More CAP

[lightsout]

OK, so let's think of the past two games. CAP comes in late and doesn't do anything too flashy. Teams selling out on the run late in the 4th when we have a lead, so what can he do?

Well, rip off 5 yard runs is ONE thing he can do in that situation. And he did. In each game. The guy is quick and decisive. He gets north and moves his feet through contact. Lot of energy in those young legs. Runs like a D-Will/Stew hybrid, really. The punishing running style of '08 Stew with the sheer quickness in and out of cuts of D-Will. Some I have talked to say he doesn't look that quick, but I beg to differ. He gets north in a hurry!

CAP needs more carries. Everybody loves Fozzy, but Fozzy provides nothing that CAP doesn't apart from experience. CAP needs to be getting 10 touches per game, minimum. Screens, runs, designed passes out of the backfield. Get him involved in the offense. Get teams keying on him so our play action game is more of a threat, because right now, we aren't catching teams biting on playaction. At all.

Also, CAP is a better choice for running zones and zone reads out of the shotgun. He and Cam come from the same coaching at Auburn. They are automatically going to mesh better and CAP is less removed from that kind of game than Stew is at this point in his career.

[Kevin Greene]

Clearly CAP is our hope moving forward.

IMHO Tolbert is probably no longer worthy of a roster spot.

Stew just can't stay healthy.

If CAP can build on this rookie year and become more productive each game it will be money for the Panthers.

 

[Daddy_Uncle]

I don't ever see CAP as a #1 feature back. He can be serviceable and do well when in but I think we'll have to find a true #1

[heelsnum1]

CAP is our first glimpse of Gettleman's plan for RB.  His hands have really been tied to this point.  I think it will be interesting to see what he does with this position going forward.  I personally think it will be a revolving door of young backs that are not flashy but can pass block.

[lightsout]

While I agree with each of you to some degree, I also disagree a tad.


Tolbert, I don't think, has been bad. He looks MUCH shiftier this season, similar to 2013. Still, the age is showing. He shouldn't be here next year, IMO.

Stew has looked decent with the blocking he has received. However, he gets in this weird habit EVERY game where he starts dancing. I get that he's trying to create plays when no lanes open, but you have to just put your head down sometimes and get the ugly 3-4 yards if you can instead of trying to bounce a B gap run outside. End man on the line of scrimmage is getting kicked out, so you trying to bounce AROUND that, with another LB, safety, or corner coming outside to help out, just spells disaster a lot of time.

CAP, I think, can be our #1. He's not ready right now. He'll need another off season to put on more muscle and learn more of the NFL game. Once he does that, if he maintains his quickness and burst, he'll be a solid #1 RB in this league. Take that to the bank.

Reasons for thinking this is that in each of the last two games, if he's not hit in the backfield or at the line, he's getting 4 yards. He is seeing the hole, hitting it, and driving through first and sometimes second contact for an extra yard or two. He gets to the edge quickly on off tackle runs and cuts up as soon as he can, and he does it explosively.

I think runners like CAP are indeed Gman's vision at RB. Is CAP who Gman wants out there for the next 6-8 years getting the bulk of carries? That is yet to be seen. However, if CAP gets more opportunities and can make the most of them, he can solidify himself a spot at least in rotation with other young backs, like Wegher.

I just get the feeling, when CAP is in, that I had when D-Will was a rookie. I just knew if he got 10-15 touches in a game, he'd settle in a groove and bust off a long one. Sure enough, once they cut D-Will loose and let him run wild, he showed precisely what I thought he would. Hopefully CAP does the same, given the same opportunity.

[JJman Returns]

Gotta love the players who naturally have nicknames so the Huddle doesn't have to make a thread full of lame attempts to come up with one

[whatever]

I don't ever see CAP as a #1 feature back. He can be serviceable and do well when in but I think we'll have to find a true #1

I could easily see him being a #1 RB. The only thing working against him is his age. If it's going to happen, it needs to be pretty soon(by the end of next season or pretty early in his 3rd). 

[lightsout]

I could easily see him being a #1 RB. The only thing working against him is his age. If it's going to happen, it needs to be pretty soon(by the end of next season or pretty early in his 3rd). 

His age is deceptive. Remember, he had 2 years after high school where he didn't play. He didn't get much of an opportunity at Auburn until last season. He's got some mileage left on those legs. He can play to 32-33 at a high level, if only because he doesn't have the wear and tear of a typical 25 year old RB in the NFL.

[luke nukem]

His age is deceptive. Remember, he had 2 years after high school where he didn't play. He didn't get much of an opportunity at Auburn until last season. He's got some mileage left on those legs. He can play to 32-33 at a high level, if only because he doesn't have the wear and tear of a typical 25 year old RB in the NFL.

he is 23.

[lightsout]

he is 23.

Negative. He was born in 1990. Panthers site has him listed as 25.

[Jangler]

CAP will be the hb we have been looking for

I hope.

[Chaos]

I'm all aboard the CAP train.  I would like to see this guy get more touches earlier in the game just to see if he can change the pace of the running game.  I get that our line isn't opening lanes you could drive a truck through, but his power and speed might get us meaningful yardage instead of watching the ever-patient Stew tiptoe around looking for daylight only to be dropped for a two yard loss.

[JawnyBlaze]

Yea He needs to be filling Stewart's rookie year role. He needs 10 or so carries a game, and not waiting til our last seven or our last quarter. We know Stewart used to get stronger as the game went on and that would be a reason against this, but it doesn't seem to be the case this year for whatever reason. 

[CarolinaXblue]

I haven't seen enough of CAP yet to know, but I wish we used Fozzy more. I think that dude is elusive and quick and has earned more touches than he gets.