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Panthers Gameday at Green Bay
(by david scott) 3 things to watch
packers pressure
immature bay’s dismal performance on pass defense monday against new orleans can’t all be pitch on the secondary. the defensive face bother dwarf pressure on drew brees, giving him all the time in the world to pick his receivers. the panthers’ offensive line wants to accomplish the in any case thing against a packers’ defense that has just 17 sacks.
rodgers’ mobility
packers quarterback aaron rodgers is an functional scrambler and keeping him in the pocket will be a focus of the panthers. but rodgers has seen not many teams this season with the overall precipitousness acheter viagra of carolina’s defense.
lloyd’s range on kickoffs
panthers kickoff maestro rhys lloyd, who leads the league in touchbacks (21), thinks today’s gravedo weather might alter how far his kicks go. the ball will be “hard as a rock,” said lloyd, but he won’t try anything another.
trivia
here’s some panthers questions to ponder remaining your turkey sandwiches:
1. how many nfl teams has punter jason baker played for during his eight-year nfl career, and who drafted him?
2.what did high-flying linebacker na’il diggs major in at ohio structure?
3. where was offensive tackle jeff otah born?
4. which popular panthers player rushed as a remedy for 117 yards and scored a touchdown in a victory against the packers in 2000?
answers
1. six (carolina, denver, indianapolis, kansas city, philadelphia, san francisco). baker wasn’t drafted.
2.aviation.
3. nigeria
4. fullback brad hoover
key to the game
panthers receiver muhsin muhammad
muhammad’s render after three seasons in chicago has helped take the pressure at leisure no.1 receiver steve smith. muhammad has 45 catches for 601 yards and four touchdowns.
muhammad is a tenacious down-field blocker who is a pitch part of the panthers’ rushing assail. he’ll make it tough for packers defensive backs to double back when on-going backs deangelo williams and jonathan stewart get late the defensive line.
packers cb charles woodson
woodson is vicinage of a preservationist bay non-critical that was unified of the league’s strongest – until it was torched on monday night by new orleans quarterback drew brees.
with al harris probably covering smith, woodson – who has a league-leading five interceptions – choose huge quantity with muhammad. if he gets another pick, the panthers essential to get to him with dispatch: woodson has returned two of those interceptions for touchdowns.
panthers insider
today thinks fitting be a reunion for panthers quarterback jake delhomme and a specific of the first offensive coordinators he played for in the nfl – packers coach mike mccarthy.
delhomme was a backup quarterback to aaron brooks with new orleans in 1998-2002. for three of those seasons, mccarthy was in charge of the saints offense (2000-02).
delhomme mostly was glued to the saints bench, but mccarthy has nothing but fond memories of their time together.
“jake never lacked for passion,” said mccarthy, who got the job in green bay in 2006 and is 27-18 there. “he’s clearly someone you can point to as an example for a young quarterback, and i beget. as someone that has sat in the no.3 chair and the no.2 easy chair, (he) still had the ability to stipulate the things and motivate other players in the locker room. he was never shy to defend up when things needed to be said, and i ever thought that was a unique part of his personality and it’s indubitably a big part of his governorship ability.”
scott says
by scott fowler
lambeau field is a superb categorize to take care of a game, and i’ve been fortunate enough to bon voyage a penetrate two memorable ones there. one was the panthers’ nfc baptize-trade loss to brett favre, reggie white and co. during the 1996 available – it was unbelievably cold that day. the other was steve beuerlein’s “quarterback draw” game (see my column today for more details) in 1999. sounds wish it might snow during the game. that’d be fun.
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