Like I said on another tread, it was painful at times, I really wanted to win but that is what preseason is for, finding issues and correcting them.  There are a lot.  The defense is getting used to the new defensive scheme, which I still think is good.  I am not to concerned about the 1st team, though we definitely need an upgrade at DT.  Kemo was a big loss, a gross understatement.  Preseason isn't for the first team and is something we must remember looking at the game.  Though there are some problems that need to be addressed but I think our backups for the most part are pretty good.  That Lyman guy is intense.  He was everywhere, just trying to drill people.  I hope they keep him for Special Teams.  Imagine him hitting a returner, he'd go crazy!  Brown looked solid.  He will be a real threat on into the season.  Goodson looked amazing, and if he would just hold on to the ball, he might take Stewart's spot if he doesn't get healed.  I liked Corvey Irvin too, he has potential.  I thought Cantwell was the best back up under pressure, and he can run pretty well.    Kenneth Moore was pretty impressive and so was Chery.  If they ever get mixed in with the 1st team, they could be a legit threat.  All in all, the Panthers have a good crop to fill in gaps on the roster.  I'm not worried too much.

I want to say Meeks corrected on Pass Defense but with just the second stringers and the First Stringers scared to hit (I guess to save for the games that count) it was hard to tell. The coverage was waaaayyy too soft in the beginning.

First, lets remember that this the pre-season and there is no preparation for the the other team.  With that being said, I think there are several key points to take away from this game.

1. Penalties:  How man ST penalties did we get?  Honestly the offense and defense were not much better.  On the up side I don't think that the 1st teams had many penalties, if any.

2. The D-Line:  Nick Hayden can be a decent backup, but the guy got dominated by the Giant's o-line.  On the Ginats first TD run he got blown up one on one and the other guy ran up the field and took out Beason.  If we can't get a Jenkins caliber guy, we better get a Kemo caliber guy to at least command the double or its going to be a long @$$ year.

3. Protection: Other than Gross totally blowing his protection the 1st team offense looked decent, but each of our other teams had plenty of protection break down, which resulted in at least 1 fumble per QB. Not good.


Other than that I think we saw what he have in the new guys.  Brown has some work to do, but can be an immediate impact as well as Goodson.  The best part of the night was that there were no injuries on either side of the ball.