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they are undoubtedly waiting on the waiver wire. I think they will pick up the Pat's Zappe or maybe Milton, depending on who they cut

I had the same thought--or open them up to people who can't otherwise afford a Panther ticket--admit them for $5--they have people who pay for these tickets as part of packages and dont attend. If they donated these tickets back to the team, they could admit them for free, sell them for $5 to support a local charity, and make a ton more on parking and concessions.

But since they can do nothing about it until the draft, why do you play him in preseason? It seems to me that you have 17 games to see how bad he is if the draft is the answer.

I did not read the thread, so excuse me if I steal an idea-I think I will here. Too many zingers and repeated sarcastic attempts at humor that victimizes the favorite team--so here we go: 1. Injuries 2. They have the inter-squad scrimmages where you have 1s vs 1s that protect the qb and the players are not finishing plays (tackling) with a lot of aggression. In the preseason. Remember when that asshat Bill Romanowski for the Broncos broke Kerry Collins' jaw in a preseason game? You have 1s vs 2s or 3s and it gets dangerous. 3. You really do build the roster from the bottom up. By giving the bottom half of the roster extended reps in a game, you see what you have--less likely to make a mistake when you have to waive / cut players. Other teams get more extensive tape on these players. I would like to add that three games is not necessary if teams are going to do this. 2 practice games are enough.

I think both will be cut. (one has already, I think)

If I am Canales, I have my future DC learning all he can from Evero.

I realize that it is the second team and so much depends on the pass rush, but I have been quietly impressed with the depth--Jackson, Smith-Wade, Bootle, Jaminson even. I have also been happy with the depth at ILB. Hard to say until the starters vs starters are out there. I imagine there will be a player waived who we pick up, however, and likely a CB. I liked when Morgan said, "Its like a second draft" referring to released players.

He gave my son his gloves after signing them. In the car, we could not believe how small they were. He was about 12 and they fit. I felt sorry for him--very nice guy.,

that is pretty much what he told me then. He said it was like learning a new sport when you are competing with pros who have done it their entire lives. He did not talk about Fox not liking him, but I thought so at the time.

I thinkthere is a football game being played between these meaningless interviews. Damn--

The panther tackling has been really good. If the starters are as effective, it will be an improvement. I realize we are seeing second and third teams, but the secondary is pretty good. Why are we not playing Marshall all the time? Luton is going to give us a TD--mark my words!!

Didn't Gantt go to App St.? I think that could be part of it.

I talked to him a few times during OTAs. He was overwhelmed and told me about it. Fox had little to do with that draft (he was a lame duck, if you recall) and Hurney did not get his input. I literally heard Fox put down Clausen while talking to another coach (in Spartanburg later). At that time, he saw Armanti drop a punt from the jugs machine. He just started shaking his head, walking away. Nice guy--no better.

I want to see Bryce Young running the Wildcat. Who's with me!?

teams dont really show players loyalty unless you are a core player--the rest are temps. If I were 34, Id be going after a last payday too. But yeah, he did say that stuff-I think his wife did too

In his defense: The G beside him sucked. He did not get TE help as much as I would have provided--the play calling was very predictable and when everyone knows what you are going to do,the Edge rushers and contain players can rush.... His problems: Confidence got shaken, his footwork is lazy and he does not always initiate the contact with his arms extended. In this video, the edge was ripping and he managed to make good contact and knock him down. His feet were better, but his balance was not ideal---he was nearly falling backward, so he was done if the Edge does not lose his feet. Looked good, but it was not ideal.

I honestly believe that if both play well, their Huddle Haters are going to get upset about it because some are so insecure that they would rather be right about a tragedy than admit they were wrong during prosperity. They will predict the meltdown, call it a fluke, etc. instead of shifting their dispositions from negative to hopeful. Statistically, most NFL players fail, a fact that needs no constant updates. What I saw yesterday was a flash of hope, but as a former athlete, I see hope and positivity as necessary aspects of sports. I understand the odds against success, but I also see the chance for it--and choose to focus on that.

Right?! He did not have a stick, but he had a cane on the side of his motorized cart. I was unarmed.

thank you. Whew.

I have not read the entire thread. Any news on Hunt?

Sometimes you have to fight to enforce the rules and get the respect you need. I fought yesterday with the aging man in front of my at the checkout at Food Lion in the "10 items or less" line. He had 12 items. I brought it to his attention and he shrugged his shoulders. I took out the leg, rendering him defenseless. Took 2 items out of his cart and threw them toward aisle 4. Had to be done.

I pull for him because I think he is a great kid--I want him to be successful and I want him to do it here. Nothing new to be said about him, so I agree. He has already completed more passes in his career than I did.`

Since I am often referred to as "sunshine" or "ray of happiness and hope" by fellow Huddlers, I would like to make one observation about the QB-WR relationship. Last season, Bryce was good throwing to Thielen. The others? Bad route runners. This year, he seems to be having success throwing to Johnson in camp. When I read, "he underthrew an out route" I can tell you that the out route must be run correctly and precisely. If the WR bows the route out of the break, a beaten DB can undercut the route pretty easily. Technically, an out route should feature the WR cutting back toward the LOS slightly. Last year, we kept hearing that the WRs were not getting open---bad routes cause that. I am very encouraged to see that Coker is running good routes--he is a 4.6 guy from Holy Cross but he is getting open, it seems. This is not to say Young is headed for Canton, but if you consider bad OL and bad routes, all errors are not necessarily Young's. I am losing confidence in him, to be honest. but not hope.

has he got a shiner? Heard he got KO'd recently....And #73 is Smith the OT from WCU and Laurinburg

in fairness to Dan, there are a lot of variables. I look at what he did with the money he saved--Hunt, Clowney were two signings that were about equal value...Clowney for 2 years at $10m per and Hunt for 5 years at $20m per. Clowney should be pretty close to Burns, he simply lacks the upside. Hunt fills a huge need and was a brilliant move if Corbett can play Center. If so, he upgraded 2 OL positions and did not lose a lot of productivity at OLB. The OL was priority one. Furthermore, I think it is possible that Chaisson and Barno step up this season--if so, OLB as a unit could be better--it is a gamble that we had to take, however. But let's say Clowney (at $18m less per season) gets 8 sacks per year here--that is about what Burns was doing--never was in double digits. So you drop 1.5 sacks in productivity for Robert Hunt, one of the best RGs in football? I like it. I get your point--we could have played hardball and demanded at least a first, but I have no idea what the other variables were at the time. Fitterer? He was terrible--I cannot think of one move that he made that was better than another available option. Morgan was entering a draft with huge holes and had something like 4 draft picks before this trade--I hated it, but I think they had him over a barrel. But yes, he was worth a first.