Russel has been sacked more than any other quarterback in the league this season and it isn't because he is scrambling just trying to survive. Add two dimensional offensive play calling and we watch three and out, over and over. That wears on the defense and by the fourth quarter, they are/were shot.


It isn't complicated.

The Panthers aren't that tough but they played the better game.
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In the legend of King Arthur, the Fisher King was a renowned angler whose errant ways caused him to be struck dumb in the presence of the sacred chalice. I am no great fisherman, and a steelhead is not the covenant of Christ, but with each of these fish I am rendered speechless.