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What are some key things that need to happen for the Panthers to return to the playoffs next year?

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People can talk about how bad our receivers supposedly were until they are blue in the face.

 

Mike Shula is still our OC. We went from the 12th ranked offense, to the 26th ranked offense in one season.

 

If we want to return to the playoffs, we have to actually get a real OL, and Shula has to make changes.

 

Despite dropping down significantly in yards per game, Carolina's offense was one of the leaders in time of possession.  Shula plays ball control offense and he does it well.  That had a huge impact on the defense making the jump to #2 overall.  While I agree the offense needs to be better, that's one statistic I hope doesn't change.

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Despite dropping down significantly in yards per game, Carolina's offense was one of the leaders in time of possession.  Shula plays ball control offense and he does it well.  That had a huge impact on the defense making the jump to #2 overall.  While I agree the offense needs to be better, that's one statistic I hope doesn't change.

 

Unfortunately there was the little matter of not being able to score in the red zone.

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Unfortunately there was the little matter of not being able to score in the red zone.

 

Carolina was actually one of the best teams in red zone scoring % for much of the season.  The playoff game just sticks out in everyone's mind because that was basically the reason they lost.  O-Line is in need of a serious upgrade, I think we can all agree on that.

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Carolina was actually one of the best teams in red zone scoring % for much of the season.  The playoff game just sticks out in everyone's mind because that was basically the reason they lost.  O-Line is in need of a serious upgrade, I think we can all agree on that.

 

Oh it was more than the playoff game.

 

The red zone scoring % began to gradually drop after the mid point of the season as I recall. Much of our woes in that regard were due to fairly inconsistent play calling, sure some of it was execution, but we also have to put our players in the best situations to their strengths.

 

There would be drives where we methodically marched down the field, and others where we couldn't even get a first down. Consistency.

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Umm...so are you defending last years' bad WR play by being sarcastic or actually agreeing with me (because I am right).

And the last part of your questions doesn't relate to any part of what we are discussing.

So you're just 100% sure that Jerrico cotchery, Tiquan, & a rookie are gonna be better than what we had last yr based off of.....???

Mind you what we had last yr was an terrible offensive line, inconsistent QB, no running game, & often times iffy play calling. Why are we putting everything on the recievers? Jus wondering....

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People can talk about how bad our receivers supposedly were until they are blue in the face.

 

Mike Shula is still our OC. We went from the 12th ranked offense, to the 26th ranked offense in one season.

 

If we want to return to the playoffs, we have to actually get a real OL, and Shula has to make changes.

 

I am not sure Shula should take the majority of the blame for this. Our offense troubles lie more with the players mainly WR and OL and because of this there is a trickle down effect that hurts our RBs and QB. We lack talent on that side of the ball. A good comparison is Fua and McClain. If those are the best guys you have at that position then the defensive coordinator can only do so much. 

 

We wont have an ideal situation like 49ers or hawks for a few years. We maxed out our credit card and we need to pay that down for the next year or two so we can resign cam luke and star. We have to go with this poor offense because we have no money. I think DG is trying to setup a situation like last year where defense holds the other team to 15-17pts and the offense puts up just enough points. 

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