Carolina Panthers: Lessons from Bengals-Seahawks

The Carolina Panthers will be playing football this week. They will be going to Seattle to face the Seahawks and the 12th Man. Seattle did play this week; they played the Cincinnati Bengals in a hard fought game on the Ohio River. The Bengals executed a big comeback to win the game in overtime. What should the Panthers learn from that experience?

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1. The Bengals exploited the middle of the field
The Bengals have a talented duo of big receivers between A.J. Green and Mohammed Sanu. The Seahawks had to respect the deep threat inherent there. The leading receiver however was Kyle Eifert, the tight end. Eifert was able to operate in the spaces left in the coverage.

This might be a harder thing for the Panthers to replicate since Greg Olsen is clearly the biggest threat on the field and Seattle will have less respect for Corey Brown and Ted Ginn on the outside. They could very well stick Earl Thomas on Olsen. This could set up two tight end sets with Ed Dickson as an option.

2. Seattle can run the ball without Marshawn Lynch
Seattle unleashed rookie back Thomas Rawls for 169 yards, which show that the Seahawks are going to stick to their model of running the ball to set up Russell Wilson in good spots. Rawls had a 69 yard touchdown, but still had a hundred yards without it.