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raleigh-panther

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I am just a nobody. Long time NFL fan and a Panthers season ticket holder.

what I see is a team  that is out  physicaled in every single phase of the game

Hanging their heads, woe is us.

i never thought I would see a Panthers team like that since the days of Siefert 

Simply put. go back to basic football. I don't care if they run three basic  plays and a basic defense but move the chains, eat up the clock.    Get the 10 yards.

No zone read. No throw the ball 30 when you need 7  10 yards at a time

Put a TE or  FB  in the backfield (not named Tolbert) and run it again and again and again   

Find something  that catastrophe of a line can do, dumb it down, and do it

As for Cam, if he is hurt sit him

A few physical first downs would do this team a lot of good  

One  other thing, Rivera needs to get his ass in the game  standing their like a statue is ridiculous, 

 

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I think they need to practice read options hundreds of times this week. So they can get the hand off exchange corrected. They need to start playing micro ball, aka going for the first down instead of trying to surprise a team deep down the field in your own half. We have a great Punter but that gives the team no excuse to call that deep bullshit in our own half of the 50.

Now... Another thing that needs to get done is calling that bullshit inside the 30 of the other teams half. That's right... On 3rd and 1you chuck that puppy into the end zone and go for the killing blow. Graham gano can come through a couple times a game for us. This isn't as catastrophic as a sack and punt, we will 80% of the time walk away with 3. And putting points up on the board is better than no points on the board for this offense.

 

Shula needs to incorporate some sort of section in the playbook where Benjamin's name is highlighted in Red. You get the football to your 6'5 240 guy idgaf who is covering him 1v1 the slant is his best ball over the middle. You tell Cam that if you're going to launch the ball in there as hard as you can then Anderson is in. There are times for touch passing and times for throwing the ball to a spot where only Benjamin can get to it if he does throw it with some sauce on it. You never throw high, ever.... Ever.... Bad poo will happen.

 

Lastly, where is the trickery in the offense? We saw it against Denver and it worked on them, incorporate a section of the playbook labeled Ted ginn jr  and execute it. 

Keep all the QB keepers for when we are in our own half and need a 1st down but are mindful the defense possibly knows what we would otherwise do, such as a handoff to the back or Tolbert. Or a 30 yard pass.

 

Then our wounds on offense are somewhat healed. 

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9 minutes ago, Salisburysean98 said:

I think they need to practice read options hundreds of times this week. So they can get the hand off exchange corrected. They need to start playing micro ball, aka going for the first down instead of trying to surprise a team deep down the field in your own half. We have a great Punter but that gives the team no excuse to call that deep bullshit in our own half of the 50.

Now... Another thing that needs to get done is calling that bullshit inside the 30 of the other teams half. That's right... On 3rd and 1you chuck that puppy into the end zone and go for the killing blow. Graham gano can come through a couple times a game for us. This isn't as catastrophic as a sack and punt, we will 80% of the time walk away with 3. And putting points up on the board is better than no points on the board for this offense.

 

Shula needs to incorporate some sort of section in the playbook where Benjamin's name is highlighted in Red. You get the football to your 6'5 240 guy idgaf who is covering him 1v1 the slant is his best ball over the middle. You tell Cam that if you're going to launch the ball in there as hard as you can then Anderson is in. There are times for touch passing and times for throwing the ball to a spot where only Benjamin can get to it if he does throw it with some sauce on it. You never throw high, ever.... Ever.... Bad poo will happen.

 

Lastly, where is the trickery in the offense? We saw it against Denver and it worked on them, incorporate a section of the playbook labeled Ted ginn jr  and execute it. 

Keep all the QB keepers for when we are in our own half and need a 1st down but are mindful the defense possibly knows what we would otherwise do, such as a handoff to the back or Tolbert. Or a 30 yard pass.

 

Then our wounds on offense are somewhat healed. 

I think Cam would be all for those types of plays. You wouldn't even need to threaten him with it. Shula just has to be on board and realize when something doesn't work, adjust it. If something works, do not change it. 

 

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They need more timing plays for Cam ... once that back foot hits release the ball. 

We have all said it ... situational football has always been Shula's weakness and I honest dont think that will ever change.

If Shula changed playcalling when Anderson entered the game, then we have a problem with Shula. If he didnt ... Then we have a problem with Cam (He needs to start taking what the defense gives me and stop worrying about the home run ball).

Get KB involved but do not focus on him (I think that was some of the problem in the Minn game). I think Cam was trying to prove he doesnt have to throw to KB

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