Noooo. I agree with you about Cam's limitations as a passer, but Shula is not a good OC by any stretch of the imagination. The offense he runs is designed to push the ball down the field and required Cam to sit back and wait for their subpar receivers to get open, which results in him taking a beating. It also calls for a disproportionate number of low percentage throws, which is partially why his completion percentage is so low. Now, his mechanics are also a mess and I think he's vastly overrated by their fans and some others in the media.
Their receivers also sucked at getting separation. KB was always slow and had a huge body but played much smaller than his frame. Funchess is only now coming on and was injured toward the end of the year. Their speed guys are really raw and both Byrd and Samuel ended up on IR. He didn't really scheme around their strengths well.
His offense did not help Newton out much, especially when they couldn't run the ball effectively (outside of Cam), which was most of this year. His situational playcalling was also pretty bad. Panthers fans HATED the guy and I don't think their reasoning was wrong at all. Reminds me a lot of our offensive coaching staff but as we can see, nothing's changed there. This is the Panthers abandoning the status quo of making the playoffs but not being a serious threat and saying that's not good enough any more. I really respect that.[/quote]
Well written, Shula's offense also required Cam to throw in the tightest windows recorded of ANY QB all season this past Sunday. Granted he played good and the talent is their which leads to why Dorsey was fired. But you really got Cam Newton out here trying to fit over 25% of his passes in those type of windows???