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Is It Really That Hard To Figure Out?


chknwing

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All the post game interviews, the media asked one question, Why are you guys winning now, what happened? Its simple. They threw away the gimmicky college offense and went with a traditional NFL offense. Against SanDiego, the read option was just a bad dream. Cam rushed for what 7 yards, stood in the pocket, and picked the San Diego secondary apart. Cam has finally understood the usefullness of the checkdown. On a side note I have to give Cam major props today. The guy clearly had a knee injury and was bleeding all over the place from his hand. That guy is the real deal. I've seen some nancy qb's go to the locker room in similar situations. Thx Cam. Go Panthers.

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One thing I will add....how does this apply to Rivera? Could this mean that with the development of Cam could save Rivera's job? He(Rivera and Chud) has certainly made mistakes but do we give him any benefit of the doubt on offense?.I think he has done as well as he could on defense given our talent.I truly believe losing Shockey was a blow to Cams passing game and the offense.Lets face it ,LaFell is not the best at getting open and Shockey was very good at that. It was clearly a mistake having the read option as our base offence and our OL does not have the talent yet to have an effective running game.This team could have given up... they are fighting for something.

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they are playing for their jobs, this game footage, is what the next GM will analyze and make decisions on who stays and who goes. You could say they are playing for Rivera, their not, they are playing for a ? GM right now. They want to ensure that their ridiculously overpaid contracts continue for another year under a new GM. Money has been and always will be the best motivator.

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they are playing for their jobs, this game footage, is what the next GM will analyze and make decisions on who stays and who goes. You could say they are playing for Rivera, their not, they are playing for a ? GM right now. They want to ensure that their ridiculously overpaid contracts continue for another year under a new GM. Money has been and always will be the best motivator.

Well playing for your job is a given but you have seen in recent weeks players and teams play well for different causes as well ie Dallas,KC, and the Colts.

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On a side note I have to give Cam major props today. The guy clearly had a knee injury and was bleeding all over the place from his hand. That guy is the real deal. I've seen some nancy qb's go to the locker room in similar situations. Thx Cam. Go Panthers.

Bob literally limped back into the game last week and led a drive during which he collapsed in pain after every throw. I know this probably isn't what was going on in his mind, but I was so relieved he stayed in the game and played hurt to avoid feeding the "Model Citizen RG3-sus is everything Diva Cam isn't" rhetoric.

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