NOW! Live Q&A with Nick Carboni and Kelsey Riggs

[Jeremy Igo]

Nick and Kelsey cover the Carolina Panthers for NBC Charlotte. They will be logging on tonight for a live Q&A discussion leading up to the season opened this evening. Please have your questions ready! You may make the news.

..... Locking for now. Unlocking at 7:45 

[Jeremy Igo]

Opening this up for questions now.

 

They can be about Sundays game specifically or the Panthers in general.

 

Best question gets 100 pie! 

[t96]

Any concern within the organization over Samuel’s future, or is it truly minor?

Odds that Daryl plays week 1?

Will TD be captain again when he’s back from suspension?

[ncfan]

 Do you think Daryl williams coming back so fast had anything with it being a contract year?  And where are we with future contract talks with him

[ncfan]

If Moton turns out to be solid at LT the first few weeks.  Is there a real possiblity there will be no Kalil on this roster next year.

And is this staff frustrated with Matt?  It seemed our doctors cleared him, they then said it was nothing major.  Then next thing you know, word was he went to an outside doctor and we immediately put him on IR

 

 

Will our staff work the officials with this new Helmet rule and the amount of shots Cam takes.  Will we see a spike up of calls go our way for the first time since weve had Cam?

 

 

What kind of role and how much play time can we expect from CJ Anderson? Since we didnt see much in preseason

 

 

 

And overall impressions of Tepper so far.  And players feelings of the new Big Cat

[Tbe]

Do you think the anthem protests are....nevermind.....JK

Seriously...

Who reached out and invited Steve Smith back?

What do you think Teppper’s biggest change will be?

[KB_fan]

What's the biggest change you've noticed in the Tepper era so far?

I'm seeing all the new banners / artwork on social media. (Eg a big Panthers sign at airport and a huge billboard/ mural on a parking garage in uptown).

Also there was the whole 2 states one team tour (Panthers reps and SirPurr going to 5 or 6 different area cities minor league baseball games etc...)

How much of this is new versus just increased hype? It's hard to judge being so far away.  Seems like a whole new burst of energy and team pride / promotion.

[vorbis]

What sort of business side changes, or I guess evolutions, do you expect under new president Tom Glick, and do you think bringing a new team president onboard will change any organizational philosophies when it comes to the football side?

[Mvp2014]

Now that Kelvins gone, who is the gayest dude on the team?  

 

How many fugs does Tepper give?

[FakePlasticTrees]

Was there any discussion and/or clarification sought by the Panthers regarding the two personal foul penalties in the 4th preseason game? After those calls, I do not believe a Steeler QB was touched behind the line of scrimmage. These nearly last minute and partially understandable rule changes worry me extensively.

[FakePlasticTrees]

What is your estimate of the likelihood of a facility being built on or near the stateline that would serve as the training camp site etc.? 50%, 60% etc.

[Jaxel]

Will there be a new jersey combination on Sunday?

[Guest Kelsey Riggs]

@t96 - Everything we have heard is that it was a minor procedure - but anything with a heart obviously makes it a little more serious. Doesn't seem to be a concern of IF he'll be back, now biggest question is when. Right now the sense is it won't be too long, but we'll see.

As far as Daryl week one - think there's a possibility but more importantly they are going to be cautious. Have other guys who have filled those roles in the preseason and gotten some good experience if needed on Sunday. Amini Silatolu has been further along in rehab (torn meniscus) than Daryl, so we'll see.

As far as TD coming back as captain, we wondered the same thing. Teams can have up to six, so they'd have to make some changes when he comes back if so. But with injuries, etc in the past, they have sometimes changed during the season.

[FakePlasticTrees]

Who is your favorite Panthers interviewee?

Least favorite?