Officially Concerned about the Offense

[*FreeFua*]

HIxon making a diving catch to score the game winning touchdown with less than a minute remaining. Ginn snagging the ball over the middle and running for another 25 yards before he goes out of bounds. Olsen going high to bring a throw that was not perfectly thrown.

All those on one winning drive against New Orleans.

How about Williams taking a dump off pass in the flat and turning it into a 90 yard touchdown against the Jets.

Need more?? I got tons.

All those passes on the final drive of the saints game were good throws. If receivers can't catch those passes then they shouldn't be in the NFL.

Cam (by selling it)/Shula (for calling it) also helped Deangelo out on that play. It's not like Deangelo broke abunch of tackles, when he caught the ball there was a ton of green in front of him.

This is alot more of a one way street than a two way.

[FootballMaestro]

HIxon making a diving catch to score the game winning touchdown with less than a minute remaining.  Ginn snagging the ball over the middle and running for another 25 yards before he goes out of bounds.  Olsen going high to bring a throw that was not perfectly thrown.

 

All those on one winning drive against New Orleans. 

 

How about Williams taking a dump off pass in the flat and turning it into a 90 yard touchdown against the Jets.

 

Need more??  I got tons.

 

Neither one of those catches were hard catches in the lexicon of NFL receivers every week; Garden variety. 

 

Ginn's certainly wasn't. The throw was better than the catch. Hixon's catch (though it may have not looked like it to you), was a designed play so only Hixon could catch it. And Cam's throw was better than Olsen's catch, albeit Olsen made a good catch of a Cam laser. 

 

Wilson's "dump off", certainly helped Cam's yards. However, other QB's rack up stats that way all the time. So Cam, certainly wasn't the only beneficiary of a simple pass morphing into a long gain. Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, and even RG3 last year, and many others, make a living off those type of plays every week.  

 

Frue Fua, was speaking about much more difficult (albeit routine) catches. And if those were your only examples (with all due/sincere respect), then you must really not watch much NFL football. 

 

When have you seen Panther receivers make AJ Green, Golden Tate, Antoine Bolden, or the most recent Marvin Jones, one handed TD catch--caught high over the middle--in the endzone, then cradled it to his body on the way down?The answer is simply, Never/rarely/not very often! Receivers of all grades, make adjustments and/or fight for balls (mind you make spectacular catches) that they eventually catch for their QB's every week on a routine basis. 

[mav1234]

When have you seen Panther receivers make AJ Green, Golden Tate, Antoine Bolden, or the most recent Marvin Jones, one handed TD catch--caught high, then cradled to his body on the way down. The answer is, Never!

 

Well not really this year, anyway...

[nosuchthingasapanther]

Well not really this year, anyway...

 

not since jake delhomme was under center...and that's not a knock on jake. he trusted his recievers and his recievers trusted him.

[mav1234]

not since jake delhomme was under center...and that's not a knock on jake. he trusted his recievers and his recievers trusted him.

 

Moose and especially Smitty... damn.

 

We never replaced Moose, and Smitty just isn't getting younger.

[*FreeFua*]

not since jake delhomme was under center...and that's not a knock on jake. he trusted his recievers and his recievers trusted him.

There's been a few nice catches but I get what your saying.

Just a few that come to mind:

Louis Murphy @Philly 2012

LaFell (2) vs GB 2011, @ Cleveland 2010

Smitty, vs Atlanta 2011, @ Zona (2nd TD) 2011, Smitty has also had a few where he grabbed them and took a hell of a hit and hung on. Those are just as good in my books. One that happened in Chicago 2011 comes to mind.

All these are examples of Cam trusting his receiver as well. Cam trusted McNutt on Sunday too.

In my dream world we walk away from the draft this year with one of the big receivers. Benjamin, Robinson, Moncrief. Someone that can go up and get it if need be.

[intangiblejohnny]

Nope not at all.......

I saw a highlight tape of his college days and he is a gamer.............but trying to morph into a pro system of route running and play calling during the playoffs is really a tough call.

