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Are you for real, Mr. Post-Once-In-A-Blue-Moon person? First off, Chuba would've gained just 5 measly yards as there was a Defender not far off from him. Secondly, Chuba does not have good hands(YET) to catch the football. Finally, throwing to Ian would've been the smartest choice. If you looked back at the play, there was no one near him. In other words, the "lure the coverage" attempt(that you ASSUME was the plan, which I doubt) did not fool the Secondary ONE BIT!! You throw to Ian there who turned around and was READY for a Pass in case Sam bothered to look for him(which he foolishly didn't). Worst case scenario, after the catch, he gets half those yards back to get the team back into a manageable down. Plus we would have the 2 minute warning to stop the clock AND still have all 3 timeouts remaining. So about *YOU* "just stop", eh?

5...maybe 6? I may have overdone it a tad. tee hee!

First 3 weeks(and the first half of the 4th), I was. After that, not so much.

If they lose to the Vikings next Sunday(and it's possible), they'll have a .500 record. And a 3-game losing streak. Sorry if we're a bit pessimistic at this point. Hopefully having CMC back will improve things and give us a shot next sunday, though...

More on Robbie : The narrative during the offseason — when Anderson skipped the Panthers’ voluntary OTAs before showing up for the mandatory minicamp — was Anderson’s speed and downfield abilities would be accentuated with the arrival of Darnold, Anderson’s teammate for two seasons with the Jets. Instead, Darnold is looking to Moore much more frequently and has usually failed to connect on those plays when he’s thrown Anderson’s way. Moore’s 35 catches — which rank fourth in the league — have come on 50 targets, for a 70.0 catch percentage. Anderson has a catch percentage of 41.4, with 12 receptions on 29 targets. The Panthers have tried to get Anderson more involved with 18 targets the past two weeks. He had a season-high five catches at Dallas. But Anderson had just two receptions for 30 yards against the Eagles, leaving Rhule at a loss to explain why Anderson and Darnold haven’t clicked. “I don’t know. It just hasn’t,” Rhule said. “We’ve worked on it. We had routes to go to Robby. I think Sam was out of whack early, passing on the first read, pressure up front. I don’t think it was a very good day. Why? I’m working hard to figure out the whys to create those opportunities.” With the Panthers leading 18-13 with four minutes left Sunday, Darnold threw low and wide to an open Anderson on third-and-3. Anderson dived and the ball hit him in the hands, but he couldn’t pull it in. On the next play, the Eagles blocked a Joseph Charlton punt in Panthers’ territory and quickly converted with the game-winning score on Jalen Hurts’ 6-yard touchdown run. After the game, Rhule called the third-down throw a “bad ball” by Darnold. Rhule had changed his view a bit Monday after watching the tape. “He’s open. We’ve gotta put the ball on him, catch it and get the first down,” he said. “At the same time, the ball’s there, if we lay out and catch the ball.” Former Panthers tight end Greg Olsen said essentially the same thing on the Fox broadcast. “In a perfect world, you want to put (it) on him,” Olsen told viewers. “But in pro ball, sometimes — you’ve gotta catch that ball.” The Panthers still had a shot on their final series. But Darnold’s third-down pass to Anderson was intercepted, prompting Anderson’s sideline tirade, which was caught by the Fox cameras. “Players put a lot into it. There’s gonna be emotions at times. We’re a tough staff. We coach hard. Players are tough,” Rhule said. “I have no issue with a guy (getting upset), as long as it stays within a certain realm. But if it becomes personal — either a coach to a player or a player to coach — that’s not who we are.” “Robby’s a good player. He needs to be more involved. At the same time, when he has his opportunities — whether it’s the two third downs we threw to him — we also need to go make those plays, too,” said Rhule, who coached Anderson at Temple. “Robby knows I love him. I’ve known him a long time. He’s gotta go make those plays and we’ve gotta do a better job of getting him involved. This is one of those pretty disappointing days globally. This isn’t one of those, ‘Hey, it was just one thing.’” Rhule didn’t disagree with Anderson’s contention that offensive coordinator Joe Brady needed to look deep more often with double moves and the like. But those types of plays take time, which has been in short supply for Darnold behind a porous offensive line. In two games without All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey, Darnold has been sacked eight times and hit a total of 19 times. For the season, the Panthers have given up 14 sacks and 35 hits on Darnold, both of which are tied for the fourth most in the NFL. “I think Joe will be the first to say, ‘Hey, I’m gonna stretch the field a little bit more and try to take some more shots.’ It’s hard to take shots when you don’t trust the timing of the protections,” Rhule said. “And at the same time … sometimes we’re just gonna have to beat guys.” Rhule said most opponents have been playing a Bear scheme against the Panthers, featuring four or five pass rushers with Cover 1 behind it — a man coverage look with a deep safety to help on vertical routes. Too often the Panthers aren’t winning those man-to-man matchups. According to the NFL’s Next Gen Stats, Anderson is tied for 115th among 128 qualified receivers with an average separation of 2.2 yards. Moore, who generally runs more underneath routes than Anderson, is tied for 89th with an average of 2.7 yards. Rookie slot receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. has the Panthers’ best separation average at 3.5 yards, presumably because the second-round pick from LSU is drawing the opponent’s worst cover corner. With 13 catches, Marshall is the Panthers’ third-leading receiver — behind McCaffrey (16 catches) and just ahead of Anderson, whose new contract made him among the top 20 highest-paid receivers with an average annual value of $14.75 million. A play early in the second quarter against the Eagles symbolized the Panthers’ protection woes and their inability to get Anderson the ball. On second-and-10 from the 50, Brady called a shot play and Anderson had a step on Eagles cornerback Avonte Maddox on a deep post. But when defensive end Josh Sweat beat rookie right tackle Brady Christensen, Darnold had to step up in the pocket and throw without getting his feet set. His pass drifted just enough to allow Maddox to break it up at the goal line. “Sam Darnold, this ball needs to be completed on the hash. That’s the landmark. You saw Robby Anderson try to go Willie Mays because the ball brought him back,” Olsen said on the broadcast. “A better ball might be a touchdown, but nonetheless a really good play there by Maddox.” The Panthers watched the Eagles’ tape Monday. They’ll reconvene Wednesday when they hope to have McCaffrey back from his hamstring injury. As Rhule and Brady try to come up with ways to get Anderson untracked, they also have to make sure Anderson’s frustrations don’t boil over and become a distraction. Rhule said he hasn’t had any issues with Anderson’s effort level — “not at all.” Anderson was not among the players requested for interviews after Sunday’s game and was not made available to reporters Monday. Panthers center Matt Paradis said he didn’t hear about Anderson’s sideline tantrum until Monday. But Paradis, one of eight team captains, isn’t concerned about Anderson’s attitude. “I don’t even know what was said. I don’t really know about the situation on the sideline,” Paradis said. “But I know Robby, and I know that dude wants to win. And I trust him.” https://theathletic.com/2882997/2021/10/11/whats-the-matter-with-robby-anderson-season-not-going-as-expected-for-panthers-wideout/

