Heinicke shouldn't be overlooked says Rivera

[panthers55]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article231479928.html

 

With all the hype of Grier and Allen during OTAs, Heinicke has quietly rehabbed and keep his nose in the playbook.  Does it pay off or like every time since he started playing football does everyone think he is too small to be a quarterback ?

[LinvilleGorge]

Absolutely talk him up. I would love for us to be able to trade either Heinicke or Allen even if it's for a conditional late rounder. We're not carrying 4 QBs.

[RoaringRiot]

He’s been the best QB in the offseason activities by far. 

[NanuqoftheNorth]

The more the merrier!

[My Goodness My Guinness]

Good lord this man tore every ligament in his left elbow that game? Didn't he finish the game out as well? That's a tough little bastard.

[ColumbusCounty]

He threw for 730 passing yards in one game?.... Respect 

[TheMaulClaw]

Heinicke is not the backup or the third. I respect is drive...but nah.

[pantherj]

He looked pretty bad when I saw him.

[ellis]

It’s hard to know how impactful he can or will be, but he cut his teeth and took his licks, for sure. That Falcons game was a brutal experience, little of which he could control. 

There’s some solid game experience between the two “veteran” backups. I tend to favor Allen, personally. 

[RoaringRiot]

28 minutes ago, pantherj said:

He looked pretty bad when I saw him.

When was that?

[kungfoodude]

Did you know that in college Taylor Heinicke, on top of throwing for 14,959 yards, 132 TD's and rushing for 1320 yards and 22 TD's, actually punted 42 times for a career average of 42.5(long of 61)?

True story.

[KillerKat]

Tbh, we really shouldn't be carrying 3 QBs now since we need more bodies for the hybrid defense.

[kungfoodude]

8 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

Tbh, we really shouldn't be carrying 3 QBs now since we need more bodies for the hybrid defense.

Might not have much of an option. Let's say hypothetically that either Allen or Heineken beat out Grier for that #2 spot. If you try and stash him on the practice squad, it leaves him open to being poached by other NFL teams. So do you hope that doesn't happen or do you carry three? Not to mention, we all saw how quickly we ran through QB's once Cam went down. Cam can take(although shouldn't) a lot of punishment. That isn't going to be the case for the rest of that group. That is making two big assumptions; the OL play improves and that Cam stays healthy. I am not sure I would go into the season banking on either.

Now, in the case that Grier is clearly the guy and the other two look like borderline prospects, take the risk and stash the better of the two on the practice squad.

[frash.exe]

the rule of june is that you can be an indoor plant competing at any position and the head coach will still talk you up like you’ve got a lot of potential