Sam Darnold Thoughts After Game 1

[mav1234]

1 minute ago, Shotgun said:

He looked decent, it was the jets though.

the Jets strength is on the DL, which is a direct matchup win for them.  It neuters a lot of our advantages, too.  Made it hard for us to go deep.

[Zod]

Good enough. This team can contend with him. 

[joemac]

Just now, Pimpdaddy said:

hampered by the shtty play calling...

Yeah, Boy Genius wasn’t very inspiring today. He needs to get a lot better. 

[DaveThePanther2008]

Overall I think he was impressive.  I think in the 2nd half he missed a couple of throws that may have put some pressure on him but after NYJ go their first score Darnold marched the Panthers down to scoring postion and got us up by 2 scores again.

Gotta get that O-line in shape though.

He was a warrior standing in the pocket and making throws at the last moment.  I was overhall happy with his preformance.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, Pimpdaddy said:

hampered by the shtty play calling...

Playcalling was very up and down.

[jopie87]

Sam has a shot at being the second or third best QB in franchise history. I was more confident going into today with him versus any point with Teddy last year. Saw nothing today to change my mind on that.

[MVPccaffrey]

low tier game manager, but at least he's only being paid like one

[BlitzMonster]

Looked mostly like a pretty savvy vet out there.  Cool.  Calm. Collected.

Good arm strength. 

Accuracy was a bit off but I think that will come through with more reps & gametime.  

All in all a fine first game.

Loved that QB draw.  Don't know if that decision was his or Brady's with no Safety deep.  But that's what good teams do - make the D pay for their mistakes.  

[KatsAzz]

I was impressed by both Sam Darnold and the Panthers,especially in the first half. Not a perfect game but something positive to build on.

[mav1234]

Just now, MVPccaffrey said:

low tier game manager, but at least he's only being paid like one

can you explain this take? the way he took hits, bounced back from mistakes, demonstrated significant arm strength, etc... didn't strike me as a game manager.

it is true our offensive philosophy is dink and dunkish, but that's partly because of the atrocity that is the OL.

[DaveThePanther2008]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

Playcalling was very up and down.

Brady needs to adjust.  It was obvious that Salah made some defensive changes at halftime and Brady didn't seem to adjust.  His best play was the misdirection with DJ Moore which is something I think they should have done more of.  Get that defense second guessing again.  

They obviously were targeting CMC.  We have other weapons and Brady IMO didn't use them enough. 

[Moo Daeng]

Not bad

[mav1234]

Just now, DaveThePanther2008 said:

Brady needs to adjust.  It was obvious that Salah made some defensive changes at halftime and Brady didn't seem to adjust.  His best play was the misdirection with DJ Moore which is something I think they should have done more of.  Get that defense second guessing again.  

They obviously were targeting CMC.  We have other weapons and Brady IMO didn't use them enough. 

I agree.  Somehow, Moore had 80 yards receiving, but it felt like he wasn't being utilized enough.  Robby had that one deep bomb... Just need to get these WRs more involved in the game somehow.  The one 2nd half drive that yielded points saw a lot of nice efforts to get WRs the ball in space.

[Luciu5]

Darnold was fine, but this offensive was damn tepid in the second half.