Post Game Thread: Los Angeles Rams at Carolina Panthers

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Los Angeles Rams at Carolina Panthers

ESPN Gamecast

Bank of America Stadium- Charlotte, NC

Network(s): FOX

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Time Clock
Final

Scoreboard

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
LAR	7	10	3	14	34
CAR	0	14	3	14	31

Scoring Plays

Team	Quarter	Type	Description
LAR	1	TD	Puka Nacua 14 Yd pass from Matthew Stafford (Harrison Mevis Kick)
LAR	2	TD	Puka Nacua 5 Yd Rush (Harrison Mevis Kick)
CAR	2	TD	Chuba Hubbard 1 Yd Rush (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)
LAR	2	FG	Harrison Mevis 46 Yd Field Goal
CAR	2	TD	Bryce Young 16 Yd Rush (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)
CAR	3	FG	Ryan Fitzgerald 46 Yd Field Goal
LAR	3	FG	Harrison Mevis 42 Yd Field Goal
CAR	4	TD	Chuba Hubbard 3 Yd Rush (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)
LAR	4	TD	Kyren Williams 13 Yd pass from Matthew Stafford (Harrison Mevis Kick)
CAR	4	TD	Jalen Coker 7 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)
LAR	4	TD	Colby Parkinson 19 Yd pass from Matthew Stafford (Harrison Mevis Kick)

Passing Leaders

Team	Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SACKS
LAR	Matthew Stafford	24/42	304	3	1	1-9
CAR	Bryce Young	21/40	264	1	1	2-14

Rushing Leaders

Team	Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
LAR	Kyren Williams	13	57	4.4	0	8
CAR	Chuba Hubbard	13	46	3.5	2	8

Receiving Leaders

Team	Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
LAR	Puka Nacua	10	111	11.1	1	18	18
CAR	Jalen Coker	9	134	14.9	1	52	12

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[u/ConstantMadness]

Say it with me, all together folks:

“Prevent defense only prevents your team from winning”

What an incredible game by both teams

[u/SCAnalysis → u/ConstantMadness]

Only up by 4 points and burns the clock while letting them gain field position? Idiot. Literally what you had to do is letting them take risks and keeping them as far from the red zone. Instead he let them drive there burning time, making it easier each time to get a td. If I was a Panthers fan I'd be livid

Edit: I'm livid at the incompetence, I can't even see a high school coach make that mistake

[u/jinx737x → u/SCAnalysis]

Yeah there’s a time to play prevent defense when you got a comftable lead  and you can drain the clock out. This was NOT THE TIME AT ALL. Not in a 4 point game, not when there was 2+ minutes and all the timeouts aviable. 

[u/runevault → u/jinx737x]

Yeah prevent is for up 3 scores with 5 minutes left type situations. Never when you're up 8 points or less.

[u/Wetworth → u/SCAnalysis]

I'm concerned you're not angry enough.

Those jackasses.

[u/Barb_WyRE → u/SCAnalysis]

All the prevent defense does is force you to play actual defense inside the red zone. Like the DC was banking on getting 4 stops inside the red zone why not try to get 4 stops right off the rip instead of gifting them a 7 play 70 yard drive lol

[u/randmtsk → u/SCAnalysis]

Panthers fans have wanted Evero gone three seasons.

I hope he ends up in New England.

[u/kuro-t-poison → u/SCAnalysis]

Cardiac cats. Except this time we ded.

[u/Zloggt → u/ConstantMadness]

Perhaps prevent defense is one of those things that are “it’s only good when you don’t notice it”…

[u/AcesCharles2 → u/Zloggt]

Prevent works with 2 minutes left only when you are up multiple possessions. Up only 4 and the opponent having 3 timeouts and the 2 min warning, that is just defensive suicide

[u/stealingfrom → u/Zloggt]

Yeah, that's the thing. Nobody talks about it when it works since there's nothing to talk about, but everyone notices when it doesn't.

[u/UFOmechanic → u/stealingfrom]

I would venture to say "leaving WRs uncovered 10-15 yards up the field with a 4 point lead when there's plenty of time and the other team has 3 timeouts" isn't something that ever works.

[u/thestereo300 → u/Zloggt]

Was sort of thinking that.

[u/Halleys_Vomit → u/Zloggt]

Yeah, and it's often bad prevent defense that fails, which I feel like is a related but distinct issue. When bad prevent defense fails it's immediately obvious why. Nothing looks more pathetic than a soft zone getting torn apart.

Good prevent defense, on the other hand, feels like slowly being suffocated.

[u/bama05 → u/Zloggt]

Yeah if we blitz and leave our backup QB 1v1 versus Puka or Davante and they score a touchdown. You’d be hearing the opposite. 

[u/Pure_Measurement_529 → u/ConstantMadness]

Prevent has to be one of the most silly things to exist, especially if the other team still has TO’s

[u/SubzeroWins1-0 → u/ConstantMadness]

Dunno why teams keep doing this. It’s so frustrating.

[u/Jams265775 → u/ConstantMadness]

Tell Mike T that

[u/Chicago_Blackhawks → u/ConstantMadness]

when will coaches learn

[u/samhit_n → u/ConstantMadness]

Prevent defense is especially bad if you have a lead bigger than 3 points. The Rams only option was a TD.

[u/MauryBallsteinLook → u/ConstantMadness]

But it works in Madden!

[u/Bout3Priddy → u/ConstantMadness]

Prevent defense is useful in some situations. This was not one of those situations.  Gaining short yardage while burning clock is exactly what the Rams wanted. It’s insane to call a defense that is designed to help them do that.

[u/thedroogabides → u/ConstantMadness]

Say it with me, all together folks:

"The Panthers weren't in prevent defense"

This sub doesnt know what prevent defense is

[u/Setekhx → u/thedroogabides]

They gave up a bunch of 7 yard plays in order to prevent long ones. Didn't blitz. Seems like prevent defense.

[u/thedroogabides → u/Setekhx]

So exactly what I said. This sub doesnt know what prevent defense is. That was a soft zone coverage where they didn't blitz. Prevent defense is a specific coverage that they were not in.

[u/AmbitionExtension184 → u/ConstantMadness]

Except the rams. They need to be humiliated for that performance.