Do we come out running or passing on Sunday

[panthers55]

I know the conventional wisdom is that we need to run the ball the whole game on Sunday. But if the Falcons know that too, what will keep them from loading 8 or 9 in the box on first and second down to stop us cold and force us to throw on third and long. Then they bring the blitz and it is welcome to last Sunday.

We know that Abraham rarely plays on first down so why not pass right away using smoke routes, slants, short passes, and high percentage completions. It will build Jake's confidence, lessen the liklihood of bltzing, and give us third and short where we were over 90% converting them last year.

I would like us to mix things up and pass on early downs so we don't get caught in third and long all the time. Otherwise if we get down a few scores early we will be throwing anyway but they will be piinning their ears back and blitzing on every down.

Anyone believe Davidson can devise a gameplan where we can confuse the Falcons and give us a chance to win?

And can we talk strategy and gameplanning instead of the same old Jake bashing or the FO sucks??

[megadeth078]

We should come out with an audible.

[tarheelblue89]

Run it down their throats.

[pstall]

On one hand, this reminds me of that second game from I think 05 where we ran like 102 times and it was Wildcat, Wildcat, Wildcat.

The Falcons are saying they don't expect Jake to have another bad game. If I'm the Falcon's I expect alot of dinks and dunks, passes that are high % to get Jake in the flow and get his confidence going.

So expect some zone coverage and some man mixed in.

If I'm Carolina, I do a ton of misdirection and movement. Get Atl uncomfortable. Get them moving side to side to open them up some in the middle for the running game.

Carolina might have to use the pass to set up the run instead of the other way around.

[Proudiddy]

RUN. If they stack the box, have a route to the flats every passing down, put Jake in shotgun, and run Smitty on slants, screens and mix in TE screens with Barnidge to throw them off the backs... Then work your way back to the run, like the good old days. That would be my gameplan.

[Gscottnc5]

If they don't let Dwill run atleast 25 times. I'm calling conspiracy theory on the coaching staff

[fignewty314]

we come out running till our daddy,daddy,daddy's take our rubbers away!

[Jase]

punt on first down... they'll never see it coming and jake can't turn it over that way.

[Zod]

punt on first down... they'll never see it coming and jake can't turn it over that way.

not positive about that.

I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here: it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could and before you even knew what you had you patented it and packaged it and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now you're selling it, you want to sell it!

[fignewty314]

yeah but if we do that san fran gets a bad draft pick

[PhillyB]

williams and stewart are our running backs and john fox is our coach. we will run to set up the pass, not the other way around.

[Guild]

I say we come out running and when the Falcons get into a rhythm after we move the ball into their territory we switch it up and run when Abraham is in and pass when he isn't.

Look for quick passes to beat the blitz, as they will blitz almost continuously until we punish them for it.

[Badbak]

I know what would really work. How about if Jake only passes the ball to Panther receivers! Brilliant!

[CharlotteBeer.com]

I realize Atlanta will be following the new modus operandi to beat the Panthers and stacking the box.

That being said, I have to think they don't risk any big throws on the first couple of series, at least. Think if Jake threw another bomb to Jake that was intercepted: it would destroy his confidence even further and lead to another series of mistakes throughout the game.