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Mike Shula on Picking McCaffrey

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Just now, panthers55 said:

I guess everyone forgot his college coach at running back is our wide receiver and McCsffrey is our new slot receiver.  Shula doesn't have to do anything but listen to his staff which he always does

I know you love Shula, and I really hope you're right. I want to see this offense evolve. 

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We have had the personnel available to create nightmare matchups for most of the teams in the NFL.  As it turns out, the thing that holds us back most is us.  Shula has seemed absolutely locked into the mindset of a power run offense dictating to the rest of the league.  This is awesome when it is working, but when you have a team like Denver expose the glaring weakness that so much of the play-action is predicated on this power run game giving the passing attack time to develop routes, it tumbles like a house of cards.

In lieu of an offense running in beast mode all of the time with all of its pieces in place, the best bet for a consistently effective offense is a coach that is able to maximize the strengths of their personnel to exploit mismatches on opposing defenses.  In essence, a power run attack is one that can stand on its opponents' neck to make it damn near impossible to come back on them.  If a defense is crafty enough to make that offense grapple long enough to keep them from the advantage of being impossibly ahead, there is no backup plan.  With an offense that can exploit all manner of weaknesses, its best weapon is that the defense can never truly pin its ears back.  If the defense does try pinning its ears back, make them pay dearly for not playing disciplined.

McCaffery would likely have blown up in an offensive scheme like NO, NE or SEA where their OCs have a proven track record of exploiting matchups to great effect.  With Shula, he could get quashed like Carr at the Texans.

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8 minutes ago, twylyght said:

McCaffery would likely have blown up in an offensive scheme like NO, NE or SEA where their OCs have a proven track record of exploiting matchups to great effect.  With Shula, he could get quashed like Carr at the Texans.

Got to look at the other side of the coin: Shula, Rivera and JOBS.  They have been given an expensive, explosive and game changing toy.  If Shula doesn't use him well, he's going to get fired.  Therefore, it's in Shula's best interest to evolve, adapt, and put out an evolved offense that makes use of CMC's skills.

By the basic idea of survival of the fittest, then I think Shula is going to evolve his offense.  To maximize CMC in his first five years and give Cam some longevity.

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9 minutes ago, twylyght said:

McCaffery would likely have blown up in an offensive scheme like NO, NE or SEA where their OCs have a proven track record of exploiting matchups to great effect.  With Shula, he could get quashed like Carr at the Texans.

Brees and Wilson are great short distance passers. Cam is not good at short soft touch passes. The reason our short game is weak is not because of Shula.

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