Has Norv had to limit his playbook?

[WarPanthers89]

We all know Norv likes the deep ball, and I found this quote very interesting. With teams knowing we will not pass deep, has Norv has to limit hit playbook? I am sure  this has effected the game plan after Cams shoulder started getting worse.

[therealmjl]

i don't think there is any doubt Cam's injured shoulder has limited this offense. 

[LinvilleGorge]

I don't think there's any doubt about it.

[Khyber53]

Um, well, yeah. Since the beginning of the season. We just really didn't realize it until the last five or six games how little Cam had left in that arm. Norv and Ron were covering for it as much as they could because Cam could still outperform most back ups, but in the end it just wasn't enough.

It was just making the best of what we had in front of us, but the well ran dry. We might see more of the deep routes with Cam on the bench now, but we won't see everything that they'd hope to do. Heinicke doesn't have Cam's gifts, skills or experience.

Hopefully there will be some serious healing on Cam's shoulder and we can see the full playbook put into play.

Sadly, I think our WRs came out looking a lot worse for this than they deserved to, but the game plan is always affected by the QB's capabilities.

 

[BrianS]

17 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

Sadly, I think our WRs came out looking a lot worse for this than they deserved to, but the game plan is always affected by the QB's capabilities.

 

Honestly, I feel really, really good about our WR's . . . better than I have in a very long time.  If Cam's arm was properly attached, our defense would not have mattered in the least this season because with the deep ball touch he has with Curtis and DJ's speed . . . we would likely have made people seriously terrified of what would be coming next.

We were already really good until Cam's arm deteriorated and opposing defenses figured it out.