Bear Hands

2 ways of an owner getting into good graces with a fan base: 1. Going mostly quiet 2. Win He’s started doing one of these things

Haven’t been watching but the box doesn’t look good. Hope we’re just draining out the suck. One can hope

We used to get no respect. Still don't.

Yeah at LB, I like Wallace's potential (big year for him), but if he still has some growing pains, we absolutely cannot have crap next to him. From what I gather, the Rams didn't hate Rozeboom, but once some talent went down and he didn't have better talent assisting, he was pretty badly exposed. He's an alright LB for depth, but not a starting quality LB. You gotta see what Wallace can do year 2, but on Rozeboom's side, I think we really need to look at cut season or maybe a trade.

From camp reports by the Athletic, Robert Mays said it looks like we're expanding the run calls this year. So it sounds like Canales had a bit of a slow roll with his system. He was doing the same at Tampa but then their OL got depleted midseason in 2023 and he had to stay a bit vanilla in the run game. They know they can't stay vanilla much longer.

You won't get respect if you're forgetful and suck for this long. Time for the team to change the narrative this year.

Yeah agree. I'm looking forward to the season. No real set win expectation but I just want these guys to get their sh*t together and beat some good teams. Joke seasons are over, it's time for them to stop embarrassing themselves and Charlotte. Time to prove we're not cellar dwellers anymore. Who knows, maybe we do end up surprising. We've seen quick turnarounds like WAS and HOU. Maybe we can finally figure it out.

Both safeties need that in the Fangio-disciple system because of how they play off each other and how we disguise roles snap-to-snap. Both safeties need to be able to take in the call and assignment as we're trying to disguise and interchange when someone drops, runs a delayed blitz, etc. Make a QB think we're in cover 2 when it's 3 post-snap. There's a lot that goes to it on a snap-to-snap basis so I think it's understandable with Scott (to a certain point). To me- This staff doesn't seem stubborn, I think they'll recognize when it is worth putting Ransam in.

Good stuff Tetairoa McMillan looks like the real deal. Legette seems faster. Coker is cemented in. With Thielen, Renfrow, Horn, George -- we could easily keep 7WR. (Not the first time someone on the outside of the org has mentioned Jacolby George) The team views Ja'Tavion Sanders as a difference maker Rico & Etienne have looked good in the offense - provide great depth No question marks on OL. Rare to have in the league. Even our first 2 main depth pieces after the starting 5 are returns. Bryce is fully leading IN the system now - refining what he wants, working with Dave/Brad, and has the respect of the team. Pat Jones & Wonnum should be relied on out of the gate, but Scourton could get a big role sooner than later. Princely is likely to start as a DPR and develop over the course of the season. That's our 4 man edge rotation. The team reportedly likes where we are at corner. CB1-Horn, CB2-Jackson, S-W, Corey Thornton* watch him The team is also very high on Lathan Ransom. Still advises Scott may get a role ahead of him to start the season, but could change fairly quickly.

We got time. Will see how this next preseason game looks for them

I will say, if a combo of Dowdle, Etienne & Renfrow can be our KR/PR, it eliminates the roster clogs/STers that are Moore and Blackshear. Opens up spots to pickup late cuts.

That's obviously not going to be the case. He'll be in rotating inside and out dependent on package but Brown is our NT. No questions there.

All of the yahoo articles being linked are simply pasted PanthersWire (USAToday) material. They credit at the bottom through a link (profile: Jared Feinberg - Writer @ThePanthersWire Contributor. NFL Draft analyst. Autistic. Opinions are fluid. #WNCStrong) So linking to a site that pastes articles produced by another site. It's all just content aggregation on wire platforms I hate media these days so much...flames, on the side of my face

Yeah it felt good to grab him but it’s not sounding good. Could be stuck with Wright for a season.

