Today's offensive performance is on Cam

[WOW!!]

3 minutes ago, FakePlasticTrees said:

Cam has always had problems with accuracy and post snap reads of the defense. Early on I had hope that his accuracy would improve even though QBS rarely radically improve their accuracy at the NFL level. That hope is gone. 

I am afraid that Cam Newton has peaked at a completion rate south of 60. As he ages and the team convinces him to limit his running (for his health) his inability to read defenses will come more to the fore.

I worry that the relatively late offseason surgery will be used as a crutch for another year of regression. This is depressing.

He completed 63% of his passes today.. While being sacked 6x and pressured all day.. 

What the fug more do you want??

[SOJA]

Just now, saX man said:

Still waiting for someone to actually criticize Norwell.  He did not play well but seems like this untouchable tough guy because of his beard and all.  

whole o-line looked bad too be honest thats a fair criticism  

[FattyFatFat]

I would say Shula first, Matt kalil 2nd, and Cam 3rd. 

[FakePlasticTrees]

I guess you cannot edit posts. In my earlier post I would like to add that Cam's accuracy today was solid from a completion percentage standpoint.

[Popsickle]

35 minutes ago, London Loves Luke said:

I'll probably get flamed for this, and I hope that it's still just rust, but today's offensive issues were mainly on cam. Yeh there were blown protections but you expect a couple against a d-line like the bills but today cam missed multiple open throws (miss to mcafferey was inexcusable), Mis-read blitzes and failed to use his check downs when he needed to. 

We would have lost this game on any other day and a lot of that is on Cam. The annoying thing is some of it may be rust but other mistakes like reading corner blitzes and using his checkdownz are things he can work on off the field.

If it makes you feel better by all means flame this post and blame everyone else. I'm not saying everyone else on offence was blameless, but Cam needs to get better and soon, a QB of his calibre can not be the reason we lose games in the upcoming weeks.

You know what? You're right. Cam missed a lot of easy throws that he should have made. The money he is paid, he should be able to make those throws.

 He has to be better with his passing, he threw at least two dropped picks this week, and a couple last week also. Cam needs to get better in this respect. 

And yes, I still hate Shula, but Cam is at fault here. 

[Fox007]

re: wr and separation

This isn't college so if you're looking for WR separation like the two dickson misses you're laugable. An open WR is someone who is even with the defender and you throw it in the direction he is running toward by leading him....that is NFL open.

In other words...ONE step is open.

[Dragoon11]

1 minute ago, Hogmolliesmaht said:

The whole thing was bad today. Matt Kalil had a bad game, Williams had a bad game, the play calling wasn't great, and Cam played better, but he did hold the ball too long a couple of times and the two big misses to Dickson and CMC were just horrible for an NFL QB.

I agree, But at halftime we had almost 200 yards of offense with only 6 points. Dominated T.O.P. Sure there were some questionable calls, but we had sustained drives, so play calling was there for most part. Cam just doesn't get the ball out as quick as Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees  etc.....The truly elite QB's know how to utilize every weapon and makes the big plays in those tight moments that require it. Cam seems inconsistent, inaccurate at times and takes too long to read the field. I'd like to see a comparison of amount of time it takes for someone like Aaron Rodgers vs Cam Newton to get rid of the ball....Not giving up on Cam by any means, but things need to happen quicker. We have a ton of weapons on offense.

 

[gmonjimbo]

3 minutes ago, saX man said:

Still waiting for someone to actually criticize Norwell.  He did not play well but seems like this untouchable tough guy because of his beard and all.  

 Norwell, Kalil, and Williams sucked today. This is the exact same game plan that the Vikings, Falcons, and Broncos used, they isolated their best pass rushers against our tackles and we lost the one on one battle. Norwell got fooled by stunts that allowed a defender to come free to the QB. 

[WOW!!]

2 minutes ago, Dragoon11 said:

I agree, But at halftime we had almost 200 yards of offense with only 6 points. Dominated T.O.P. Sure there were some questionable calls, but we had sustained drives, so play calling was there for most part. Cam just doesn't get the ball out as quick as Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees  etc.....The truly elite QB's know how to utilize every weapon and makes the big plays in those tight moments that require it. Cam seems inconsistent, inaccurate at times and takes too long to read the field. I'd like to see a comparison of amount of time it takes for someone like Aaron Rodgers vs Cam Newton to get rid of the ball....Not giving up on Cam by any means, but things need to happen quicker. We have a ton of weapons on offense.

 

I like to see cam with Mike Mcarthe, Peyton or Brady's OC as well..

[CarolinaNCSU]

Did Cam miss some passes? Damn right. Missing CMC at the end? Crazy bad.

 

But Cam is about the 8th worst person associated with the offense today. 

[readylimovp]

The read option and threat of Cam running is what made us the top offense in 2015. Now that Cam is not a threat to run much because of the surgery, we become more predictable. It's hard to watch. And don't let me get on our special teams play!

[Butterflyj30]

 

[rainwater]

22 minutes ago, Castavar said:

Are you actually going to sit here and try to defend Shula, after that horse sh*t you just witnessed (as well as the past 6 years)? 

I never defended Shula. But to say it is 100% on him is just ridiculous. We saw a lot of players making mistakes today that are not the fault of Shula. To say that he is the sole source of the issues is about as dumb as it gets.

[Butterflyj30]