All-22 Review: Panthers @ Falcons [Week 1 - 2023]

[TheCasillas]

Welcome to the kickoff of the All-22 Review for the Carolina Panthers 2023 Season

I was able to sit down and watch every single play about 4-5 times each angle and put together a brief write up for everyone on the huddle to be able to digest. I also have included some videos of certain plays that I felt was worth the time to view as well. I am looking forward to everyone's comments and feedback on this as I will continue to do this throughout the year (except for the next two weeks due to being on my Honeymoon). 

With that, let's get week 1 started!

I will admit that I started out really excited about this one, but as each quarter went by my excitement waned because I saw things that we didnt get to see during the live broadcast on Sunday. This was a tough one because we all want to see our new regimen, new players, and new QB succeed and be the best, but in this instance we definitely have some ways to go as a team. 

Quick Hits

• Falcons had Bates playing the “Robber” majority of the game. Robber is when the deep safety plays the middle third instead of the deep third. I’m wondering if our offensive staff caught onto this. There were a lot of throws available over the top. Jessie Bates is a monster. He was involved in pretty much every play and the Falcons defense are going to be tied to his success. The theme of the game was pretty much Bates vs Bryce. Bates won. Hats off to him. 

• Chinn is our third linebacker. We put him in the box often. Even when the Falcons brought in an extra receiver we kept Chinn close to the LOS.

• Both Chinn and Jackson were solid in coverage, neither of them gave up any meaningful catches. It was pretty impressive to see.  

• For Bryce Young it was a tale of two halves. The first half was very promising and exciting and easily could give him a 7/10 grade. However, the 2nd half will definitely leave a bad taste in your mouth, and even the dedicated fans will realize he has plenty of room to grow.  Second half: 3/10

• Our defensive scheme had very little repetitive tendencies, players were lined up all over the formation. It was awesome to see that we kept the falcons confused with our defensive adjustments and alignment. Luvu and Shaq deserve a lot of credit. The both of them were involved in every play and caused a  lot of plays for the Falcons to go off script. Our run defense is not going to be a problem compared to the years past.  Formations I saw on D : 3-3 , 2-4-5 , 4-4 , &  Big Nickel

• Although they had some missed tackles - Shaq and Luvu were always involved in plays. It’s definitely not a motor issue. They were all around the ball and disrupted a lot of plays for the Falcons. Consistency was not an issue from those two.

• ATL first TD… just bad tackling, solid defensive play call though. We had player's in the right position and multiple opportunties to stop the play behind the LOS. Just need to execute better.

• AJ Terrell is very handsy, and I am very surprised we did not have a few DPI’s and Defensive Holding calls against him

• A healthy Horn is just unreal - Ridder wouldn’t even dare look Horn’s direction. You could tell that Pitts and London were frustrated when Horn was lined up across them. We really need Horn to be healthy and stay healthy.

• Horn’s injury looked very much to be due to the turf monster

• Outside of the 4th and 1 - our offensive run scheme is pretty impressive. Lots of movement, misdirection, pulling lineman, and complex blocking schemes. I am excited to see what the run game will become once they open the playbook. Running to the left side will be a strength for us this year.

• Mingo played the deep route specialist on Sunday and he didn't do too bad. He does have some fine tuning to do with his mid depth route running. His ability to get off of the line and beat the press is very impressive for a rookie.

• Very proud of our offensive line, it also helped that we were mixing our playing calling to get the pressure off of them.. Until the end of the game of course

• Watching Bryce navigate the pre-snap process is veteran like

• Looks like we ran a few pre-designed plays .. interesting to see 

• Miles Sanders does a lot that he probably won’t get credit for… on two plays in the first half he ran distraction routes at 100% taking a safety and a linebacker out of a play completely. The Miles Sanders fumble was a tough one, he was hot on the drive. He had multiple touches over 5-6 yards. You know he hated that.

• The scoring drive was a thing of beauty - the team was magnificient on that drive and the series of playcalling was very impressive. Falcons were caught off balance the entire drive.

• Bryce to Thielen has to start to happen. A few big throws to Thielen were left on the field.

