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Panthers to draft a QB...

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By DFive,
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panthers55 Grand Master

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:rolleyes:

In case you couldn't understand, they run the play action a lot. So do the Panthers. They are also heavily reliant on the run, like the Panthers.

Most teams run play action if they run the ball. But again the Panthers were not heavily reliant on the run. This year we ran 999 plays. of those we passed the ball 519 times and ran the ball 445 times. The rest were sacks, field goals, and Ints.

But you can see we passed the ball more than we ran. How is that like Wisconsin which passed the ball 328 times and ran it 609. We were third in average rushing yards a game but were 14th in rushing plays. The reason we were so high in rushing yards was because we averaged 5.4 yards a running play. That lead the league.

So no we didn't run the same thing at all. Not the same offense, not the same play calling, not the same formations. We ran the option perhaps 20-25 times all season not 200-250 times.

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panthers55 Grand Master

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I'm not sure what the argument is here but Russell is a player. He did it against all types of competition not just the ACC or the Big Ten but nearly all opponents.

If he was 6'5 he would be a first round pick.

And that is the problem. At 5-10 he is too short to play quarterback in the NFL in our type of offense. The argument was about his ability to be a back up to Newton and morphed into what type of offense he was in and his success at Wisconsin, etc. Mango said it was just similar to ours, I pointed out it was very different. Wilson might be fine in a WCO like Vick or Brees run, but there are no 5-10 quarterbacks running an air Coryell attack like ours. So the bottom line is we shouldn't draft him because he wouldn't be very good here. I have my serious doubts he will good anywhere in the NFL unless the offense is tailored to overcome his height, but that is my opinion only.

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You're right, who would want a QB from a program that ran much more than it passed. Like Stanford for example.

Yeah because that is what this argument about. Forget that Luck ran a pro-style WCO and is 6-4 and 235 lbs and was mentored by Harbaugh for years. Yeah it was all about whether they ran more than they passed.

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it seems some people think wilson's ability to move in the pocket & make things happen with his feet equals a good fit here but you also have to remember that long term success in this offense is based on having the ability to make teams defend the whole field which is what concerns me most about wilson along with his height

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Marguide Newbie

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I see no reason to spend a draft pick on a QB. We have too many current needs to waste one on a back up QB.

If the FO feels a back up is needed that can run the same game plan, then end the AE experiment at WR and get him reps at QB. He can be our back up or 3rd QB.

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Or this could all be one giant smokescreen to drive the demand of Wilson up, in the hopes that we can trade back for more picks to some QB hungry team looking for the next "Cam Newton". #justsayin

Sorry, but smokescreens don't work for guys drafted in the 5th-7th rounds.

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