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If anyone played worse than Jake....it would have to be

Peppers90 NC

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the offensive line.

Very little to no push on running plays, penalties, and terrible pass protection. Could not pick up on the blitzes, I didn't think any one of the sacks were a coverage sack. Jake played horrible, but the o-line did nothing to help him, D-Will or Stewart out. Even out only TD was bad blocking turned good run. We couldnt even punch it in at the end of the game.

On another note, defensively, it appears on defense we are having more trouble with off tackle runs more than runs directly up the middle.

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I'm not saying they played well, because they didn't. But on many occasions, you can't blame them. Blame Jeff Davidson. He did nothing to account for the continuous blitz. Pretty damn sad for a guy that was an O-line coach for years before coming to the Panthers and becoming coordinator.

You better believe that Atlanta is going to bring the pressure early on Sunday.

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I'm not saying they played well, because they didn't. But on many occasions, you can't blame them. Blame Jeff Davidson. He did nothing to account for the continuous blitz. Pretty damn sad for a guy that was an O-line coach for years before coming to the Panthers and becoming coordinator.

You better believe that Atlanta is going to bring the pressure early on Sunday.

This.

Though I think they played about as well as could be expected... perhaps somewhat disappointing and not up to par but I do not think that the OL was so terrible that they would've lost us the game if not for other significant factors.

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#1 rule for managing a game: Protect the Ball.

He eyes down Smith when he's in trouble. That's worked in the past, but now teams are sending zone blitzes with a lot of the zone clouds in smith's area. Easy INT = Easy INT. A lot of his throws were just plain old bad decisions. There was no quick passing game either. Everytime he took a sack it was a 10 yard loss. Who the fug takes a 5-7 step drop against one of the most notorious blitzing teams in the NFL. And again, he went into Panic Mode way too early and tried to score 2 touchdowns on one play. This was ALL in the first half. If you think the Offensive Line is to blame now, then think again, it's just his intangibles no longer having an effect over his low potent measurables.

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Sadly true. The offensive line was terrible. No answers for the Eagles blitzes at all :(

But, who could have foreseen this? Eagles creating pressure with the blitz.. how is this not in any game film between 1999-2009? Surely this must be some new strategy they are employing here.

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This.

Though I think they played about as well as could be expected... perhaps somewhat disappointing and not up to par but I do not think that the OL was so terrible that they would've lost us the game if not for other significant factors.

They played pretty freakn terrible. I could spin it like this, Jake would not have lost the game for us had our defense caused 7 turnovers and scored on them. Jake made bad passes, in fact two of his ints there was not as much pressure, but throughout the game, our O-Line was garbage. Jake played worst, but if he had a challenger for that title, I would give it to the line.

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#1 rule for managing a game: Protect the Ball.

He eyes down Smith when he's in trouble. That's worked in the past, but now teams are sending zone blitzes with a lot of the zone clouds in smith's area. Easy INT = Easy INT. A lot of his throws were just plain old bad decisions. There was no quick passing game either. Everytime he took a sack it was a 10 yard loss. Who the f**k takes a 5-7 step drop against one of the most notorious blitzing teams in the NFL. And again, he went into Panic Mode way too early and tried to score 2 touchdowns on one play. This was ALL in the first half. If you think the Offensive Line is to blame now, then think again, it's just his intangibles no longer having an effect over his low potent measurables.

OK so whats your explanation for the run game, or lack thereof? Oh, this thread was not created to defend Jake either, just point out another aspect of patheticness.

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But, who could have foreseen this? Eagles creating pressure with the blitz.. how is this not in any game film between 1999-2009? Surely this must be some new strategy they are employing here.

Yes and no.

Jim Johnson's MO and blitz packages are well known and well scouted.

Sean McDermott went more aggressive than I've even seen Johnson go. Johnson had certain situations he preferred to blitz in. McDermott? Anytime, anywhere.

That approach could get him in trouble down the road, but it worked yesterday.

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after that 1st drive the eagles knew what we were going to do.....when we ran they had 9 in the box and passing downs they sent at most 9 people. ol did not have a stellar game but they didnt suck the place up.6 people can't block 8 or 9 defenders blitzing.when our qbs had the time, they threw horrible passes. so no one played worse than jd.

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Yes and no.

Jim Johnson's MO and blitz packages are well known and well scouted.

Sean McDermott went more aggressive than I've even seen Johnson go. Johnson had certain situations he preferred to blitz in. McDermott? Anytime, anywhere.

That approach could get him in trouble down the road, but it worked yesterday.

people knew there would be similarities but what wasn't known is if he would be more aggressive with the blitz or less.

makes sense that a young guy trying to make a statement that he is the man now would do that against a team that is supposed to have one of the best Olines and best offenses in the league.

imo, they need to go bring in an assistant DC/consultant who has a lot of experience in a 3-4 or at least a blitz happy team to help the Oline's preparation.

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