TheSpecialJuan

OT Ikem Ekwonu, No. 6 pick, Carolina Panthers Ekwonu, the first offensive player selected in April’s draft, has had some very good moments … and some teachable ones, as well. That’s not shocking at all, given his age and position. The best news: His movement skills and power are absolutely showing up. His technique and general refinement are the areas where there’s plenty of work ahead. In terms of a pure talent, though, it looks like it’s all there, as Carolina hoped. Ekwonu beautifully reset and recovered against Washington’s Montez Sweat, early in his first appearance at left tackle (which was off the bench), showing good feet and a willingness to work through the whistle. His hands were erratic, however, which led to problems as the game wore on. There were reps when Ekwonu’s punch simply missed, too, and other reps where he landed a punch but didn’t follow it up with anything. Great examples of where he’s at right now came from a pair of lead-pitch plays in the New England game last week. The first was perfect, with Ekwonu showing everything about how well he moves, before landing a strike into the chest of DB Jonathan Jones. But when Carolina went to run the same concept later in the game, Ekwonu was standing straight up on his lead pull, which allowed safety Kyle Dugger, who smartly read the play, to beat him to the punch and knock him off his feet. Ekwonu had some trouble with finish and footwork in that game. He’s also improving. He gave up a sack on third-and-long against speedy Patriots edge rusher Josh Uche because his first step was nowhere near deep enough, given the opponent. That looked better later in the game, as did his ability to pass off stunts inside. He simply needs to keep playing. But the things Carolina liked about Ekwonu at N.C. State have been there early.

Officially cutting LB Khalan Tolson and CB Duke Dawson from injured deserve with settlements.

Surprise guy to make the roster his year: Arron Mosby, versatile player who can play LB and EDGE

Damn that Rhule

Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey couldn't say enough about how Sam Darnold has handled losing the starting quarterback job to Baker Mayfield. "He's been somebody from the inside looking out, who has to take a lot of crap from a lot of different areas. He hasn't said a word, shows up every day, does his job, focuses on what he can focus on and controls what he can control. It's admirable . . .I have nothing but respect for him.'' David Newton, ESPN Staff Writer21m

what film is this?

massive bust confirmed

shame about Dawson he was pretty good

Both suck big juicy cok

LB Khalan Tolson cut

Austen Pleasants per Joe Person

yay

stupid.

guess he sucks too

1. LB Brandon Smith: 79.1 2. DT Bravvion Roy: 77.7 3. CB Madre Harper: 72.3 4. S Sam Franklin: 71.2 5. S Kenny Robinson: 68.6

DEFENSE: 20. CB Keith Taylor Jr.: 39.7 21. LB Julian Stanford: 37.3 22. LB Josh Watson: 31.9 23. DT Frank Herron: 31.2 24. DT Phil Hoskins: 25.0

22. OT Austen Pleasants: 42.5 23. OL Cade Mays: 33.6 24. TE Stephen Sullivan: 33.1 25. QB PJ Walker: 28.3 26. QB Matt Corral: 26.3

PFF grades: 1. TE Jared Scott: 78.4 2. RB Spencer Brown: 73.8 3. WR Derek Wright: 73.3 4. TE Giovanni Ricci: 66.5 5. WR Keith Kirkwood: 65.3

From the looks of this you can really start to see who's going to make the team and who's ass is getting cut. - Chinn, Woods, Burris, and Sean Chandler will be our 4 safeties - Donte Jackson, Jaycee, CJ Henderson, Keith Taylor, and Stantley Thomas-Oliver as our 5 CB's