 

Highlights/Lowlights

 

• Awesome jump cut by Miles to find the hole and create a solid gain for a first down. This is a glimpse of what he is able to bring to the offense.

 

• Bryce Young leaves his read to Adam Thielen just a half second too early.. This could have been an easy pitch and catch for about 5 yards. However, a silver lining is that once he moves out of the pocket to create an extended play he sees Hayden across the middle but just can’t put the accuracy needed on it.. If he does… It's a big game. Lots of ifs… but it is worth noticing

• One of a handful of deep shots missed by Bryce. He is able to extend the play with his legs and create an opportunity to find a receiver open, and some will argue he wisely dumps it off.. But Bates leaves Thielen and Bryce has an easy 6 if he sees it.

• Excellent read and throw by Bryce to Mingo. Bryce knows that he is going to the left side of the field from the get go. What you notice in this play is that he waits until the linebacker on Hurst turns his back before he delivers an excellent out route to Mingo, trusting that he would beat his man. Ball was out before Mingo finished his cut. I can’t stress how ridiculous this is for a rookie to be able to do

• It does appear that TMJ and Bryce need more time together - TMJ is open but often it appears the timing was off between him and Bryce. You can tell on this play that TMJ was looking for the ball over the top and had his man beat for it, but Bryce wanted the back shoulder.

 

• Another missed opportunity with a wide open Thielen. You could argue the pressure in Bryce’s face led him to take the dump off, but Thielen is wide open in the middle of the field on this one. It appears Mingo was the go to here on this play. Also, for those doubting Bryce’s arm strength….this is a good example of the zip he can get on the ball… even after i slowed it down for you all by 25%

• This play wont make many people happy….. Bryce has two people wide open, but I can not speak from experience on how hard those throws are to make when sprinting full speed with someone chasing me. It is also possible that Bryce was already committed to running for 16 yards.

 

• This play does not result in much, but I want you all to focus on Mingo here… absolutely destroys his man off the line… only downside… Bates was waiting for him on the rest of the route 

 

 

• Bryce’s 2nd INT…. do yourself a favor don’t look at Mingo here… As for the throw, the decision isn’t a bad one… it is the placement of the ball. I think Bryce just rushes this throw … he has TMJ for a second but the ball is just a second too late and too far inside. If you want to go throw mechanics, Bryce’s hips are pointing wide, which plays a role in why the ball goes more toward the hashes as opposed to TMJ. It is a bummer, but Bryce is a rookie… don’t do it again Bryce!

 

 

• This is an interesting one to watch. You can see that Bell and Henderson are not on the same page here and this leads to a conversion for the Falcons.  Based on the body language, Henderson is to blame here.

 

 

• Shaq got a lot of flack for the 2nd Falcons TD , but this is no way his fault. He shoots the right gap and the play is all but shut down. It was a great job by Allgeir to stay on his feet and bounce to the outside. If we have to absolutely blame someone here, it would be Burns for not maintaining the outside. 

 

 

• Looks like Bryce did have some mental miscues in the 4th quarter. He appears to avoid throwing to the middle here. I am not sure why, maybe he is rushing his reads or the pocket just getting too hot. However, he misses a wide Ian for about 15 yards. Still goes for a first down with a dump off to Miles.

 

 

• The 2nd half was bad for Bryce, there is no way to make this pretty.  Here is the infamous TMJ route that he slows up on… However, look at Adam Thielen before and after the pass is thrown… The only redeeming quality here is that the ball is super accurate if TMJ doesn’t slow up. 

 

 

• You all are not going to be happy about this… the penalty flag that was thrown for us “blocking out of bounds' ' which is the same play we got horse collar tackle… appears to be a bogus flag. Troy Hill is grabbed and brought out of bounds after he handles the gunner. The gunner never lets Hill disengage. 

 

 

• The deep ball that was missed to Mingo was on Bryce… just not enough air. It’s definitely a tale of two halves for Bryce and our offense. 

