The Long Ball

[CPF4LIFE]

So Cam should just throw a long ball up just to please everybody and possibly get intercepted. That will calm everybody down.

[thefuzz]

16 minutes ago, TPanther920 said:

We don't know yet whether Cam throw the ball deep. My point was about all the whining about not throwing the ball deep ....All the time. F that. Go for it occasionally to keep the defense honest. Just like running up the middle. But the harping on throw it deep throw it deep seems to be more about Fantasy points than good play calling.

Cam has not shown that he can consistently throw deep in some time now.  Until that is confirmed with in game action, defensive coordinators are going to be able to severely hamper our offense.

Nobody here is looking to drop bombs all over the field, but chunk plays in the passing game are absolutely needed to take some pressure off of Cam and CMC.

[KillaCamNewton]

i'm not saying you shouldnt take a couple shots, but i agree the obsession is weird. we have an OLine that can't pass protect, a QB whose biggest knock is that he holds the ball too long, and we were playing against the most disruptive defensive player in football yesterday. the achilles heel for this team has been lack of pass protection and long developing plays that put us behind the chains and allows teams to pin their ears back on 3rd down. it's not sexy and there is something to be said about keeping the defense honest but the reality is we have 3 guys that are almost impossible to tackle 1 on 1 in the open field and a QB that is (usually) a threat to take off and burn you if you lose containment. with the personnel we have we can easily score more than 25 a game and carve defenses up if we run the ball, dont turn it over, and dont get behind the chains. those 3-4 yard passes to McCaffrey/Moore/Samuel that turn into 15 yard gains are what hurts a defense. We dont need to be launching 60 yard bombs like Mahomes to have a good offense. there are no (if very little) teams that have the speed on defense to keep us from moving the ball even if its with short passes - too much speed and too much elusiveness to not allow 10 yards over 3 plays. the Rams last 3 games have been against us, the Pats and the Saints - 2 teams that are considered the Super Bowl favorites, ask me which of the 3 had the most success on offense?

[morgan55]

1 hour ago, TPanther920 said:

What the hell is the obsession with the long down field pass. Posters screaming " they didn't throw any deep passes" Who gives a poo. I'll take moving the ball in 4-5 yard chucks over a hail mary any day. If the QB has to dink and dunk the entire game who cares. Move the chains. Win the game.  

Go play madden

[ncsfinest21]

The long ball is coming. We expect Cam to be what he was 3 years ago after having 2 surgeries and thinking I got to throw short. Its a big mental change that Cam will get over shortly. He has to get comfortable throwing deep again. He didnt even have a preseason to get his timing back. So why would we expect deep shots just because he did them in practice when we know game speed is totally different. I expect some long shots against the bucs.

[Cpt slay a ho]

It’s a goofy notion, because had the rams thought we couldn’t go deep I guaranteed the underneath routes would have been smothered. People act like cam was throwing into tight windows all game, disappointed like any fan we lose but we lose as a team. People act like Goff was chunking it down field, I guess he’s scared to throw downfield too 

[Bartin]

Deep balls spark the offense

[beastson]

45 minutes ago, Bartin said:

Deep balls spark the offense

Yes and you can say what you want about our last Saints game, but we had 2 deep balls that game in the 1st half (one PI and one completion) which lead to 14 points

[Adb6368]

Chicks dig the long ball and we must be conscientious of them... 

[Anybodyhome]

What is this "long ball" thing of which you speak?

[Sgt Schultz]

You've got to at least have the threat for the deep ball to keep the defense honest.  That said, trying to show it on 3rd and 5, in the 4th quarter, down by 3, after a huge turnover that gave you a glimmer of momentum seems dubious.

[RumHam]

4 hours ago, Growl said:

"dinking and dunking" doesn't work if you can't threaten a defense vertically.     

Inherent to the philosophy itself is the need to scare teams down the seams when they inevitably catch on and line up in their cover 2.

 

I presumably don't need to harp on the  record since we stopped taking shots.

Yes and shittsburgh called are bluffed last year and showed the league how to stop us. It's not that we didn't, and i'll give the benefit of the doubt for the issue with pressure. However, it shows that Cam's shoulder is still a no and if we don't try hitting posts, seams or fly routes greater than 20 yards against THE BUCS, you'll have your answer b/c most likely it'll be a loss. I feel like this offense is nothing but nursing the clock as compared to running the ball 2 yards at a time. 

[AceBoogie]

Man y’all are dumb

[CRA]

If only DeShaun Watson had Cam’s build....he would be dominate.   He won’t survive the season.