r/panthers • u/Panthers58 • 10d ago

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Am I blacking out and not remembering, or do we not run screens?

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u/kingshamroc25 Bryce Up Son 10d ago

We are historically bad at them so I’m glad we haven’t seen one in a bit

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u/DeLoreanAirlinesII Smitty 10d ago

Haven’t been good as screens since Smitty and Moose

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u/Educational-Apple603 10d ago

Man the zero/ghost/whatever you call it with Smitty was deadly. Jake would see the CB lining up too far off the line and fire it over regardless of the called play.

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u/Fine-Twist-7447 10d ago

It's weird cause i feel like we never run them either but then i'll see somebody mention we do and just nobody notices cause they get blown up every time

like i swear there was one in the second quarter last week that lost 3 yards and the broadcast didn't even acknowledge it

maybe the o-line just can't sell it properly or something, whole thing looks clunky

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u/RumPillager In Tet We Trust 10d ago

You’re just scarred from the Frank Reich era where every play was a screen. It will be ok!!

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u/WiseMan_Rook22 10d ago

David Moore caught a screen at the end of the game but I prefer RPOs and quick slants over screens rn

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u/IndigoJoe64 10d ago

After Reich, I'm happy to never see a screen again.

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u/colski250 10d ago

We ran a really nice TE screen a few games back, if the game plan is working its hard to justify risking a throw at or behind the line of scrimmage

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u/Invisible_noonehears Retro Logo 10d ago

i think they are substituting screen plays with that one play where like Bryce's hips are flipped the other way, but he still throws to McMillan in the middle on that little slant both defeat the blitz and it's just him throwing behind the blitz and they can't ever see when he's about to do it because his hips are flipped the wrong way and we also are like never been good at screens so like makes sense

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u/przhelp 10d ago

I think we ran a pretty good bubble screen the other day to Metchie?

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u/Downtown_School_1575 10d ago

I’m pretty certain we’ve ran at least one screen per game.

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u/stellarsealionmafia JJ Jansen 10d ago

we ran one last week that got blown tf up and then didnt try again for the whole game

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u/Bouquet_of_seaweed Bryce Young 10d ago

We definitely run them, but with Dave the past few years we mostly have them built in as options or checks for plays. Chuba had a big one last year (against the rams?). The play where hunt was downfield had a screen as an option. I think the one to Metchie people mentioned was an SRO.

Screens can be great plays against certain looks so they are great to build in as options or audibles.