Give Cam Some Auburn Plays

[weymouthst]

I was watching NFL Network the other day and the were discussing Cam Newton and how successful he would be, etc.

One of the ideas that popped up was to give Cam some plays from Auburn to run. It made sense on many levels, because obviously Cam has seen these plays and run them in college.

I say do it, absolutely. Especially of the Panthers intend to start Cam right off. Even if they don't start him right away, I think it is a good idea to have him run Auburn plays along with the simpler plays from Chudzinski, and then begin to phase the Auburn plays out.

I guess it depends on how Cam does in training camp. But I really don't see how it could hurt to throw some of those Auburn plays in, to boost his confidence and let him run plays he has already had success with.

Agreed?

[rayzor]

crap, i'd just like to see them keep the pace that they did at auburn. seems like it would fit into what rivera and chud want to do in forcing the defense to adjust to you rather than you adjusting the offense based on what the defense is giving you.

i think they have been talking to mahlzahn about what he did there and they have talked about adjusting the playbook to incorporate his strengths. we'll see some similarities between the two, i'm sure.

[4Corners]

Yeah I'd like to see him run the option or QB draw a lot against an NFL defense.

:eek:

[jtnc]

Doubt it.

[Hairless Cat]

:smilewinkgrin::smilewinkgrin:or put armanti in at qb and run some appy state plays - it worked in college - why not the NFL?

[DaCityKats]

look at what denver did for The Golden Calf of Bristol. seemed to work, i want to see a lot of runs (#'s 34, 28, 33, 22) and deep passes.

[The Other Colbert]

:smilewinkgrin::smilewinkgrin:or put armanti in at qb and run some appy state plays - it worked in college - why not the NFL?

"college"

[Lumps]

They did give Armaniti those plays and I think they will do the same with Cam. Maybe a few adjustments. Personally I think we should stay away from Aurburn plays. I don't want to see Cam trying to run unless he is under pressure, and even then it should not be 'getting positive yards', that part of Auburn plays won't fly in the NFL.

[weymouthst]

I agree with the QB run and option plays; those need to stay out. But there are plenty of pass plays I think can be incorporated.

But still, I am sure we will see some Cam runs on 3rd and short.

[sml1950]

The piece of the Auburn O which should get put in is the use of no huddle. While it may seem counter-intuitive to have a rookie running no huddle, I believe it actually simplifies his options. It's almost impossible for the D to sustitute since the ball can be hiked at any time, so the team has to stay in base. If it happens to get into nickel, you run the ball. It also makes it much harder to run stunts/blitzes because it doesn't give the D a chance to huddle and get sideline calls. Cam has the experience calling the plays from the line of scrimmage (even it it's more complicated than 36), and has shown success doing it.