Panthers vs. Eagles (Pre-Season)

Not much to get excited.....or discouraged about in this game. The weather was terrible causing a delay, also causing bad playing conditions for the teams.

First off, Carolina was short 6 offensive weapons. WR's Smith, Jarrett, Hackett, Robinson, and TE's Rosario, and Barnidge sat out the entire game. Plus defensively, we had Gamble, Lucas, and Harris sitting out, which is pretty much our entire secondary. Marshall and Colcough were our starters at corner. Marshall did pretty decent and so did Colcough. I say they did decent because they were backups and they were going up against starters. Colcough lacks coverage skills. He is an excellent tackler and even caused a few incompletions. One of them was a dropped interception, which would have been a touchdown if pulled in. With that being said, Carolina shut the Eagles out the first three quarters. The Eagles WR Reggie Brown received an injury believed to be related to his Achilles injury prior to the game. They still had Kevin Curtis, Hank Baskett, Greg Lewis, and rookie DeSean Jackson at WR. After that backups filled the positions. The Eagles kept Baskett, Lewis, and Jackson in the game in the fourth quarter, who all except for Jackson receive pretty good playing time in real season games. They were matched up against third or fourth string defensive players. So all in all, Carolina did great on defense against the Eagles starting offense. However, they did not do that great on offense. They put up no points except for two field goals. The touchdown came on a 78 yard return by Richard Marshall. A fake field goal gone terribly wrong, it was like they handed it off to Marshall. Jon Stewart, Carolina's first round pick, didnt show a spark on his four carries. Nothing was open and he was nursing an injured toe. The Eagles racked up 24 points in the fourth quarter. It was real close with less than two minutes to go in regulation. Matt Moore's pass was tipped and intercepted and returned for a touchdown by Roland. Putting the game out of reach.