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Hopefully the Pats get Edelman back soon and Wynn back next week. With a healthier offense it’s worth giving it to Cam the rest of the way to see if he’s worth bringing back cheap. I believe this is what they’re thinking. Obviously if Cam wants to get paid - seeya.
Can he extend plays on run, keep teams off balance in run games, score some rushing TD’s and at least command the offense at a competent level?
For starter Cam doesn’t command anything. Second you have running back to score from the 1 yards line. Cam hasn’t run very well on designed run that are not inside the 2-3 of the 1st down line. We he do run outside of those 3 yards he slide after 2-3y The only thing he is good this is year is on the power short yardage run. And you can cover a part of that with running back. Stidham is not Brady. He is fairly mobile and can scramble and get his share of yards.
You should watch the run game more then. Cam has been doing a great job identifying coverage and calling blocks to set up the run. Pretty much everyone who has followed him since Carolina and even here has commented on it, he’s a huge asset with experience there. I am very doubtful a second year QB is capable of doing it that well. Cam just by virtue of being there makes run defenses more passive because they don’t want to bite in case keeps it. He’s also made plays with his legs plenty of times and being able to score at goal line is integral and it’s not something just anybody can do as well as Cam. Cam has 11 rushing TD’s. The rest of the team has 8. Cam is our second best rusher in yards. Stidham is simply not going to do that.
Yeah there was this statistic someone posted very early in the season, if not before the season started, that showed his career attempts, completions & yards while throwing on the run...Very, very low number of attempts - shockingly so, given his reputation - and an even lower completion %, lower than his overall %...I figured the sample size was too low to draw any definitive conclusions, but now I have come to this definitive conclusion: Cant has never thrown often or well while on the run because he sucks at it and has never bothered himself with trying to improve upon it...Absolutely inexcusable.
I like this scenario actually, nice job, but realistically do you still Bill making any of those moves? He just does not pay for high priced FAs at all at the skill positions. If you we get a better QB then we don't need as many great players at the skill spots.
He’s not the same. But his skill set is more downfield throws and we lack the talent for it
His skillset is running the ball. If he is so limited that all he can do is run or have to have a perfect pocket for 4-5 seconds to toss 20-30 yard throws, the defense can sit in basically a modified man cover-2 with everyone else on the line, shut down the run and have him throwing into coverage every time.
And we don’t have a better QB on the roster so it doesn’t matter.
What do we make of the fact that this season he's had his 2nd highest completion % of his career, and it's higher than any of his playoffs or his MVP season?
The Edelman we know is gone forever. He was great while he lasted but never got the recognition he deserved.
He was never a good passer and he blows now.
I would argue Cam is as likely to turn the ball over as Stid. I mean, Cam's screen pass INT last week was far worse than Stid's first ever pass attempt last year. And you can't argue that Stid hasn't performed much better in his short opportunities @KC and @LAR. Each time he looks more comfortable. (although you can't expect much in the situation last week - blowout, OL collapsing, Rams DL on pass-rush highs)
