MillionDollarCam

The deep ball is going to be continuously brought up when it’s not an issue… For starters, in 2020 Cam’s passer rating was average or above average in 10 of the 12 passing zones. If he can maintain his 2020 numbers while limiting the interceptions then he will be fine. Secondly, above was Cam’s passer rating with a Patriots wide receiver corp that ranked in the bottom six in separation last year. With Moore, Anderson, Marshall, and Zylstra, along with non wide receiver players in Tremble, McCaffrey, Hubbard, and Abdullah, Cam should be able to find open receivers much easier. Finally, if Brady continues to scheme up plays like he did yesterday then the deep ball is really only an option just to keep the defense honest. The offense looked very Saintsesque yesterday with the amount of slants and short yardage routes that were drawn up. Cam will thrive in that type of offense and with how well this defense has been playing the Panthers could be a team that no one wants to face in the playoffs.

This is what he should have done.

Let’s be real… if I was a Denver fan I’d be upset. On the contrary, if I was a Denver fan and let’s say Josh Allen was the QB and the same play occurred I wouldn’t care. It’s a double-standard and it exists. I will say that over half the Broncos roster had a chance to make the tackle and they all failed… it’s easy to pick out Bridgewater but it really shouldn’t have gotten to that point. Like the papers read… business decision.

It sucks for Teddy but there is a double-standard for this type of play. If this was Murray, Allen, Mahomes, or any other elite QB then you likely wouldn’t hear anything about this. Because it’s Bridgewater (average starter at best) people expect him to risk a possible injury to make the tackle. I still wish Cam wouldn’t have chased down Trovon Reed in the Chargers game… it would be interesting to see where he would be today if he never suffered his initial shoulder injury on that tackle.

The coaching staff knows football I think it was obvious from the start of the year with how well the defense played. What they struggle with is personnel and player decisions. Rhule should have never been given control of the team. That poo never works out and it nearly got his ass canned. Luckily Tepper stepped in and made an executive decision. It’s cliche but if everyone does their job then this team should be fine. Let Tepper be the owner, Fit be the GM, Rhule be the coach, and the players play.

It’s Gilmore (as the one left out) and it’s obvious (unless he takes a team friendly deal). He’s 31 and has a significant history of injuries. - Hand Wrist Fracture (5 Games), Inguinal Hip Tear (Off-season Surgery), Inguinal Groin Pull (1 Game), First Concussion (1 Game - Season Finale), Torn Labrum (Final 4 Games - Surgery), Second Concussion (1 Game - Season Finale), Third Concussion (3 Games), Knee Strain (3 Games), Quad Tear (Final 5 Games - PUP List starting 2021) Not to mention the age wall for CB’s is right around 27 before they start to decline. In 2019 there were 263 players that qualified for PFF’s coverage grading, only 20 of those individuals were over 30 and only 5 ranked in the top 25 in PFF’s grading (Jason McCourty, Devin McCourty, Richard Sherman, Joe Haden, Janoris Jenkins). Their current contracts are as follows: Jason McCourty - still an above average player - 1 yr./$1.2M (Dolphins) Devin McCourty - slightly above average player - 2 yr./$23M (Patriots) Richard Sherman - below average player - 1 yr./$1.35M (Bucs) Joe Haden - slightly above average player - 2 yr./$22.4M (Steelers) Janoris Jenkins - still an above average player - 2 yr./$15M (Titans) In all likelihood Gilmore will want a Joe Haden contract and the Panthers will want a Jenkins contract. If Gilmore declines you go with the younger player in Donte Jackson or the elite pass rusher in Reddick. If Gilmore agrees to a Jenkins type contract then you structure it exactly like the Titans did… cap hit of $4.5M in the first year and $10.5 in the second year. With Darnold, Erving, Bouye, and Fox coming off the book next year there would still be plenty of room to re-sign D.J. Moore.

I coach for a club team and high school team in central Virginia. The individual I coach under has tons of UEFA licenses and is working on his USSF licenses right now. I believe he just finished his B license so I’m hopeful that when he moves on to the college ranks I’ll just tag along. He’s told me he’ll bring me to Wales the next time he goes home so I’m pretty excited about that.

We could have kept everyone if we didn’t pickup that stupid ass 5th year option… Can I get how to ruin a football team for $500 Alex?

This is interesting… Hornets were definitely trying to emulate the Panthers.

That’s pretty funny! I also like your username. Soccer has always been my first love, played it and coached it all my life. The individual I coach under played for the youth Welsh national team and is a brilliant sports mind. The guy has more licenses then I can count. He’s also pretty damn funny, I laugh my ass off when he gets in a mood and starts calling people sheep shaggers.

If Cam can make the throws that P.J. made today (high likely as most of them were very simple routes) then you don’t have to run a two-QB system. Cam can do things that P.J. can’t (no offense to P.J.), not the other way around.

Best kicker I’ve seen since this guy.

Fairly certain he didn’t play the rest of the game. There wasn’t an injury update but I believe one of the Twitter sports docs indicated that he may have dislocated a finger. With that said, it’s nice to have a GM that places a premium on having an elite secondary in a passing league. Donte Jackson, Stephon Gilmore, C.J. Henderson, A.J. Bouye, Keith Taylor, Myles Hartsfield, Rashaan Melvin, Stanley Thomas-Oliver, Jeremy Chinn, Juston Burris, Sam Franklin, Sean Chandler, Kenny Robinson… then Jaycee Horn and Troy Pride on IR… I can’t think of a better secondary in the NFL.

I wouldn’t even put Paradis on the list. Our struggles basically came down to Darnold not being able to read and process NFL defenses. P.J. went through his reads very quickly today; I can’t remember many scenarios where he had the ball still in his hands past 3.5 seconds. I think we were able to see today why Brady was getting so frustrated with Darnold. His vision and football IQ just isn’t where it needs to be to be an NFL QB.

We Backkkkkkk!!!! Good team win!

The Hive is Alive!

Best defensive performance we’ve had all season. Really feels like we are somehow in this game in spite of the officiating.

Still not sold on Rhule yet but if there is anyone who can make a two-QB system work in the NFL, it’s a former college coach. Most of them have run a two-QB system or at least developed plays for multiple QB’s at some point in their coaching career.

I don’t want to hear any excuses about the Cardinals playing without Murray and Hopkins. We’ve been playing with fuging Sam Darnold for half the year and won 4 games in spite of him.

Don’t get complacent. Need a TD here in the third and one to ice it in the fourth.

That’s how you play a fuging nice half of football.

Prophetic

This looks more like the Saints offense that Brady was a part of… slant, slant, run, run, screen, slant, slant.