Too much CMC, bad coaching, will take the W.

[Dragoon11]

YES! CMC is our star, and yes you feed your star, but... Joe Brady has THREE stud wide receivers, and a good TE. I know this is only the first game of the season, but honestly, Panthers should have won this game 27-7 or 34-7 easily. This coaching staff looked terrible in the second half, Rhule got outcoached by Robert Saleh, plain and simple. We have great weapons outside of CMC, so why in the F&*k did the coaching staff not find ways to get the ball to our WR's in the second half? The coaches should have emphasized the importance of the opening drive to start the second half, instead we come out and look completely flat. Credit to the Jets defense, they're pretty good, BUT... their weakness is their corners and we should have been taking more shots down the field.

A win is a win, I get it, wins are hard to come by in the NFL. Panthers were up 16-0 at halftime, had all the momentum, then got outplayed and outcoached in the second half by a freshman team (an NFL freshman team, but freshman team nonetheless). Sam Darnold looked lights out in the first half, but the second half the whole offense looked stagnated just by play calls. I realize that Darnold is still developing chemistry with these receivers, and figured we would get a heavy dose of CMC this first game. Here's the thing... we'll be no better than we were last year if we don not find other playmakers on this team, and play CONSISTENTLY. I'll take this win, ugly as it was, but Rhule and Brady really need to show me more. The second half of todays game they looked like college coaches.

Edited September 12, 2021 by Dragoon11

[OneBadCat]

I think they got scared that Darnold would make a mistake so they fed CMC in the second half.

 

Really wanted to see them trust him to throw the daggers needed to put them away early. Hopefully the sheltering won’t last all season.

[Dragoon11]

Just now, OneBadCat said:

I think they got scared that Darnold would make a mistake so they fed CMC in the second half.

 

Really wanted to see them trust him to throw the daggers needed to put them away early. Hopefully the sheltering won’t last all season.

Yeah, they sure didn't seem like a confident bunch in the second half. We were dominating the first half, I just don't get it.

[Tbe]

C’mon guys. You don’t open up the playbook week 1 so everyone knows what you can do.

A simple run game could beat the Jet so they went with that. 
 

It’s the smart thing to do.

[Rags]

lmao "too much" cmc

boy is getting paid. no such thing as too much. He is not fair, he should be used a lot while the rest of our offense develops.

 

[BIGH2001]

This felt just like a Rivera win. Team looked unstoppable for about a quarter and then spent the other 3 quarters trying to keep the poo in their diaper.

[BlitzMonster]

Yeah, CMC is back !  I'm so glad to see that.  But how long is the guy going to last ?  

At the rate he played today CMC is going to be worn down to the nub by mid-season.  

The offense has to be spread around a lot more to keep CMC fresh this year.  

 

[philit99]

1 minute ago, Tbe said:

C’mon guys. You don’t open up the playbook week 1 so everyone knows what you can do.

A simple run game could beat the Jet so they went with that. 
 

It’s the smart thing to do.

This. You can open it up if you want to, but that puts more film out there. Good Thing/Bad Thing. We won, so keep some of those big plays in your pocket for later.

[CanePantherHornet]

2 minutes ago, Rags said:

lmao "too much" cmc

boy is getting paid. no such thing as too much. He is not fair, he should be used a lot while the rest of our offense develops.

 

Darnold should not have thrown the ball to him even though he was open.

[PNW_PantherMan]

I think he's referring to all the hard running in between the tackles.  I'd actually like to see CMC used as a receiver as much, or even more.

[frankw]

There are things to like and I'm happy with the win but if we show up like we did in the second half against the Bucs or Saints it's going to get out of hand fast. Don't get the hapless Jets for 16 more weeks. If you look at the best offenses in the league they are not one dimensional yet Carolina seems to be hellbent on this even if it means running McCaffrey into the ground. CMC is not built to be what they are wanting to use him as which is a battering ram. It didn't work for long with Superman who was built like a specimen and it isn't going to work here. Sorry but that's the rub.

[top dawg]

Same thing I said in the game thread: you have to test those corners.

I wasn't a fan of the play calling.  Just seemed to take the foot off the gas and go to Fox Ball (or Rivera play-not-to-lose mode). 

Our offensive philosophy got it done against the Jets , but most teams would've made us pay and  kicked our ass. 

[Harbingers]

I mean CMC accounted for 49% of our yards…. 

[45catfan]

9 minutes ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

I think he's referring to all the hard running in between the tackles.  I'd actually like to see CMC used as a receiver as much, or even more.

Yup, especially on third downs.  You ain't fooling anyone by putting him in the backfield on obvious passing downs, so you might as well line him up wide and try to get a mismatch with a safety.

Edited September 12, 2021 by 45catfan