Second Quarter

The Panthers put together a good looking drive, aided by Ahmad Carroll. Carroll, stop me if you've heard this before, gets flagged for pass interference on Steve Smith. The Panthers take over inside the Green Bay 30.

The Panthers continue to move inside the redzone, but the drive stalls and they cannot convert on third and short. Cue John Kasay.

Kasy just nailed a field goal. By nailed I mean he fit it about 18 centimeters inside the goalpost.

12:53: Carolina 10 Green Bay 7

Packers are unable to convert a third and one behind their new patchwork offensive line. Clifton left the game when Ahman Green rolled up on his knee, and I doubt he returns judging on the looks of it. The left tackle is now Adrian Klemm, MIA Grey Rugamer is the new left guard and Scott Wells is in at center replacing the also injured Mike Flannigan.

3rd and 7 from the Carolina 34, DeShawn Foster is wide open over the middle and makes the grab. How does he get this open? It doesn't stop there, Earl Little chases Foster and goes for the strip. Foster drags Little for 47 yards down to the Packers 19. You get one shot to strip the ball, if it doesn't work you have to give up on it and just go for the tackle.

The Panthers smelled blood in the water. Michael Gaines is left wide open at the 2 yard line and hauls in his first career touchdown reception. Great.

In a stunning twist, the PAT is blocked.

I just saw the replay of the Touchdown grab. What the hell are Roman and Harris doing? COMMUNICATE! They just got schooled on a pick and didn't talk at all.

8:30: Carolina 16 Green Bay 7

I'm a little worried Favre will try to do too much here and turn it over. God I hope my instincts are wrong.

Okay, so an intersting tibit just came up. Mike Sherman decided on dressing 8 linemen instead of 7 tonight, thank god. The question is this, 7 linemen? 7, are you serious? You're gonna tell me that last year you'd routinely dress 9 and now this year-a year after losing both of last year's starting guards mind you-you decide to dress just 7 linemen? What the hell is Mike Sherman thinking?

Speaking of which, why does Vonta Leach get more snaps than William Henderson? I like Vonta a lot, but William is a pro bowler.

William Henderson, all he does is make big grabs. Huge catch William. First down Packers.

Once again the Packers are responding very well to a big drive by the Panthers with a big drive of their own. I have to say I'm very impressed so far.

I speak too soon. Robert Ferguson lets all Packer fans down again. God I hate him, he's boderline horrible. Shut up about wanting an expanded role, all you do is screw up and drop passes.

3:37: Interception Carolina ball

Two penalities on the interception, and now one more on Barnett.

Stephen Davis may have just sucked the life out of the Packers. Touchdown Panthers. This time the PAT is good. 16 unanswered points, we can really ill-afford that.

3:19: Carolina 23 Green Bay 7

Terrence Murphy gets hurt on the insuing kick off. Can someone tell me why this team routinely dresses, or has for that matter, just four wide recievers? We're already without one playmaker in Javon Walker. Awesome. Now we're down to pretty much just Donald Driver when it comes to offense playmakers not named Brett Favre.

I think I can safely say this game is over...(I hope that worked as a motivational tactic)

Halftime: Carolina 23 Green Bay 7

First Quarter

Okay, two things happend early that really disturbed me. Number one, what was David Martin doing on that fumble? Who was he looking at, who was he supposed to pick up and and why didn't he get out of Clifton's way? I don't get it, but anyway the Packers fumble. Carolina recovers inside the 20.

Secondly, it's second down on the 8 yard line, someone explain to me why the Packers have lined up in a dime formation. They only have 18 yards to work with including the entire endzone. This allows DeShawn Forster to gorge a big run down to the 2 yard line.

Touchdown pass to Chris Mangum.

12:30: Carolina 7 Green Bay 0

The Packers impressed me by actually responding to the score and putting together a good drive.

Ahman Green had some tough yardage on the drive where he bounced off of tackles to gain extra yards. Where were those the first three weeks of the season?

Terrance Murphy makes a nice third down conversion grab. How many weeks before Murhpy replaces Ferguson in the starting lineup.

Favre makes a nice pass over the top to Martin, and Martin makes an even better grab for the score.

7:30: Carolina 7 Green Bay 7


As a Packers fan, I like the way the first quarter played out. The game is tied, you responded to a turnover resulting in a score two minutes into the game, and your defense looks pretty good. The progress they showed appears to have carried over to this week.

MNF: Packers at Panthers

KEYS TO THE GAME:

Don't fall behind early. Carolina is built on taking the lead early and using the running game to shorten the game.

Run the ball. If the Packers can establish a running game, odds of them falling behind dip dramitically. If not, they will be forced to pass the ball, which will all but eliminate the run and allow Carolina's ends to pin their ears back and rush Brett Favre.

Win the turnover battle. Don't give Carolina second chances or good field position.

Blitz. The pass rush needs to be there. Jake Delhomme will pick this secondary apart if given all day. If you pressure Delhomme he's shown he will commit mistakes.