Show Me the Evolution

[Hogmolliesmaht]

Anybody who had a problem with the play calling today don't know what the hell they're talking about. Shula called a great game and this offense will continue to evolve during the season. They could have easily put up 30+ today if Cam wasn't rusty and if their timing wouldn't have been a little off on some plays.

[Byrdman4real]

Need to mix it up, stay balanced. Set up the pass with the run and set up the long runs with great passing plays. Spread the defense with Samuals and Byrd, which could take the double team off of KB, Olsen, and open the lanes for our RBs. 

[mbarbour1987]

I feel you gotta take into consideration the game plan today with Cam's situation, They were looking for short gains (take what the defense gives you), few deep strikes just to keep them honest. I don't think they were trying to force it to CMC, but rather trying to force short completions, so Cam didn't have to sling it around. Just my opinion, but I don't think the evolution happened today because it wasn't part of the gameplan. I think they knew Cam would need a game or two to get with the program. (Also, Cam missed some throws, offense should have put up 30+)

[beastson]

We have to stop force feeding KB. It has to stop. That's not going to work against good to great teams.

[TrianglePanther]

Two examples: 

The dump-off to Stew for the TD. CMC drew a couple defenders in the flat, which opened up space for Stew inside. 

The should-have-been TD for Ed Dickson. CMC lined up outside and drew three defenders. Dickson had no one within 10 yards but Cam missed him. 

[Snake]

Lots going on today with a west coast first game, Cam having only two throws in preseason, and CMC having his first game of the NFL. What I liked was Cam using his WRs to take advantage of coverage and using CMC to draw coverage. What I didn't like was we have no speed at WR and we ran way way to much. Shula is still terrible at getting a QB into rhythm with play calling and we still have a ways to go to call what we did evolution. 

[Ace_Aladdin]

Panthers are still gonna be a run first team , no need to reinvent the wheel just add variation to passing and running game.

[csx]

Evolution is notoriously slow.

[juliosantos]

offense was the same defense really looked good 

[csx]

Probably see some new stuff for facing McDermott next week.

[Kevin Greene]

Cam was not sacked today. We're not going to beat teams with brilliant play design, we're going to beat them being fundamentally sound and more talented.

Protecting Cam is the single most important evolution from last year.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

15 minutes ago, Ivan The Awesome said:

While I share your point of view I'm going to reserve my judgment over Shula and this new offense until week 3. This was essentially preseason game 5. Rusty and timing off allover. 

I give the coaching staff credit in keeping the offense bland. I wouldn't mind if we could play next week just as vanilla and gradually introduce more nuances.  One series in a preseason game is not enough for the team to prepare with the QB.  We had a relatively easy game and no injuries to speak of.  Come back watch film and clean up some of the stuff for next week.   

[Jangler]

38 minutes ago, KillaCamNewton said:

Can't expect us to be that aggressive playing against that team. We could have run up the middle every play and still won

I think I'm out of pie or poop, I guess that will depend on the week...

This recipe has been a staple, finally it might sell.

[Lumps]

The evolution I want to see was impossible given Cam just doing awful in the first half. Luckily, Shula expected much less of Newton in the second half and was able to because of the score. Still, the play calling was meh and seems to me a more aggressive team with their identity down, unlike the 49ers who have new everything, will be much much more of a challenge to beat.