Life without Christian McCaffrey

[Khyber53]

Actually hoping to see the return of Reggie. Davis really made an impact catching passes out of the backfield, but Reggie offers something more akin to CMC as a runner. 

Neither guy, or both together, make up for the loss, but you've got to give Davis credit for hitting the ground running on this opportunity.

 

[onmyown]

30 minutes ago, pantherj said:

We need a RB more similar to Warrick Dunn on the roster. This would stop the OC from riding CMC into the ground and we would see a mix of both backs. So long as CMC doesn't have any competition even close to his ability the OC will ignore (and rightly so) the lesser RBs. The OC wants to keep his job, and the best way to do that is ride CMC into the ground in the short term.

When CMC returns you won't see much of anything at all from the other RBs.

I truly think the Panthers have this notion engrained as a franchise that’s come from a lack of sustainable success (never back to back winning seasons) of a ‘one shot at the SB and that’s it, that’s all we will get’ mantra which has seriously infected everyone including the fans.

Running a player into the ground to get there is the norm. It’s sad there is no thought or effort put into preservations of players and doing it the smart way to build a consistently winning year in and out. Tepper has mentioned this, but it doesn’t feel that way when your back up to CMC Is Davis first of all, and second never sees the light of day until he’s injured.
 

Could’ve had Fournette for 1 y 2m deal. Imagine him and cmc in backfield with motions, or cmc in the slot.

[pantherj]

23 minutes ago, onmyown said:

I truly think the Panthers have this notion engrained as a franchise that’s come from a lack of sustainable success (never back to back winning seasons) of a ‘one shot at the SB and that’s it, that’s all we will get’ mantra which has seriously infected everyone including the fans.

Running a player into the ground to get there is the norm. It’s sad there is no thought or effort put into preservations of players and doing it the smart way to build a consistently winning year in and out. Tepper has mentioned this, but it doesn’t feel that way when your back up to CMC Is Davis first of all, and second never sees the light of day until he’s injured.
 

Could’ve had Fournette for 1 y 2m deal. Imagine him and cmc in backfield with motions, or cmc in the slot.

Part of my frustration with this franchise is that it almost never does what I want. Each fan has their own view of what type of team we should build, and then we all become frustrated when they go in a different direction. That is part of being a fan, but what I can't stand anymore are the idiotic decisions made by this franchise that other franchises don't make.

I think we have a clever coaching staff, and you can see that our playcalling, for the most part, has improved from what we had under RR. We adjust based on what the opposing team is doing on offense and defense, and that just wasn't happening as much under RR imo. In that sense we are in a better position to build for the future.

The problem is that we are losing now because of idiotic decisions made in the past. Just as an example, we payed Matt Kalil, a player who was widely thought of as terrible at the time by nearly everyone, a sum of money that was unthinkable given the circumstances. Everyone on this forum recoiled in horror when we gave Matt that contract. I couldn't believe my eyes when I looked at the contract numbers. So we make this idiotic mistakes, and they pile up, and then we don't have enough money for a good roster. We don't have the money or draft currency to have a good backup for CMC. Every team has a few weak spots. We have holes all over our roster, and we're years away from filling these holes. Something has to change.

 

[Mr. Scot]

Defenses are going to approach us differently with McCaffrey out.

McCaffrey presented a threat that always had to be accounted for. Even if he does well, nobody's frightened of Mike Davis.

[Mister]

this is time for mike davis to show his worth , this could be the most dangerous two man punch in cmac and md 

[Carl Spackler]

1 hour ago, CRA said:

So who is Mike's current backup? Reggie? 

I wonder if they treat Mike like a featured RB or if they actually just run more of a committee approach.  Mike.  Reggie.  Samuel.  Gadget runs. 

Unfortunately I expect us to throw the ball a lot because we’ll likely be behind 14-0 early. I’d look for Teddy to throw at least 50 passes this week, if we’re able to move the chains enough. 

[Carl Spackler]

2 hours ago, Waldo said:

I like Davis but it was evident that the D completely stopped respecting us once CMC didn't come back. They looked more aggressive and less conservative. Now with film on Davis and without CMC I would expect more of that.

Definitely got a lot of yards from soft coverage. The big thing is, with a trash, I mean TRASH interior OL that would make a Florida Tuskers coach blush, he’s gonna need to break a lot of tackles. He can’t buy us those three extra yards by getting to the corner like CMC. 

[Waldo]

2 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Definitely got a lot of yards from soft coverage. The big thing is, with a trash, I mean TRASH interior OL that would make a Florida Tuskers coach blush, he’s gonna need to break a lot of tackles. He can’t buy us those three extra yards by getting to the corner like CMC. 

I'm expecting solid from Davis in this stint. Not sure what happens when they game plan him but I would think you hit the nail on the head. The Bolts have a good D, if he can put up decent numbers thats a huge win.

[MechaZain]

Mike looks like he can handle the ground game and divvy the receptions up among everyone else. It's a great opportunity to get Samuel more involved.

[Shocker]

3 hours ago, onmyown said:

Could’ve had Fournette for 1 y 2m deal. Imagine him and cmc in backfield with motions, or cmc in the slot.

Seriously doubt he would have come here...not that easy

[t96]

4 hours ago, hepcat said:

I picked up Mike Davis for my fantasy team so that should tell you something!

me too... he's gonna suck or get injured

[FakePlasticTrees]

The marginal difference between running backs is probably less than any other position.This, of course, is another reason to not allot a high percentage of your salary cap to the position. Another off-season mistake. These have a way of making themselves known!