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Snakes Monday Game Review

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So after rewatching the game and reviewing what both sides did on the field yesterday I have a few opinions to share.

You hear this a lot in football and mostly from the losing team but its worthy in this game. The Refs were stinking up the Joint. Although I have not watched other teams I have a feeling there is a trend. The Replacement officials are not calling PI and holding as much as the NFL officials would. So what does this mean? Well it means passing teams are going to have a hard year if it keeps up and running teams will rule once again. When you don't get the PI calls and CBs are allowed to maul your WRs its a Rushing league. I counted 2 huge plays that were negated by PI for the panthers and 4 holding calls that would have resulted in 4th downs. Thats the difference in close games.

Alright moving on.

After blaming the Refs I'm going to start to point my finger to who holds the most blame, and thats the Panthers for losing this one.

The biggest factor in us losing the game yesterday was negative plays. The run was shut down from the start and was putting us in the hole to make the situation worse. Chud was running the option plays but Cam did not decided to run once. This lead to the defense keying on Dwill and stops for loss. I saw 3 huge holes cam could have used but elected to pass to Dwill. Furthermore I don't know what tape the bucs got of the panthers but they were on top of us more than once. I counted 5 times blitzes were placed perfectly in the right gaps to totally shut us down.

The next biggest problem yesterday was Cam Newton.

When things started to break down Cam did not react well. He held the ball too long and did not throw it away. If he is going to keep looking down field and not tuck the ball he needs to learn to throw it away and not put us in the negative. One play he rolled out and had no WRs in that area yet was still looking down field. Not a smart move on his part. I really could go on and on about his bad decisions yesterday but im going to leave it at that.

The last thing that killed us yesterday on offense was missing Stewart. On a ton of those option plays Stewart would have gave us 2 or 3 yards not minus 2 or 3 yards. The game plan was poorly suited for Dwill and everyone knew that. In Chuds defense he prob was told that Steward would be able to play and didn't change his game plan for that matter.

I know I am skipping the Oline issues but IMO they were a avg unit yesterday. They were blitzed early and often and it didn't help Cam got stupid on more than a few plays.

Alright on defense

For the most part this defense did there job and didnt screw up but here is what I saw.

Norman was getting welcomed to the NFL by Vjax. He was fooled more than once and well looked and played like a late round Rookie.

Gamble must have watched some Norman tape and played like he was at Coastal Carolina because he went full retard in the first half.

Both our CBs were also playing way off there man while the Buc's played Small ball all day. This allowed the WRs to be able to pick up 5 yards with ease.

The second thing the Bucs attacked was Luke. They used the FB and formations to confuse him and it worked. He looked just like Norman at times(lost).

All in all these things can be fixed and its not the end of the world. A few adjustment by Chud and McDermott and a few more hours watching game tape and our players should be good to go. The ship is not sinking it just rocked a little and my biggest concern are the way the Refs are calling games. We may need to use more of a rushing attack this year than last because of it.

Alrigh now

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