Cam Sets Rookie QB Rushing TD Record; 2 TDs behind League Lead

[panthers55]

He can't get in if he doesn't get the carries...25 total touches between Williams and Stewart vs a team that's biggest weakness has been labeled as their "run defense".

Williams 10 carries, 73 yards, (7.3 ypc), this is coming down to play-calling. I don't know if it's because we can't or because we won't (I believe it's a combination of both) but we have got to run more inside the ten yard line (maybe we're running more than I'm noticing) but it feels like 4 of 5 plays is a pass once we are that close.

Didn't Cam run in two touichdowns from inside the 10 on Sunday. Does it matter who does it?? Then we threw two. Looks like 50/50 to me.

[Chimera]

Didn't Cam run in two touichdowns from inside the 10 on Sunday. Does it matter who does it?? Then we threw two. Looks like 50/50 to me.

At the moment, no...

But think about something... when was the last time DeAngelo Williams finished a season healthy? You take a pounding when you're running the ball. Do you want your QB to take that pounding?

To put it another way... Vick has played 16 games exactly once.

[CRA]

this season isn't about winning it's about developing cam. the playcalling is skewed as such.

There was a time when I thought that......I agree it is about developing Cam but I don't think that explains the lack of running. Just bad play calling. Part of developing Cam is the TEAM winning.....calling appropriate runs would maid in that. cam still go pass heavy with a load on Cam and have better play calling letting the RBs do more work

[PhillyB]

So. We are intentionally sabotaging our chances to win, telling the rest of the team that they essentially come second place to Cam, just to make sure Cam can throw the ball, and our gameplan has nothing to do with our offensive philosophy, despite all evidence to the contrary.

Right?

And, we have the 9th ranked passing offense. We have the 7th ranked rushing offense. But yet, we are intentionally sabotaging out chances to win games??

No. Stupid notion.

chudz has come out and said that this is a pass-first offense (not that we needed him to, it's pretty obvious.) cam newton was drafted to help win football games within that system.

chudz, hurney, and rivera are building a football team that can win with the current offensive scheme and they are building it around cam. they aren't building it around a running back or a tight end or a good wide receiver. those are all key components but they will be drafted/signed/cut based on whether or not they fit the new mold.

the new mold is a fugton of passes. and chudz won't call runs in situations that goes against his offensive designs because that's not what he's trying to do. he's seeing who fits this offense, who can learn it.

it's part of the process of rebuilding.