 

 

• The next play missed an opportunity with Hurst in the middle of the field. He has his man beat but I believe Bryce pre-determined where he wanted to go with the ball 

 

 

• 4th quarter was just a bad quarter for Bryce, you can tell he was in his own head. Here is another missed opportunity across the middle to TMJ

 

 

 

• Thielen is most likely spending the week in Bryce’s ear. Thielen should have over 100 yards on Sunday and potentially 2 TDs… you be the judge

 

 

• Another missed opportunity over the middle to Tremble. It appears at this point in the game Bruce had already made his mind up on where he was going with the ball pre-snap.

 

 

 

 

All in all there is a lot to be excited about, but there are also some pieces we will now probably hyper focus on as fans. The one piece I'd like to share with the huddle is that if we have seen these issues, so has the coaching staff. You can bet your ass that they are going to be coaching up our players big time this week on some of these pieces that we need to work on. If everything we have heard about Bryce is true.... Then you can only assume he will be like Kuechly and studying the poo out of this stuff. I think the biggest call out is that you really saw Bryce deviate from his comfort zone in the second half. It is possible that the Falcons got into his head, or he got into his own head as well.

If we see Bryce improve this week on some of these particuliars I shared, then we got a damn good QB. 

 

 

Looking forward to your thoughts and feedback.

 

Edited September 12, 2023 by TheCasillas
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[WarPanthers89]

[WarPanthers89]

Amazing post you sexy MF’er

Edited September 12, 2023 by WarPanthers89

[Harbingers]

The blocking out of bounds flag was obviously horseshit. I do not like that ref we got. Don’t know who he is, but he is probably my least favorite ref now. 

Edited September 12, 2023 by Harbingers

[TheCasillas]

sorry for the random ass video at the begining - my edit timer ran out on me so I am unable to fix it.

[Harbingers]

And agreed we have Thielen this year. Let’s not waste that talent. He should be target #1. With Mingo seeming more action too. 

[PantherGuy]

Appreciate the time and effort to do this and the write-up. Have a pie. I love these All-22s but don't have the time to do them myself.

Edited September 12, 2023 by PantherGuy

[Harbingers]

8 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

The blocking out of bounds flag was obviously horseshit. I do not like that ref we got. Don’t know who he is, but he is probably my least favorite ref now. 

Also the fact that flag was throw by I believe the field judge, who ever was at our end zone is fugging insufferable. The Line Judge didn’t even pay attention to it. We got a rookie poo crew this game. 

Edited September 12, 2023 by Harbingers

[Tbe]

So did you get the sense Bryce was trying to make decisions a little too fast and not letting some plays develop?

[Harbingers]

1 minute ago, Tbe said:

So did you get the sense Bryce was trying to make decisions a little too fast and not letting some plays develop?

Better route progression if that’s the case. He for the most part had all day back there. 

[TheCasillas]

5 minutes ago, Tbe said:

So did you get the sense Bryce was trying to make decisions a little too fast and not letting some plays develop?

Yeah he did hurry through his reads... Slightly concerning but not something to become frantic about. I think the big thing was that it looked like Bryce never locked in on a particuliar receiver in play to play, and it kind of feels like he should have. Thielen was eating on Sunday.

[Bear Hands]

Good stuff. Plenty for the squad to improve on, hopefully we can surprise on national tv and make some passing game corrections.  

[*FreeFua*]

10 minutes ago, TheCasillas said:

Yeah he did hurry through his reads... Slightly concerning but not something to become frantic about. I think the big thing was that it looked like Bryce never locked in on a particuliar receiver in play to play, and it kind of feels like he should have. Thielen was eating on Sunday.

Just seemed like a very off day from Bryce. What’re supposed to be strengths didn’t show up Sunday. It was his first NFL game so a lot was going on but again, progressions/ability to read coverages is literally why he went 1st overall. 
 

These next few weeks will tell us a lot. If by mid season his strengths are indeed his strengths then I won’t give a sh!t what our record is I know we’ll be in good hands moving forward which is all we want 

Edited September 12, 2023 by *FreeFua*

[Panthering]

Everything seems coachable so far and can be chalked up to experience. With his mental acuity I still feel good about him, did not realize how often he missed open receivers though so thanks for this cutup.