With all the injury issues the Mut 20 coins Panthers had late in the season, their secondary isn't nearly as strong as it was to start year. Yeah you have an All-Pro corner in Josh Norman who has been playing some phenomenal Madden NFL all season, but as we pointed out on the podcast, the guy starting opposite him is Robert McClain who is only 5'9 and the nickel back is now Cortland Finnegan. Neither of those guys inspire a whole lot of confidence heading into this matchup, especially when it es to defending the deep ball.
Now, everyone is rightly focused on grizzled veteran Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald after his ridiculous performance last week against the Packers as well as the impressive numbers he put up over the course of this season. For a guy supposedly on the downside of his career who was also being thrown inside to the slot position for the first time where some questioned how effective he could be, Fitz damn sure looked like he was still in his prime to me whenever I watched his film this year. I expect that the Panthers will find ways to show Fitzgerald extra attention on Sunday.
However, to limit his impact could present an opening for one of Arizona's other receivers to buy Madden 20 coins really expose McClain on the outside.I know some folks would be quick to throw out Michael Floyd's name as the person who might pull that off, but I actually expect him to be matched up with Norman a lot, so I'm very skeptical of that.
Besides that, quiet as it's kept, it was Brown, not Floyd, who was second on the team this season in receptions, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns and yards per reception. Of course, Floyd's season got off to a slow start after he broke several fingers during camp, but that still doesn't diminish how well Brown played.