It would be nice if we could utilize his unique skill set in the playoffs. I know that's a long shot but we need receivers that put forth that much effort to make a play on the ball.

[Kakarot]

I'm hoping in our first 3 rounds we walk away with 2 WRs and an OL

[intangiblejohnny]

When I played football the rule for a receiver was "if it hits your hands it should have been a catch"

This is even more true in the NFL. I don't care if the ball is a little behind or a little high; their is no excuse for a professional receiver to allow the ball to touch their hand and not pull down the reception.

Look at the almost catch McNutt made. (almost) Has any other receiver came close to that this year? This kind of catch is pretty common for most other playoff teams and some that are home right now.

[FootballMaestro]

When I played football the rule for a receiver was "if it hits your hands it should have been a catch"

This is even more true in the NFL. I don't care if the ball is a little behind or a little high; their is no excuse for a professional receiver to allow the ball to touch their hand and not pull down the reception.

Look at the almost catch McNutt made. (almost) Has any other receiver came close to that this year? This kind of catch is pretty common for most other playoff teams and some that are home right now.

Yeah, Smitty caught some beautiful balls like that (McNutt's "almost" over the shoulder endzone catch) during Cam's rookie

 

season. I remember the one Newton threw to him against Washington in the left side/corner of the endzone for a TD. 

[panthers55]

All those passes on the final drive of the saints game were good throws. If receivers can't catch those passes then they shouldn't be in the NFL.

Cam (by selling it)/Shula (for calling it) also helped Deangelo out on that play. It's not like Deangelo broke abunch of tackles, when he caught the ball there was a ton of green in front of him.

This is alot more of a one way street than a two way.

You asked when did the receivers make Cam look good. The throw to Ginn was a good throw but Ginn gained 25 more yards which made the pass better than it would have been if he was slower. The pass to Hixon was not a good throw as it could have been higher and easier to catch. There was no need to put in so low. As for the pass to Olsen it was off target but Olsen adjusted and made the catch.

Williams turned a 10 yard gain into a TD. It doubled Cam's passing total at the time.

Only huggers think like you do.

[*FreeFua*]

The pass to Hixon was not a good throw as it could have been higher and easier to catch. There was no need to put in so low.

"Easier" so your admitting it was already an easy catch. Therefore a good throw.

Once again, another example of someone trying to go to extreme measures to put Cam down.

Smh...

[Squirrel]

You asked when did the receivers make Cam look good. The throw to Ginn was a good throw but Ginn gained 25 more yards which made the pass better than it would have been if he was slower. The pass to Hixon was not a good throw as it could have been higher and easier to catch. There was no need to put in so low. As for the pass to Olsen it was off target but Olsen adjusted and made the catch.

Williams turned a 10 yard gain into a TD. It doubled Cam's passing total at the time.

Only huggers think like you do.

 

Careful panthers55 you will be called a  Cam hater if you keep this up. 

[IGSaint]

You asked when did the receivers make Cam look good. The throw to Ginn was a good throw but Ginn gained 25 more yards which made the pass better than it would have been if he was slower. The pass to Hixon was not a good throw as it could have been higher and easier to catch. There was no need to put in so low. As for the pass to Olsen it was off target but Olsen adjusted and made the catch.

Williams turned a 10 yard gain into a TD. It doubled Cam's passing total at the time.

Only huggers think like you do.

 

 

Cam threw that pass when ginn was behind the db and he didn't have to make any adjustments to get it. It takes accuracy and anticipation to make that throw to ginn. Why are you talking about the 25 yards gained after the catch when the catch itself was insane and throw from cam was insane. The pass from hixon was not a good throw it was a great throw. There was a db trailing hixon, cam put it in a place only where hixon could get it. All he had to do was lay out and catch it. People want to talk about throwing receivers open? Well that was it. It really can't get any better than that. The pass to olsen was not off target is placed right where it needed to be. Everything you just said can be made into a positive only a dumbass would try to make those throws a negative on cam.