In the playoffs, would it be bad to give Cam 20+ carries?

[AggieLean]

Whatever it takes, and I’m sure he feels the same..

[Thanatos]

On 1/1/2018 at 7:29 PM, sanjay_rajput said:

How about letting CAP/CMC carry it 20 + Times

CMC is not a 20+ carry a game back. He doesn't have the power to do so, we knew this when we drafted him.

[Thanatos]

On 1/2/2018 at 12:54 AM, UnluckyCharms said:

Horrible idea. One rolled ankle and we have Derek Anderson trying to not get murdered the entire game. 

We're going to lose unless we pull something out of a hat- short of the Saints giving us the game. So why not try something like this? If Cam gets hurt he has all offseason to rest up.

[UnluckyCharms]

2 hours ago, Thanatos said:

We're going to lose unless we pull something out of a hat- short of the Saints giving us the game. So why not try something like this? If Cam gets hurt he has all offseason to rest up.

Or we lose anyways and Cam gets hurt then spends the next two years following Andrew Luck around Europe looking for treatment options

[t48]

Cam's designed runs never turn into big gains. He is best on scrambles. I'm sick of Shula's decisions for Cam to run. 

[Hoenheim]

• Week 1 vs 49ers : 13 carries , 47 yards (WIN)
• Week 9 vs ATL : 15 carries, 66 yards (WIN)
• Week 15 vs GB : 12 carries , 63 yards  (WIN)

We're literally 3-0 in games where we run CMC over 10 times and he averages 4.4 ypc in those games.

That being said, I  very seriously doubt that the coaching staff is going to give CMC 20+ carries in the playoffs if it never happened even once in the regular season. Especially with Stewart coming back rested up Shula will be pounding him up the gut early and often in the Saints game. 

What was really a strange abberation is how many times CMC  got to touch the ball in that intro drive vs the Packers . Thats probably the smoothest and most efficient I've seen our offense operate the entire season . And Shula proceeded to go back to stew and stall drives out for the middle part of that game . When we feed CMC good things usually happen (well this is assuming he doesn't have the dropsies again ) 

[Thanatos]

19 hours ago, UnluckyCharms said:

Or we lose anyways and Cam gets hurt then spends the next two years following Andrew Luck around Europe looking for treatment options

You can't be scared of getting hurt in the playoffs. Yes you could get a freak injury like Luck did- but Luck did not get that injury scrambling 20 times in a game, he got it over the normal course of football.

I'll be honest, I never liked Cam not going for that football in 50 for the same reason. I defended him to everyone who asked, but then he himself confirmed it was because he was concerned his leg would get hurt. It rubs me the wrong way when Thomas Davis is playing with a broken arm that looks like a football. 

You put everything on the line in the playoffs and let the chips fall where they may.

[CarolinaNCSU]

I'd rather just protect Cam and win the turnover battle. As long as Cam has consistent protection, he'll make plays...scrambling if need be with nobody open. 

 

Also wouldn't mind an INT from Brees, and a fumble from Kamara. 

[stirs]

and a partridge in a pear tree

[UnluckyCharms]

21 hours ago, Thanatos said:

You can't be scared of getting hurt in the playoffs. Yes you could get a freak injury like Luck did- but Luck did not get that injury scrambling 20 times in a game, he got it over the normal course of football.

I'll be honest, I never liked Cam not going for that football in 50 for the same reason. I defended him to everyone who asked, but then he himself confirmed it was because he was concerned his leg would get hurt. It rubs me the wrong way when Thomas Davis is playing with a broken arm that looks like a football. 

You put everything on the line in the playoffs and let the chips fall where they may.

Lol thats dumb. "Because Luck got a normal injury and normal injuries are possible we should repeatedly put our franchise QB in situations where his chances of getting hurt are higher just because its the playoffs. /s." 

Teams should run Tom Brady and Ben 25+ times a game too because defenses won't expect it right? Its the playoffs lul

 

[Thanatos]

On 1/5/2018 at 11:23 AM, UnluckyCharms said:

Lol thats dumb. "Because Luck got a normal injury and normal injuries are possible we should repeatedly put our franchise QB in situations where his chances of getting hurt are higher just because its the playoffs. /s." 

Teams should run Tom Brady and Ben 25+ times a game too because defenses won't expect it right? Its the playoffs lul

 

Brady isnt a running QB, dumb comparison. Ben is nowhere near as good of a runner as Cam.

Someone else brought up Luck as an example of what can happen to running QBs, he didnt get that injury while he was running.

This is the playoffs man you do whatever you can to win.

[ncfan]

I could care less if he runs 30+ a game, as long as its working.

My only pep peeve with him and him running.  Is SLIDE

Which he has done a Heckuva lot better at this year (minus a cpouple games at the end of the season).  Protect yourself young man, plus seems like shockingly he was getting some calls this year he's never got.  Once we started seeing him slide more