SI's Andy Benoit breaks down Panthers/Saints tape

[CarolinaSock]

Funchess had his man beat deep twice yesterday so how is that not a deep threat? He may not be able to do that against every match up but he could against New Orleans.  What's tough on a deep passing game is a QB that can't put it in the same zip code as the receiver to even give them a chance like Cam did on both throws.

[Saca312]

andy benoit gave a good analysis surprisingly.

[Still Brooklyn]

4 hours ago, Farachlombardi said:

Told y'all it's not Shula it's just our players not all clicking at once if we click together we are the best offense in the nfl simple as that 

Stop hitting the pipe, man.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

1 minute ago, NeedSumD said:

How much digging did you have to do to find a breakdown that didn't give Cam any blame what so ever?     Cam

lmao, great stuff man

[bigdog10]

This may be dumb but, when we see double A gaps, why don't we run CmC or Stew off tackle?

[Jon Snow]

1 minute ago, bigdog10 said:

This may be dumb but, when we see double A gaps, why don't we run CmC or Stew off tackle?

That is a question for Shula.  But be prepared for a confused look on his face.

[J.Cage]

4 hours ago, Peppers90 NC said:

I still think of the Arizona game from 2013 where they double A'd the fug out of us and we had no answer. Then we decided to incorporate it, or at least fronting the look. Now teams are using that on us and we dont know where to block.

And this is why

[Jay Roosevelt]

Makes total sense about our WR's not fitting our scheme anymore.

Remember when some here were concerned prior to last season that KB's return might actually be a net negative?

2013 WR's: Aging Steve Smith and Brandon LaFell as primary options with Ted Ginn as the #3 and primary deep threat. Even at his age at the time, Smith could still move and make plays downfield. Ginn gave us another key downfield threat with speed. LaFell in the possession WR role. 12-4.

2014 WR's: KB as our primary outside receiver with Cotchery as the default #2. No real viable slot receiver. Philly Brown came on later in the year as a viable downfield option and the offense started to click. 7-8-1.

2015 WR's: Committee situation with Ted Ginn + Philly Brown both providing speedy options outside. Cotchery and Funchess as contributors. Two speedsters as our primary outside receivers with Cotchery in the slot/possession role and Funchess contributing as a situational player. 15-1.

2016 WR's: KB as primary outside receiver + Ginn and Philly Brown in a reduced role with Funchess getting more snaps. The focus of the offense shifts to KB and Funchess as the primary outside targets with Ginn playing more the role of a pure deep threat and Brown's playing time greatly reduced. 6-10.

This year it's more of the 2014/2016 model with KB and Funchess outside and a rotating cast of guys in the slot. Plus the added wrinkle of McCaffrey.

If you consider the results it seems pretty clear the whole "get Cam big possession receivers" plan devised by Gettleman was a huge mistake. Using that logic it's entirely possible we simply lucked into 2015 when KB went down thanks to the fact that our 'on the roster' fix included two speedsters and resulted in a WR corp that had no true #1, which forced Cam to play more within the offense rather than forcing the ball to KB as much.

That said, it seems our best bet might actually be to play KB and Funchess more situationally and start Samuel and Byrd on the outside, with Sheppard and McCaffrey working the slot. Hell, you can even come up with a scenario where trading KB makes a lot of sense if we plan to move toward a speedier WR corp long-term.

Unlike previous seasons where lack of speed has been a problem, we do have two legit speedsters on the roster. Will we use them? Judging by our approach so far, I kind of doubt it.

[JawnyBlaze]

7 hours ago, trueblade said:

 

Love him or hate him, he's done a deep dive on the Panthers/Saints game

 

 

On the pj Williams int, that's pretty much what I was saying, just said better. So many people are quick to pile on Cam (who admittedly had a poor game even if 1.5-2 of those nits weren't on him) when there so much else wrong with this team. 

[JawnyBlaze]

And what is with this telegraphing nonsense? Are we talking about two different plays or were those of you saying that not watching the same game? Game was looking to his left and t hen looked to Funchess and threw at the exact same time. I'll have to go back and rewatch to confirm this is the play I'm thinking of, but what Cam did on the int I'm thinking of was the opposite of telegraphing or staring down.