lightsout

If you're an NFL coach and you can't designate one or two assistants to stare down the line and watch for penalties during team offense....you should probably not be an NFL coach. This is a sad state of affairs. Like kudos for doing something, but this is a bad sign.

I'm watching as long as Cam is playing this season. Beyond that? It'll be dependent on hope. I'm more glued to the Canes. That's a franchise that knows how to build and get better each year.

I don't think anybody thinks Brady is a bad coach. I think he probably knows a lot, but he IS a bad OC. At least right now. He'll be back in about 5-6 years after he has had some OC experience at a smaller program in college and prove himself.

Sign of bad leadership from the staff. The team captains and natural leaders know their role is to buy in to the coaches and ensure the team follows suit. So of course PJ and Reddick are going to be more critical of the players. Internally they may feel a certain way but they're trying to compete still so they at least vocally express that they're still bought in. Trying to save the sinking ship of a season. Rhule and staff have failed. We're regressing because we're not doing the little things right and what we're doing in all three phases of the game has become predictable and limited by bad OL. Teams have us figured out. When we're less predictable early on or when we run a fake punt, we look good. The minute we try to catch a rhythm, we're locked down.

Can go play in traffic. Walk them out onto 77 and tell them to stay until the Panthers problems are solved. You run effectively in the first quarter and give Cam a chance to be Cam a little. We score. You limit almost every pass play to short throws, we struggle to get enough for the sticks. You have undisciplined players everywhere. As frustrated as I am with refs, they all suck and always will. Best way to beat the refs is to not be undisciplined. And look at us. You have 3rd and 2 on what you KNOW is your last drive. You don't run Cam. You call a Sam Darnold play. It fails. 4th and 2, you don't run something like an RPO that puts Cam in position to make a good decision while scheming something open for 2 yards. You run a play that needs time with an OL that you know is garbage. Can't even just manipulate the DL, let them free themselves right into Cam's face where he can't run. Brady is a coward. Rhule is an idiot. Snow is fuging clueless (let one receiver torch you all day and can't stop the run). They gotta go. Cam appears to be as good as one could hope Cam to be at this point in his career. He looked damn good. Now get out of his fuging way.

3rd and 2 and you don't call a QB power? WTF? Why not? It's Cam fuging Newton. You say you don't want Cam lite, well you fuging forced Cam lite after that first quarter. fug this staff.

Brady called this game like a coward all day and it showed. Let him learn from this or we need a new oc. Cam looks strong, no need to waste the rest of his career.

Well they have halftime to review those plays on the tablets and fix it. We need a stronger defensive showing. Cam will get us points but the d has to allow momentum to build

Our game to lose at this point. We're the better team, and we're out playing them

Tremble running Greg's old seam route and Cam finding him is fuging beautiful

I mean in terms of play selection. A lot of quick hitters and runs. Not that im mad, it's there. But let him take a shot is all I'm saying.

Welp, time for Cam to carry this offense. Quit babying him, let him cut it loose some

I think us bringing in Gilmore was the signal that Horn is done this season. Good. Let him be 100% before returning with minimal pressure. Plus the depth at corner allows us to trade for pieces we'll need next season

He was shaky to start because he was jacked. Once he settled, the middle of the line was pretty strong. Paradis never needs to see the field at center again for the Panthers. Period.

This. And let Rhule have a say. A GM and HC have to be on the same page, but it takes an experienced NFL guy to ensure you're getting the best personnel. Fitt can teach Rhule the ins and outs of structuring a team while getting a better idea of the kinds of players Rhule prefers and his temperament and expectations. Whole team would benefit.

Cam comes back and Erickson actually gets a few yards on a return? We get a kicker? Defense playing lights out (albeit against Colt freaking McCoy, but still)?

Cam gets this playbook down quick and we are gonna be cooking, boys and girls. I still want to see them let Cam air one out this game for shits and gigs

Screw it. Let Cam loose on em.

No reason to even run screens. We don't do them well. Can we just not?

I'm ok with Cam being rusty on timing throws. It's been a minute. Keeping Cam on for an additional play or two is only gonna make that defense second guess

I almost forgot that we weren't drawing these crazy penalties like normal. Cam and CMC both back? League can't allow it

I was about to say, before Cam came on for that play, I want to see Cam in these 3rd and shorts. Make them account for him. We will have people WIDE open

Cam run and Cam to Anderson.

To have redzone attempts be damn near automatic.

Everybody nailed it already but this is what I want out of team captains. Laser focus. He is probably stoked as hell because he is a leader of a damn good defense that has been ruined by being the unit to carry the team. He also is looking out for PJ because you have to know he's antzy about his start on top of now Cam being back. I pray to God that Cam is 100% healthy and that shoulder holds up. If so, Cam being back is great. If he can't hit the long ball still consistently, we're no better off except we'll steal some first downs through Cam running for his life.