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Sam Darnold held us back quite a bit this year. That loss to the Giants? He threw 3 picks. That's on Sam. You don't win games when you throw 3 picks. That wasn't the only game like that either. The Patriots game was just as bad. Eagles he threw several picks, etc. If Sam Darnold wasn't our QB, we would be pretty much a lock for the playoffs at this point. The Darnold decision was on the coaching staff/FO. But so is the Cam decision. (You can speculate differently, but until there is evidence, all it is is fantasy.) Too little too late? Maybe, sure, but potentially having a good QB going into next year IS promising.

He has been the best at LT for weeks now. Since post-Giants game his play at LT has taken massive steps forward. Rookie was bad first half the season? No poo sherlock. Also just cause this place calls someone a bust after 7 games and limited snaps just shows how idiotic this place can be. On top of that, I'm convinced 25% of posters here are actually fans of other teams from other fansites that are here simply to troll. It's the only explanation for some of the truly mentally handicapped takes here.

it's hard to say I think because of the flux in the offense. Darnold balls out 3-4 games. Darnold poops the bed and gets reckless the next few. Receivers can't catch anymore. Then Darnold no longer the #1 and now we have Cam who doesn't know the playbook. It's like day, night, day -- the offense keeps changing due to the execution on the field and the QB change. Brady does need to add in play action. We did 0 play action passes on sunday. With the way McCaffery was getting yards on the ground, play action could have tore that defense up.

He needs to be the starter there. He has consistently shown he's the best option at LT so far. He needs more time there to show he can keep it up over more snaps.

I don't think I get it. 1st, 2nd, and 4th are all equal in scoring. What do you mean they figure us out? How are the other quarters outside of the 3rd different? They are 1-2 pt difference -- ie statistically insignificant. The 3rd is a huge wtf though. Defensively, look at the avg from your next post last year compared to this year. That's a massive improvement fyi.

Eh, Cam has been doing this for 10 years about. Every guy in the NFL and everybody in college knows who Cam Newton is. I find it hard to believe anybody in the football universe either doesn't know who Cam is (literally) or doesn't know who Cam is (figuratively).

How are we 2 page deep and looks like nobody in this thread actually listened to what he said prior to this. Are people just dumb or what? He's literally talking about vets calling out bad play. Instead of the "hey man tighten up" type comments, it needs to be more real, like "DO YOUR fuging JOB AND GET IN YOUR GODDAMN GAP"

Just based on the picture, this is probably a flood on that side of the field with Robby on the go route, Marshall with a dig, and CMC was probably a curl or something underneath. The corner is going to have to make a choice who to cover -- hand Marshall off to the LB'ers or help the safety with Robby. All 3 appear to be in position to have leverage once the break occurs. IIRC this was a 3rd and short play, ball went to CMC and he got a first down, which was the safe choice on 3rd down, as he'd be the first to be ready and at the sticks, especially if there's pressure. All that ^ is speculation though based on a picture that could literally be just about anything. Marshall might be running the wrong route for all we know. The ball went to CMC, so I doubt either Marshall or Robby completed their routes so honestly, even with All 22, we'll never know what this play is suppose to look like, all we can do is guess. TL;DR - people are dumb and you can't usually tell much from a still image from a football game. Only a moron would think this picture says anything one way or another about the playcall.

The person who said that at the podium, would you say what you typed here to their face? I'm curious because if not maybe calling someone out as "weak soft pussy" might be mildly hypocritical. Anyway, when you do go off on whomever the defensive player was, can you please record it and post here later? That would be super.

Cool pic. Can you show the route tree? Was this a flood concept vs zone? If nothing else can you post the All 22 of this play? I can figure out the route tree myself from that. I hate how the TV copy doesn't show enough to see WR routes, but I don't care enough to pay for the All 22.

He obviously told a bald faced lie to the media. How did his players react afterwards? Can you link to anything on their reaction when he went to Baylor 3 days later? I would think there would be some kind of documented backlash from this after reading your post, the article, etc. What was said to the players behind closed doors? Surely that has leaked by now, right? Hassan Reddick was on that team, btw. Why did he come play for Rhule here in Carolina after Rhule did him dirty like that at Temple? Why has nobody asked him this?

WFT and Eagles need to split.

Every game as this point is MUST win if we are talking playoffs. We are sitting behind both the Eagles and Vikings.

I hate to do this, buuuuut, QB isn't locked in past this year. It's hard to say if he'll be back next year. I think he will be. I think the coaches would be fools to let Cam walk. Today was the best QB play we've seen in a long time. Sam looked okay the first 3 weeks, but I don't think even those games did QB play look as good as today.

We would have been annihilated. Defense shat the bed today. We need a MLB and some DE's who can play more against these power run teams. Idk what to think of Brady's playcalling. Cam should get even better as the weeks go on. Cheers for leaving him in all game -- I wasn't expecting that. I don't think we're going to the playoffs, but I'm still hopeful for the future if they can keep Cam for next year! Keep pounding.

Eh, it's possible but not likely. We have to win the next 3. Good to be hopeful but I think this is pie in the sky right now.

This works. He pretty much said what most of us here are saying. Not ideal. Out of necessity.

I think there is a clear leader at this point and I don't think who is on the field matters all that much in regards to that.

He has thrown 10 interceptions in the last 6 games. Irregardless of other issues on the offense, that is not starter quality. No one has a perfect situation in this league. Stafford is a great example of a QB in a dumpster fire situation which didn't translate into him making constant poor decisions. Matt Ryan is another example for many years of his time in Atlanta. Sam Darnold is a bad QB. If you need a perfect situation for the QB to look average, the QB is mediocre at best. Feel free to keep your head in the sand though, idc.

Just for the record, I think we will try to keep both -- and I think it's doable without sacrificing a must sign like Reddick or (potentially) Newton.

We don't have Gilmore next year. Horn and Henderson are unproven.

We rotate cbs constantly. That's how our secondary is so fast. Also curious how many of you saying don't pay Djax said the same thing about Bradberry.

Legit question. Do some of y'all legit think we're gonna run 2 QB long term? Do some of y'all think we should sit Cam until he's up to speed? Just not sure how much of this 2 QB system talk is just theorizing or what. Just curious especially folks bashing the coaching what they think we should be doing instead. I know I don't like relegating Cam to Taysom Hill duty, but I understand it.

Pretty sure this is out of necessity. It's pretty unprecedented to bring in a starting QB 9 weeks into the season. It's just impossible for Cam to get totally up to speed. I could see him full time starter after the bye. His skill set is just too good to have him sit for weeks.