California Dreamin'

[Manning2Harrison]

Panthers Avenge Themselves

On December 27, 2015, the Atlanta Falcons ended the Carolina Panthers’ bid to become the second team in NFL history to have a 16-0 regular season. Carolina had been looking forward to the next meeting ever since then. That meeting came this weekend, and while another run at perfection had already ended for the Panthers, the Birds came into the contest still having a zero in the L column, intensifying Carolina’s desire for payback. When the Panthers jumped out to an early 17-0 lead, it looked like a rout was on. But on the strength of a 21-point third quarter outburst, the Falcons fought their way back to within a field goal- twice. And if Matt Ryan had not been forced out of the game with a bruised sternum, the game might have ended in a stirring comeback victory for Atlanta. Trailing 30-24, the Falcons had driven deep into Carolina territory and were looking for a go-ahead score when Ryan was injured on a sack. With Matt Schuab at the helm, Atlanta was unable to reach the end zone, and Matt Bryant’s 33 yard kick made it a field goal game once more. The Falcon’s next series ended when Schaub threw a pick to Kurt Coleman, and the turnover was converted into a Fozzy Whittaker touchdown run that effectively put the game out of reach with 1:07 to go. In Atlanta’s last-gasp effort, Schaub fumbled the ball away, and Carolina’s payback was sweetened by knocking the Falcons from the ranks of unbeaten teams.

Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons
Oct 2, 2016	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Carolina Panthers (3-1)	10	10	7	10	37
Atlanta Falcons (2-1-1)	0	3	21	3	27

Team Stats Comparison
	CAR	ATL
Total Offense	467	380
Rushing Yards	112	19
Passing Yards	355	361
First Downs	22	14
Punt Return Yards	0	16
Kick Return Yards	45	205
Total Yards	512	601
Turnovers	1	3
3rd Down Converstion	3-8	8-14
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4/3/1	3/1/2
Penalties	5-45	2-20
Posession Time	35:57	24:03

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		CAR	ATL
7:11	(CAR) Graham Gano 32 FG	3	0
2:20	(CAR) Ed Dickson 4 pass from Cam Newton (G. Gano kick)	10	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		CAR	ATL
13:02	(CAR) Fozzy Whittaker 2 run (G. Gano kick)	17	0
1:34	(ATL) Matt Bryant 20 FG	17	3
0:06	(CAR) Graham Gano 45 FG	20	3
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		CAR	ATL
14:42	(ATL) Julio Jones 74 pass from Matt Ryan (M. Bryant kick)	20	10
10:34	(CAR) Devin Funchess 23 pass from Cam Newton (G. Gano kick)	27	17
9:35	(ATL) Justin Hardy 72 pass from Matt Ryan (M. Bryant kick)	27	17
6:28	(ATL) Devonta Freeman 16 pass from Matt Ryan (M. Bryant kick)	27	24
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		CAR	ATL
10:50	(CAR) Graham Gano 52 FG	30	24
6:24	(ATL) Matt Bryant 33 FG	30	27
1:07	(CAR) Fozzy Whittaker 6 run (G. Gano kick)	37	27

Carolina Panthers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Cam Newton (123.6) 35/39 373 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Fozzy Whittaker 16 93 5.8 2 Cameron Artis-Payne 4 14 3.5 0 Mike Tolbert 2 7 3.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Greg Olsen 11 134 12.1 0 Devin Funchess 6 83 13.8 1 Philly Brown 7 57 8.1 0 Brenton Bersin 3 37 12.3 0 Kelvin Benjamin 3 33 11.0 0 Fozzy Whittaker 4 25 6.2 0 Ed Dickson 1 4 4.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD David Mayo 8 0 0 0 Kurt Coleman 7 0 1 0 Luke Kuechly 7 0 1 0 Kawann Short 3 1 0 0 Paul Soliai 2 1 0 0

Atlanta Falcons PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Matt Ryan (108.3) 24/38 349 3 1 Matt Schaub (21.8) 5/9 28 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Devonta Freeman 9 25 2.7 0 Tevin Coleman 1 2 2.0 0 Matt Schaub 1 -8 -8.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jacob Tamme 15 124 8.2 0 Julio Jones 4 109 27.2 1 Justin Hardy 2 77 38.5 1 Devonta Freeman 6 46 7.6 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Keman Ishmael 13 0 0 0 Vic Beasley 12 0 0 0 Desmond Trufant 10 0 0 0 Jonathan Babineaux 5 2 0 0

Higlight Reel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9tI4StJUnA

[Manning2Harrison]

Quote: Originally Posted by rsump112

Awesome signing. Spiller definitely has some gas left in the tank.

