Article: The Cardinals and Panthers Are the Future of Football

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

https://theringer.com/the-cardinals-and-panthers-are-the-future-of-football-845ffc6abe72

The Cardinals and Panthers are drafting for the future of football. They’re also on track to be two of the most fun teams in the league...... 

For the Panthers, a predictable passing game was a weakness in 2016 — the lack of quickness Kelvin Benjamin, Greg Olsen, and Devin Funchess gave Cam Newton downfield meant that almost one-quarter of Newton’s pass attempts were to a receiver who had less than 1 yard of separation, a higher percentage than any other quarterback in the league. McCaffrey and Samuel (who ran a 4.31 at the combine, a number we’d all be raving about had John Ross not broken the record with a 4.22) seem like the perfect antidote to that problem, both capable of lining up in the slot, creating separation in their routes, and giving Newton “easy-win” quick throws underneath. Both should give the Panthers yards-after-the-catch, too.

But that’s not the only advantage Carolina’s new duo presents. By adding two hybrid running back/receivers to their offense, the Panthers should gain the ability to take advantage of any look the defense gives them on any given down. Say a defense counters Carolina’s “three-receiver” look featuring Benjamin, Funchess, Samuel, and McCaffrey with a “light” nickel defense, heavy on defensive backs and short on run-stuffing defensive linemen or bone-crushing linebackers. This should be a common occurrence, and Carolina can run the ball right at it with McCaffrey, Newton, and Samuel, whether it’s downhill or read-option.

[Toker Smurf]

Not to mention Shaq. 

[Nails]

The Cardinals need this thing called a quarterback, kinda important.

[PhillyB]

the cardinals are like that alternate biff future

[ecu88]

I love it!

My offense philosophy would be 5 fast/quick WRs and 4 good TEs. Forget tall bulky WRs, let TEs be that.

Kill them with speed or bully your way or confuse the poo out of your opponent just for giggles.

http://www.phillymag.com/birds247/2013/08/16/no-22-eagles-introduce-4-te-package/

With Run CMC and Samuel being similiar, our playbook just became more diverse and more unpredictable.