Skimming too quickly I read this as Adalius ThomasAdrian Phillips and Jeff Thomas too.
Not looking good for Myers. Too bad.Yeah, what's helping is the somewhat unexpected growth of the 2nd year players and a rookie class that could be one of the better ones in recent memory.
Speaking of 2nd year players, The Gun Show leads all receivers with 20 receptions through 9 practices:
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Hybrid rules for scrimmage? Sack and interception on same play would seem difficult. Unless they count it as a sack but let it play out.
Andrew Callahan is fantastic. I don't like that tweet though.
Sweet. Put him on ice until game time.Sounds like Thuney is not serious
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Newton is a one-of-kind offensive weapon, and his abilities to both be a threat to run the ball and make accurate run-game reads make everyone on the Panthers offense better, including his wide receivers. Steve Smith had Carolina’s biggest play of the day — a 66-yard catch in which no one on New Orleans’s defense was within 20 yards of him. As Newton explained after the game, Smith was the direct beneficiary of Carolina’s dynamic rushing attack: “Of all of the people on this field to be wide open, you would think Smitty would be the last person,” Newton said. “But that is what type of pressure the zone read gives us.”
That’s the beauty of the Panthers’ offense when it’s rolling. Newton led the Panthers in rushing, but Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams each added more than 50 on the ground, and Smith, Brandon LaFell, and even Mike Tolbert were dangerous receiving options. “You do read option, read option, read option and then get them to play seven or eight in the box and you’ve got so many variations of plays and passes you can run off that,” Newton said.
I'm really just excited to see how it unfolds and see what they do. I'm not all that concerned about them struggling against the Pats defense in practice while they figure it out.From what I’ve heard and read, particularly from the most critical of media sources (surprisingly, the writers at Patriots.com), the offense has been really inconsistent and somewhat worrying. Definitely agree it‘ll be different, and I’m certainly looking forward to seeing the Cam-led O in action, but I would temper my expectations.
I agree with this. My guess is the upside case is a healthy O lone lets them ground and pound with occasional sneakiness with Cam or Stidham. But it could very easily look like a slightly better version of last year.From what I’ve heard and read, particularly from the most critical of media sources (surprisingly, the writers at Patriots.com), the offense has been really inconsistent and somewhat worrying. Definitely agree it‘ll be different, and I’m certainly looking forward to seeing the Cam-led O in action, but I would temper my expectations.
I suspect that we'll see games where this stuff appears to be working and everything is clicking and the O looks good, but other games where the opposing D is shutting down the run or the Pats fall behind early and they have to throw. I'm skeptical about the team's ability to throw when they have to with this group of receivers. It's 2020; you gotta be able to throw the ball out of 11 personnel.I'm getting seriously excited to see what this offense does. Reading the tea leaves of camp reports from the various beat writers and it sure sounds like this offense is going to look a whole lot more like those old Carolina offenses than it will the Brady-era Pats offense. Which makes sense considering you build the offense around what your players do well. Get ready to see a lot of read option.
This Grantland article from Chris Brown is 8 years old, from way back when Cam was still just getting started, but it's a good quick look into the type of stuff I think we'll see from this offense.
https://grantland.com/the-triangle/cam-newton-and-the-diversity-of-carolinas-zone-read-package/
Meyers has been battling a shoulder injury for most of camp per Doug Kyed. That has certainly hampered his camp production. I think when healthy he should see time.Yeah, a lot of it is going to come down how the receiving corps develops. I'm still excited to see the weird run-package stuff they can do with the line, backs, and tight ends. Asiasi seems unusually polished for a rookie tight end; he may play a lot more than I originally expected. Keene maybe not so much, but the athleticism is obvious. He'll probably just be a package guy in the early going, but his development as a weapon could be exciting.
Sounds like Harry has improved his releases quite a bit, but is still struggling with his breaks at the top of his routes. Lazar had some good stuff on that. Even if Harry is improved and plays a key role, they probably still need someone else to step up. Edelman and Sanu are both creaky vets that are starting to show some wear. They need Gunner, Byrd, or somebody like Devin Ross, who has had a great camp, to step up and be a functional player in this offense.
What happened to Jakobi Meyers? Has he been lapped? Or are they just trying to get good looks at the players they don't know as well? You don't hear a whole lot about him coming out of camp. Without pre-season games it's more difficult than usual to judge this stuff from the outside looking in.