He’s making the 53

It’s because a lot of the yahoo type stuff is just “yahoo” sponsored garbage. And they just have to run it through grammatical AI correction rather than actual fact checking. a fun edit/add: The CatCrave site mentioned is hosted by Fansided, and it basically does what influencer channels now do on Youtube with their titles. It's an article title that is not properly reflecting reality. Using WAY too active of words to describe benign things to get clicks-- From that site: "Troubling injury update on pivotal veteran has Panthers fans on edge" Translation: Damien Lewis is week-to-week, should be good for week 1. - "Panthers’ crucial summer battle ends in sudden conclusion for one big reason" Translation: Corbett wins the center job as expected

I’m starting to get yahoo’d out

Starters look good, rookies look promising. Depth looks iffy, last year's draft class looks a bit shady. No major injuries. Onto the next warmup.

I mean, he could be. I hear kids can use the internet.

This hasn't got much attention. I can usually, quickly name these guys and all I knew this year is we picked up the FSU kid. He was a top college kicker but a UDFA and was competing with an older FA pickup (and forgot who). So here it is: Kickers: Matthew Wright - Age 30 He has changed teams every season of his career. Even more than per season, 8 teams since 2020. But volume was low, 7-11 career over 50 yards https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3128444/matthew-wright Ryan Fitzgerald - Rookie Final 2 seasons of school was 115/116 on XPs, 32/34 FGs. Hit (6) over 50 last season including a 59. https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4568263/ryan-fitzgerald It seems Wright is in front from camp stuff coming out, but I hope we give Fitzgerald a clear shot. Don't see Wright as a remotely long term or trusting option. Punter: Sam Martin - Age 35 https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15928/sam-martin Averaged in the 22-26th-ish rank last season as the punter for the Bills. Though looking more advanced, he was good at pinning opponents near their own endzone with a higher inside 20 yl % Interested to gauge how we all think of this situation. It's harder to get too in depth here, but we've been used to Hekker and some decent kickers (Kasay, Gano, Tattooboy).

Yes, the OP mentions him - Eric Eager. He was head of R&D for PFF

The late round rookies competing against returning depth are always the fun ones in my eyes. Rivera didn't make them fun (always going with the vets), but Canales seems very attune to using who works best. I'm also interested to see if Etienne is getting any time with the 2s and how often he's on installs compared to Dowdle. Want to see what unit they're running Coker with and his assignments. How JT is progressing. But mostly, I want to see a front-7 coalesce on defense and hear good stuff about them. Wharton, Wallace and the new EDGEs in particular.

He's got a legit pro-level pass rush arsenal. Very Nic Bonnito-esque. Could see him popping out of the gate. Scourton could be a slower burn but has the chance to be a huge presence and compliments him well.

I imagine they'll wait until August. Maybe they'll see how Rozeboom & Wallace jive in the coming weeks. If it looks iffy, they're going to look at the market, and then cuts. Maybe trades but I don't think we need to be desperate about it since we're still building the defense. With that said, watch them turn around and sign somebody this week haha

With Evero's high zone looks, it's all based around disguises in the secondary as much as the front 7 with a bandit-type approach. So it makes sense to have guys that have some fluidity that can play houdini technique on QBs. Therefore, I think it's smarter to load up on SS these days who have those instincts and smarts. You can use them interchangeably whereas if a guy is an FS-- you know he's getting FS deep assignments. In my view, the FS is the least valuable position in the lineup these days. I firmly believe a SS can play FS much more easily than a FS can play SS. FSs have that outfielder poacher mentality but don't see the short field as well and usually don't have the quickness, which is why they're back there. SSs have the quickness and alertness to play both spots. They mess around with man assignments, drop back into deep zone and have delayed blitzes in these Fangio-inspired high zone defenses. We also play 3 deep at times, where we play cover-3 but disguised as cover-2. So it's good to have a backlog of this prototype. So with our personnel, you have SS guys who can play off eachother to bait QBs in our two-high zone looks, it's super valuable disguising who is playing high zone and who has a delayed play in the box. I think the playmaker in these defenses becomes the nickel and dime more of the time because its the safeties and LBs baiting and disguising while they're sneakily getting the right look in the field of play for INTs. Just my two cents.