So my questions:
What will this do to the draft?
Are we going to see teams make a major effort to improve their defense?
Has the shine of high scoring offenses been tarnished by not being able to score against a solid defense?
Well, I have to ask back, how did Carolina beat the TOP DEFENSE against scoring in the NFL, Seattle? They did it by sticking to their strength: THE RUN. They ran 65% of the time and won. Against Denver they passed 60% of the time and lost.
As far as I’m concerned although the Carolina coaching staff had two weeks to prepare, they simply did not have the right game plan to exploit their greatest strength - the run.