Post Jets Game - Biggest areas of concern

[frankw]

Held to 19 points against the undisputed worst team in the nfl at home. The oline actually wasn't quite as bad as we had prepared ourselves for. Certainly not in comparison to the Jets. Darnold was only sacked once. Playcalling needs much more consistency if we hope to win eight or more games.

[OldhamA]

9 minutes ago, Newbie said:

Zod, if we cut our kicker before week two we get the draft pick back correct? 

I'd rather have the 7th rounder back. Go get Borregales from the TB practice squad. 

[t96]

Still OL. Offense's biggest problem today was the line, not Joe Brady. Brady could do better scheming around the weakness there, yes. But there were too many plays disrupted by the OL sucking, and despite McCaffrey's good YPC we couldn't get much going in the run game early to open up the passing game and take some of the pressure off of the OL in the pass rush -- McCaffrey willed his way to a lot of those yards.

[Jackie Lee]

My sleeper concern was these young Jets corners staying pretty tight on our WR's most of the game. They could be better than advertised or Brady was just keeping it vanilla on the first game, or Brady is just not a good OC despite the media hype. 

[rebelrouser]

oline and drops (although Darnold put a lot on those passes and they weren't perfect).

[LinvilleGorge]

Two shine above all others IMO.

1. CMC's workload. That's not sustainable. For one, we can't be that reliant on one guy. Two, we're gonna wear him out at this pace.

2. Redzone problems. The fumble. Some missed throws.  Some less than inspiring play calls. We kinda seen about every way you can botch it in the redzone.

 

[Jackie Lee]

2 minutes ago, t96 said:

Still OL. Offense's biggest problem today was the line, not Joe Brady. Brady could do better scheming around the weakness there, yes. But there were too many plays disrupted by the OL sucking, and despite McCaffrey's good YPC we couldn't get much going in the run game early to open up the passing game and take some of the pressure off of the OL in the pass rush -- McCaffrey willed his way to a lot of those yards.

Seems like everything is designed for Sam to get the ball out in 2 seconds which does go back to the OL and the WR's catching in pretty tight coverage. He needs to scheme up more YAC plays if this is the way it's gonna be

[45catfan]

15 minutes ago, CanePantherHornet said:

Offensive line, Joe Brady.

Nailed it.

[Smithers]

Coaching, plain and simple.

Brady - terrible play calling, especially in the red zone and second half

Rhule - punting twice from the 33 and putting his FB experiment in the game on a crucial play from the 3 yard line resulting in a TO.  Also for not solving the kicking situation, resulting in a missed XP.  Easily left 7 points on the field.   Also got out coached in the second half

[R2-D2]

Darnold inside the red zone. Missed at least 1 TD throw to Marshall. Not sure about the Thomas throw; I was at the game. 
 

finishing sacks. I know Wilson is slippery but jesus 

[Harbingers]

Oh the other big glaring thing is even though after he settled down Darnold looked good, but he was throwing to the primary/first read on every play. Even the check downs to CMC were scripted. When he has to start going through the progression or is facing a good secondary he really needs to stop staring down his first read. 

[TrevorLaurenceTime22]

15 minutes ago, ACobra289 said:

We need more out of CMc.

 

[Dragoon11]

Consistency, finishing drives and ball play calling. I know Darnold is still building chemistry with his receivers, but Brady has to find a way to be confident that Darnold can connect with all those receivers. We have too much talent on offense to have only scored 19 points against the Jets. Yes, it is a win, and I'll take it, but we were up 16-0 (should have been 24-0) and was rolling in the first half. The second half was a loss, luckily the defense just held on. Panthers have to play for 4 quarters! Consistency!

[Rickson]

I think coaching for me as well.  I’m very concerned that we didn’t seem to make or anticipate any adjustments after half time.