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Don't count the final drive of the game where we just needed a first and then kneel downs, and we had 10 drives today. Of those 10, we had drives of 4, 29, 13, 26, and 4 yards. Half of our drives today went for under 30 yards. That's because if Dowdle wasn't making an explosive big play, we were just running the ball into the back of our OL and doing nothing, while at the same time having Bryce dink and dunk the ball to our TE's and RB's for minimal gains. That's my issue here, our game planning and play calling is terrible and if we're not busting loose for a big play, we're doing absolutely nothing.

It's not even about Bryce hitting those deeper passes, it's that we just don't even attempt them enough to make a defense alter their play calling. Then you add in how infrequently he is able to make those passes on top of how little we attempt them, then yea, teams are never going to leave 2 high safeties against us as it's wasting a player for nothing. Again... all why I can't stand our play calling and game plans.

Hence my point A player who is more of a home run threat shouldn't be getting 23 carries as you're then banking your entire game on him breaking off multiple big runs. Take away those two huge runs and we get completely blown out today. I realize you can't just take away plays, but if 2 plays are the reason you won a game vs getting blown out, maybe you need to re-evaluate your game plans as that's not sustainable, especially against even halfway decent defenses.

Look at me crazy all you want, but we had 6 plays that went for 162 yards but only 256 on our other 59 plays. All I'm trying to say is this game is another perfect example of why we shouldn't look at wins or final box score yardage totals and absolve the coaching staff of a terrible game plan and/or in game play calling. Those 6 plays were great, credit to Dowdle and the OL for making them, they're the reason we won the game. But 6 plays out of 65 shouldn't absolve the team of really not looking that good on offense today, if you need 6 specific plays to say your offense looked good over the course of an entire game, then you did not have a good game offensively, sorry.

We're the only team who can draft a stud playmaker who is used more as a decoy than a playmaker. The Giants had complete poo around Nabers last year but peppered him with targets all season long, they didn't use him as a decoy.

I know full well this post is about to get poo'd into oblivion, but I think it's important to not look at final box scores when judging how a game went, especially in regards to play calling and game plans. A friend of mine was giving me poo for how I can complain that we didn't throw to T-Mac more when "you won because you were just riding the hot hand with Dowdle." So I just went and looked at the play by play and he had 162 of his 206 yards on just 6 of his 23 carries, which means he had 44 yard on his other 17 carries, or just 2.6 yards per carry. That's not riding the hot hand over the course of a game, that's a player having a handful of big plays, partially due to some poor tackling, and thus having a final box score that jumps off the page. This is why T-Mac's lack of targets in the 2nd half bothers me so much, because what the hell were we actually doing out there? It means the overhwelming majority of our play calls ended up in a minimal gain or dink and dunks to our lesser pass catchers who combined for 125 yards on 22 targets, or a measly 5.7 yards per pass attempt. So yes, full credit to Dowdle for having a career game, but his end box score doesn't tell the story about the entire game and the issues with out play calling.

T-Mac not having a TD yet has nothing to do with the other guys around him and what they're doing, it's 100% because we haven't even tried to get him one through 5 games. Sure, it's hard to knock them on the times we've scored, with a bunch of TE TDs, the Renfrow TDs, XL, and some rushing ones. But through 5 games, I think he has a single red zone target in I think the 2nd game where Bryce tried to throw one up to him in the corner from the 5 yard line but somehow threw it behind him and the ball never even reached the goal line. That's also my frustration, how do you have a red zone weapon like him and not try a single jump ball in the end zone through 5 games. It would be one thing if he never had the opportunities, but I'd say we've had a good 20 snaps from inside the 10 yard line so far this year, another dozen or more from the 10-20, but we still haven't thrown that end zone jump ball to him one time. It's baffling to have that kind of weapon and not even try it one time yet. And yea, I owe my obsession with him, but I mean, I went to a non football school, he was our best player in school history and my favorite Wildcat. So yea, I'm admittedly and knowingly a little obsessed with him now that we've drafted him, and I want to see him succeed. But my own hang ups aside, he's on pace for 1,200 yards and we haven't used him correctly yet this season, he's lead us in receiving each week and he's still used as a decoy more than a target. Make it make sense?!?!?!?!

An NFL level QB?

Sure, can't fault that thinking But when you still throw it 30 times in a game, more than 8 should be going to your best player when nobody else can crack the 31 yard mark and said best player caught all 6 of the catchable targets. This is basically the same argument as the people who weren't upset with us not opening up the playbook in the big win agains the Falcons. Just because we won, doesn't mean our coaching staff called a good game and thus they aren't absolved of criticism. Winning in spite of your coaching decisions isn't a good thing.

