DropKickFlutie
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Link Below. Cam Newton was asked about the ineffective red zone play-calls, and Newton gave a couple paragraphs of response, but I wouldn't exactly call it a strong defense of Josh McDaniels. Basically Newton said he knows they want to win like he does and he trusts what they want to do. Of course Cam would say this being a team-guy and a locker-room leader.
There are a ton of factors, but here are a couple I see:
- The Rams loss was the worst offensive performance of any game in the entire Belichick era, by multiple measures
- This Patriot offense has been anemic for 2 years now, not just this year
- There has been a total lack of TE/WR development for the last 8 years, ever since Bill O'Brien left after drafting and developing Edelman, Gronk, Hernandez. And trades don't work either, the Sanu trade was disastrous. The current Patriot offensive staff cannot be trusted to evaluate, scout, draft, or develop players at the WR and TE positions. Is it time for a change at offensive coordinator?
- I know there will be excuse-making trying to say Cam is trash, or that the talent level is bad. But this is the same excuse-making that was made when McDaniels was in St Louis before coming back, when St Louis had the 32nd league worst offense, league-low in points scored, and also again zero tight end receiving yards on offense. And same in Denver, when they lost a half dozen straight games and McDaniels was fired.
- Jedd Fisch the QB coach is also another question mark. This guy has no credibility, he worked with busts like Josh Rosen and Blake Gabbart. So, I am not sure he's bringing anything to the table.
There are a ton of factors, but here are a couple I see:
- The Rams loss was the worst offensive performance of any game in the entire Belichick era, by multiple measures
- This Patriot offense has been anemic for 2 years now, not just this year
- There has been a total lack of TE/WR development for the last 8 years, ever since Bill O'Brien left after drafting and developing Edelman, Gronk, Hernandez. And trades don't work either, the Sanu trade was disastrous. The current Patriot offensive staff cannot be trusted to evaluate, scout, draft, or develop players at the WR and TE positions. Is it time for a change at offensive coordinator?
- I know there will be excuse-making trying to say Cam is trash, or that the talent level is bad. But this is the same excuse-making that was made when McDaniels was in St Louis before coming back, when St Louis had the 32nd league worst offense, league-low in points scored, and also again zero tight end receiving yards on offense. And same in Denver, when they lost a half dozen straight games and McDaniels was fired.
- Jedd Fisch the QB coach is also another question mark. This guy has no credibility, he worked with busts like Josh Rosen and Blake Gabbart. So, I am not sure he's bringing anything to the table.
Here is Cam Newton's 600-word response to criticisms of Josh McDaniels
“You’re not going to create any type of division between me and Josh McDaniels.”
patriotswire.usatoday.com
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