I hope he does. I have a shotgun formation where the HB is in the slot and I've subbed him into it so he'll see some extra reps other than subbing in and returning kicks.

[NewscasterNews4]

Seems like you're off to an ok start to the season at 1-2. Looks like Keenum's been playing ok and keeping Goff off of the field.

Btw what's the first song you used in your Cardinals-Bills recap video?

[Manning2Harrison]

Another Snake Bite

Did the signing of C.J. Spiller light a fire under Todd Gurley, or was he just due? In the first meeting of 2016 between the Los Angeles Rams and the Arizona Cardinals, Gurley rushed for a career-high 181 yards, beating his previous mark of 159 established versus the Green Bay packers on October 11, 2015. Unfortunately, Gurley’s souped-up production did not carry LA to victory. The Rams held first half leads of 10-0 and 17-7, but had their advantage trimmed to 3 points by halftime and a Chandler Catanzaro field goal was the only score of the third quarter, sending the game into the final period in a 17-17 tie. The fourth quarter began with the Rams going back in front on a 41 yard kick by Greg Zuerlein, but Arizona then marched to its first lead of the game on a 2 yard run by David Johnson. Another lead change followed, with Case Keenum hitting Brian Quick for a 6 yard TD with 9 minutes to go. The LA defense then had to come up with a goal line stand to keep the team from falling behind again. With the tying boot by Catanzaro coming with 4:31 to play, the Rams had an opportunity to drive to a walk-off kick and even their record at 2-2, but Tavon Austin coughed up the ball on the ensuing kickoff, and another goal line stand was required to ensure that the turnover was only converted into 3 points. Getting the ball back just ahead of the two minute warning, LA still had a chance to at least force overtime, but that was prevented by a turnover on downs, and the Cards ran out the clock on their gifted win.

Los Angeles Rams at Arizona Cardinals
Oct 2, 2016	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Los Angeles Rams (1-3)	7	10	0	10	27
Arizona Cardinals (3-1)	0	14	3	13	30

Team Stats Comparison
	LA	ARI
Total Offense	459	461
Rushing Yards	189	76
Passing Yards	270	385
First Downs	19	24
Punt Return Yards	21	12
Kick Return Yards	182	0
Total Yards	662	473
Turnovers	3	2
3rd Down Converstion	3-10	5-12
4th Down Conversion	1-2	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	5/2/2	5/2/3
Penalties	7-73	2-10
Posession Time	32:40	27:20

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		LA	ARI
8:52	(LA) C.J. Spiller 5 run (G. Zuerlein kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		LA	ARI
8:59	(LA) Greg Zuerlein 34 FG	10	0
3:26	(ARI) David Johnson 38 run (C. Catanzaro kick)	10	7
1:14	(LA) Tavon Austin 46 pass from Case Keenum (G. Zuerlein kick)	17	7
0:09	(ARI) Jermaine Gresham 13 pass from Carson Palmer (C. Catanzaro kick)	17	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		LA	ARI
2:39	(ARI) Chandler Catanzaro 20 FG	17	17
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		LA	ARI
14:55	(LA) Greg Zuerlein 41 FG	20	17
12:07	(ARI) David Johnson 2 run (C. Catanzaro kick)	20	24
8:59	(LA) Brian Quick 6 pass from Case Keenum (G. Zuerlein kick)	27	24
4:31	(ARI) Chandler Catanzaro 20 FG	27	27
2:06	(ARI) Chandler Catanzaro 20 FG	27	30

