In 2013, the Panthers were 1-3 after a 22-6 loss at Arizona. He reminded he has been in this position before, and he has. That runs hand-in-hand with improving the pass-rush.Ĭoach Ron Rivera isn't panicking, though.
They couldn't get on track offensively until the fourth quarter against a defense ranked 30th in the NFL.īut on a long list of things to do, outside of getting quarterback Cam Newton out of the concussion protocol, getting the secondary fixed has to be a priority. To be fair, the Panthers had more issues than Jones.
10), aren't nearly as experienced or dangerous. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' combo of quarterback Jameis Winston and receiver Mike Evans, who are next up on Monday Night Football (Oct. Jones had seven catches for 170 yards in the first half of this one.įortunately for the Panthers, they won't face as many combinations as lethal as Ryan and Jones again until they play the Falcons on Dec. Last year, Jones had a combined nine catches for 113 yards when covered by Norman. In 2014, he held him to a combined 10 catches for 107 yards and no touchdowns in two games when Jones averaged 99.5 receiving yards a game. This was the first time Carolina's young corners faced a veteran quarterback like Ryan.īenwikere, Carolina's most experienced corner, admitted he got tired and needed to work on his conditioning. They singled me out today, and Matt made some great decisions." "If they would have put two men on me or cheated a safety over, Matt would've made great reads and hit the other guys that were open. "They put the young corner on me man-to-man," Jones said. Worley came on and immediately gave up receptions of 18 and 43 yards to Jones. Over and over.īradberry started off on Jones but left early in the first quarter because of a big toe injury. "So I like our guys and I'll take those guys every day." "We've got a lot of confidence in what our guys can do in James and Daryl. "That's your guys' job to talk about it," Kuechly said. "Of course, from a media standpoint, that's what's going to be asked. "Josh has been doing his thing on Julio since they've been starting that matchup," said Carolina cornerback Bene' Benwikere, who was no match for Jones. Take half of that away from Matt Ryan's 503 yards passing, the most by an opponent in Carolina history, and the Panthers had a fighting chance. They lost 20-13 to Atlanta here last year when Jones had 178 yards on nine catches, albeit 70 came against safety Kurt Coleman and linebacker Luke Kuechly.īut you can almost bet Jones wouldn't have gotten 300 yards had Norman been here. This isn't to suggest the Panthers would have won had Norman been on the field. You have to go back to the 208 yards Washington's Rod Gardner had in 2001 to find anybody close. Jones' receiving yards were the most given up by Carolina in a regular-season game. He accounted for 52.5 percent of Atlanta's 571 yards of offense, the second-most allowed in Carolina history. Jones torched the Panthers for 300 yards and a touchdown on 12 catches Sunday in the Falcons' 48-33 win at the Georgia Dome.
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They allowed him to sign with the Washington Redskins and chose to replace the 2015 Pro Bowler with a rookie because they didn't believe Norman was worth up to $15 million a year in a long-term deal. He did a good job for the most part of keeping the league's premier receiver under control.īut the Panthers rescinded the franchise tag on Norman in April even though he wanted to stay. Norman relished his games against Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones. Julio Jones' torching of Panthers prompts Josh Norman 'what if?'ĪTLANTA - Somewhere, former Carolina Panthers cornerback Josh Norman must be smiling.
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