KB Limited?

[Moorgan]

12 minutes ago, Devil Doc said:

My bad.. didnt know RR mentioned this already. I am wondering should i bench KB this week because of limited snaps

I wouldn't bench KB. He's always on Cam's radar. He will get his touches. I don't think RR saying he should get about 35 snaps will mean much. Guys were on rotation last year and it was revealed that basically no one was keeping track. KB will play as long as he can.

[shaqattaq]

From Ask Bryan last week:

http://www.panthers.com/news/article-2/Ask-Bryan-Benwikere-Benjamin-bouncing-back/ed1d6351-bc76-4468-990b-5ea6c22e26a1

Will Kelvin Benjamin be on a pitch count in games early in season like they do in baseball to ease him back into the NFL game flow? – Jan in Asheville, N.C.

Yes. And no.

Benjamin, coming off a knee injury that cost him the entire 2015 season, played eight snaps in the preseason opener and nine in the second game. But the first-team offense was only on the field for just 31 total snaps, and he was in for 17 of them.

Head coach Ron Rivera has stated a goal of having Benjamin ready to play 30-35 snaps by the end of the preseason. If he is ready for that kind of action Week 1, it will be well below the 57 snaps on average (out of 67 snaps on average for the Panthers) that he played as a rookie in 2014, but that was pre- Devin Funchess . With Funchess now providing another big target and with the Panthers liking to pair a big receiver with a speed merchant ( Ted Ginn, Jr.  or Philly Brown ) in many of their two-receiver sets, it's hard to see Benjamin playing as many snaps as he did in 2014 regardless of his conditioning.

So, if Benjamin does play 35 snaps in the opener, that might not be that far from his norm in 2016.

[rainwater]

4 hours ago, Dick the Butcher said:

Ron has stated multiple times that KB will be on a snap count.

No he didn't. He said they want to get him a certain number of snaps.  But if KB can handle more, then he will play more. He is only limited by his conditioning at this point.

[csx]

2 minutes ago, bull123 said:

KB Needs to suck it up and get in better shape


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Somebody needs to suck it

[Your GFs favorite huddler]

This whole KB is out of shape bs is getting really really old...dude is coming off a knee surgery but some act like KB was the one out there asking to come off the field in the PRESEASON....the coaches dictate how much players play in the PRESEASON, not the other way around. I'm sure KB will go whistle to whistle tmrrw night if the coaches allow it. We will Prbly sub at some point but we have 6 solid WRs I'm sure at least 5will see significant time.

[rainwater]

6 minutes ago, Your GFs favorite huddler said:

This whole KB is out of shape bs is getting really really old...dude is coming off a knee surgery but some act like KB was the one out there asking to come off the field in the PRESEASON....the coaches dictate how much players play in the PRESEASON, not the other way around. I'm sure KB will go whistle to whistle tmrrw night if the coaches allow it. We will Prbly sub at some point but we have 6 solid WRs I'm sure at least 5will see significant time.

Actually, Rivera said in one of his latest press conferences how upset KB was at how bad his conditioning was. Rivera said he struggled in training camp to stay on the field but it was to be expected. KB isn't out of shape but not playing football for a year makes it hard to be a game shape no matter how much you practice. If he stays healthy, I think it will take 2 or 3 games before KB is really ready to play the entire game.

[rmoneyg35]

We have depth at WR so I am not worried if KB gets limited snaps. We shouldn't rush him if we don't have to. In fact rushing him back could end up causing another injury.


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[Your GFs favorite huddler]

1 minute ago, rainwater said:

Actually, Rivera said in one of his latest press conferences how upset KB was at how bad his conditioning was. Rivera said he struggled in training camp to stay on the field but it was to be expected. KB isn't out of shape but not playing football for a year makes it hard to be a game shape no matter how much you practice. If he stays healthy, I think it will take 2 or 3 games before KB is really ready to play the entire game.

I'm saying theere are people acting like KB is at fault for all this. Im sure he's done everything the trainers/coaches/doctors would allow him to do, it's not Like he's been purposely slacking. And I've also learned to take what RR says about playing time with a grain of salt. Does anyone really think that if the games on the line in the 4th quarter that KB is gonna be in the sidelines because he's had too many snaps?!

[General_Purr]

Yeah the fantasy news since I drafted him has said he might not play as many snaps as his rookie year.

 

I think he will make the most of what he is in there for

[Millioso7]

13 hours ago, Hammerin'Cameron1 said:

Funchess is going to be what everyone thought KB was going to be, which is our true #1 WR

Funchess is going to be up there with the Julio Jones, AJ Green, Dez Bryant type group

I hope so he's my sleeper pick in FF!

[Millioso7]

9 hours ago, bull123 said:

KB Needs to suck it up and get in better shape


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Troll..

[Vagrant]

One of the brightest positives from Training Camp and Preseason was the play of the WR group. I think that took a lot of pressure off the Panthers feeling like they had to force KB to do more than he was ready to do. In my opinion, only Philly Brown hurt his stock this preseason and everyone else blew the doors off. Even guys like Bersin and Norwood. Funchess emerging did a lot for us here too. I would expect to see KB a lot in hands situations. 3rd and short, etc. When the field is wide open or we feel like taking a shot, I think it'll be Funchess and Ginn as the primary options with Philly and Byrd splitting snaps.

[Vagrant]

Also, some of y'all need to relax on this being an indictment of KB's conditioning level or something. When a guy at a skill position as big as he is tears his knee up, it's not going to be a clean recovery. It's going to take some time. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to learn that KB isn't going to feel right until about halfway through the season. There are cuts that you have to make in practice and in games that he hasn't made in a full calendar year. His body has to get used to that motion again.

[d-dave]

44 minutes ago, Vagrant said:

Also, some of y'all need to relax on this being an indictment of KB's conditioning level or something. When a guy at a skill position as big as he is tears his knee up, it's not going to be a clean recovery. It's going to take some time. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to learn that KB isn't going to feel right until about halfway through the season. There are cuts that you have to make in practice and in games that he hasn't made in a full calendar year. His body has to get used to that motion again.

Good point!  I also am feeling like these kind of comments from Rivera are as much smoke screen as they are a veiled challenge to KB.