Rescuing Sisyphus: how the Panthers can finally defeat the Seahawks

[Moorgan]

It seems to me that something this epic deserves a John Williams score and Industrial Light and Magic providing the visuals.  I think the single player most representative of Sisyphus is Cam himself, since he's yet to experience victory against Seattle.  I keep debating if Luke is Thanatos or Ares..

I think the Kratos comparison is apt as Kratos is known as the God killer and we play all the big name QBs in the league. Brees, Ryan, Wilson, Rodgers, and Brady (in the SB).

[PhillyB]

You are lost, SO fugging lost hahaha.

If you are in the NFL, YOU HAVE TALENT. Period.

If Shula draws up a good play to get the receiver open, and Cam throws a catchable ball, it is up to that receiver to execute and make the play. They made it to the pro's for a reason, and sure there may be some inexcusable drops, but if that player DOES THEIR JOB, it doesn't matter who the fug they are or how many drops they have. If you execute, and make the one game winning catch when you are called upon like a Domenik Hixon, you have executed and done your job. Period.

It's seriously so fugging black and white, I can't even believe I have to explain this poo hahaha.

that may be true, but applying that same logic the only thing standing between me and being able to catch a touchdown pass from tom brady would be execution. it's true in a technical sense but it ignores the disparities in talent that make execution possible. to that end i'd say some early criticisms in this thread are on point, that we're gonna have a hard time matching up with these guys.

that's why scheme is so important. as long as a guy's on the field he has to be covered, which is why a decent coordinator can scheme richard sherman out of plays entirely, or isolate players with perceived weaknesses (olsen on chancellor, as has been pointed out elsewhere.)

as stirs mentioned, crossing routes are great when you've got a good offensive line in front of you; if you're facing a stout, aggressive defense sometimes the best thing to do is let your receivers settle into soft spots in the zone and hit them there. it shouldn't be difficult to scheme a few guys open underneath.

[PhillyB]

btw, credit to @Moorgan for revitalizing the sisyphus myth for me in an awesome blog post a few months back. i tried to find a way to shoehorn a little camus-style french existential philosophy into this post but maybe i'll save that for our first loss when everyone's winding up the nooses

[Cat]

Well I'm pumped up! 

 

[motocross_cat]

This is all great.  But i see cam running his ass off.

[PhillyB]

This is all great.  But i see cam running his ass off.

he'd be dumb not to

[motocross_cat]

he'd be dumb not to

Not that i want that to happen of course.  Im just not sure our passing attack is potent enough to consistently exploit everything you pointed out.  

I think we will see lots of broken plays and cam getting tough yardage and keeping drives alive.

Hope im wrong. 

[SOJA]

I unpied this just so I could pie it again 

[PntherPryd]

Did anybody else open this thinking it was going to be about VD. :)

Nice job as usual Philly.

Thanks for taking the time to do these.

I have to admit I did.

But thought the punchline would be the curative properties of RW's elixir

[manu4t]

Great write up!

[Jase]

I remember doing a report on sisyphus in high school, thinking "I'm never going to use this knowledge one day".

[PhillyB]

I remember doing a report on sisyphus in high school, thinking "I'm never going to use this knowledge one day".

wait til you see what i'm gonna do with lewis and clark

[Moorgan]

wait til you see what i'm gonna do with lewis and clark

That's what she sa...nvmd

[Jase]

wait til you see what i'm gonna do with lewis and clark

keeping with the mythology theme, what can Josh Norman learn from icarus and daedalus before he flies too close to the sun and gets beat by a double move?