Poll: Sit them? or give them reps on Thursday?

[MHS831]

13 minutes ago, KB_fan said:

Very interesting point. Was listening to too much Panthers radio talk yesterday and at least 1 commentator/ former player was really impressed with Carter.

I think it was either Eugene or Rucker. But one of them definitely mentioned Carter as a sleeper for the PS if not the 53 due to space issues.

I think Cox is the fifth S and there is a logjam for the fifth CB spot, but he has done fairly well when I watched him--considering what I know about his responsibilities.  PS might be the spot. 

[Jon Snow]

These guys need all the snaps they can get before the games count.  

[AggieLean]

Honestly, I’m giving every starter but Cam a series or two this Thursday. I exclude Cam because of the shiner he got last game, and 2.) generally he practices throughout the entire offseason/preseason without a vet day, while everyone else gets one. 

[Darvinsun]

1 hour ago, MHS831 said:

My opinion is we have too many pre-season games anyway.  How many do they get in college? 

The fourth pre-season game should be to allow for those at the bottom of the roster to show what they can do.  We have a lot of key battles going on, and frankly, I am interested in seeing how these bubble boys play.

#3 RB: Hood vs. CAP vs. Barner  (CMC and Anderson locks-I think this boils down to what kind of back we need, which makes Barner appear to be the front runner)

#5 CB: Seymour vs. Gunter, vs. Doss vs. A. Carter  vs. Cole (Bradberry, Jackson, Munnerlyn, Elder locks- who knows?  We are in trouble if any have to play)

#5 DE: Hall vs. Cox Jr,  (Peppers, Addison, Horton, Haynes locks= no chance we keep 6; Hall to PS?)

#6 LB: Norris vs. Smith vs. Jacobs (Luke, TD, Shaq, Mayo, Carter locks--Norris has played well, but they might be high on Smith--Jacobs is 30 and may be done here.  It is possible we keep 7 lbs.)

#2 QB Heinicke vs. Gilbert (Cam lock-does it make sense to keep 3?  I think we keep 2 and sign a QB to the PS)

#3 TE Vander Laan vs. Baylis (Olsen, Thomas locks-not sure about Manhertz' s status or if it matters)

#6 WR Byrd (Funchess, Moore, Wright, Smith?, Samuel locks--will we keep 6? I get the feeling that they are looking for a player they expect to make the active roster to return punts, so unless Byrd is in the top 4, he could be cut, despite a nice return vs. New England.)

#10 OL Mahon vs. Hearn vs. Bosh vs. Silatolu (Kalil, Kalil, Moton, Turner, Van Roton, Williams, Larsen, Sirles, Clausell locks--one spot remaining IF we keep 10.  Amini probably gets the not unless he goes to IR--Mahon is next up)

NOTE:  Could Bug Howard be sent to PS to convert to a TE?  If he added 20 lbs of muscle, he might have a better chance of playing on Sundays....Alex Carter could be a sleeper at S or CB....What to do with D. Hall?  Another year on IR?...Would we keep Byrd and cut T. Smith?  That would be interesting.  Would we have a legit deep threat?  I think Samuel, Byrd, and/or Moore could be.

 

 

I think we are rollong with 6wrs. We are not cutting T smith bc of riveras lovefor veteran leadship and we are keeping Byrd for SP bc Rivera stated byrd always makes plays. He has worked hard to get better he will stay.

[SetfreexX]

At this point if we're looking at a Week 1 OL Group of:

Moton / Van Roten / Kalil / Turner / Clausewell -- Larsen

We have to sit all of the above, they can get their reps in practice the next two weeks to be ready Week 1. 

Play the depth, and see what any of them have to offer moving forward as they look to discern who the back ups will be. I'm not of the mindset that we need a 4th game to see what we have. If the coaches don't know by now 10 snaps won't make a difference. 

[Ace_Aladdin]

1 hour ago, MHS831 said:

#3 RB: Hood vs. CAP vs. Barner  (CMC and Anderson locks-I think this boils down to what kind of back we need, which makes Barner appear to be the front runner)

This is a false assessment, CAP is actually competing for #2 RB spot.

 

[jfra78]

i think we should sit all starters with the exception of the o line, they need the chemistry

[jfra78]

Just now, Ace_Aladdin said:

This is a false assessment, CAP is actually competing for #2 RB spot.

 

Then he lost

[Pup McBarky]

9 minutes ago, Ace_Aladdin said:

This is a false assessment, CAP is actually competing for #2 RB spot.

 

They believed so much in him they went out and got CJ Anderson just to compete with him. Who would've imagined that CJ is better at running the ball, has better vision, better balance, is a better blocker, and much better receiver?

 

[Jimmy]

No.  He plays against a couple of the best DL in the league on a daily basis in practice.  There is nothing that playing against the Steelers 2nd, 3rd, or 4th string defense is going to do to improve his game.  Only bad things can happen. 

[Mr. Scot]

Related note: Three of the five players that were projected to be OL starters when Training Camp began are now injured and not practicing, as is one of the expected backups / possible fill-in starters.

 

[luke nukem]

4 hours ago, Snake said:

This is why preseason is so stupid. We lose half of our line in games that don't matter. 

tbf only one guy got hurt in an actual game.

[KB_fan]

Well, looks like the majority should get their wish.

Ron said today that even Moton would play a little bit. So I assume that means guys like Larsen and Clausell will probably play some too.

Dang. I wanted the bubble wrap for the 5 week 1 presumed starters.

[TheSpecialJuan]

9 hours ago, KB_fan said:

On the subject of Oline, two other quick comments.

1) Thank goodness the NFL did away with the intermediate roster cuts down to 75 players.  We would have had to make drastic cuts at other positions just to field a healthy O line, or risk playing some of our 1st string.  Right now we need all 7 of the OL "camp bodies".   Our situation at OL makes roster cuts difficult, but the roster situation could have been much worse had we been forced to make cuts this week!

 

2) I think it was on Panther Talk last night that I heard a reporter (Mick?  Eugene?) mention that Trai took some snaps at RT in practice yesterday.

If none of the 4 injured guys are back for week 1 vs. Dallas, here are our options at RT:

1) Clausell

2) Some guy we pick up from another team

3) Move Trai over to RT and play Larsen or someone else at RG.

 

What's your poison?