Why get cute on offense?

[Cyberjag]

In the Observer's "report card" (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/09/12/1688591/report-card.html), I read this:

The admission that they wanted to pass more to catch the Giants off-guard smacks of out-smarting yourself.

Anyone know where they admitted it, and is there more on this somewhere?

Running teams have been around forever, and the good ones run, and run effectively even when you know they're going to do it. Why would an OC with so much talent decide to get cute behind a first-time starting QB? And why do suppose they give up on the run so quickly? Down three scores in the fourth, I can understand, but why panic when you're down six early in the third?

Makes no sense to me.

[Zod]

It almost makes me think they actually do want Moore to look bad, as crazy as that sounds.

[Cyberjag]

Sometimes the simplest explanation is the best one.

They put Jake in the same situation over and over last year. He always threw interceptions, but was never set up to fail like he was in several games, and it looked exactly the same yesterday. If Moore had been wearing 17 you would swear we were in 2009 again.

[Zod]

Not really. Moore played worse than Jake last year. Jake rarely threw into 4 man coverage. Jake's throws were usually just poorly thrown.

[KillerKat]

The whole game I was thinking "Where was the play calling from the last 5 games of last year?"

[jloh]

...i thought we were a running team....davidson might be the real problem...

[Carolina Mike]

Crazy question??

Do the Players and Coaches have the same Agents for contracts?

[Jangler]

If they are/were setting up Moore to fail, why not just start Clausen?

If Moore fails, and Clausen plays like a typical rookie, then Fox/Davidson/Hurney fail. Doesn't make much sense to me, but then this team is making less and less sense by the week.

[Cyberjag]

Not really. Moore played worse than Jake last year. Jake rarely threw into 4 man coverage. Jake's throws were usually just poorly thrown.

That wasn't my point though, I was clumsily trying to say that it looked like the game was called the same way, and they expected different results.

As I write that it makes me wonder if Clausen would be a better fit, actually. Last year I described the strategy as one where Davidson obviously thought he had Manning, Brady, or Brees back there--someone who could make you pay for pressure with a super-quick checkdown and an outlet. Granted, I rarely saw someone who was in a position to provide an outlet, but that's why those guys are great.

[Carolina Mike]

But if Carolina fails this year. It would be like sticking it to the man with the CBA. Don't you think? Fox knows he has a job waiting if he drags Carolina down this year and it would give him the perfect excuse of.......QB was young and inexperienced, I was unable to bring in any game changers, and last but not least! If you listen to most NFL (so called experts) they talk about how we have let go of a lot of (so called) core players? Maybe there is a reason the play calling was like it was??

[Cyberjag]

Fox doesn't call the plays, Davidson does. Last year Fox had to tell him to just run the ball, remember?

[Darth Biscuit]

This was my main question from yesterday... I didn't have very high expectations, but throughout the whole game, I questioned the coaching. The first half was just ugly from both teams and we hung in there... as usual, we got out coached at half-time and the Giants came out and made adjustments, where we looked like we were just struggling to keep up.

We had chances and Moore made mental errors, but some of that blame, perhaps most, has to lay at the play calling there on those last couple of drives.

Where the hell were our two top-10 RB's in the second half???

[boo7382]

The whole game I was thinking "Where was the play calling from the last 5 games of last year?"

Exactly. If moore is suchhhhh a shitty ass qb, who was in there calling the plays last year? Don't give me this "there was no pressure the games meant nothing" bullshit. I want to know where THAT matt moore is now.

Why the fug did we not run the ball. WE ARE A RUNNING TEAM why not try what we are good at before we give the ball to our qb and say here just throw it as much as you can.

fuging jeff davidson you looked like an asshole up there in the booth. He even looked embarrassed to be representing the Panthers.

dammit. dammit. dammit.

[panther4life]

I think that this game proves they really had confidence in Matt Moore and he a failed under pressure. They gave him several oppurtunties to display what he was made of and simply folded under pressure.

The run game was hurt by the fact that our passing game was no threat, so the Giants D constantly stacked the line of scrimmage.