Too much CMC, bad coaching, will take the W.

[Dragoon11]

Just now, BlitzMonster said:

absolutely agree

I'd like to see some of the CMC screens go to the TE.  Get Arnold / Tremble / Thomas several catches each per game.   And some redzone success with them as well.  

Getting the TE involved would take a lot of pressure off of this offense.  

I agree... the way Olsen was a factor. Would be huge in the red zone. I think Arnold is a good, could be great TE, Darnold has to build that chemistry. Play calling will help! 

[Smithers]

Coaching was bad…but Darnold also missed a few throws in the second half where plays were there to be made…big plays.  Moore also had a couple Drops that were inexcusable.  
 

loved that we won…but it just feels like a loss for some reason.  We went backwards in the second half in all aspects of the game.  Their adjustments worked, ours didn’t.  They made the hustle plays, we didn’t.  They played to win, we didn’t.  If that happens against most teams in the NFL, we lose.

[BlitzMonster]

4 minutes ago, Smithers said:

We went backwards in the second half in all aspects of the game.  Their adjustments worked, ours didn’t.  They made the hustle plays, we didn’t.  They played to win, we didn’t.  If that happens against most teams in the NFL, we lose.

I really wanted the D to go for the jugular in the beginning of the second half and just shut the Jets completely down.   But we clearly eased up and the Jets stuck around until the end of the game.   That's not what great teams do.  They deliver the knockout punch as soon as they can to just demoralize the other squad.

I don't know if it was soft playcalling or if the players relaxed a bit.   But the Panthers didn't have the aggressive attitude in the 2nd half as much.  

[Smithers]

2 minutes ago, BlitzMonster said:

I really wanted the D to go for the jugular in the beginning of the second half and just shut the Jets completely down.   But we clearly eased up and the Jets stuck around until the end of the game.   That's not what great teams do.  They deliver the knockout punch as soon as they can to just demoralize the other squad.

I don't know if it was soft playcalling or if the players relaxed a bit.   But the Panthers didn't have the aggressive attitude in the 2nd half as much.  

Agree.  We got soft on both sides of the ball.  Can’t win consistently like that. 

[BurnNChinn]

Coddled 

[Scott12345]

1 hour ago, OneBadCat said:

I think they got scared that Darnold would make a mistake so they fed CMC in the second half.

 

Really wanted to see them trust him to throw the daggers needed to put them away early. Hopefully the sheltering won’t last all season.

Yea…we were up 16-0 and defense was playing lights out

 

[carpanfan96]

1 hour ago, OneBadCat said:

I think they got scared that Darnold would make a mistake so they fed CMC in the second half.

 

Really wanted to see them trust him to throw the daggers needed to put them away early. Hopefully the sheltering won’t last all season.

He had 121 yards at halftime,  besides for a few big plays to WR's he was the offense in the first half and then they went away from it and couldn't execute for some reason. 

[Scott12345]

20 minutes ago, Smithers said:

Coaching was bad…but Darnold also missed a few throws in the second half where plays were there to be made…big plays.  Moore also had a couple Drops that were inexcusable.  
 

loved that we won…but it just feels like a loss for some reason.  We went backwards in the second half in all aspects of the game.  Their adjustments worked, ours didn’t.  They made the hustle plays, we didn’t.  They played to win, we didn’t.  If that happens against most teams in the NFL, we lose.

Yea…but we won

that last sack up the middle by brown on Wilson lifted my spirits

[Scott12345]

13 minutes ago, BlitzMonster said:

I really wanted the D to go for the jugular in the beginning of the second half and just shut the Jets completely down.   But we clearly eased up and the Jets stuck around until the end of the game.   That's not what great teams do.  They deliver the knockout punch as soon as they can to just demoralize the other squad.

I don't know if it was soft playcalling or if the players relaxed a bit.   But the Panthers didn't have the aggressive attitude in the 2nd half as much.  

16-0 leads do that…and the other team practices too

i think we got tired, it was hot out there today

[OneBadCat]

1 minute ago, Scott12345 said:

Yea…we were up 16-0 and defense was playing lights out

 

I’m talking about the second half when telegraphed every play to CMC. 
 

If Darnold is really the guy then we’re gonna have to lean on him at some point to put the game away. This should have been a blowout victory.

[Ricky Spanish]

As a CMC owner in multiple fantasy leagues, we did not use him as much as we could have, especially in the red zone. 

[Captroop]

3 hours ago, Tbe said:

C’mon guys. You don’t open up the playbook week 1 so everyone knows what you can do.

A simple run game could beat the Jet so they went with that. 
 

It’s the smart thing to do.

I don't know if this is sarcasm or not, but regardless, I agree. A vanilla game plan was enough to beat the Jets. That, combined with Sam had a whole half of a preseason game to get into the flow with his guys, I can see them wanting to make this more of a shake off the rust kind of game. I choose to believe we have a more aggressive playbook for our very real competition with NO next week.

[mc52beast]

This game was like so many other games we’ve seen, just a different coach and players. They get a two score lead then call the dogs off and barely hold on. 
 

Yeh, a win is a win and we’re 1-0. But everyone here knows the Jets are picking in the top 5 next year. 

[frankw]

What exactly has Dan Arnold done to get this hype and be mentioned in the same breath as Olsen? He's got a uphill climb to earn that level of respect and two catches for six yards ain't it. He was available cheap for a reason.

Edited September 13, 2021 by frankw