Panthers ball, first-and-20 from their 35, 2:03 left With left tackle Cam Erving out with a neck injury, the Panthers reconfigured their line, sliding Moton to the left side and giving rookie Brady Christensen his first start at right tackle. Christensen gave up one of the Eagles’ three sacks on Darnold, but a lot of the Panthers’ offensive line issues were on the interior. Right guard John Miller allowed a sack, and his holding penalty near the two minute-mark put the Panthers in a tough down-and-distance. Darnold had gone to Anderson on two consecutive plays — hitting him over the middle for 25 to convert a third-and-15 before an incompletion on Miller’s first-down holding flag. Darnold looked to Anderson a third time. It was not a charm, as cornerback Steven Nelson broke in front of Anderson’s comeback route to intercept Darnold in front of the Eagles’ sideline. Nelson indicated he knew what was coming. “I felt like they were trying to get the ball to a speed guy. I think the play previously before that they went to the same guy,” he said. “That guy has been lining up in that formation all day. I just kind of read the play before it even happened and made the play.” Rhule also seemed to suggest the Panthers went to the well once too often. “We’re throwing comebacks to the sideline. When you’re in two-minute, you’re throwing enough of those. Last week (at Dallas), the guy broke on it and almost picked it off,” he said. “I’ll have to watch the tape, to be honest with you. But we have to attack maybe the middle of the field a little bit more,” Rhule added. “We did a nice job of hitting Robby on the in-cut, so we have to do a better job of it.” After Darnold’s fifth pick in two games, an animated Anderson lost his composure on the sideline, where he appeared to be yelling at receivers coach Frisman Jackson. Said Darnold: “I’m gonna keep that between Robby and everyone that was involved.” https://theathletic.com/2880969/2021/10/10/blocked-punt-bad-throws-and-a-sideline-tantrum-anatomy-of-the-panthers-meltdown/

I'm beginning to believe that, James. Nice to see that he developed some damn good Chemistry with DJ, though, throughout the season. He should also try targeting TMJ more often too.

5? Ian Thomas had plenty of real estate to get 20 or more yards to get a first down(and then some) if Sam looked his way and threw it to him. Bad decision on his part.

I don't think he was if you watched the first few minutes of the Presser. @Mage

okay...THAT(what Rhule just said) is considered coddling Sam. Jesus Christ, Matt. WTF?

Xanax.

Except for this : Sam had Ian Thomas wide open. but I've beaten that dead horse too many times so whatever..... I also don't agree with giving Paradis a Solid "B". But I guess Miller was so damn bad, it made Paradis look better than he was.

Three times the charm, yo.

Weellll....about that : I mean...I get your point but....

oof! As an Offensive Coordinator, when your WR knows how to draw up a play better than you could, you got issues.

I have to wonder.... IF our CENTER played even Average, would the other two have still played bad? Maybe they were also trying to compensate for Paradis SUCKING ASS?

Hindsight is Hindsight. How is Penei Sewell doing? https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2021/10/penei-sewell-5/ Not saying I wouldn't have minded drafting Slater at 8 but you just don't know with Draft picks in general how they'll turn out. The NFL Draft is and has always been a Crapshoot.

Okay take it easy there, frank. Adam Gase was terrible. There is no way to defend him even at the expense of Sam's piss-poor decision-making the previous game.

Whomever made this.... That's pretty good. But you forgot to include Paradis shaped like a Traffic cone.

Sam became stubborn and tried Force-feeding Robbie instead of throwing to wide-open receivers in the middle of the field ala the Game-ending INT : Drove me nuts when it happened. I mean...as bad a game as he had, if he had just checked down a few times, he would've gotten into Eagles territory where at least there would've been the Possibility of a Game-Winning FG attempt. And if that happened and the FG was good, we'd still be complaining about his bad game but again we would be saying how he managed(barely) to bounce back at the end to lead the team with a game-winning drive. sigh....

I think it might be a good idea to just go ahead and put this guy on Ignore. If he can't help himself in insulting other people for having different opinions on just about every post he puts up, then there's no point in continuing to converse with someone like that. @mrcompletely11, @iamhubby1....this is my suggestion to you two as well. I had not even finished going through this thread and already I am tired of reading Kev's constant PAs(Personal Attacks).

Okay reading through this thread, you're fug'ing pissing me off with your sh*tty attitude. Is that you communicate with people in RL? I would hope not.

Darnold may be the next one out the door but Joe Brady may not be far behind as well if things don't right themselves PRONTO.

Wait...so he's wrong?