Submitted 09/21/08 19:43:12 by Keith from Fredericksbueg, VA.

Q Scott, I am still scratching my head? Smitty back, facing 8 and 9 man defensive fronts, and Fox still wants to run it up the middle (47 yards?)? Did the O-Line decide to take the day off? Makes me wonder why I spend that extra money to see the Panthers each Sunday on Direct-TV. Well, I guess the best I can say is it is only one game and maybe they will be back from vacation next week against Atlanta...

Answered 09/22/08 12:01:18 by Scott Fowler

A: Just not enough deep stuff, I'd agree. But when you can't take a 7-step drop because you're getting hit all the time, you've got to point to the O-line getting overwhelmed as one of the reasons the deep stuff never had time to develop (Jake says that Smith was wide open on a deep corner route on the play where he was sacked, fumbled and gave up a TD, for instance).