From Obser Canales 5 takeaways after film review

[raleigh-panther]

Mr Rogers  is going to Mr Rogers 

i find all of this disturbing…from, as HC he is ‘pushing the Dc for younger players  to play’ to the same  issues getting young in and out of the huddle    

look at every other team from this weekend and tell me if any of them have these types of problems, several have first or second year  coaches  and QBs 
 

from observer    Im putting #5 first and the items in entirety so i dont out my spin on it

 

5 Canales  ‘pushing’ for younger players to play on defense

The Panthers’ coaching staff and front office have been echoing the same thoughts all offseason — that developing the young players is a core tenet of their long-term plan.

And that was true on offense. Brycen Tremayne, 25, for instance, got more snaps (19) than David Moore (12) at the receiver position Sunday. Second-year tight end JT Sanders took the most snaps at the tight end spot — 61% of all offensive plays.

But on defense, that wasn’t necessarily true. Only two second-year players played the bulk of the defensive snaps — linebacker Trevin Wallace (86%) and cornerback Chau Smith-Wade (71%) — whereas rookie outside linebackers Nic Scourton (27%) and Princely Umanmielen (12%) played very little.

Moreover: Second-year safety Demani Richardson didn’t play a defensive snap; rookie safety Lathan Ransom played nine defensive snaps and 12 on special teams.

When asked about the team’s playing distribution Sunday, the coach responded: “I’m pushing that.”
 

I’d love for all of our young guys to play,” Canales said. Evero, the defensive coordinator, calls the plays on defense and serves as the “head coach of the defense” in many ways. “I really believe that it is so valuable for those guys to be out there. Are they going to be perfect? No. Will every rep that they take be valuable and beneficial for their future? Yes. And so I would love for those guys to get opportunities out there so we can see what we have. And also just knowing that it’s a long season and a lot of people are going to play at different times. It’ll help us going forward.”

Canales affirmed that it wasn’t a conversation he’d have to have with Evero. He said it was something the Panthers have to address “collectively as a staff.”
 

 

1. Burning the play clock: Canales addresses offensive operational issues

The Panthers had two drives that burned over five minutes of game clock on Sunday. One yielded a field goal. The other, a turnover on downs.

 

Some of that could be explained by at-the-line adjustments, a propensity to get Chuba Hubbard and the run game going. But much of that, Canales said, is a combination of not getting the play into quarterback Bryce Young in time and Young also not getting out of the huddle fast enough.

In other words: It’s an operational bug — not a feature.

“That’s something that we want to get better at,” Canales said, when asked about getting the plays off with only a few seconds left in the play clock. “So we’ll be attacking that this week.”

Such an issue “creates more challenges” for the Panthers offense, Canales said.

“We have the information we need to get the hot (routes) right,” he said. “To get the protection right. But it’s those critical 5 or 6 seconds — it doesn’t seem like a lot of time, but it’s everything for us to be able to play at the line of scrimmage, get the right looks and execute.”

 

2. Tackling issues: Explaining the 71-yard run and more

The headlining issue of the Panthers’ defense on Sunday was something you’ve heard before: This defense couldn’t stop the run.

Carolina gave up 200 rushing yards on Sunday. Most of which arrived via Travis Etienne Jr., who had 143 yards on the day — half of which came on a 71-yard rush in the second quarter.

Canales said that the 200-yard game — the seventh consecutive game the Panthers have given up over 200 rushing yards, dating back to last year — was mostly a product of poor tackling.

“Coming off the film, the scheme was there; we gotta get guys down,” Canales said. “We had a couple of (tackles for losses) available for us early on in the game. We gotta get the guy to the ground.

“The big 70-yarder was really like a free player — we got two guys outside, two guys in the D-gap, and we’re trying to spill that so Tre’von Moehrig can be in position to make that play. They cut us off, so all of a sudden, he’s got a decision to make. Do I jump inside or hop back out? And the ball got popped out there, and Nick Scott had a chance to make that tackle and didn’t get him down.”

This issue goes further back than the Canales regime. In 35 games with Ejiro Evero as the team’s defensive coordinator, the Panthers have given up 120 rushing yards or more 26 times.
 

3. Reliving that fourth-and-1 play call

The play that caused the most hand-wringing and head-scratching on Sunday was arguably the most consequential one of the game: on the Panthers’ first drive of the second half, fourth-and-1 on the Jaguars’ 5-yard line.

Canales called a play that solicited an empty backfield. The result? A snap that appeared to surprise Young; tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders and receiver Xavier Legette floating to the left; Young throwing the ball to the back pylon where no one was. Turnover on downs.

