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Jeremy Igo

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These were great. Some things I saw:

 

the king catch you speak of was of his own mistake, he made it harder than it should have been. He also dropped quite a few balls that shouldn't have been. 

 

Gafney looked like he could actually be an NFL RB.

 

Barner surprised me. I've been very vocal about him in the past but Zod was right, he did look like he belonged.

 

Avant and cotchery catch everything near them. Olsen too. He was constantly one handing passes throughout practice. Showing off for the crowd I spose. 

 

Brandon williams was alright, he looks shaky trying to catch passes. Ed Dickson looks more comfortable with passes thrown his way in my opinion. 

 

Cam looked good, couldn't even tell he had surgery really. 

 

Bersin looked damn good. I was actually impressed with him. He had a number of great plays. 

 

Kelvin looked solid, didn't really stand out. I personally didn't see many throws go his way though. 

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These were great. Some things I saw:

the king catch you speak of was of his own mistake, he made it harder than it should have been. He also dropped quite a few balls that shouldn't have been.

Gafney looked like he could actually be an NFL RB.

Barner surprised me. I've been very vocal about him in the past but Zod was right, he did look like he belonged.

Avant and cotchery catch everything near them. Olsen too. He was constantly one handing passes throughout practice. Showing off for the crowd I spose.

Brandon williams was alright, he looks shaky trying to catch passes. Ed Dickson looks more comfortable with passes thrown his way in my opinion.

Cam looked good, couldn't even tell he had surgery really.

Bersin looked damn good. I was actually impressed with him. He had a number of great plays.

Kelvin looked solid, didn't really stand out. I personally didn't see many throws go his way though.

They always seemed to have the first and last play of reciever drills go to Kelvin. Then random WR or TE in between.

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I just wanted to add some observations. 

 

Our offense completed an abnormally high number of passes today. Receivers were frequently getting wide open. Between Cam and DA I probably saw more dropped passes than overthrows.

 

This could mean a lot of things but ultimately it means nothing. Good job with the route running and throwing but our defensive backs are just getting their feet under them with no pads. 

 

Brandon Williams had one very bad drop in the flats but other than that he looked pretty good. He was getting a ton of reps compared to last year. 

 

Tiquan Underwood had the drop of the day. Had a perfect long ball hit both his hands and fall to the ground. He had other good moments though.

 

Brenton Bersin had the best catch. He did a great job of running after the catch with 2 defenders wrong footed. Looked like a terrible interception and he leaped in front of the defender with arms extended.

 

Ed Dickson and DC Jefferson both looked like big athletic guys. Both made some catches. We have several guys behind Greg that could be useful players. 

 

Kelvin Benjamin was very impressive. Let me caveat this by saying the secondary did not get handsy with him. They played off coverage with single deep so Kelvin was running off the line and making nice deep in cuts. He caught everything I saw and bounced off contact. He did not look like a project in relation to our other Wide Receivers. But we have a long season ahead of us.

 

 

As far as fan fest goes, it was hot but most of the stadium was shaded when I arrived at 6:30. Very comfortable compared to fan fest in 2010 when the gates opened at noon and practice ended at 6.

 

The new scoreboards are slightly bigger. The images are definitely bigger. But the advertisements on them are so large it's insulting to fans and tax payers. Miller lite should have paid for the damned things, not the City of Charlotte. Forget the ribbons, nothing but Belk and CPI security commercials distracting me from the practice.

 

If you had kids I really hoped you stayed for the fireworks show. I saw many parents dragging their kids out around 8pm rather than wait for the fireworks. I came in skeptical but the fireworks show was amazing. Absolutely first class. They had lazers drawing Panther heads and yard lines on the field. That's right. Panthers with fricken LAZERS. The fire works were very good. My nieces went nuts ate age 4 and 6. There was about a 2 minute stretch where all I heard is "I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT". They really cranked up the sound for the fireworks and it was very much improved. Will it ever be as good as an arena? No. But it was very nice for an outdoor facility. 

 

The ad ribbons really illuminate the bowl even with the stadium lights cut off. It's a cool feel. Reminds me of those Ericsson Cell Phone Commercials in the 90s.

 

All in all. It was a lovely day to be down town and have fun with the family. My nieces really enjoyed the fireworks so I left very happy.

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Barner surprised me. I've been very vocal about him in the past but Zod was right, he did look like he belonged.

 

 

 

 

Here is the thing about Barner. NFL defenses evolve at a freakish pace. A couple years ago Darren Sproles was lighting up the league so the Bucs draft Lavonte David. So big and fast he can run down guys like Barner. 

 

I just remember a play last year where everything looked good Barner got the ball and needed a block from I think Chris Scott on Lavonte David. Lavonte ran around Scott like he was super glued to the field and drilled Barner for no gain. It's hard for Barner to succeed under those circumstances.

 

He needs to get better but he got clobbered a few times because the line couldn't help him.

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