Canales really loved this question

[hepcat]

7 hours ago, Proudiddy said:

Now the question is:  why weren’t they already doing that?

Because Dave just figured this out and that’s why his answer was so fresh and detailed 

[hepcat]

5 hours ago, NAS said:

I thought he was just excited lol

My man that is a head coach taking his ADHD medication 

[Saca312]

Across the league, many of the most productive wide receivers are doing their best work out of the slot. Rams WR Puka Nacua and Seattle’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba are perfect examples, with both putting up strong numbers this season thanks to their impact coming from the slot.

Teams are clearly figuring out that placing their top playmakers inside creates major advantages against today’s defenses. I’m glad Canales has picked up on that as well and put T-Mac in position to have his best game yet. Especially against the Falcons, who arguably had one of the better pass defenses in the NFL prior to yesterday

Hope to see that continue. Dave's still relatively young in the coaching world and is clearly still trying to find a good formula. Yesterday's gameplan with the YAC and impact all across the board was an encouraging sign for the future.

 

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Saca312

[DaveThePanther2008]

19 hours ago, Dave Gettleman's Shorts said:

T-Mac in the slot would be a cheat code

6'5 with his agility at his size

 

Not to mention he runs like running water.  The guy seems to glide along.  

[DaveThePanther2008]

9 hours ago, Saca312 said:

Across the league, many of the most productive wide receivers are doing their best work out of the slot. Rams WR Puka Nacua and Seattle’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba are perfect examples, with both putting up strong numbers this season thanks to their impact coming from the slot.

Teams are clearly figuring out that placing their top playmakers inside creates major advantages against today’s defenses. I’m glad Canales has picked up on that as well and put T-Mac in position to have his best game yet. Especially against the Falcons, who arguably had one of the better pass defenses in the NFL prior to yesterday

Hope to see that continue. Dave's still relatively young in the coaching world and is clearly still trying to find a good formula. Yesterday's gameplan with the YAC and impact all across the board was an encouraging sign for the future.

 

 

 

It's a hellava lot harder to jam a receiver if he's a yard behind the line of scrimmage.  He's able to get going sooner.  Plus, I think it is harder to put the best DB on him in the slot. 

[TD alt]

Could it be a hint of situational play calling? Finally!

[strato]

9 minutes ago, TD alt said:

Could it be a hint of situational play calling? Finally!

It’s a process yo. 

[TD alt]

2 minutes ago, strato said:

It’s a process yo. 

[emhoward]

21 hours ago, Proudiddy said:

Now the question is:  why weren’t they already doing that?

Someone also mentioned that it was challenging to do this before because we didn't have another reliable receiver (Coker being out and X being unreliable). You still have to have some type of threat on the outside, otherwise defenses will zero in on the slot. Now with Coker back and up to speed and Legette hopefully being more consistent, we can move Tet around more. 

I would make the case that the TD to Legette happened primarily because TM got attention in the slot leaving X one on one on the outside without a safety over top. 

Edited 1 hour ago by emhoward

[shaqattaq]

17 hours ago, Gapanthersfan said:

T Mac is a got dang specimen. What an incredible pick. 

I'll eat crow on that one. I didn't think WR was the right pick. I loved Tmac, but thought WR at #8 was a reach. I was wrong.

Scourton working out well as a round 2 pick helps.

 

[strato]

3 minutes ago, shaqattaq said:

I'll eat crow on that one. I didn't think WR was the right pick. I loved Tmac, but thought WR at #8 was a reach. I was wrong.

Scourton working out well as a round 2 pick helps.

 

I don’t watch much college ball to scout draft picks. I didn’t know how right the guy was, but I did know that defense wasn’t going to give us proper value at 8. 
So I didn’t argue with it, but I didn’t know either.