Panthers Jared Allen - First Impressions

[enikville]

Pop quiz hot shot....what happens if we never would have gotten him if CJ wasn't hurt.  Would you still NOT want CJ hurt?  well, WOULD YOU?!?!??!

Change your name from Dunn to Dumb. Thanks.

[Dunn]

Change your name from Dunn to Dumb. Thanks.

Sarcasm, newb.

[hepcat]

Man I wish CJ didn't get hurt and we could have these 2 on the field at the same time right away.

Wait until the end of the year when we're making our playoff push...

[hepcat]

I just watched the interview with Allen in the locker room, and man, he's a great dude.  Fits the culture and personality the Panthers try to have.  It's a shame they couldn't have gotten him years ago.  Can't think of a better team for him to finish off his career.  Hope he has some game left in the tank and sticks around a couple years.

[PoundCat]

Is it just me, or did anyone else get a boner?

Boner? I just came....twice...with no fapping.

[CatMan72]

Was watching the vid of him going through drills over on BBR, looks like he practices as hard as he plays and that's a great influence on our young guys. 

[BuckNaked]

Man and if he does still have some gas left in the tank that would be awesome. I know we would probably want to restructure and that gman drafts based on bpa but that was a glaring hole.  It would be nice to head into the off season with one more addressed. 

[DeeJay]

So whos fapping cause I just cant stop

[enikville]

Sarcasm, newb.

Poor example of sarcasm.

 

[AceMan]

If Jared can hold down RE and Kony can improve his play at LE....

[Sam Mills Fan]

If Allen goes back to dominating like he did before in a 4-3 and CJ finally gets healthy when he gets back, a defense of:

 

Jared Allen

CJ

KK

Star

Luke

TD

Shaq

Norman

Tillman

Harper/Coleman

 

can absolutely get the best of any offense in the league including Green Bay, New England, Arizona, anyone.

[uncpanther]

His weight is a non-issue. He said in an interview that everyone thinks he lost weight because he was wearing LB pads which are smaller than DE pads. He is 255lb the same weight he has been for seven seasons.

I have always wanted this guy, he was an absolute terror for the Vikings for years at his natural position of DE, I think his best years are still ahead of him. Absolute steal from Chicago. This will go down as the best move ever by G-Man.

 

 

[Marguide]

... The rest of our DEs are mostly pass rushers, CJ and Big Frank were the guys strong against the run.

Our defense is predicated on stopping the run and forcing 3rd and long where we have a myriad of looks and packages to fool the QB. If our run d suffers and we find ourselves in 3rd and short constantly, it could be bad.

 

Horton is primarily a run defender. Addison, on the other hand, is primarily a rush DE.

Not that either are great, but they are certainly part of the equation.

[Thorrez]

I know that Allen used to be a beast in all aspects of the game, but i havent watched him in a few years. How is his run defense?

CJ is stellar at run defense, and I hope that Allen can help hold the fort down for the next few weeks. The rest of our DEs are mostly pass rushers, CJ and Big Frank were the guys strong against the run.

Our defense is predicated on stopping the run and forcing 3rd and long where we have a myriad of looks and packages to fool the QB. If our run d suffers and we find ourselves in 3rd and short constantly, it could be bad.

 

From the games I watched last year so-so, but part of that was scheme as it looked like his responsibility was pass rush,  outside contain, run defense over the tackle/te in that order (trying to utilize his pass rushing skills against the play action I guess) even on non obvious passing situations. 

We can trust Rivera to get whatever is left in Allens tank out as he understands how to keep the dline fresh.