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My thoughts on tonight's game

Matthias

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I won't go into the last play in detail, but I do feel we got away with that one a bit.  What I will talk about in a little more detail is what we need to work on, specifically in the off season.  The offense had a good game.  They really stepped up with the defense struggling to stop Brady. 

 

 

 

On Cam- His play was money tonight.  He kept drives going whether it was with his arm or with his legs.  He's still working on his accuracy in year three.  I'd be lying if I said him missing wide open receivers on short passes doesn't bother me, but Cam has definitely improved.  At this juncture in Cam's career, his strength in throwing the ball is the big play pass.  Every pass Cam throw is almost a rocket.  So I would like to see him master hitting receivers down the field for the big play, and continue to work on becoming a full passer.

 

Yet this O-line needs overhauling in the off season.  We struggled to get good run blocking against a d-line that's missing two of it's starters, one of them being Vince Wilfork.  These guys couldn't beat an undrafted nose tackle off the point of attack? (I liked Joe Vellano coming out of college by the way)  Yeah, we need O-lineman. 

 

 

 

On defensive play- They hung tough with a hall of fame QB.  Managed to get two sacks, a force fumble, and an interception to end the game.  They didn't have their best game, but it was good nonetheless.  However, this game shows us immensly that we need to overhaul a good bit of our secondary.  Tom picked apart Melvin White like nobody's business.  No doubt it was because of our secondary, that we couldn't get a great pass rush going against the Patriots.

 

I felt like our defensive tackles were getting a good push against the run, but for some reason New England's backs slipped through some tackles and picked up yards.  That part I feel like we can clean up in this season.

 

 

 

My expectations after this game- Good.  Our defense is great and our offense has big play potential.  Even with the problems we have, we are still one of the best teams in the league and we proved it tonight.

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I agree about the o-line but I think they do a hell of a job in pass protection. Cam doesn't get rushed too often.

 

I'm not sure if Wharton is on a 1 year deal but we need to keep him. We could take a 1st round tackle, let Gross play LT one more year. The interior of the line should be stout with Amini coming back, plus Kalil, plus the prospect of Bell moving inside.

 

Chris Scott is a pretty good run blocker and we missed him tonight as well. Nate Chandler could actually be a decent player.

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Want to point out that deep ball to Smith in the first (where Talib got the flag) where Cam actually lobbed it instead of trying to laser it through Talib's head. That right there shows you he's working on his touch passes some and it's nice to see.

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I agree about the o-line but I think they do a hell of a job in pass protection. Cam doesn't get rushed too often.

 

I'm not sure if Wharton is on a 1 year deal but we need to keep him. We could take a 1st round tackle, let Gross play LT one more year. The interior of the line should be stout with Amini coming back, plus Kalil, plus the prospect of Bell moving inside.

 

Chris Scott is a pretty good run blocker and we missed him tonight as well. Nate Chandler could actually be a decent player.

 

The fact we are using a converted DT as our starting G says it all. I was just amazed at what they have done with nothing.

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Yeah Tom Brady mentioned they didn't play their best. I feel the same way about the Panthers. On Defense there were a ton of missed tackles. New England ran for a but load of yards after contact in this game. That is unacceptable if the Panthers want to remain #1 defensively.

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Want to point out that deep ball to Smith in the first (where Talib got the flag) where Cam actually lobbed it instead of trying to laser it through Talib's head. That right there shows you he's working on his touch passes some and it's nice to see.

 

He also got time in the Pocket. We saw Brady lazer passes also when he was under pressure.

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I agree about the o-line but I think they do a hell of a job in pass protection. Cam doesn't get rushed too often.

 

I'm not sure if Wharton is on a 1 year deal but we need to keep him. We could take a 1st round tackle, let Gross play LT one more year. The interior of the line should be stout with Amini coming back, plus Kalil, plus the prospect of Bell moving inside.

 

Chris Scott is a pretty good run blocker and we missed him tonight as well. Nate Chandler could actually be a decent player.

 

 

I'm not sold on Amini.  I was thinking perhaps we need to draft a guard with one of our first two picks, and guy that excels at run blocking.  We will need to have a good running game with Cam still struggling a little bit with his accuracy.

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