When its all said and done it boils down to Cam and who we surround him with

[jarhead]

I think the careers of Rivera, Gettleman, future OC, and fan satisfaction boils down to Cam growing emotionly and providing him with the tools,protection,and the development he needs to flourish.

This league is all about the QB and Cam is freakish with his talent but he needs to further develop the mental aspects of the game.

To me Rivera is very good at making the best of questionable talent on defense as he did with our secondary and banged up dl last year. I am fairly confident we will hire a competent OC. On offense, Cam needs a better OL,a quicker release, and weapons that have the ability to get open and make plays.The rest is up to Cam to run this offense.If we score 30 points per game we will be a playoff contender.

[Argus Plexus]

If we don't surround him with talent this team will continue to fail forever.

[jarhead]

If we don't surround him with talent this team will continue to fail forever.

Talent cost money which is something we are short of.The challenge will be doing more with less

[Bwood]

Surround him with good o-linemen like Eric Fisher or Chance Warmack.

[jarhead]

Surround him with good o-linemen like Eric Fisher or Chance Warmack.

Agree

[TheRed]

Well if the decision to give Rivera one more year backfires we will have wasted the first 3 years of Cam's career.

I'm waiting to hear on the new offensive coordinator hire. All of this is a moot point if we whiff on that.

[jarhead]

Well if the decision to give Rivera one more year backfires we will have wasted first 3 years of Cam's career.

I'm waiting to hear on the new offensive coordinator hire. All of this is a moot point if we whiff on that.

I do not see that happening. Having Cam should help us in getting a good OC

[PhillyB]

its encouraging to me that gettleman has a very high success rate with scouting offensive lineman

[jarhead]

its encouraging to me that gettleman has a very high success rate with scouting offensive lineman

Yea with our cap problems we need a guy that can find needle in a hay stack

[TheGreatestOfAllTimeCam]

Gotta do nothing but put weapons around Cam at all costs. Everywhere.

Best thing in this thread was the comment that Rivera can do things to get the defense adequate. Where we do more with less is on the defensive side of the ball, because Rivera has the ability to stretch talent there.... offense, it will boil down to how much talent we have. Rivera can squeeze the lemon harder to get more juice from less talented players on D.

[Herbert The Love Bug]

Gettleman will pulls some strings and get us a strong line and some good WRs. Then we will dance our way to the playoffs

[L-TownCat]

Surround him with a good oline, top flight receivers, wonderful tight ends, 100 million dollar backfield, top 5 defense, all world special teams, and of course..... The Golden Calf of Bristol

amidoinitright?

[Frizzy350]

Cam actually has one of the fastest releases in pro football. This was shown in our 3rd preseason game vs the jets measuring release time.

I'm sure cam would get rid of the ball quicker if we used more of them crazy slant routes, outs and quick hooks. Seriously whenever we go to pass the ball, if its not a screen pass I can't see any of our receivers on the screen, all are at least 10-15 yards downfield.

[Frizzy350]

Gotta do nothing but put weapons around Cam at all costs. Everywhere.

Best thing in this thread was the comment that Rivera can do things to get the defense adequate. Where we do more with less is on the defensive side of the ball, because Rivera has the ability to stretch talent there.... offense, it will boil down to how much talent we have. Rivera can squeeze the lemon harder to get more juice from less talented players on D.

I agree. I think a solid front 4, Kuechly + one other good LB (could be TD, Beason or anderson, who knows whats happening there), and a ball hawking free safety would be enough to keep our defense in the top half of the NFL. Put the best scrubs we can find everywhere else on D (although I hope we do keep captain).