The McCaffrey/Samuel Effect on Stewart

[Ace_Aladdin]

J-Stew  will have over 1,000 yards rushing.

[Cyberjag]

CMC will not free Stewart up so much as having a guy in the slot who can get quick separation.  That's what will cause the safety to play back a little.  

[Dhagans06]

If we get it right, jstew = Blount 2016

This is exactly what I was thinking


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[MadHatter]

8 hours ago, GoobyPls said:

Mccaffrey isn't gonna affect whether a defense stacks the box, IDK how they are gonna use Samuel.

So, you do not understand how a slot receiver impacts the game?  Not surprising.

[MadHatter]

1 hour ago, sanjay_rajput said:

J-Stew  will have over 1,000 yards rushing.

Not a chance

[panthers55]

8 hours ago, Woodie said:

I don't normally start threads since I don't usually have time to follow up on them, but something's been percolating in my brain that I wanted to get some thoughts on.

Everybody's been talking about how the addition of both McCaffrey and Samuel will change our offense.  Much of the talk has been about how the scheme will change, how much they'll be used in the pass game, how explosive they are, etc.  Well, to me, the forgotten man in all this excitement over our offensive evolution is JStew.  So, I've been thinking about how the addition of these explosive playmakers will effect Stewart's production this year.  

The more I think about it, the more I believe he may just have a monster year.  For pretty much forever, he's had to run into a stacked front game after game.  Teams haven't had to worry about anything on the outside, and even with Smitty, we had so few true offensive weapons that they could still stack the box.  So whenever he ran, it was literally like running into a wall with no openings.  Most of what he got, he got through brute force and his ability to break tackles.  

Now, with the addition of McCaffrey and Samuel, not to mention Olsen and KB still being significant threats, we will be able to spread teams out...keep them from clogging the middle.  Instead of putting a Safety in the box, they will now have to dedicate him to protecting against the big play (and with CMC, Samuel, Olsen, and KB, it can come from anywhere).  What this means is that for the first time in many seasons, Stewart should see some real holes and a little daylight when he gets the handoff.  And despite his age, he is still a powerful runner that very few guys can stop by simply trying to grab him...or by themselves.  As a result, I expect he will likely have far more big runs than we have seen in the last few seasons.  

IMO, we have the potential to be a truly versatile offense.  We have the ability to go power on defenses and just bully them into submission, but then we can switch gears and go all speed on them and run them ragged...all without changing personnel.  We're not just an offense with a lot of weapons, we are an offense built to perfectly counter anything you want to do on defense.  And I genuinely believe Jonathan Stewart will be the hammer that beats down defenses this year.

I will be interested in seeing how we line up the backfield and use McCaffrey and Curtis.  IN order to do what you suggest, Stewart is going to have to be in the same backfield as McCaffrey and Curtis lines up in the slot at the same time. Otherwise you will know what we are doing due to the personnel we have on the field. In order to misdirect defenses we are going to have to change up personnel groupings and be less predictable in our formations.  I agree Stewart might be able to do a lot of things but it will require him to also be less predictable and catch a swing pass as well or he will be the key the defense uses to know what we are doing. 

[RoosterCockburn1]

Having the ability to run power is going to be great against the new trend of athletic linebackers. Can't wait to see how well Caff runs between the tackles. We know stew can grind.

[dcpanther89]

This team has the potential to be great we just need to sign Barnidge and saftey depth and we will be fine


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[Ace_Aladdin]

40 minutes ago, MadHatter said:

Not a chance

Disagree even better chance this year more so than 2015

[MadHatter]

Just now, sanjay_rajput said:

Disagree even better chance this year more so than 2015

It is cool that we disagree....because it is just opinions.

[gorillamilitia13]

5 hours ago, London Loves Luke said:

If we get it right, jstew = Blount 2016

But even better

[Woodie]

9 hours ago, csx said:

His production might go down but his effectiveness could go up. It could be very good for us. 

Yeah, this is kind of what I was meaning by the monster year.  Individual numbers for everyone may not be huge because it will be spread around to so many guys.  But I do believe his impact this year will be the greatest we have seen for some time.

[Woodie]

1 hour ago, panthers55 said:

I will be interested in seeing how we line up the backfield and use McCaffrey and Curtis.  IN order to do what you suggest, Stewart is going to have to be in the same backfield as McCaffrey and Curtis lines up in the slot at the same time. Otherwise you will know what we are doing due to the personnel we have on the field. In order to misdirect defenses we are going to have to change up personnel groupings and be less predictable in our formations.  I agree Stewart might be able to do a lot of things but it will require him to also be less predictable and catch a swing pass as well or he will be the key the defense uses to know what we are doing. 

I do expect to see McCaffrey and JStew lined up in the backfield with Samuel in the slot quite a bit.  I believe it gives us the greatest number of options to use on offense.  McCaffrey and Samuel are so multi-dimensional that it will open things up on offense.  And that should give Stewart opportunities up the middle.  He's also shown that he can catch the ball when given the chance, so teams won't be able to sleep on him as a pass receiver out of the backfield either. 

I just think that with the versatility that the two rooks bring, it will open up opportunities for everyone on offense.  And with the ability to run so many different plays out of the same formation, we should not be the same old predictable offense we are used to seeing.  

[GoobyPls]

7 hours ago, lightsout said:

Like Nickels who definitely cover Edelman? Cobb? Sproles?

And you're assuming motioning him gives away the play. Motion him to KBs side. Still have run strength with Stew away from them. Still have KB in single coverage most likely, still have Olsen and Samuel away from them to worry about. CMC is going to be a threat that will need to be accounted for no matter where he is.

Also, most teams do run nickel. Let them. Because Stew will eat all day on 6 man fronts. They can't walk the safety up without giving single coverage to either both receivers or one receiver and Olsen. It's classic "pick your poison" if we play it right.

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If it's that simple why haven't other teams done this?

like I said above teams didn't need to stack the box to stop Stewart last season. He doesn't have the speed anymore to scare people.

 

Also our receivers struggled against man to man last season