Practice Observations

[dksmith17]

Thanks for the report Mr. Scot. I'm excited about the new zone blitz scheme we have. Care to highlight any more details about the blitzes you saw? Any guys they seem to be sending often?

[Miaoww]

Who would that be? Gun to my head I say Derek Anderson, but I don't believe that'll happen. You could make valid arguments for each guy though (and that could be good, or bad) :sosp:

I'd pull the trigger if you replied with 'Derek Anderson'.

[Panthers_Lover]

Au contraire :D

Ah ... I missed it! My apologies ... I guess I was expecting glitter, bells, whistles, dancing bears, etc.

[cavic7585]

Thank you for posting. Very good read.

[rayzor]

great read as always. love the insight. i wish you posted more in here. hopefuly while the season is going on you'll do it more...esp. if they are winning and you are feeling better which i hope is the case.

In the later scrimmages when the team moved to the close field (much to fans delight) the defense was throwing everything it had at the offense. The result was a few sacks and a lot of near misses that might have been sacks under game conditions. Won’t lie. The offensive line concerns me right now. Hope they look better come the season opener than they have lately. On the good side, they'll be well-prepared to face an aggressive defense.

this is the thing that has tuck out to me a lot. facing this blitz happy and aggressive defense is really going to help this offense be more prepared for hose kinds of defenses than they ever were under fox. that really bothered me, esp. last year, how unprepared the Oline was for the blitzes that were coming at them constantly last year. in practice the defense did nothing to try and replicate what the oline was facing.

[Mr. Scot]

Awesome. Mr. Scot, we all have our opinions and I know you're of the "old guard" who like to develop a QB from the bench first, but from what you saw of Newton would you say he can handle the job Week 1-long term?

My gut response? Yes, I think he could handle it. I'd just rather he didn't have to.

Thanks for the report Mr. Scot. I'm excited about the new zone blitz scheme we have. Care to highlight any more details about the blitzes you saw? Any guys they seem to be sending often?

Any of the top linebackers. Thomas Davis and James Anderson could see a lot of action there. Also Omar Gaither since he has some experience. Once Beason is back in there, him too. Part of the effectiveness of the scheme is that it can come from just about anywhere.

One sour note: Beason seemed kind of bummed about his injury status after practice. May just be because he won't play tonight. Hope it's not more than that.

[rayzor]

one thing that may bring an added urgency to getting your rookie to start might be the shortened contract. were it for 6-7 years as it was under the old CBA, then i could understand more the waiting a year, but with the contract only being 4 years now...you are looking at 2-3 years worth of starting time before the contract runs out if you are being cautious. you can't pull an aaron rodgers anymore. you just don't have the luxury of time to let the QB sit on the bench for a year or two and let him get acclimated that way. it helps that the contracts are for a lot less money, but still that limited contract life has got to make an impact on the decision. not sending them out before they are ready, but working harder to get them close to ready earlier.

i've always been under the idea that the earlier, the better anyway as i think they learn better (or at least quicker) under fire and extra coaching between games. less theory and more putting it into practice. just a different mindset than yours in that regard.

still, i've also said that if one of the QBs is significantly better than newton, then that QB should probably get the start. i don't see that being the case. since newton appears to be at least on the same level as the other QBs and the players are responding to him, he is responding to coaching, and he has a good grasp of the playbook then we should be alright with him starting and he should do well with the responsibility.

[pantherclaw]

Lots of gratitude for your efforts, friend.

As alwasy, a great read.

[KBRed]

I went to rate this thread, it says I already did. I hope I didn't screw up the rating accidentally while reading on my phone.

If so, I'm so ashamed. :(

Greatly appreciate the insight and time in putting this together for everyone.

[Kettle]

I went to rate this thread, it says I already did. I hope I didn't screw up the rating accidentally while reading on my phone.

If so, I'm so ashamed. :(

Greatly appreciate the insight and time in putting this together for everyone.

the rating system is flawed. only one person can do it for each thread. after that it tells everyone else that they've already rated it.

[KBRed]

the rating system is flawed. only one person can do it for each thread. after that it tells everyone else that they've already rated it.

Ok good. I was about to put myself in the Perma-Ban bet, by taking Jimmy Clausen's passer rating. :cool:

[Captain Obvious]

in b4 fiz grammar lesson

[rayzor]

the rating system is flawed. only one person can do it for each thread. after that it tells everyone else that they've already rated it.

thanks. i was wondering about that. seemed awfully weird.

[Guest]

I went to rate this thread, it says I already did. I hope I didn't screw up the rating accidentally while reading on my phone.

If so, I'm so ashamed. :(

Greatly appreciate the insight and time in putting this together for everyone.

It says that I have already rated this thread too, no worries.