Rookie Minicamp Updates/Tweets

[KB_fan]

 

[Bartin]

1 hour ago, KB_fan said:

 

Wonder if that's why we were able to grab him in the 5th? His talent suggests 3rd or 4th. Tendinitis can be a long term injury with no real fix. You just kind of have to deal with it.

[KB_fan]

From L-R:

Taylor Moton (72), Fred Ross (2), Curtis Samuel (10), Bryan Cox (64), Austin Duke (16),  Daeshon Hall (74), Alex Armah (40), Christian McCaffrey (22), Ben Boulware (50), Cole Luke (32), Corn Elder (35)

 

[KB_fan]

 

[TheSpecialJuan]

David Newton ESPN Staff Writer 

Panthers offensive coordinator Mike Shula was excited to finally get to work with first- and second-round draft picks Christian McCaffrey and Curtis Samuel at a weekend rookie camp. He doesn't seem overly concerned that quarterback Cam Newton can't throw to them until training camp.

[TheSpecialJuan]

David Newton ESPN Staff Writer 

Day 2 of the Panthers' rookie minicamp about to begin. The speed of first-round draft pick Christian McCaffrey and second-rounder Curtis Samuel stood out on Friday. Not here today is seventh-round pick Harrison Butker, a kicker out of Georgia Tech. Butker tweeted last night the team surprised him by giving him the day off to walk with his graduating class. "First class organization that puts family and education first," he wrote.

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[tiger7_88]

Many thanks to @bobsfoodbasics and @KB_fan for doing most of the heavy lifting in this thread!  Much appreciated!

[TheSpecialJuan]

David Newton ESPN Staff Writer 

If you ever wondered what Panthers middle linebacker Luke Kuechly would look like wearing Thomas Davis' No. 58 wonder no more. All to benefit TD's youth football camp and foundation weekend.

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[TheSpecialJuan]

David Newton ESPN Staff Writer 

Huge crowd for Thomas Davis youth football camp despite a little rain. This is a big weekend for the Defending Dreams Foundation of the 34-year-old Pro Bowl linebacker. It will conclude with a golf tournament on Sunday.

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[tiger7_88]

6 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

David Newton ESPN Staff Writer 

If you ever wondered what Panthers middle linebacker Luke Kuechly would look like wearing Thomas Davis' No. 58 wonder no more. All to benefit TD's youth football camp and foundation weekend.

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TD still a tried-and-true bulldawg... smdh.

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[KB_fan]

2 hours ago, KB_fan said:

This would be a cool storyline if he makes it.  Got to think it's a huge longshot

 

It could help though that not only is he a former Panther's son, but also a Cal alum.  Ron might have a soft spot...

And lo & behold... the long shot DOES make it, at least for now.

 

[KB_fan]

 

[KB_fan]

Voth's day 2 observations:

http://www.panthers.com/news/article-2/Observations-Rookie-Minicamp-Day-2/15d6f7e0-15fd-4b2d-981a-5b3fb884fa27

here's how it starts, but there's much more:

• It was nice to see the Panthers give Harrison Butker the day off. The seventh-round kicker planned on skipping his graduation ceremony at Georgia Tech so he could be at Saturday's session. Because he got a good amount of kicks in Friday, he may well just been standing around on the sideline Saturday while his classmates walked. Thankfully, the Panthers intervened Friday night, encouraging Butker to attend his graduation and even giving him a ride to the airport. His competition with Graham Gano could wait. It's not every day you get a degree in industrial engineering.

 

• Like Friday, players didn't have to worry much about overheating. All three sessions featured unseasonably cool temperatures and a pretty good breeze.

 

• Because Stanford is on a quarter system, Christian McCaffrey has to disappear for the next five weeks. On Saturday, he looked like he did Friday - quicker than anyone else on the field. Coaches didn't give the first-round pick too many reps in team periods, but he zipped down the sideline after catching a couple of screen passes and also jumped in on punt and kickoff returns.

 

• Second-round receiver Curtis Samuel was among a group of guys who were limited with what head coach Ron Rivera called "lower back tightness." That stuff can often lead to hamstring issues, and besides Samuel flashed plenty on Friday.