Happy Median - Talking Offense

[lightsout]

Shula just foolin' everybody.  He's bout to unleash the dragon, "fug it I'm goin' deep YOLO!" every play of the playoffs.  Catch teams off guard and they won't know what hit 'em.

 

All part of his master plan.

Not sure if this is sarcasm, but I believe it to a point. I think Shula started saving the playbook back when the win streak started. We very well could see a shift in how we operate offensively in a few weeks in the playoffs. Maybe not a HUGE shift, because we are who we are. But I do believe Shula is gonna take the deep shot a bit more often than he has been once teams have been lulled to sleep by our game film and early play-calling in games.

[lightsout]

Also, if Hixon shows out tomorrow and that causes less coverage on Ginn, and if our run game gets going, we may well see more big plays this week. Because if Hixon is as good a route runner as he is billed to be, and Ginn we know has the speed, and Lafell appears to be the happy medium of some speed, and some route running skill, that's a dangerous combination of WRs on the field. Then you still have Olsen and the RBs to defend. And if it does work out as well as I'm hoping it will, when Smitty comes back in the playoffs (assuming everything with him goes well), we might see 4 WR sets more often with Ginn and outside to one side, Smitty in the slot on the other, with Hixon outside of him. 

The route possibilities are endless. We CAN be that dangerous, big play offense still. Question is....does Shula want us to be, or are we content controlling the ball and being efficient on our drives?

[CPF4LIFE]

Shore up a quality trap blocking line first.............remember DW's touchdown run last week?

 

You get a line that can trap block for a strong running game (any running back can gain yards with a hole into the secondary) and then your DB's cannot blanket receivers.......they have to play zone on the run.

 

At that point a strong O line opening up the running game..........then opens up the passing game.

 

You don't need elite receivers when the DB can't afford to blanket them because of running backs zipping all over the secondary force them off those receivers.

 

Football fans love the passing skill position shows the NFL puts on......but the foundation for success with any offense is in the trench.

 

A dominant O line trap blocking unit will compromise the coverage of any defense no matter how elite their DBs are........

 

You are forgetting what i also said in my post about other teams having strong defensive lines too. Even the best O lines get dominated, name the last superbowl team that won with a really good O line? I dont think a trap block is gonna make a huge difference. This is a passing league, and thats how super bowls have been won recently....

[AceBoogie]

Shula seems to call plays like he's afraid to score sometimes.

[DaveThePanther2008]

Shula seems to call plays like he's afraid to score sometimes.

Makes you think that is for sure.  Like he is worried we will have to do something on 2nd down if he fails one 1st.  

 

I like Shula don't get me wrong but I feel similar to you.  The thing that gets me the most is we have one of the fastest receivers in the game and have proven he can do some good things after he catches the ball.  Look the Safety off.  Put him on a fly route and let it fly.  Throw it out there and let him run under it.  Even if Cam overthrows him which i have seen him do less then under throwing him.  That will stretch that defense and open other things.  You scare a defense you are going to keep that safety deep.  One less person to help with the running game.

[footballisasport]

I don't think he was blaming Cam for receivers dropping balls. I think that was part of the aborted "offense" he was discussing for that ONE game. I don't think he was 'blaming' Cam or anyone else either. He was just raising the questions for thread. It was OK (whether you agree with everything he said or not). 

 

Personally, I won't judge the Panther offense, till after they play the Dirty Birds. A lot of playoff caliber teams have been struggling the past few weeks. So the Panthers aren't the only one (teams are playing harder now/for jobs, even the scrubs).

 

Let's see how they do at the precipice of, or in the playoffs?

 

Well, I am a fan who focuses on the problems of a team because those are the things that creep up and bite when least expected. I know you Panthers fans simply want to see this team in the SB, but one cannot be so anxious for the big prize, that you ignore or divert this team's issues. I would seriously hate for this team to end up like the Texans who found themselves compete with the more "preferred" teams, for two strong seasons but kept faultering when they got to the play-offs because they never really fixed their QB issues. Now they are struggling just to win 3 games because other team issues have crepted up. I want this team to be competing with the Saints, and other preferred teams for the ring for a very long time.  

 

And please don't get me wrong, I believe if this team makes the Play-offs, then their only goal is the SB. But, you can't keep believing that your QB and the defense alone is going to get the job done. Everyone has a role to play.

[footballisasport]

Makes you think that is for sure.  Like he is worried we will have to do something on 2nd down if he fails one 1st.  

 

I like Shula don't get me wrong but I feel similar to you.  The thing that gets me the most is we have one of the fastest receivers in the game and have proven he can do some good things after he catches the ball.  Look the Safety off.  Put him on a fly route and let it fly.  Throw it out there and let him run under it.  Even if Cam overthrows him which i have seen him do less then under throwing him.  That will stretch that defense and open other things.  You scare a defense you are going to keep that safety deep.  One less person to help with the running game.

 

Who is that Receiver?

[Jangler]

Shula just foolin' everybody.  He's bout to unleash the dragon, "fug it I'm goin' deep YOLO!" every play of the playoffs.  Catch teams off guard and they won't know what hit 'em.

 

All part of his master plan.

 

This is what I have been hoping for for weeks. Just playing a little gamesmanship. Still tweaking the playbook and holding back. I guess it's almost time to find out what the fug he's been doing.

[footballisasport]

I honestly believe this team have the ability to win it all, with or without a perfect Offense. They have made me smile because I see a team that wants to turn the corner on it's past and enter a new realm where even when they are not playing well, they find a way to win. The problems with this team cannot be fixed overnight but if they can get into the zone on a consistant basis and continue to find ways to find, they will be able to grab that big prize.

 

Remember it's never the most fundamentally sound team who ends up in the SB. It's usually the team whose players look past their flaws and find ways to win as a team. Maybe that is why, for the most part, it's hard for a team to have back to back SB winning seasons. The Panthers are finding ways to win this season and I am hoping it takes them all the way. But I also hope next season they give Cam some real weapons he can work and grow with like Peyton, Brady, Drew, Luck, and Stafford. Why shouldn't Cam have weapons he can depend on?

[pantherclaw]

Our deep game has been improving over the last

Month.

With our defense, we'll never be throwing deep as often as other teams do.

[mcdougal]

Let's say we drafted Luke and the better part of 3 years totally ignored that side of the ball. Hired a offensive head coach and a defensive coordinator I am not sure most top 25 college football programs would hire for the same position prior to this season. Do you think our defense would be any better than below average?

 

People really need to stop expecting anything more than 17 points from our offense vs. any respectable defense this year. We are built on defense...all of resources are primary there. We just need our offense to not turn the ball over and ball control with an occasional score.

 

Anything more and you are smoking crack.

[teeray]

Our offense has been really good this season.

Almost every team has a few games where the offense doesn't play as well as they are capable.

My advice would be to stop fretting over total yardage and total points stats. They are about as misleading as any stat there is for team offense.

Points per possession and TDs per possession tell you 10x more than total offense

[Captain Obvious]

Fuggers don't touch Cam's play, my mothurfugging gloves WILL come off. amidoingitrite. :growl:

[PghPanther]

Lack of offense production.............look no further than our patch worked offensive line.

 

We have had a total of 5 starting Oline men injured this year.  We've patched it up with a Dline man, and a practice squad/out of the league player.

 

The fact we have won so many games speaks well of our defense and Cam's ability to leverage his physical skill sets...........

 

If we had all our starters on the Oline we'd could have the best record in the NFL right now.

 

That is our problem.

 

Look at the Steelers performance the last two years compared to this year.......they suffered similar issues with their Oline.