Long drop, hopeless scramble, sack

[PanthersClinic]

Why does this happen so often? Cam will drop back 5 steps, survey the field, pocket collapses, cam scrambles a bit late hopelessly and losses a chunk of yards.

 

Are receivers taking too long to get open? Is the pocket collapsing too fast? Is Cam dropping back too far and not making decisions quick enough? Does Cam have poor pocket presence (many times he could've taken off earlier for good yardage)?

 

I don't know the reason but I'm sick of watching it. Do quick 3 step drop plays with slants or outs, roll cam to the right, line up out of the shotgun. Do something.

 

This offense is so ugly. Wilson had the exact same problems but the schemes and Wilsons' indidividua play made the difference.

 

And that last set after the Seahawks TD was a disgrace. I don't think Cam managed to get a single pass off. What is he thinking? Everytime at the end of a game I see this from him. Yeah, the oline is junk but let the ball go. Throw an INT. Just try something. Do nothing and lose is cowardice.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

benjamin thrives when you throw the ball up for him to go get it...ie the 50 yard reception in double coverage.

 

in my opinion, newton needs to take a page out of delhomme's playbook and trust his receiver and take more chances at throwing to benjamin even if he doesn't look open.

[Firefox]

THIS JUST IN:

 

Cam hit by a train dropping too far back at the West end of the stadium.

[mc52beast]

Just my opinion, but Cam didn't look like a team captain on that last play... no matter how bad it's going, a leader leads until the whistle is blown.

[rodeo]

The drop backs and length of the routes are part of the play, which is up to the play caller, not Cam.

[RJK]

it's the long developing routes of the WRs and the turn style Oline. cam has no faith he can sit there and wait for a guy to come open and i don't blame him

[BIGH2001]

He looked good against Cincy which is about the only game he's actually had time to throw this year.

[Wanderlai]

He doesn't make his mind up fast enough. He has to make the read, then throw it, run, or get down. He goes from throwing it with accuracy all over the field to looking lost in the read option. I don't think he can process everything. Lord knows Shula doesn't make it easy for him.

[Doyle]

I think Cam might be manic depressive. Dude gets a first down and celebrates like we just won the Super Bowl. 10 minutes later he is on the sidelines looking like he was just diagnosed with cancer.

[juliosantos]

We need to air it out , benjamin is great with the deep ball

[TheRed]

He looked good against Cincy which is about the only game he's actually had time to throw this year.

Both in that game and this one, he threw a nice touchdown pass that could have made the difference but simply wasn't brought down.

Leaning on a rookie KB as much as we are could work if we had a real NFL caliber OL.

[KendrickPanther]

When Cam decides not to throw the defense races to him. Russel Wilson keeps defenses honest with the threat of the throw, Cam rarely does that. It's frustrating because he's been killing drives with those -10 yard sacks. I don't excuse him from that just because 1 out of 10 times he gets away and makes Sports Center. When Cam was hurt you saw him trust his arm a little more. Depend on his elusiveness a little less.

 

There is one thing I'd like to see Cam develop. You see it in a lot of great QBs. It's that ability to cheat the defense out of some yards. Whether it's the pump fake or the hard count. You don't see Cam make those types of veteran plays. Hopefully he adds that to his game.

[AceBoogie]

Cam does not trust his teammates, it's really that simple. When a QB doesn't believe in his pocket then he's not going to sit in it. If he doesn't believe his wrs are going to be in the right spot then he's not going tho throw with anticipation. His problem is that he tries too much sometimes because he puts it all on himself. He goes out and tries to win the game on every play. He just doesn't have a lot of confidence in the players around him.

[J.Cage]

Just my opinion, but Cam didn't look like a team captain on that last play... no matter how bad it's going, a leader leads until the whistle is blown.

Yeah. I'm sure he was excited to get laid out. again.