In Charlotte, the Panthers home opener appeared all too familiar through three quarters. The panthers had a lack of a running game and two dumb plays to spot the bears 14 points off turnovers. In the very first series the panthers punt was blocked and recovered for a touchdown by Chicago. The panthers managed to cut the lead to 10-3 by the half when Jake and co’ finally started moving the ball through the air to set up a John Kasey field goal. In the second half a Jake Delhomme Int led to another bears score as the pass was bobbled by Jeff King who then tossed it over his shoulder to the Bears defender.Trailing 17-3 with not much going on offensively the panthers inserted Jonathon Stewart in to the line up. The result was all she wrote for the Bear D. With Stewart in the line up the Bears could no longer stack the box. JS averaged 5.8 yards a carry for the game and broke several tackles making huge plays to put the bears on their heels. Riding him and Delhomme’s gun the panthers got a field goal to cut the lead to 17-6. A series later, thanks to a Chris Harris strip, Stewart found pay dirt with his first NFL TD, 17-13. The panthers D kept Chicago in check and we saw the anemic Orton run offense that bears fans have become accustomed to love. Delhomme hit Jeff King on a nice slant route to put the panthers on the 1 yard line with under 5 minutes left to play. Stewart then bulldozed his way into the end zone for his second NFL TD.
After holding Bears to 3 and out, the panthers got the ball back to run out the clock but couldn’t convert on third down. The Bears had one more shot with 2 minutes to go down 17-20. The bears picked up 9 yards on first down, then followed with two incompletions. On 4th and 1 from the 49 yardline, with the game on the line, the panthers D rose to the occasion. Ironically, they called in the “bear " goaline defense, which calls for 5 defensive line men to jam the middle. Orton handed the ball to the fullback who had about as much of a chance as tick does to get laid. The play was stuffed like tom tom at an all you can eat Tuna buffet! Panthers win 20-17 in comeback (not to be confused with cumface, gray) fashion without Steve Smith…
The gamecocks’ could learn a lot from their father figure in the upper Carolina’s.
2 comments:
is this what you read today about the game or were you able to stay sober enough through the entire game to remember.
By the way might want to go ahead and get your big screen tv now before it is too late from Queen City. I am feeling good about that investment. Panthers win the Super Bowl you get your money back on your big screen tv.
I can't believe there are still Queen City appliance stores around. I figured they would have gone out of business years ago. I remember we had one in rock hill, i think they turned it into a taco Bell. Now that was a good investment.
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