The winning formula was staring us in the face

[TN05]

All day, the Panthers looked great in an under-center set, with a strong running game. This is also where Bryce Young looked the best - shockingly, when you set up the run, you can actually open up the downfield. This shouldn't be too surprising, given this sort of offensive setup worked well for Steve Wilkes last year.

Instead, throughout the game, at pivotal moments, we went to the pistol. It didn't work, and in most cases it was actually disastrous. This is most obvious in the idiotic decision to convert a 3rd and 1 out of a run in the pistol. Stuff like this has characterized the entire season, and I don't think it helps anyone.

If the staff, and/or David Tepper, can just get off their high horse and get back to the power run system, we might get a win or two the rest of the season. It might not be "sexy" to run Chubba Hubbard up the middle, and it might look too much like Jerry Richardson football (something Tepper clearly just does not like) but it was absolutely winning us the game for a bit. Maybe even build on this next year instead of trying to rework this scheme into something the players clearly aren't fit for and that frankly wasn't resulting in wins.

There's no need to get fancy - just like up under center and run the ball.

Edited December 4, 2023 by TN05

[raleigh-panther]

4 minutes ago, TN05 said:

All day, the Panthers looked great in an under-center set, with a strong running game. This is also where Bryce Young looked the best. This shouldn't be too surprising, given this sort of offensive setup worked well for Steve Wilkes last year.

Instead, throughout the game, at pivotal moments, we went to the pistol. It didn't work, and in most cases it was actually disastrous. This is most obvious in the idiotic decision to convert a 3rd and 1 out of a run in the pistol. Stuff like this has characterized the entire season, and I don't think it helps anyone.

If the staff, and/or David Tepper, can just get off their high horse and get back to the power run system, we might get a win or two the rest of the season. It might not be "sexy" to run Chubba Hubbard up the middle, and it might look too much like Jerry Richardson football (something Tepper clearly just does not like) but it was absolutely winning us the game for a bit.

Everyone in the universe knows what this offense is when in pistol…I mean everyone 

add to it a qb that can’t sneak for a yard

plus receiver with little separation

and here we are 

to not be able to get 3’ …twice is pretty damned pathetic.  Whatever happened  to bringing in Dalton on those…guess they don’t want to emphasize Young’s shortcomings 

Edited December 4, 2023 by raleigh-panther