Why can't our receivers get separation?

[jtm]

Bad play calling or lack of ability to get away from defenders?

2nd question - why can't we call a run play or screen to the outside? We only had one designed screen against NO and it was a 13 yard gain. The other time we DWill took it to the house. Granted that wasn't a designed cut back, but with the whole D in the middle why can't we recognize this?

3rd question - our offense is bad at this point, why are we not calling any gimic plays, ie. reverse pass, etc.?

[Panthers128]

Lack of ability and play calling. It's a lot harder to get open on a 2 WR set than on a 4-5 WR set. With more WRs, you increase the chance of DBs getting confused and getting out of place.

[Guild]

Gettis was getting separation on some plays and just had the ball thrown to him inaccurately when he did.

Clausen threw it fantastically to him in some tight spots though. Particularly that sideline catch.

[mav1234]

Lack of ability and play calling. It's a lot harder to get open on a 2 WR set than on a 4-5 WR set. With more WRs, you increase the chance of DBs getting confused and getting out of place.

This, and not just WRs. It's not coincidence that Stewart scored on that play. Confuse the hell out of defenses with a half dozen potential receivers!

of course, that's not how this team is built, and we rarely have enough time for the QB to progress through that many reads.

[Brooklyn Bully]

It's been that way for a long time here it seems, minus Smitty. Rosario can sometimes break away though.

[CLTPanther]

Yea, having 2 WR's on 90% of the plays doesn't help. NO had at least 3 nearly every play and ate our damn pass D up.

[mav1234]

It seemed as if every set they had 3 WRs and a TE Talk about hard to cover. Uggh.

[Clawsome2]

Having dwayne jarret is like not having anyone out there at all

[jtm]

What gives ... most D's are putting 8 in the box. With 2 receivers and a tight end someone should be able to get open. Also, how many times did we run play action pass last weekend ... once maybe?

[CLTPanther]

And they will keep putting 8 or 9 until we burn them through the air.

[Guild]

Having dwayne jarret is like not having anyone out there at all

Actually it's like having a Jeff King who doesn't know what he is supposed to be doing, and who doesn't block as well as Jeff King.

[Delhommey]

It was kind of disgusting when the Saints were down to their ball boy at safety but we couldn't exploit due to only having two WR's and Dewayne Jarrett.

[CLTPanther]

That catch by Jeff King off the deflection was sweet

[Samuel L. Jackson]

Our passing tree has like 4 branches... That is why...

If you can zone cover an out, a curl, a slant, or a fade, then you can beat the Panthers passing attack (or lack thereof)...

This is what happens when you are a running team in a passing league... The box gets stacked and you are shut down (especially if you have a high school style game plan)...

Davidson has to go, along with Fox, and Hurney will go with him...

Bring in Weis or someone who knows how to run an offense, keep Meeks and Baker on the defensive side of the ball, and wipe the board with the scouting department and start fresh there... Boom, you just fixed the Panthers' front office woes...