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PFF ranks Panthers O-line as 2nd best in the NFL

SZ James (banned)

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Any news on Williams? His injury had a 2-4 week timetable, and that was 3 weeks ago.

He was a practice yesterday.  Don't remember if he was in pads, but he was running & stretching with the team, and I think he had a knee brace on.

Ron sounded uncertain as to whether he'd be back for Seattle, but that's mostly just due to his size I think.  For a big guy, knee injuries aren't something to play around with.

Here's yesterdays' BBR video.  It has clips of Williams:

http://blackandbluereview.com/panthers-practice-video-oct-7/

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Important thing to remember:

Most new offensive line combos take a little time to mesh. That's why it's common to see line units start out a little rough but look better as the season goes on.

Ours has a head start this year because we have more continuity than in prior years with only one new starter from the end of last season.

If the pattern of improvement follows, we could be looking pretty good by season's end.

this is why for years, even years before rivera got here, we have started out slow. before this year, we have not had any clear idea of who was going to be starting on the OL as a complete unit until several weeks into the season. year after year i have said that we need to have the OL decided on heading into TC and let them get reps together as a unit and gain that much needed chemistry with each other and cam.

this year we knew for sure who the interior OLmen was going to be and had a very good idea that remmers would be at RT. having that continuity from the previous year was crucial to having early success. add in oher, who we also had a pretty good idea would be starting at LT early on, and you have cam with time and a 4-0 record. 

we have seen steady improvement in all phases, esp. on offense, every game this year and i see no reason that this won't continue. by the end of the season i expect the OL to be dominant in pass and run blocking.

 

i don't know how williams fits into all this, but i'm sure it will make an already very good OL better. that said, i woudn't be opposed to letting him stay a backup the remainder of this season just so we can keep the chemistry we have on that OL already. if it ain't broke and is, in fact, working well....why mess with it?

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