Ron Rivera et al close to ruining Cam Newton

[carolina-chuck]

Picks today were more poor throws than poor decisions from what I saw.

He does still have legitimate issues with mechanics.

Poor decisions lead to poor throws? Maybe? ;)

[mav1234]

Cam had an awful game, but I personally have thought his decision making this season has been excellent excluding that game.  We ragged on the offense a lot in G1, but he made really good reads.  In G2, the playcalling was abysmal but his reads were often right on the money as to where to go with the ball, but... yeaaah.  In G3, his reads were money and the players were doing what they needed to.

 

Cam has some deficiencies but this idea that he "one of the worst" QBs in the league in any category over the last few years is a bit silly

 

If we keep seeing games like this moving forward, I'll get worried... and we might if we don't figure out how to block.

[TheRed]

Your dumb as fug to use the Wilson's int to argue with what I said. If you watched the game, obviously you didn't and only saw the highlights you'd would've saw That Wilson played a hell of a game. Threw the ball when he had to and ran for multiple first downs when under pressure. Some guys has it and some don't. Cam don't. I know I'm hurting your feelings here but take it in easily. It'll be alright. Good night.

 

The Seahawks have been winning in spite of Russell Wilson, not because of him. His INT at the end lost them the game. Period. If Cam Newton did this you would be ready to trade him and be typing up all sorts of vitriol about him. Why do you have a double standard?

[TonyN]

poor little Cammy...

[Mr. Scot]

Poor decisions lead to poor throws? Maybe? ;)

 

Poor mechanics lead to poor throws.

 

He does need to get the ball out quicker.  That's a legit criticism.  So is the need to stop staring guys down.

 

[LinvilleGorge]

Those of you saying Cam should've scrambled more often, did you notice the Chiefs spying him on every play? That's the problem, they were able to send a blitz while also dedicating a LB to spy and we had no one who could beat man coverage. Our staff did nothing to adjust to this. No screens. No quick slants. Just a stubborn insistence on continuing to run downfield routes while our OL got blown up.

[TheRed]

poor little Cammy...

 

We can see right through you. You may as well just let it all out now. We know.

[mav1234]

Those of you saying Cam should've scrambled more often, did you notice the Chiefs spying him on every play? That's the problem, they were able to send a blitz while also dedicating a LB to spy and we had no one who could beat man coverage. Our staff did nothing to adjust to this. No screens. No quick slants. Just a stubborn insistence on continuing to run downfield routes while our OL got blown up.

 

We had a couple quick slants, one of which was a drop in the end zone, the other an INT...

 

but... we also didn't have any designed rollouts or try to get Cam into space often.  meh

[carolina-chuck]

The Seahawks have been winning in spite of Russell Wilson, not because of him. His INT at the end lost them the game. Period. If Cam Newton did this you would be ready to trade him and be typing up all sorts of vitriol about him. Why do you have a double standard?

Cam Newton threw 3 ints today in a blowout loss and I still haven't decided that I want to trade him. Why would I want to trade Cam if he was in Wilson's position yesterday? I think it's time for you to go to sleep Red.

[Mr. Scot]

Those of you saying Cam should've scrambled more often, did you notice the Chiefs spying him on every play? That's the problem, they were able to send a blitz while also dedicating a LB to spy and we had no one who could beat man coverage. Our staff did nothing to adjust to this. No screens. No quick slants. Just a stubborn insistence on continuing to run downfield routes while our OL got blown up.

 

Using a spy is a fairly common - and effective - tactic for neutralizing runs by a mobile QB.

 

Best way to beat it is effective passing.  Sadly that didn't happen :(

 

[KendrickPanther]

The one thing I will say about the Panthers right now is it feels like they don't play smart. Not just Cam but the entire team. At one point they threw up a graphic and we had more penalty yards than rushing yards. And we had a decent amount of rushing yards. We had several penalties that either didn't affect the outcome or were declined. Like that penalty on the field goal. We had an offside on a defensive field goal(might have been extra point) then a rekick on our field goal that could have changed the game. Armond smith commits more penalties than positive plays. Steve getting called for the pushoff (if he was Tony Gonzalez that would have been Def PI). Then you have the blow assignments, dropped balls, and turnovers. We keep praising the team for playing hard late into the season but they play dumb all season.

 

At some point it falls on the coaches. At some point you need to be teaching your team to throw the ball away. Don't take an extra ten yards on a sack. Don't hold a guy that's not even involved in the play. Don't get called for a personal foul every single mother fugging game. This is one of the worst things about this loss. We weren't beaten by a good team. We weren't beaten by the Colts or the Broncos. The other team had 3 turnovers and 100 less yards of offense. We failed to score on at least 5 drives inside field goal range. If you think about how bad we had to play to loose this game it will make you drink.

[mav1234]

While our penalties this game WERE killer, that has been fairly rare the last yearish with Rivera, he's been pretty good about that if I recall.

[KendrickPanther]

Those of you saying Cam should've scrambled more often, did you notice the Chiefs spying him on every play? That's the problem, they were able to send a blitz while also dedicating a LB to spy and we had no one who could beat man coverage. Our staff did nothing to adjust to this. No screens. No quick slants. Just a stubborn insistence on continuing to run downfield routes while our OL got blown up.

 

We had a couple screens for first downs and the slant was picked off by the spy.... But yes, it would have been nice to come up with a plan to beat them more consistently.

[TheRed]

Cam Newton threw 3 ints today in a blowout loss and I still haven't decided that I want to trade him. Why would I want to trade Cam if he was in Wilson's position yesterday? I think it's time for you to go to sleep Red.

 

I swear that you make less and less sense each time I talk to you. I know you're in college, so you have to be smarter than this.

 

I was joking about the trading part. Are you seriously considering that, lol!