I felt that way before the season started, but I'm sorry, he's already proven he isn't that guy, I don't need to learn anything more about him. He threw the ball 30 times today and could only throw for 198 yards, which was his 2nd best yardage game this year, he's just not the guy. Which means this season has already moved onto the 2nd most important thing going into this season after evaluating Bryce, and that's developing our best young players. You don't do that by only throwing 8 of your 30 passes to your best player who is still only a rookie. Pepper him with targets and help develop him so he's ready to take a huge leap next year when we get a real HC and QB to get him the ball.

I know this will get eye rolls coming from me and after a win, but I'm less concerned about that than I am the actual play calls when we do pass it. T-Mac had 73 of 198 yards receiving today, or 37% of our passing yards for the game. T-Mac had 8 targets on 30 pass attempts, or 27% of our targets. T-Mac had 6 catches on those 8 targets, the two he didn't catch was one play that 100% should have been called PI, and the other Bryce sailed the ball out of bounds to where T-Mac couldn't even attempt a catch on it. When you throw the ball 30 times and your 2nd leading WR has 31 yards on the game, there's no logical reason for your Top WR to have only 8 targets. I'm sorry, but none of that adds up, why are you not even trying to throw the ball to your best player in the 2nd half of a game you're losing? If we just barely passed the ball in the 2nd half, I'd get it, but that wasn't the case, again, we had 30 pass attempts today, only 8 went to our best player and top draft pick, it makes no sense. We won, great, awesome, but it was more because of the Dolphins poor tackling allowing us to have some huge runs than anything we did to actually beat them. So when that happens, I'm still going to be frustrated by the play calling and decision making by Canales and Bryce.

Yea, retire

So the lack in faith in the QB makes us throw to other players instead of just telling him to throw it up to his best player and hope he makes a play? I don't think it's that, I think it's Canales trying to outsmart the defense who is expecting it to go to T-Mac so he's calling plays to go elsewhere thinking it will fool them.

So you think a player having 6 catches for 73 yards and then a single target in the 3rd quarter is a winning strategy? It's not about my feelings about the player, it's about just terrible play calling and decision making. He's our best offensive player, there is no question about that, there's zero reason for him to get a single target in the 3rd quarter

So basically same recipe as T-Mac's first 100 yard game. Get 70+ in the first half and then try to get cute and only get him 1 target in the 3rd Quarter that should have been called a PI. Throw the ball to you best fuging player, it's not that hard to figure it out

no, you're just flat out wrong on this one, it's a moronic take, sorry but it's a fact.

and that's the only reason he was even able to make a play on the ball, 98% of WRs aren't getting a hand on that ball let alone almost making the catch. If there wasn't a clear PI on the play, then I'm convinced he still makes that catch. And if you don't think a player pulling a WR down by his jersey as he's trying to leap and twist to make the catch is going to affect his ability to make the play, then you're just getting angry because you want to be angry.

Just because a player maybe should have made the catch, doesn't mean it's a drop Having said that, THAT wasn't a play that he should have come down with just because he was able to get 2 hands on it. He got 2 hands on it while leaping and twisting in the air while being pulled back down by the defender at the same time. General rule of thumb, if the catch was made and it would have been one of the highlight plays of the week across the league, then him not making the catch isn't a drop, not hard to understand. Drops are when you don't catch something that you 100% should have made the catch on.

A drop? What game are you watching? He almost made a crazy grab that 1 million percent should have been called PI as the defender was tackling him by the jersey before the ball ever got there

insane to pick up the flag there, that was egregious

lolz Force it into XL when he's go multiple defenders around him and he had T-Mac breaking free on the outside in 1 on 1 coverage. Seriously, what the hell is he seeing back there to not just throw that to the sideline for T-Mac to easily run under for a big gain?!?!?!?!

Wasn't he the one pick we made utilizing the draft picks we got out of the CMC trade other than using the rest to get Bryce? So we traded CMC and Moore for a guy we've already cut and Bryce? Awesome

I think too many Panthers fans are already so used to seeing the amazing catches he's able to make, so they're chalking up the ones he isn't able to make as drops. I could be wrong, but I only remember 2 actual drops (maybe a 3rd) from him all season so far, the rest were just plays he almost made a great play but was unable to, which isn't a drop.

I know exactly how this week is going to go since I'll have T-Mac, Waddle, and Gordon in my fantasy lineup this week. T-Mac gets doubled on every play because we have nobody else to fear and has low stats. Without Hill, now Horn shadows Waddle and takes him out of the game with even worse stats than T-Mac. So they kill us with Achane in the short passing game and they never get into goal line situations so Gordon doesn't get me a TD.

At worst, he'll be great to line up in the slot next to T-Mac and then send him on go-routes as it will keep the safety from helping out against T-Mac