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Canales up first. Guys got their legs back yesterday and started a little slow when they came out Bryce challenged them in the huddle and they responded "Dominant practice for the defense today." Praised turnovers, "beautiful hits," and being physical Praised Moehrig, Ransom, Incoom, and Jones II Confirmed playing starters. Predominantly a young team and can't pass up an opportunity. Emphasized game day routines such as nutrition, body readiness, etc. Plus it's a bunch of new guys on the defense. Bryce will start. Will play them the first two, but starters might sit for the third game depending on how practice goes that week. Nic Scourton has a mild hamstring that happened in special teams. DJ Johnson had an issue with his hip flare up and is getting checked out this afternoon. Experimenting with approach to preseason games. In Seattle they played their starters in all but the last preseason game and what Pete Carroll was looking for in terms of mental readiness to play football. Thomas Incoom has been getting a lot of work with AC Carter adding to his toolbelt. Getting better as a rusher and being physical in the run game. Looking for a consistency in response. 1pt for a win, 3pts for a TD. Defense doesn't like that, but in games if they give up one go ball the score can swing. They challenged the pass game and the run game today. Guys are getting together before, between, and after team drills to challenge each other Job of the coaching staff to set the foundation for our schemes, philosophy, and expectations of what it's like to play Panthers football. Powerful when players take that and the locker room owns it. That's when it becomes our team, their team. At the end of the day, the men on the field have to rebound from a bad play, celebrate the good plays, and keep each other in tune for a whole game. Robert Hunt is amazing. Size, talent, quickness, flexibility. Really intelligent guy that there will say himself there are technique things he needs to work on. Regardless of where players are at, there's a constant learning curve and loves that Big Rob is challenging himself with the position coach. Thinks the digital down and distance can be really valuable. Getting the information quickly will help with the flow of the game. Thought TMac looked great but there were some near misses that he'll have to get in the room and communicate with Bryce on while reviewing film. James Mitchell keeps doing right and his trust factor is increasing with the QBs. If you're right and the coverage says the ball goes there, it'll come. Had some issues at the start of camp but is trending up. Newton or Person: "It looked like today was beyond thud but short of live. What do you call that?" Canales: "No, that's thud. In my mind, that's what thud should look like. The challenge for our defensive guys is can you put your body in a position where we know that would've been a tackle." Whizzing by, tagging with two hands, etc doesn't show you whether you would've made a tackle. That's not real football. Let's the play extend because guys have to be ready to chase sometime where the ball squirts out from a pit. Can't train to say "Ah, it was a tackle" and relax but instead play with intensity through the whistle. Lathan Ransom is bringing the physical style of play that they saw on film. Has been really into the details and someone that they can count on. Has really given himself a chance to start at the other safety position. Excited for the extra energy from a game-like environment that they'll get from FanFest. Used to have four preseason games and now FanFest feels like that first one. Will give ST full speed reps to evaluate. Making plays and feeding off of the fans. Window closed quickly on the INT to finish practice. CSW baited Bryce with some movement and made a great play. Saw it from Bryce's perspective with TMac coming open. Has played all over the secondary that they can count on to speak loudly and be on the same page with his teammates.

Rivers was a 4 year starter in a conference that produced nfl qbs. My comment about his motion wasn't intended to be the key reason for not taking him in the 1st. Just a response to those raving about his passing. He was avery inexperienced passer with major questions about his technique and the obvious competition level. Rivers had more pass attempts his senior year than Lance had in his college career

What? Have you fallen and hit your head, man? LOL

https://x.com/justblande/status/1951303807347904627?s=46 Dave Canales just confirmed on @UpAndAdamsShow that Bryce Young and rookie WR Tetairoa McMillan will play at least one series in Week 1 of Panthers preseason vs the Browns

Glad to hear that we're gonna play the starters. Seems like the last few years we've been treating preseason like a SB contender just trying to protect our players not needing a lot of questions answered instead of the dumpster fire with more questions than answers that we have been.

You literally were talking about a game he played in as an example. Not his ability but play in scrub time.

I get all that but you're just spouting off against something no one is even saying.

Well all the schools are pretty much the same thing with different bank accounts. It only looks different to people who watch that level. My take was who gives AF about those programs vs what the NFL teams do to coach up guys coming in from bigger programs that still need major work. Hell Young came from Bama and still has kid gloves on going into year 3 lols. I just think that people who watch that level of play get it twisted constantly. There are 64 QBs thst are starters and main backups so no shocker that 665 NCAA football teams don't pop out talent good enough for those 64 spots every year...which is what I was saying about those programs. Not trying to be a hit peice but I just don’t care about the schools or their play, just the prospect.

https://x.com/upandadamsshow/status/1951300638819615090?s=46 Dave Canales confirms we’ll see the starters in the Panthers first two preseason games

So did Phillip Rivers