Observations from PS WK1 + The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

[top dawg]

22 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

 

What happened to Cox?  He was mentioned in this thread, but I hadn't heard anything about him all off season. Last preseason he looked like he had a lot of potential. 

Some type of back injury which may be longterm.

Can't win the job if you're laid up. 

[JawnyBlaze]

4 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Some type of back injury which may be longterm.

Can't win the job if you're laid up. 

Oof, that sucks. 

[shaqattaq]

1 hour ago, tiger7_88 said:

(Or maybe even Gradkowski slides over and is 1st sub for the OG?)

I think so.

From panthers.com:  "He gives us depth at center and guard," head coach Ron Rivera said. "You feel very secure that if something were to happen, you can plug him in and not lose everything. "

[DelhommesTheMan]

Ginn was great last night, picked up right where he left off.  I liked what i saw out of the rookies to an extent, but Bene has to be getting significant snaps against Denver at both the outside and slot. I know they are easing him in at this point.  But I dont care if its Worley or Bradberry on the other side or rotating in and out, Bene is just more experienced at this point.  The play when Bradberry didnt turn around and the ball hit off his shoulder, i just had a premonition of Demarious plucking it right over him week 1 for a TD.  Not bad all in all for the rookies though, they will only get better with experience. 

Also im watching the Safety with the dreads, im thinking to myself, damn Tre Boston cant tackle for poo anymore, then i breath a sigh of relief that its not him it was Marcus Ball.  What a terrible tackler..he was bouncing off guys, just straight missing, it was ugly.

Klein was so sloppy, but ive seen him perform at a high level.  Some guys have an off day, hopefully the rust got knocked out of him because Mayo is coming for his job. 

 Man was it fun to see Kelvin out there manhandling CB's..its gonna be a special season for him and Funch.  

[shaqattaq]

1 hour ago, mjligon said:

Great write up. Lol at David get thefoulcout

For real though, I pray that nothing happens to Oher, Remmers or (I guess) Williams. It says a lot that I think there's a good chance that Rigsbee, an UDFA guard, has a shot of making the roster as a 2nd string OT! (at least as it stands today.)

Edit: Oher and Remmers looked really good last night though. (I hate to be overly pessimistic)

[pantherclaw]

Our depth is better this year than last.  

Stop over reacting.

[TheSpecialJuan]

In fairness to Daryl Williams, he was playing LT when he gave up the strip sack. He's strictly a RT. We just don't have a backup for Michael Oher.

[iamhubby1]

7 hours ago, CRA said:

Didn't realize this but Cam getting hit with that penalty wasn't the only one we got.

Prior to the start of the 4th q we got an unsportsmanlike penalty when the game wasn't even going for an assistant being with Gano. 

 

Thanks for the clarification. I was wondering why we were kicking off from the 20. I knew it had to be a penalty. Kinda weird that I had to wait for you, some 20 hours later, to get an answer. But yeah, thanks for clearing that up for me.

 

6 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

We've got too many "situational pass rushers" aka too small to play DE in the NFL.  We need more legit DEs for backups. Guys like young Ealy and Alexander to grow into serviceable backups or starters when needed rather than small guys that can run kinda fast and clean up sacks a few times a year thanks to the beastly rest of the line. I'd rather have a 6'4 280 lbs backup with 0 sacks but doesn't get tossed around while he's in there and maintains his assignment than a 6'2 260 lbs guy that gets 5 sacks in a season (riding the coat tails of starters) but gets washed out of every other play they're in. 

 

Now you know good and well, that if your 6'4 280lber doesn't get to the QB, you will soon tire of his non production. But, I do understand your pain. And yes, it was painful.

 

But as Tiger said. We will rarely, if ever, see just the backups playing together. Also, we can hope that we can move our pieces that we can trust around to mitigate some of our weaknesses. We do have plenty of talent on the D-line. Hopefully, Rivera and Co. can work their magic. Cuz as of right now, DE depth seems to be a somewhat of an issue.

 

That said. We are talking about the bottom of the roster. And as a whole. That part of the roster is miles better than it was just a few short years ago.