1st string offense vs Bills.

[panther4life]

Went back and watched the 1st string offense again.  Looks like Thomas is already penciled in as the #2 tight end. He was in on 6 of 14 plays with Cam. 

In those 14 plays here are the players and packages we used.

McCaffrey,Olsen and Funchess were in on all 14 snaps. After them:

1. Smith 10 snaps
2. Thomas 6 snaps
3. Moore 5 snaps
4. Wright 4 snaps
5. Armah 2 snaps
6. Claussell 2 snaps

1st Series

• 1st play, 12 Personnel (McCaffrey, Olsen, Thomas, Funchess, Smith)
• 2nd play 11 Personnel (McCaffrey, Olsen, Funchess,Smith, Moore)
• 3rd play  12 Personnel (McCaffrey, Olsen,Thomas, Funchess, Moore)
• 4th play we ran a jumbo package with both tight ends, and added Blaine Claussell as a blocker with Smith and Funchess remaining the starters at WR
• 5th play 11 Personnel (McCaffrey, Olsen, Funchess,Moore,Wright)
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2nd Series

• 1st play Claussell and Armah out there in a jumbo package, Funchess, Smith starters at WR. - Nice lil play design as Armah slipped out for an open pass on the playaction
• 2nd play 12 Personnel (McCaffrey,Olsen, Thomas, Funchess,Smith)
• 3rd play 12 Personnel (McCaffrey,Olsen, Thomas, Funchess,Smith)
• 4th play 12 Personnel (McCaffrey,Olsen, Thomas, Funchess,Smith)
• 5th play 21 Personnel (McCaffrey,Armah, Olsen, Funchess,Smith)
• 6th play 11 Personnel (McCaffrey, Olsen, Funchess,Smith, Moore)
• 7th play 11 Personnel (McCaffrey, Olsen, Funchess,Smith, Wright)
• 8th play 11 Personnel(McCaffrey, Olsen, Funchess,Moore, Wright)
• 9th play 11 Personnel(McCaffrey, Olsen, Funchess,Smith, Wright)

6 of the plays were out of the 11 personnel, our primary package for at least the past few years

6 of the plays were of out the 12 personnel (2 tight end sets)

Few quick thoughts based on the info above:

• Was nice to see us trusting Thomas out there with that many 2 TE sets out the gate. He didn't look lost and thats good for a 4th round pick in his first game
• Funchess seems to be holding onto the number 1 Receiver spot since he was in on all 14 snaps
• Also glad to see Smith,Moore and Wright get time in at the 3 receiver sets. Hoping to see Samuel get in that mix next week as well.
• Appears Armah has a chance to play a bigger role in the offense this year. He did well catching a pass and hitting his blocking assignment on McCaffreys 7 yard run. Only 2 snaps but he managed to look good on both of them.

[Cam's New Arm]

Good content!

[t96]

Thanks for putting this together. Every Panthers fan should be excited about our offensive weapons and Norv. Cam will be a top 3 MVP candidate, no doubt in my mind.

[MikeD83]

That pass to Armah was awesome to see. Excited to see how he will be used. Won’t be surprised if Norv’s offense makes Armah a pro bowler, especially with how easy Tolbert got in the last few years. 

[t96]

15 minutes ago, MikeD83 said:

That pass to Armah was awesome to see. Excited to see how he will be used. Won’t be surprised if Norv’s offense makes Armah a pro bowler, especially with how easy Tolbert got in the last few years. 

I’m extremely excited about Armah and how he’ll be used in our offense. Pro bowl will be tough, Tolbert mainly got in because of his name and until Armah establishes that I don’t see pro bowl unless he has a lot of TDs.

[Mikey818]

23 minutes ago, t96 said:

Thanks for putting this together. Every Panthers fan should be excited about our offensive weapons and Norv. Cam will be a top 3 MVP candidate, no doubt in my mind.

If we win the division and cmc goes for 1800 scrimmage yards will he also be in mvp conversation ?

[joeyxfresco]

Start the 2018 CAMVP campaign!!!!

[manu4t]

Really solid post OP

[FugAllY'all]

Just a really talented group of guys with a lot of position versatility. Hard not be to excited about the possibilities. 

[KB_fan]

Love this post. Thanks SO MUCH for putting this together.

[Harbingers]

Thanks @panther4life

[Saca312]

That fifth play that you mentioned was interesting to see. Two backs with Olsen at the X IIRC. Clearly Norv wants to try and implement his FB and 21 personnel.

[NAS]

We nees Moore on at least 70% of snaps. Give the rookie a chance to develop chemistry with Cam.

[jayflip]

Great post!

Another thing I'm interested in is time remaining on the playclock when the ball was snapped for each first team snap. 

I noticed Cam wasn't clasping furiously for the snap each play. Granted the first preseason game is heavily scripted and such, it was still nice to see.