Panthers giving up?

[derek_lentz]

While watching the pregame warmups when all of the players were lined upstretching, Peppers was the only player that didn't stretch at all. He just stood there watching everyone else.

Later in the game, when Jake over threw Steve, there were 21 players chasing down the ball. Steve just stood there. He was the only one 40 yards from the end of the play.

Have they both just given up?

[E CaT PanTHer]

Steve is a player that will never give up. Sure his emotions get the best of him at times, but if he's on that football field, you'll see nothing but 100% effort. He'll never take plays off I guarantee you that. Sometimes he may do something in a negative sense, but his whole intention is to make plays and be a competitor.

As for Peppers .... yeahhhhhh.

[Urrymonster]

While watching the pregame warmups when all of the players were lined upstretching, Peppers was the only player that didn't stretch at all. He just stood there watching everyone else.

There is actually very little factual evidence to suggest stretching reduces chances of injuries, especially static stretches. So I am not surprised if some players just do some dynamic stretching and running to get warm and ready.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Later in the game, when Jake over threw Steve, there were 21 players chasing down the ball. Steve just stood there. He was the only one 40 yards from the end of the play.

That's sad. Smith always chases people down when picks are thrown, and is often the first tackler to them (since the ball was inevitably going somewhere in his general direction anyway).

[Chaos]

Body language tells a lot more than some people think. I will tell you something that bothered me, and it doesn't even have to do with football. During the pre-game singing of the National Anthem, the Buffalo Bills were in a straight line down their sideline, helmets to chest, while the Panthers were just hanging out on their sideline, some near the bench, some not paying attention, facing different directions. I don't know, I'm not one to nit-pick over trivial things, but this got to me. Call it lack of discipline, a coach losing his team, whatever, but I thought that lacked class to a certain degree.

[Pumpkin King]

While watching the pregame warmups when all of the players were lined upstretching, Peppers was the only player that didn't stretch at all. He just stood there watching everyone else.

Later in the game, when Jake over threw Steve, there were 21 players chasing down the ball. Steve just stood there. He was the only one 40 yards from the end of the play.

Have they both just given up?

I feel his pain. He's such a good receiver, just in the wrong offense. I mean seriously, 0 TDs to WRs this year? What the hell? If I were him, I'd feel the same way.

[Phillips86]

For a million dollars a game. Pep prob just pays someone to stretch for him..

[PantherExpress]

For a million dollars a game. Pep prob just pays someone to stretch for him..

Haha

[Brooklyn Bully]

Speaking of body language...during warm-ups, when the players all huddle up before going back into the locker room, they usually bounce into one another, jump, chant, etc. Yesterday? Nothing. Silent. Followed by a casual jog into the locker room. They had no intensity from the get go.