Panthers Fail to Adjust to Newton 'Spy' Scheme

The TItans basically publicly exposed their gameplan…so much so that the Lions will be sure to implement many elements of it.

This falls on the coaches to adjust, and next week’s game will be very interesting to watch…if they do, it’ll be the mark of good coaching, if not, it’s cause for worry.

Very good write up. Expresses my views on it all as well. This team and staff has its work cut out for them

Deangelo only having 8 carries is simply absurd.

To hear another team say their objective was to make Newton beat them from the pocket and then have that strategy work is disconcerting at best. We know the Panthers Coryell based offense needs time in the pocket to set up so its Kryponite is a strong and quick pass rush. Yesterday showed us again that our offensive line, with a back-up and rookie starting on the right side is average at best.

What pocket? I told you guys last year this offensive line isn’t the best. Newton’s elusiveness makes it look much better than it actually is.

And I’ll give you a hint in terms of an adjustment…

They wear 34 and 28. And they need 17 carries each next week.

They should be able to run against a four or five man front.

Okay. That is all.

since they lost yesterday to their division rival Bears. These two teams are both now 6-3. Barring a “meltdown in cheese-town” they cannot catch the packers for first. The Lions must win this weekend to keep in contention for a wild card spot or to be ready for the Packers to hit a wall.

I would be surprised and ecstatic if the Panthers pull out the win Sunday, scheme adjustment or not. I’m just hoping Suh/Fairley, the dirtball twins, don’t remove Cam’s head from his body.

I don’t think it was just the spies that made a difference. I think that every facet of the offense was off yesterday. Cam wasn’t as accurate as normal and didn’t sense the pressure as well or run thru it as well. Their secondary played at a very high level and shut down our wrs and our TEs. Everybody dropped balls that should have been caught and the receivers turned the ball over twice. This team cannot overcome multiple turnovers.

Rivera and company seem to put no emphasis on ST and will get burned again and again until they do. The Titans said they practiced hard all week long to improve their ST and it showed.

Bottom line: shut down our offense, run the ball, wait for us to implode and you win easily as that is all anybody needs to do this year to beat us. Not a complicated game plan really. The Titans executed it perfectly.

Surely in the Panthers first series Chud, Cam and Bamf would have noticed that the Titans were spying. Why didn’t they make immediate adjustments by running the ball. But I guess the O-line was so bad that Cam couldn’t go through his reads and progressions like he usually does. He had like 5 sacks. Some of the sacks were his fault but to avoid 3 and Out you can’t just keep throwing the ball away. The O-lines Pass protection and receivers route running were a joke yesterday. The coach also needs learn to make quicker and smarter decisions. Its as if they left a rookie QB to figure things out on his own, while he was getting killed in the pocket. " Adapt or Die" is a mantra Bamf has to learn and apply. I feel like they left Cam out to dry and expected him to “pull the rabbit out the hat” like he usually does.

Teams know now, that if you let Cam sit the pocket he will kill your secondary. So to counter the first down blitzing by the Titans, Chud could have ran the FREAKING Ball to keep the defense off balance and to control the clock. BAMF and Chud can game plan well, but Bamf & Co’s game decision making is the most worrying thing, and they don’t seem adept to making critical Offensive changes at crucial points in the game to prevent Sundays bloodbath. We our horrifying Special Team a.k.a Special Needs and Defense don’t contribute at all anyways. They stuck to the game plan that wasn’t working and the Panthers paid for it and our rookie QB took all the blame. Again. Its sad really.

LIke someone mentioned above, we have two top runnings backs and they need to be fed the ball. Now I expect for the game against Detroit next week to be very competitive and if not, I think something is not right in our locker room and thise whole coaching staff have failed. This team has talent, we competed in every game this year, but week in and week out, the same mistakes are showing. I can’t continue to blame most of these players if the coaches aren’t making the right adjustments and putting emphasis on certain things that the players should be doing. It’s time we held this coaching staff accountable for the lack of playing better at home these past few games.

I saw them try it a couple of times and goofed it up a couple of times. 1 of those times Stewart could have ran for 20 yards after the catch. After they messed it up a couple of times, they abandoned it. I have always been a fan of the screen against the blitzing, but the Panthers never seem to be able to do it right.

Exactly why any day now the implosion of Tebow is coming. All I can say is thank god Cam is a great pocket passer and not a run 1st QB or else he would be finished since defenses are now figuring it out.

I do think next off season Cam needs to hire a mental coach to teach him to have better overall and leadership when the team is down big.

Kalil, Shockey and Connor suffered injuries yesterday.

I knew Shockey went out early but did not realize it was on his very first play. We could have used him that day:

In injury news, Rivera said:
—Tight end Jeremy Shockey is undergoing an MRI today on his ribs and hip area after getting injured on his first play against the Titans.
—Center Ryan Kalil’s wrist should be OK. Kalil had the wrist taped in the first half Sunday and returned to the game.

Freeney and Mathis could murder us

Going on court with an ex-pro squash player two days in a row is not good for your hamstrings, groin, knees, ankles or arm.

Is to spy on their spy. So I advocate having an offensive spy to up the ante! We’ll show em!

Just as Cam has responded and overcome the other defensive schemes (i.e. heavy blitzing, zone coverage,…), I expect Cam to overcome this as well. That’s why I’m not too worried. I’m glad Cammy is seeing all of this in his first year. In subsequent years, this invaluable experience will allow Cammy to surgically break down defenses a la Aaron Rodgers.

He had to sit in his own pew :D

Yes i’ll go back to my hill billy hangout, if this counts as hill billy-ish.

my IQ is above the standard deviation for IQ scores.

ALso, it was Steve smith who took a cheap shot on another CB other than Cortland Finnegan, hahaha hilarious

Lions fan here. I see you guys are also coming off a blowout loss, as we absolutely killed ourselves early in a blowout loss to the Bears. I really like the future of the Panthers with Cam Newton under center. I think he hit the rookie wall as he is struggling to make the big plays like he did early, but its the NFL man. Parity is the sole reason for one year turnarounds, upsets, and streaks. As bad as the record indicates for the Panthers, I believe they have a very bright future.

The Lions started 5-0 and have gone 1-3 since. It seems like Stafford has been in a slump lately. He had a good game in Denver, but really has struggled in certain situations. Jahvid Best has been out which only hurts our anemic running game even more. The offense has been in long 3 down situations due to lack of a consistent running game.

They’ve relied on explosion plays with Megatron and underneath passes to Pettigrew. Reverses and other trickery have been used as well, but the running plays just seem too predictable and inconsistent. I wonder if we don’t get some sort of a running game going if we even make the playoffs this year, as our 2nd half schedule is brutal.

I’m confident that we ca beat Carolina, but the Lions musn’t overlook this team. They can be flatout explosive on offense with Newton, Smith, and the 2 running backs. I hope we can contain Newton and limit the big running plays. This definitely is a must win for the Detroit Lions.

it is almost not fair having rodgers throw to his wrs. i was watching the packers game, and im optimistic that one day cam will develop into an elite qb like rodgers. he was just toying w the vikings d all night long. cam definitely hit a rookie wall last game, but i know he can get there.