MillionDollarCam

I’d imagine it’s ridiculously frustrating for the OL having to look next to them every snap to see who they are playing beside.

Bud you are completely missing the point… the fourth preseason game allowed coaches three games to evaluate starters. We are now down to three preseason games which gives coaches two games to evaluate starters… We are heading into that second game… still evaluating starters with no true plan… it’s still a hodgepodge of mixing and matching.

After seeing the way he played against Jacksonville, I’m kind of disappointed we don’t get play him.

There’s no longer four preseason games… there’s three… so that’s two to get things right for the starters as the depth players will see most if not all the snaps in game three. For the Panthers, that means there’s potentially only one game left for the starters to build any sort of chemistry or continuity… what are you going to say if Rhule does the same rotation next week? And by all accounts he will, after all, Mayfield said that it just happened to be his turn to start… that’s a strong indicator that these rotations aren’t over yet. You keep acting like we have a world of time left… we don’t.

Darnold didn’t have the same guys. Gantt kept tweeting the OL’s out. Baker played with: Christensen - Jordan - Elflein - Corbett - Moton Darnold played with: Ekwonu - Christensen - Bozeman - Jordan - Erving Walker played with: Erving - Horton - Tecklenburg - Mays - Pleasants & Ekwonu - Christensen - Bozeman - Jordan - Erving I believe Deonte Brown rotated in with Walker and Corral, Wyatt Miller was strictly with Corral, and Dennis Daley was not available to play. I think Panthers fans have every right to be concerned about the offensive line because if Rhule sticks with this rotation heading into the New England game then that gives what everyone perceives to be the first unit, Ekwonu - Christensen - Bozeman - Corbett - Moton, just one game to build chemistry among themselves and with the starting QB… and that’s assuming that the starters play in week three of the preseason. We don’t have four weeks of preseason anymore, coaches can’t afford to full around with competitions anymore. They truly need to know what the depth chart is going to look like heading into week two of the preseason so that they can use that game as a dress rehearsal and then rest the starters for the third game.

Yep, think it sometimes takes those types of messy situations for coaches to change.

Christensen should have cemented his status as a starter somewhere on the line. According to PFF, he played 28 snaps and did not give up a pressure.

Lol, Sweat don’t want that smoke. Ickey didn’t even move when Sweat tried to shove him.

Just hearing the way Mayfield talks about McAdoo, I can say without a shadow of a doubt, I’d rather have him as HC right now. I pray this thing doesn’t go sideways, but if it does, hopefully he gets a good look.

All time great one lol. Sounds like something you’d hear on Ted Lasso.

Think Tepper is probably too worried about his soccer team that got their poo kicked in last night.

Yeah that’s bad… and 100 percent a contradictory statement. You only get better with more reps but if we only give you three reps, you have to produce… but a reminder, you only get better with more reps…

Wait til the group finds out that the Dolphins 7th round rookie, Skyler Thompson, played the entire game last night against the Bucs. Meanwhile, Corral is out there playing with the cast of The Replacements in mop up duty.

I still don’t know why everyone thought hiring a college coach who lost to Liberty, UTSA, and Duke in a span of three weeks was going to be the savior of this football team.

It was downright pathetic. Even if I was a Commie’s fan I’d be appalled. Only announcer I’ve ever heard that had that level of homerism is Jack Edwards up in Boston. You would have thought Brian Robinson was the second coming of Jim Brown the way the announcer was fellating over him.

My only thinking is that maybe Rhule knows the second team OL is so bad that he can’t trot a QB out behind that group because it won’t allow the offense to operate, so he has to mix and match. On the other hand, if he does knows that group is so bad… why is he continuing to mix and match in practices when guys aren’t hit. It’s taking away reps from a valuable group that needs to build an identity together. So… honestly, I don’t get it.

And another really nice player here by multiple guys. Play starts with Roy getting pushed back a bit but Matt Ioannidis hits his man with a nice swim move and closes up any gaps inside. Gibson hesitates for a second and wants to bounce it outside but Barno sets the edge really nicely. This allows Chinn to come from the other side to make the initial tackle after beating his man with ease. Littleton then comes in at the last second and punches the ball out. After setting the edge, Barno doesn’t quit on the play, he stayed engaged and recovered the fumble. Great play all around by nearly everyone.

Some good things (and bad things here): Great play design by McAdoo. I imagine we’ll see this one a few times this year. Shi Smith clears out everything underneath and Rashard Higgins runs a crossing route right in the area that Smith cleared out. The corner is supposed to pickup Higgins but Higgins uses his speed and blows right by him. Honestly that’s a tough ask for a corner with no help, so overall, great play design. However, the OL was a disaster on this play. Erving and Jordan are blocking air and Ekwonu got beat pretty bad on a speed rush. Luckily, D’onta Foreman stepped up and made the block on Jordan’s/Erving’s assignment allowing Sam to only have to worry about Ekwonu’s missed block. And obviously, Sam hung in there and made a nice throw.

Skylar Thompson looked better than just about every rookie QB imo. That kid can sling it.

I’d like to see the actual first team OL (Ekwonu - Christensen - Bozeman - Corbett - Moton) get some time together so they can build continuity…

Barno was mentioned a lot. Obviously raw, but that dip to get around the tackle and then the wherewithal to get a hand on Heineke to force the bad throw was really nice.

That’s fine, make the billionth ‘Fire Matt Rhule’ thread, I’m on board with it, I don’t think he’s a capable NFL coach at all and I think the way Mayfield speaks about McAdoo says a lot about Rhule in that McAdoo seems to have more of a grasp of the team than Rhule does. But like I said, Walker, for the most part, was fine yesterday. He missed a couple throws and made one foolish mistake on the fourth down play where he should have scampered for the first, but all in all he was decently productive and moved the ball up and down the field and didn’t turn the ball over. It’s not his fault that Rhule has no idea how to manage a team and his third round rookie QB. And honestly, P.J. might not be gone. If the Panthers can somehow offload Darnold at the end of the preseason (easier said than done), then P.J. becomes QB2.

Went back and was looking at a few videos… Austen Pleasants pancaking his man and then Cade Mays pancaking his man over the top of Pleasants was a thing of beauty. Really didn’t have a massive effect on the play because Brown ran between Jared Scott and Nate Becker who sealed their men off nicely, but always nice to see members of the OL finish the play and drive the DL into the ground.

Apologies, thought NYCFC was next weekend… it’s Wednesday. Have to wash this one from our memory really quickly.