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INSIDE LINEBACKER (5) Who’s in: Shaq Thompson, Frankie Luvu, Deion Jones, Kamu Grugier-Hill, Chandler Wooten Who’s out: Brandon Smith, Ace Eley, Bumper Pool The Panthers signed Jones midway through training camp, and he has looked pretty good in practice. Carolina is now four deep with veteran players at inside linebacker. With Grugier-Hill’s presence on special teams, there stands a chance that the brass decides to go with just that quartet as the entire group. Thompson and Luvu will be base starters, while Jones should see plenty of action. Grugier-Hill can be a dime linebacker and serve as a backup to Luvu. Wooten, a special teams ace, makes the team because of his work in the third phase, beating out Smith — a 2022 fourth-round pick — for the final spot on the depth chart. Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article277952928.html#storylink=cpy ILB Brandon Smith: Like Johnson, Smith’s traits — rather than his productivity at Penn State — prompted the Panthers to draft him in the fourth round in 2022. Smith played almost exclusively on special teams as a rookie. Now he’s buried on the depth chart behind Jones and Grugier-Hill and is in danger of not making the roster. https://theathletic.com/4766597/2023/08/11/panthers-stock-report-rising-falling/

@The Huddler First, congrats on your professional success! Thank you for that wonderful post. It is the best one I have seen regarding Bryce. Also, it is the first one I have seen describing an advantage to his height. It is clearer now why the staff is so taken with him...it is beyond saying he is smart. I have a better understanding of who we have as our QB. Can't wait for Atlanta. You have taken my excitement to the next level. Thanks again for taking the time.

Is this winner takes all or is there a 1st, 2nd place prize?

Bryce definitely came into a better situation.

Looks like he does not have good support. Not what a rookie needs.

Burns said they have no weak spots.

His Oline not doing him any favors.

I am pulling for CJ.....hope he does well. Not as well as Bryce but pretty good. He had to weather a sh#t storm before the draft. Seems like a good young man.

For a change of pace here....https://defector.com/why-your-team-sucks-2023-new-york-jets Some excerpts: Your team: Aaron Rodgers's Aaron Rodgerses. Wilson was the fifth Jets quarterback taken in the first two rounds since 2009, joining Mark Sanchez, Geno Smith, Christian Hackenberg, and Sam Darnold. In their time with the Jets, not one of these quarterbacks ever finished with a positive passing DVOA in a season with at least 50 pass attempts… Despite being a huge disappointment last season, Wilson posted the best passing DVOA by a Jets quarterback since Josh McCown in 2017. That’s right. Zach Wilson is the best you guys have done in the past five years. Why, it’s almost enough for you to panic-trade for a 39-year-old podcast addict who makes important life decisions by dropping organic acid and sealing himself inside an iron lung. Your coach: Robert Saleh, but in name only. Your new head coach is Aaron Rodgers, and he’s already brought his guys with him, most notably this pud at offensive coordinator: While Hackett has sprouted a goatee since leaving Denver, and now looks like Trent Dilfer after a drinking binge, everything about him remains embarrassing. The Jets hired Hackett early this offseason because they wanted to lure in Rodgers, and it actually worked. This is because all Rodgers wants out of an offensive coordinator is some chump who will let him call every play using a series of elaborate hand signals and Navajo ciphers that are passed down strictly by oral tradition. It only takes 12 weeks for his teammates to learn Rodgers’s system. For roughly six to seven weeks after that, it’s unstoppable. Aaron Rodgers told the world, via Pat McAfee, that he was 90 percent ready to retire, then took a four-day bath, then had a vision that he HAD to be a New York Jet. Rodgers issued this declaration before the Jets had actually traded for him, handing all of the negotiating leverage to Green Bay in the process. All Packers GM Brian Gutekunst did with that leverage was force the Jets to bid against themselves, eventually extracting a first, a second, a sixth, and a conditional second (that’ll almost certainly become a first) out of New York. For all of that, the Jets now get one of the most expensive headaches in the sport. Aaron Rodgers was the 17th ranked quarterback in the league a season ago. He got eliminated from playoff contention by a Lions team that was even sicker of his bullshit than the Packers were. He had his worst passer rating as a starter last year. He didn’t pass for 300 yards once. He was utterly lost without Davante Adams and took it out on everyone still on the roster. His exit from Green Bay was an endless, debilitating affair that reduced nationwide life expectancy by three years. He collects nagging injuries like they’re rare Pokemon cards. He can’t go anywhere without his Randall Cobb. Oh, and he hasn’t won a conference title in well over a decade, playing with his own foot up his ass in every playoff game since.

