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[mav1234]

3 minutes ago, tgrfan01 said:

you know funny thing is our offense looks much better without c mac

something else happened right around that trade... can't seem to put my finger on exactly what it was... 

[PappyMay]

I know we need draft help but man was that game fun. Especially the first half! Nervous to hear about Horn though! Need him on Mike Evans

[Davidson Deac II]

I honestly think that CMC leaving improved our offense.  He was just to much of a crutch for our coaches and qb's to lean on, and I fear that even with Rhule leaving, we would have tried to feed him too much. 

I am wondering if SF is falling into that trip.  In the last game, CMC had 23 carries and 8 targets.  I guess it was in part due to injury, but even so, that is a lot.

Edited December 24, 2022 by Davidson Deac II

[mav1234]

1 minute ago, Davidson Deac II said:

I honestly think that CMC leaving improved our offense.  He was just to much of a crutch for our coaches and qb's to lean on, and I fear that even with Rhule leaving, we would have tried to feed him too much.  

With how the OL is playing, I'm not sure that would have been a problem.  Until this game, we hadn't shown we could connect often enough over the top to sustain drives...

[Catsfan69]

1 minute ago, Davidson Deac II said:

I honestly think that CMC leaving improved our offense.  He was just to much of a crutch for our coaches and qb's to lean on, and I fear that even with Rhule leaving, we would have tried to feed him too much.  

The biggest change was Bozeman. 

Then getting Sam back.

 

He's not too big a crutch in SF with Debo out. 

We no longer have a home run hitter. He absolutely scores on those runs today and we will miss him in the playoffs. 

[RJK]

4 minutes ago, Move the Panthers to Raleigh said:

Not really though 

u right. Ladies and gentlemen your .4118 Carolina panthers

[Davidson Deac II]

Just now, mav1234 said:

With how the OL is playing, I'm not sure that would have been a problem.  Until this game, we hadn't shown we could connect often enough over the top to sustain drives...

Maybe, but using multiple backs and receivers makes a team so much harder to defend.

[YourLastThought]

1 minute ago, RJK said:

u right. Ladies and gentlemen your .4118 Carolina panthers

[mav1234]

3 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Maybe, but using multiple backs and receivers makes a team so much harder to defend.

I don't know if using multiple backs really does in this circumstance - true Blackshear is very different from Hubbard/Foreman, but the other two mostly just seem to spell each other occasionally.

I think we would have seen an adoption of a similar scheme regardless of if CMC was here or not.

I do think he requested a trade though. I got the feeling he was actually one of the guy's in Rhule's corner.

[Stuart Smith]

58 minutes ago, Catsfan69 said:

Cmac would have gone for 432 today and 4 tds.

And maybe hurt. 

[Stuart Smith]

16 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Maybe, but using multiple backs and receivers makes a team so much harder to defend.

I think it has to help morale in the locker room to have more people involved in the offense.

[TheSpecialJuan]

4 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

WE WILL WIN 

told ya

[tgrfan01]

41 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

something else happened right around that trade... can't seem to put my finger on exactly what it was... 

that as well..but seemed like our whole offense revolved around c mac where as now most everyone is involved.

[mav1234]

2 minutes ago, tgrfan01 said:

that as well..but seemed like our whole offense revolved around c mac where as now most everyone is involved.

I think that's partly the change in philosophy though.