Sheldon Brown Postgame comment

[cgarsmoker]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/panthers/story/946237.html

Interesting postgame observation by Brown: Whenever Smith moves inside to slot receiver,, it's a sure thing Delhomme will throw to him.

Is it any wonder he had two picks against us? How can we be so predictable? It reminds me of last year when the Cardinals said they knew they could move Fitzgerald around in formations and we wouldn't adjust......Or what about the pooch punt that was returned for a touchdown because that team (I don't remember who) said they we sure Fox was going to try that and they were ready for it?

[Mesmer]

It's somewhat interesting, but the notion that the Panthers are easier to read than a kids picture book isn't exactly new information.

[rayzor]

i saw that.

i'm glad that he pointed that out. it was pretty helpful.

let's see what the team does with this.

[Sam Mills Fan]

To be fair, it's not only when he slides into the slot that Jake throws it his way. He throws it to #89 when he's lined up tight and runs a fly route while triple covered. He throws to #89 when a defender gives him a large cushion. He throws it to #89 when a defender presses him at the line. He throws it to #89 when the tight ends are wide open and Smith is absolutely draped with defenders. He throws it to #89 when he's standing on the sidelines.

[CRA]

It's somewhat interesting, but the notion that the Panthers are easier to read than a kids picture book isn't exactly new information.

+1.

Every season teams comment in victory and defeat that they know what Fox is doing before he does it.

[Zod]

geee, its not like we haven't been saying that for 5 years now

lol

[prowler2k8]

i saw that.

i'm glad that he pointed that out. it was pretty helpful.

let's see what the team does with this.

I'm sure you and every other Panthers' fan knows what the team will do with it....NOTHING. And that's the problem. Fox absolutely refuses to change the gameplan to be less predictable.

[rayzor]

i just wonder if the team is going to pay attention to it.

it's in the eagles best interest to have us playing better against the rest of the NFCE.

i just hope that coming from someone on another team that it doesn't get completely blown off.

[rayzor]

I'm sure you and every other Panthers' fan knows what the team will do with it....NOTHING. And that's the problem. Fox absolutely refuses to change the gameplan to be less predictable.

i expect a minor tweak. if they get lucky the next couple weeks they will chalk it up as a successful tweak.

[Snake]

IMO the New QB coach has failed horribly. We are doing things we did last year and its obvious teams are keying in on it. What has he changed in any of our 3 QBs? Everyone knew Delhomme lost his confidants in the AZ game and he even said it bothered him. So its the coaches Job to get him out of the funk and they have NOT. When Passes are over or under thrown its Mechanics and thats the coaches Job to fix. Also why Kenny Moore didnt replace Moose on some downs is beyond me. We came out as Vanilla as the preseason.

[Panthers128]

we need to use tight ends more and we need a track guy at #3 to stretch the field

goodson could help us but i dont want to take wiilliams and stewart out the game.

[rayzor]

funny that the thing that rip concentrated most on was ball security.

[rayzor]

we need to use tight ends more and we need a track guy at #3 to stretch the field

goodson could help us but i dont want to take wiilliams and stewart out the game.

wouldn't have to take them out of the game. he would just line up as a WR.

[prowler2k8]

i expect a minor tweak. if they get lucky the next couple weeks they will chalk it up as a successful tweak.

I don't know, razyor, the Cards talked about how predictable we were 9 months ago, and yet here we are at the beginning of a new season, and it's deja vu. Not sure how much more we can be called out by our opponents on our gameplanning before Fox realizes that he's needed to "tweak" things for a while now. We can only hope.