Putting players in a situation with an increased injury risk would not have been a smart move.

As I had stated earlier....would expect both teams made the decision together. It may be difficult to get used to but this staff is a group of professionals. No longer have to assume the worst...especially from a character standpoint.

Thursday doubleheader kicks off four straight days of NFL preseason games (All times eastern - games televised locally unless otherwise noted) Thursday Texans at Patriots - 7 p.m. (NFL Network) Vikings at Seahawks - 10 p.m. (NFL Network) Friday Packers at Bengals - 7 p.m. (NFL Network) Giants at Lions - 7 p.m. Falcons at Dolphins - 7 p.m. Steelers at Buccaneers - 7 p.m. Commanders at Browns - 7:30 p.m. Broncos at Cardinals - 10 p.m. (NFL Network) https://theathletic.com/live-blogs/nfl-news-scores-schedule-training-camp/EjAESabU0PRT/

From The Athletic's Jets' writer about yesterday: Fans lined a hill overlooking the practice field at Wofford College, many of them wearing New York Jets gear — and there were more than a few cheeseheads in the crowd, celebrating the arrival of Aaron Rodgers. The heat was sweltering, and it was the Jets’ longest, most arduous practice of training camp so far. Ultimately, the Carolina Panthers got the better of them Wednesday in the first of two joint practices. The Jets defense had its moments, but the offense had some struggles, mostly in the same problem area that has plagued this team throughout training camp. I focused mainly on the Jets offense against the Panthers defense — the views made it hard enough to watch even one field, let alone two — but I did catch a few moments throughout the day. The defense mostly held its own against Panthers rookie quarterback Bryce Young, other than the final two-minute drill. https://theathletic.com/4762717/2023/08/09/jets-panthers-joint-practice/

Don't think it is that big of a deal. Was going to be a light practice...sounds like they got a lot of good work in yesterday and some good film to review. I would think there are agreements in advance about this type of situation and likely there was a discussion with the Jets about making the decision. Certainly do not want to put anyone in harm's way during a storm. After the storm there could be field condition concerns about injury. Sounds like everyone just being smart.

The mess that is Washington: Former running back LeSean McCoy once played under current Washington Commanders offensive coordinator and assistant head coach Eric Bieniemy ...... "The thing that alarmed me the most was the relationship with the players," McCoy said about Bieniemy during a Wednesday appearance on "The Herd with Colin Cowherd" program, per Zach Dean of Outkick. "You have to change with the times. With Bieniemy, I think he’s stuck in that old, back in the days where the coaches were cussing players out … that’s not how it’s played nowadays." McCoy had Bieniemy as a coordinator with the Kansas City Chiefs during the 2019 NFL season and suggested that the 53-year-old needs to realize that his coaching style could cause more harm than good in a new environment that doesn't include his offense featuring Patrick Mahomes at quarterback. "I was part of that Kansas City Chiefs championship team, and it was terrible," McCoy recalled about Bieniemy. "One of the first things I noticed is how he talks to the players." A potential controversy arose for the Commanders when head coach Ron Rivera acknowledged on Tuesday some of his players struggled to adapt to Bieniemy's intensity and personality after the two-time Super Bowl champion coordinator joined Washington this offseason. A somewhat defiant Bieniemy said later in the day that he simply "is who he is" and Rivera backtracked Wednesday by noting that he "put [his] foot in [his] mouth" via the original statements. It's unknown exactly why Rivera shared such information roughly one month before the Commanders open the regular season with a home game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sept. 10, but it seems he already has a built-in excuse should the club's offense produces multiple duds in Bieniemy's system this fall. https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/former_chiefs_rb_reacts_to_commanders_coachs_eric_bieniemy_comments/s1_13132_39114559

Rhule loves it!

Learning opportunities.

It's Rogers. Got to wonder how long that's going to last.

I would join. Prefer free but if not, no more than $20. We had a couple of good free ones back in the day.

Love seeing that.

He'll play.