The Great Cam Newton

[ItsPantone278]

I caught a tiny glimpse of him on the first drive of the game. I don't know how long his leash is on audibles at the LOS, but early in the game, after taking way to long to make a read on an option run, Cam made two adjustments at the line that really impressed me. Both were pass attempts to Olsen in which the bucs had to redirect their pursuit. One being a key drop in the momentum shifting to the Bucs. Nonetheless, these were the signs of maturation I was hoping to see from Cam in the season opener.

The disappointing part of the story is Cam seemed to get antsy(possibly after realizing McCoy would have his way with our interior line) and allowed the Bucs to key off on the snap. The patients and poise at the line wavered as the game wore on. And the adjustments at the line went away almost completely.

You can blame the play calling for the negative plays, but Cam has to have poise at the LOS. This imo will be the key to the season. The bucs game plan was just to completely overwhelm Newton. They didn't do much to hide that, they just lined up and came after the ball. With no mystery, Cam has to see the pressure and adjust accordingly. No more negative plays!

[BANE]

Its hard to have patience in the pocket when the moment the ball is snapped you have 5 guys in your face. That line did nothing to help Cam.

[Frizzy350]

I caught a tiny glimpse of him on the first drive of the game. I don't know how long his leash is on audibles at the LOS, but early in the game, after taking way to long to make a read on an option run, Cam made two adjustments at the line that really impressed me. Both were pass attempts to Olsen in which the bucs had to redirect their pursuit. One being a key drop in the momentum shifting to the Bucs. Nonetheless, these were the signs of maturation I was hoping to see from Cam in the season opener.

The disappointing part of the story is Cam seemed to get antsy(possibly after realizing McCoy would have his way with our interior line) and allowed the Bucs to key off on the snap. The patients and poise at the line wavered as the game wore on. And the adjustments at the line went away almost completely.

You can blame the play calling for the negative plays, but Cam has to have poise at the LOS. This imo will be the key to the season. The bucs game plan was just to completely overwhelm Newton. They didn't do much to hide that, they just lined up and came after the ball. With no mystery, Cam has to see the pressure and adjust accordingly. No more negative plays!

Bucs weren't keying off on the snap count, they just couldnt get blocked. Frankly I think Cam himself looked significantly improved. The ball exploded off his finger tips and with room to step up he was wicked accurate.

Ppl can piss and moan all they want about holding onto the ball too long but there were many times defenders got through untouched. In particular I remember a three man rush the Bucs brought and after the snap everyone was doubled up except for one guy and one of our guards was standing there at the line of scrimmage blocking nobody when he could have easily doubled back to pick up that guy who was 1v1. You can't expect everyone to be immediately open when the bucs consistently put 6-8 guys in coverage and STILL came through early and often.

[ItsPantone278]

Its hard to have patience in the pocket when the moment the ball is snapped you have 5 guys in your face. That line did nothing to help Cam.

Not talking about his play in the pocket, but his play at the line of scrimmage.

[ItsPantone278]

Bucs weren't keying off on the snap count, they just couldnt get blocked. Frankly I think Cam himself looked significantly improved. The ball exploded off his finger tips and with room to step up he was wicked accurate.

Ppl can piss and moan all they want about holding onto the ball too long but there were many times defenders got through untouched. In particular I remember a three man rush the Bucs brought and after the snap everyone was doubled up except for one guy and one of our guards was standing there at the line of scrimmage blocking nobody when he could have easily doubled back to pick up that guy who was 1v1. You can't expect everyone to be immediately open when the bucs consistently put 6-8 guys in coverage and STILL came through early and often.

I agree that Cam looked improved, but when you have multiple plays go for negative yards its hard to say the bucs weren't jumping the snap. Cam just has to be more consistent with his command of the offense.

[mwright350]

I agree that Cam looked improved, but when you have multiple plays go for negative yards its hard to say the bucs weren't jumping the snap. Cam just has to be more consistent with his command of the offense.

I blame our blocking more than Cam. It didn't look to me like the only way they were getting to him was simply being faster off the ball than they should have been. Guys just ran through the O-Line into our backfield well after the snap had happened.

It feels way more likely that our line is under-performing than Cam forgot how to be a QB during the offseason doesn't it?

[Toolbox]

Well it's all on the Oline imo.. zero holes opened up for anybody to run through it was really sad to watch.

[ItsPantone278]

You guys still seem to think Im blaming Cam. I'm simply pointing out something I saw but didn't see enough of. Cam called the bucs d two times in one drive, rarely ever throughout the rest of the game

[Frizzy350]

You guys still seem to think Im blaming Cam. I'm simply pointing out something I saw but didn't see enough of. Cam called the bucs d two times in one drive, rarely ever throughout the rest of the game

just because cam isn't calling audibles and routes at the line doesn't mean he's not reading the defense. you gotta remember that peyton manning calls all his plays at the LOS, he hardly uses pre determined plays.

our playbook is cooked up in a laboratory, it's more similar to brady's playbook than manning's. if cam isn't calling hot routes and audibles then the defense could be giving cam a look that is beneficial to the play.

[ItsPantone278]

just because cam isn't calling audibles and routes at the line doesn't mean he's not reading the defense. you gotta remember that peyton manning calls all his plays at the LOS, he hardly uses pre determined plays.

our playbook is cooked up in a laboratory, it's more similar to brady's playbook than manning's. if cam isn't calling hot routes and audibles then the defense could be giving cam a look that is beneficial to the play.

We ran multiple plays that were either "jumped" or "sniffed out" resulting in negative yardage. There are plenty of adjustments that can be made at the LOS other than audibles and routes, like protections. You won't see great QBs run plays that lose yards often. Again I was more commending Cam for something that I saw early in the game. I just hope to see it on a more consistent basis through out the year.

[Frizzy350]

We ran multiple plays that were either "jumped" or "sniffed out" resulting in negative yardage. There are plenty of adjustments that can be made at the LOS other than audibles and routes, like protections. You won't see great QBs run plays that lose yards often. Again I was more commending Cam for something that I saw early in the game. I just hope to see it on a more consistent basis through out the year.

Kalil is in charge of protections. Its the main reason why he's regarded as one of the top centers in the league... it surely isn't his overpowering strength. Either he messed up the calls or the other guards interpreted them incorrectly.

[CRA]

Well, one negative of those shotgun looks is there is no snap count.

The D gets a jump bc they know when the snap is coming.

[ItsPantone278]

Kalil is in charge of protections. Its the main reason why he's regarded as one of the top centers in the league... it surely isn't his overpowering strength. Either he messed up the calls or the other guards interpreted them incorrectly.

I don't know what you're defending at this point. Kalil called the protections Cam's rook year, but Cam has been taking over reigns of the offense. I saw two instances of this in the game sunday. But only two. That is my only point. The promise is shown. We just have see it week in and week out.

[Floppin]

I don't know what you're defending at this point. Kalil called the protections Cam's rook year, but Cam has been taking over reigns of the offense. I saw two instances of this in the game sunday. But only two. That is my only point. The promise is shown. We just have see it week in and week out.

Centers always call protections. This isn't unique to the Panthers.