Los Angeles Rams PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Case Keenum (100.9) 23/34 287 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Todd Gurley 20 181 9.1 0 C.J. Spiller 5 16 3.2 1 Case Keenum 1 -8 -8.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Tyler Higbee (R) 6 67 11.2 0 C.J. Spiller 5 62 12.4 0 Tavon Austin 2 62 31.0 1 Kenny Britt 3 33 11.0 0 Brian Quick 3 26 8.7 1 Pharoh Cooper (R) 2 24 12.0 0 Todd Gurley 2 13 6.5 0 Cory Harkey 1 7 7.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Alec Ogletree 11 0 0 0 T.J. McDonald 9 0 0 0 Mark Barron 7 0 1 0 Maurice Alexander 6 0 0 0 Cody Davis 5 0 0 0 Trumaine Johnson 5 0 0 0 Robert Quinn 4 1 0 0 Coty Sensabaugh 4 0 0 0 E.J. Gaines 3 0 0 0 Michael Brockers 2 0 0 0 Lamarcus Joyner 2 0 0 0 Brandon Chubb 1 0 0 0 Aaron Donald 1 0 0 0 William Hayes 1 0 0 0

Arizona Cardinals PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Carson Palmer (84.3) 26/45 389 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD David Johnson 18 75 4.2 2 Chris Johnson 3 2 0.7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD John Brown 8 120 15.0 0 Michael Floyd 5 86 17.2 0 Jermaine Gresham 6 76 12.7 1 Jaron Brown 3 42 14.0 0 David Johnson 2 40 20.0 0 Larry Fitzgerald 2 25 12.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Tyrann Mathieu 11 0 0 0 Marcus Cooper 10 1 1 0 Deone Bucannon 9 0 0 0 Patrick Peterson 9 0 0 0 Calais Campbell 7 2 0 0 Justin Bethel 6 0 0 0 Tony Jefferson 5 0 0 0 Chandler Jones 5 1 0 0 Frostee Rucker 5 0 0 0 Kevin Minter 4 0 0 0 D.J. Swearinger 4 0 0 0 Brandon Williams 4 0 0 0 Tyvon Branch 2 0 0 0 Markus Golden 2 1 0 0 Xavier Williams 1 1 0 0

Todd Gurley was in peak form against the Cards. Let’s hope he maintains it going forward.


Maurice Alexander forced an after-catch fumble by David Johnson...


...and the ensuing scramble for the ball looked like a rugby scrum.

Highlight Reel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goWX68a3ZzU

[Manning2Harrison]

Quote: Originally Posted by NewscasterNews4

Seems like you're off to an ok start to the season at 1-2. Looks like Keenum's been playing ok and keeping Goff off of the field. Btw what's the first song you used in your Cardinals-Bills recap video?

1-3 now but not playing like it. We need to catch some breaks. Yeah, Keenum's doing OK enough to hold the job for now but if the season becomes a lost cause might as well let Goff get some more work in.

The song was in the end credits of Ballers a couple of episodes back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CApndQuxvJM

[Manning2Harrison]

WEEK 4 SCOREBOARD

Thursday

Bengals (2-2) 45, Dolphins (1-3) 14

Sunday

Jaguars (2-2) 35, Colts (2-2) 21

Titans (4-0) 17, Texans (2-2) 12

Redskins (1-3) 31, Browns (3-1) 17

Jets (1-3) 29, Seahawks (3-1) 17

Patriots (2-2) 42, Bills (3-1) 39

Panthers (3-1) 37, Falcons (2-1-1) 27

Ravens (2-2) 27, Raiders (0-4) 6

Lions (2-2) 31, Bears (0-4) 20

Buccaneers (2-1-1) 20, Broncos (2-2) 13

Cardinals (3-1) 30, Rams (1-3) 27

Chargers (2-2) 23, Saints (2-2) 21

49ers (1-3) 31, Cowboys (2-2) 21

Steelers (4-0) 28, Chiefs (2-2) 20

Monday

Giants (3-1) 24, Vikings (1-3) 14

[Maize08]

Just getting caught up, this is great. Your franchises are always top notch and I really like the videos. It's an awesome touch. Surprised to see the Titans at 4-0! Good luck through the rest of the season. It seems Keenum has been good enough, in a losing effort, to keep his job. What's your plan with Goff?

[NewscasterNews4]

Quote: Originally Posted by Manning2Harrison

The song was in the end credits of Ballers a couple of episodes back.

Thank you for this, I'm now going to start blasting this in my car weekly lmao.

And yeah, I see the Rams suffered yet another tough loss. Hopefully you guys can start stringing together some wins or I have a feeling Jeff Fisher will get a pink slip in the near future.