Damien Lewis and Kevin Donnelly talk Panthers

[mc52beast]

Heard them on WFNZ this morning, will share a couple highlights:

Lewis says without a healthy Cam we don’t make the playoffs 

Have to pay both Shaq and Bradberry. 

Gave Ron a lot of credit for turning the D around, said he’s one of the best defensive minds in the game

Said the o-line can be good if players are put in their natural positions

Donnelly also praised the defense and how Ron has turned it around

Also thinks we come up short without Cam

likes the o-line talent, thinks we will see better play as guys get comfortable 

[Moo Daeng]

Most interesting thing I heard was Lewis saying that Butler is a beast in practice but doesn't understand how it disappears on game day.

[1989]

Interesting...do you guys think Allen can lead us to the playoffs? I have no reason to not think he can.

[kungfoodude]

Some guys are practice warriors but disappear when the lights come on and vice versa.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

Most interesting thing I heard was Lewis saying that Butler is a beast in practice but doesn't understand how it disappears on game day.

He going against better offensive linemen? 

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, 1989 said:

Interesting...do you guys think Allen can lead us to the playoffs? I have no reason to not think he can.

We aren't going to know the answer to that for a bit, IMO. We have won two games on the road against poor to above average teams(so far, TBD also). It's a start but I don't think we know the full story on Allen yet. Most teams also are just now getting good tape on him. 

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

He going against better offensive linemen? 

That's just plain mean.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, kungfoodude said:

That's just plain mean.

I decided to be "that guy" 

[panthers55]

I wonder if Philadelphia was a playoff team when Foles took over.  We won't be considered a playoff team without Cam until we show we can do it.

[Seltzer]

7 hours ago, Moo Daeng said:

Most interesting thing I heard was Lewis saying that Butler is a beast in practice but doesn't understand how it disappears on game day.

Well we got to hope the light comes on now that he's going to be active every week.

If he wants any sort of long-term 2nd contract (although probably not here), he needs to show something finally.

Good thing we ended up keeping him and signing McCoy, who is going to obviously get the number of snaps he wants now.

Was looking forward to how dominant this defense could have been with all our weapons, but we got to move forward.

Glad we have some actual depth this year 

[raz]

7 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

He going against better offensive linemen? 

oh snap.  burn

[TheSpecialJuan]

Both of these men are not men. 

[rayzor]

9 hours ago, mc52beast said:

Gave Ron a lot of credit for turning the D around, said he’s one of the best defensive minds in the game

....

Donnelly also praised the defense and how Ron has turned it around

Here's the thing, how long has he been the HC? Why has it taken this long to do thos? Why did it have to be turned around? Who made the situation such that it needed to be turned around?

One man: Ron.

Tepper should be praised for making Rivera do this.

[Peppers90 NC]

Lewis was also pretty adamant that CMC would never be more than a scat/3rd down back.