The Draft Will Not Fix Carolinas Biggest Issue

[La Pantera]

The biggest thing I've noticed the last 2 seasons, is we get sacks. We get teams in 3rd and long and let them convert. We have to get better on 3rd downs. That goes for the O too.

[Snake]

13 hours ago, Carolina Cajun said:

I agree, but not on ball security.  We take care of the ball pretty well, and especially after cam fully recovered from the shoulder surgery, he was good.  Problem last year was generating turnovers.  That's why I was disappointed with Jackson and Gaulden, because neither are really "ball hawks".

With coaching that should improve. Hopefully Washington will be a bit more helpful to the DBs than Wilks was. 

[Snake]

6 minutes ago, La Pantera said:

The biggest thing I've noticed the last 2 seasons, is we get sacks. We get teams in 3rd and long and let them convert. We have to get better on 3rd downs. That goes for the O too.

We also had a offense that didn't put pressure on the other offense. Teams knew all they had to do is limit CMC last year and they would get extra possessions. 

[mc52beast]

Thought this was gonna be about Hurney

[rippadonn]

16 hours ago, RetiredCollegeCoach said:

Well, yes, the draft is generally not used as a ball security improvement mechanism.

Stats on this issue are massively elastic and have a lot to do with that thing called luck. Hard to draft luck.

Shabba Ranks spoke eloquently to this issue years ago:

 

Pie for Shabba