"Contain Cam, Make Him Throw, Double Olsen" - Or How Opposing Fans Still Get the Panthers Offense Wrong

[fieryprophet]

A pretty good read on /r/nfl of all places.

This sentiment comes up repeatedly from opposing fanbases. For fun, try Googling the phrase “contain Cam, double Olsen” and see how many variations on this concept you find. It’s everywhere. But it’s wrong. Not completely and totally wrong, but like many lies it mixes in just enough truth to make it palatable to the mind, and therefore harder to separate from reality.

Cam, while rushing as much as ever, isn’t doing so in a manner defenses haven’t come to expect from the Panthers in his previous seasons, and is doing so in far less haphazard manner than he ever has.

And Olsen, while reliable as ever, is simply the queen on the Panthers chessboard, being repositioned and utilized just as much to create openings for the less heralded pieces as much as being used as a weapon in his own right.

The truth is much subtler, but much harder to stop:

1) The Panthers offense truly belongs to Cam now, and he has taken on far more of the mental burden on the field than he ever has in seasons past. Shula has deployed far more hurry-up and no-huddle tempos and given Cam a tremendous amount of freedom to audible. He changes protections, he signals hot routes, he switches in and out of plays, and he even designs plays to include in the gameplan. Cam is no longer the athletic marvel trying to will his team to wins; his understanding of his own offense and the way to attack defenses with it has grown tremendously and this has allowed him to constantly put his team in the right positon to take advantage of the defensive looks he is given. This is why his numbers against the blitz have improved dramatically, as not only can Cam recognize them far better than before, but he knows how to punish defenses for bringing pressure by attacking the voids they create.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/42qhah/contain_cam_make_him_throw_double_olsen_or_how/

[Montsta]

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Much like contain Cam and double Olsen, this is much easier said than done. 

[IGSaint]

I think this is the best comment to date that I've read about our offense. Great find. 

[kornicova]

That whole thread is a great read. Intelligent debate between a few different people.

Anyone know if those Panthers fans who posted are Huddlers?  allsecretsknown, jeremydurden and fieryprophet?

 

[jayflip]

I love the "contain Cam, bracket Olsen" mantra of opposing fans this season. 

It's slightly better than, "they haven't played anyone" trope we heard from every fan base starting after we beat the Jags, only for that particular fan base and team to fall into the category of teams we played but shouldn't count.

I love being the bad guy. I rooted for the empire while watching Star Wars. 

[fieryprophet]

4 hours ago, kornicova said:

That whole thread is a great read. Intelligent debate between a few different people.

Anyone know if those Panthers fans who posted are Huddlers?  allsecretsknown, jeremydurden and fieryprophet?

 

*cough*

[ecu88]

My new shirt or bumper sticker.

Double Olsen Contain Cam sounds like a drink almost

[Jangler]

This is so old now , on how to do, when to do, blah, I decided to post this song because it makes as much sense.

 

 

[MCCNASTY]

14 minutes ago, ecu88 said:

My new shirt or bumper sticker.

Double Olsen Contain Cam sounds like a drink almost

Im going to make it one.  Any liquor suggestions?  Mixers?  Its gotta be tough.  Not a girly drink.

[Cary Kollins]

what if they doubled Cam and contained Olsen???

 

 

 

 

[AviationMX]

Coffee, NFC Champs and Zappa?

sweet, although I would offer Muffin Man for Mr. Carson. He thought he was a man but he was a muffin

 

[ecu88]

13 minutes ago, MCCNASTY said:

Im going to make it one.  Any liquor suggestions?  Mixers?  Its gotta be tough.  Not a girly drink.

Agreed hmm it should a strong drink for sure

[Jesse]

Can we get someone to put up a quote from all of our opponents this year and their analyses that essentially say "contain Cam, double Olsen"? It'd be great to hear all this thoughtful process of how to stop Cam, only to get crushed to the sound of the #1 scoring offense. What a time to be a Panthers fan!

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

1 hour ago, ecu88 said:

My new shirt or bumper sticker.

Double Olsen Contain Cam sounds like a drink almost

Not sure if they'll let the link stay up or not but here ya go. Convince 8 others to go with it.

https://teespring.com/bracket-olsen