Same as it ever was - How Tony Dungy dealt with Shula's overly complex play calling

[Mills]

A quote from the hometown newspaper story today on Shula:

 

While Rivera defended Shula, he did say the Panthers could stand to simplify things to help all the newcomers on offense. Besides drafting running back Christian McCaffrey and wideout Curtis Samuel in the first two rounds, the Panthers also added a new slot receiver in Russell Shepard and $55.5 million left tackle Matt Kalil.

“We’re in a situation now where you’ve got so many new guys as you’re going through this communication, it takes a little bit to register,” Rivera said.

Shula conceded the Panthers might have tried to do too much with some of their new pieces over the first seven games.

“We need to look at that. And that’s a fine line,” Shula said. “You don’t want to cut it down too much. We’ve had some moving parts (with injuries to tight end Greg Olsen and center Ryan Kalil). Not to make an excuse. But it’s something we’ve got to look at.”

 

Holy . We're in trouble 

[beastson]

This is the biggest problem. Our offense should be game planning for defenses. Locate the mismatches, weaker points and attack. I can tell listening to cam talk we base it off coverages an entire defense is showing to some degree. That can work but what if a defense is constantly switching up. It's mostly just a complete clutter that's based on players being perfect. Players performances aren't perfect. That's why this offense is so up and down