“We had good matchups,” Canales said, echoing what he said Sunday after the game. “We had what we wanted. We just gotta execute it. And that’s kind of what we went back to. Bryce and I had that conversation. He liked the call. We had guys in good matchups, and we just gotta execute.”
 

4Turk Wharton out for 2-4 weeks, plus other injury news

Defensive lineman Turk Wharton — who was making his debut for the Panthers on Sunday — was having a great game before going down in the second quarter with a hamstring injury and not returning.

After Wharton’s MRI, Canales said the lineman is going to miss “two to four weeks.” Canales did not know if he’d be moved to the injured reserve Sunday.

 

 

 

 

[electro's horse]

describing bryce's 4th and 1 pass as "to the back pylon" is fuging generous

[Jon Snow]

They should not be having these issues in year two of a coaches tenure. The 1st year coaches of the Jags didn't have these issues. Canales and Co. are not going to make it to year 3 at this pace. 

[Panthering]

49 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

They should not be having these issues in year two of a coaches tenure. The 1st year coaches of the Jags didn't have these issues. Canales and Co. are not going to make it to year 3 at this pace. 

That's what I'm thinking two. Who looked like the first year coach out there? Granted, one side has a QB the team believes in which helps a lot. 

[Jay Roosevelt]

I'm getting the sense that Evero was promised a level of control on the defensive side of the ball that isn't common with most teams. Canales is the head coach; if he wants someone to play, they should play. He shouldn't have to "push" for anything.

Does Evero have it in his contract that he makes these decisions?

[Jon Snow]

Just now, Panthering said:

That's what I'm thinking two. Who looked like the first year coach out there? Granted, one side has a QB the team believes in which helps a lot. 

The Panthers looked as if this was the first time any of them have played together. They were undisciplined and out of sinc all game long. I can sort of understand the defense struggling the first quarter but not the entire game. The offense should not be struggling right out of the gate. Thats coaching. 

[Waldo]

Birds of a feather. Evero was kept because that’s the standard. DC was as overhyped as Friters was. All of those guys did so little and were put on a pedestal by fans. DC had 1 OC year and the guy who just outclassed him did a better job in 1 year. Evero's only good year was with someone else's D and they still didn't keep him. 

[Jon Snow]

1 minute ago, Waldo said:

Birds of a feather. Evero was kept because that’s the standard. DC was as overhyped as Friters was. All of those guys did so little and were put on a pedestal by fans. DC had 1 OC year and the guy who just outclassed him did a better job in 1 year. Evero's only good year was with someone else's D and they still didn't keep him. 

Evero was kept because they thought they could get a draft pick if he was hired by another team. He didn't have enough time as a coordinator to get the Panthers a draft pick if hired at the time. They needed him here 1 more year. Of course the team will never admit that.

[PNW_PantherMan]

1 minute ago, Jon Snow said:

Evero was kept because they thought they could get a draft pick if he was hired by another team. He didn't have enough time as a coordinator to get the Panthers a draft pick if hired at the time. They needed him here 1 more year. Of course the team will never admit that.

Now he'll be lucky to get another DC job without doing a stint as a position coach or going to college.

[Jon Snow]

1 minute ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

Now he'll be lucky to get another DC job without doing a stint as a position coach or going to college.

Yeah I don't think they thought that through enough. 

[Waldo]

4 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

Evero was kept because they thought they could get a draft pick if he was hired by another team. He didn't have enough time as a coordinator to get the Panthers a draft pick if hired at the time. They needed him here 1 more year. Of course the team will never admit that.

So keep a bad coach for a pick, then have a historically bad year on that side and bring him back for year 3 with too much control for a draft pick that's never coming? They should have fired him this offseason when it became apparent he wasn't close to getting a HC let alone another DC job...

[SOJA]

Bryce threw that ball into the luxury boxes. Maybe he was trying to hit the fan Tepper dumped water on 

Edited 4 hours ago by SOJA

[Jon Snow]

Just now, Waldo said:

So keep a bad coach for a pick, then have a historically bad year on that side and bring him back for year 3 with too much control for a draft pick that's never coming? They should have fired him this offseason when it became apparent he wasn't close to getting a HC let alone another DC job...

I don't think they planned on the outcome that season at the time. You are also assuming the FO was competent enough at the time to know what they were doing. 

[PNW_PantherMan]

3 minutes ago, Waldo said:

So keep a bad coach for a pick, then have a historically bad year on that side and bring him back for year 3 with too much control for a draft pick that's never coming? They should have fired him this offseason when it became apparent he wasn't close to getting a HC let alone another DC job...

The best part is he asked to leave