It’s time to Buc our ideas up as we need a win
Everyone wants to make comparisons to last year. We won 15 of 16 in the regular season and reached the Super Bowl – that doesn’t happen very often.
Of course it was unbelievable but this is a different Carolina Panthers team, a new season and it’s not going to be the same every time.
We need to find a way to win. And we need to learn a lot from our loss to the Atlanta Falcons last weekend.
We have been our own worst enemy w ith so many mistakes you can’t see on television but we know what they are. They have been easy things l i ke not running the right way , making blocks and executing plays well.
Our team have many of the same pieces as last season but a lot of new guys as well.
There is still time to learn and once we clean up the mistakes it shouldn’t be that difficult to win.
Preparations for our next game have been different because we play tomorrow night instead of today.
It’s been good to have that extra day so we can work on a few things. Monday Night Football (MNF) is special. It’s prime time television and the whole world is watching. I’ve seen MNF trucks driving around Charlotte so excitement is building.
We’re at home to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in another divisional match-up so it’s a very important game.
One of the cool things about playing the Bucs is I’ll be up against a fel low kicker from Florida State University. Whi le I wasn’ t d r a f t ed , Roberto Aguayo went in the second round, which is almost unheard of for a kicker. I feel there i s more pressu re to do well when you are a second round pick. I cannot imagine what it is like.
My old col lege, Florida State, played the University of Miami last night. They were our biggest rivals and I had three wins in four against them.
With players and coaches who went to Miami on the Carolina team, sometimes we do clothing bets where you have to wear the other team’s jersey if they win. But there’s no way they will ever see me in any Miami gear.