Albert Breer Believes The Panthers Would Have Selected McCaffrey Over Fournette

[GoobyPls]

Bullsh*t, Fournette would have been the pick and everyone knows it, even if they deny it now

 

This whole teams are adapting is a overreaction to the patriots winning the SB and James White having a bunch of catches.

[FuFuLamePoo]

Yeah, taking the better player that's way more adapted for the modern NFL does make some sense

[Verge]

Lol, no way in hell.

[Mr. Scot]

I don't know that it's just fear of adaptation.

What works at the college level doesn't always work at the pro level because it's a very different game.

Very few college defenses have the kind of across-the-board speed, strength and talent that you'll find on an NFL defense. In college, having one super athlete who can just pick on the opposition's weakest link is enough to win a lot of games.

That's not so easy in the pros.

Likewise, having fewer - and older - players makes a difference in what you can do. Just ask Chip Kelly. Nobody tried to be more innovative than Kelly. He certainly can't be faulted for being scared of change.

It just didn't work.

I'm all for embracing new concepts and such, but there are huge differences between the college and pro games that you have to be mindful of if you want to succeed.

[Mr. Scot]

I'd add that part of the problem with the theory presented here is that Stanford runs a pro style offense. That was McCaffrey's stated reason for going there.

[TheSpecialJuan]

2 hours ago, mjligon said:

That's fine.

Shut up

[pnthrs]

3 hours ago, Dex said:

If CMC can perform he has longevity.

Nfl careers in a nutshell

[Mr. Scot]

Voth, replying to Breer...

Bill Voth @PanthersBill

ahem, LF wasn’t the given many believed: “It’s why the Panthers probably would’ve taken McCaffrey, even if Leonard Fournette had fallen.”

[UpstatePanther]

This gives me flashbacks of Cam-led Auburn having their way with the entire NCAA on their way to a national championship. Spread offense? Hell yes. IF Shula can actually make it work. To see the Panthers run roughshod over the NFL on the way to an uncontested Super Bowl championship using the college system and transforming the NFL for the foreseeable future? Yessir I'll take that legacy.

i am starting to get really f*cking excited for this season

[stankowalski]

4 hours ago, Cary Kollins said:

 After last season I promised myself I wouldn't get too hyped ever again, and then we HAD to go and draft CMC and Samuel. Now barring injuries, I don't see how the Panthers don't field a top 3 offense.

I'm optimistic about our offense this year too, but we have to temper expectations early, it may take some time for them to gel.

[tiger7_88]

3 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Very few college defenses have the kind of across-the-board speed, strength and talent that you'll find on an NFL defense.

The counterpoint to your point is that very few college offenses have the kind of across-the-board speed, strength, and talent that you'll find on an NFL offense.

3 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

In college, having one super athlete who can just pick on the opposition's weakest link is enough to win a lot of games.

Yes, and that "super athlete" theory applies to both sides of the ball.

As an example, last year I watch Zach Cunningham, LB for Vanderbilt, wreck UGA on offense for a full game.  He was a one-man wrecking ball and the UGA offense could do nothing because wherever they turned, he was there.  Dude had 19 total tackles for the game (2.5 or loss).  Vandy beat UGA in Athens because of it.

[tiger7_88]

1 hour ago, stankowalski said:

we have to temper expectations early

Why?

[Metal_Sparty]

4 hours ago, tiger7_88 said:

The counterpoint to your point is that very few college offenses have the kind of across-the-board speed, strength, and talent that you'll find on an NFL offense.

Yes, and that "super athlete" theory applies to both sides of the ball.

As an example, last year I watch Zach Cunningham, LB for Vanderbilt, wreck UGA on offense for a full game.  He was a one-man wrecking ball and the UGA offense could do nothing because wherever they turned, he was there.  Dude had 19 total tackles for the game (2.5 or loss).  Vandy beat UGA in Athens because of it.

Don't forget that colleges are taking further raw prospects and have much stricter/less time to teach their players than the Pro's do. Most of these players still attend classes on top of having to juggle football with it. Some are learning the very basics of their position as well since a lot of them only played a year or 2 in high school, or had to switch entire positions. (As an MSU fan, we have a TE who was playing QB on his HS team due to being the best overall athlete there).

I think this is why the spread is so popular in college, at least the college form of it. Less responsibilities for the offense to learn, and spreading out a defense that isn't as well trained and disciplined as the NFL means more open guys to throw to, more open gaps to run through when the defense gets out of position.

[top dawg]

I'm so over Fournette. He's old news. It wasn't meant to be.  We have McCaffrey now. That's all that matters.