 yds 0 TD

RUSHING: ---  ***This is where we got HAMMERED***

Carries--Yards--Avg:   Carolina = 14 -- 44 yds -- 3.1 ypc --- Seattle = 33 -- 146 yds -- 4.4 ypc
#1 Rusher:  Carolina = Miles Sanders, 9/24 yds 2.7 ypc 1 TD --- Seattle = K Walker III, 18/97 yds 5.4 ypc 2 TD
#2 Rusher:  Carolina = Andy Dalton, 2/11 yds 5.1 ypc 0 TD --- Seattle = Z. Charbonnet, 9/46 yds 5.1 ypc 0 TD

TEAM TOTALS:

Time Of Possession:  Almost Even -- Car. = 29:32 --- Sea. = 30:28
Total Plays:  Car. = 75 --- Sea. = 71
Total Yards:  Car. = 378 --- Sea. = 425
1st Downs:  Car. = 23 --- Sea. = 27
Turnovers:  Car. = 0 --- Sea. = 1
3rd Down Conversion:  Car. = 10/19 (53%) --- Sea. = 3/13 (23%)
Red Zone:  Car. = 2/2 (100%) --- Sea. = 3/6 (50%)
Penalties:   Car. = 13 - 82 yds --- Sea. = 8 - 82 yds
Punts:   Car. = 5 --- Sea = 2

SO.... Carolina wins the Passing Game -- mostly by default because we were forced into it. The Rushing Game belongs to Seattle -- in a BIG way. Because of the Rushing Game, Seattle wins T.O.P. by a small amount. Seattle also wins the Yardage game and 1st Downs (based on their Rushing Game). Carolina wins the Turnover battle and also Total Plays (because we were forced into throwing the ball a lot). Carolina is also better on 3rd down coversions and in the Red Zone. Seattle wins the Penalty line (even though the penalty yardage was even up) because they had fewer penalties and all of the extra False Start penalties on Carolina continually forced us to be reactive instead of pro-active. Carolina was forced to punt five times while Seattle only punted twice. So while Carolina had a much better Red Zone percentage, Seattle kicked five FGs ---- which was the difference in the game.