The fact that matters about Whitehead

[panthers55]

I keep hearing Rhule say that the guy who practices better and then translates that onto the field will start.  I am not at practice so I can only judge on the field but Carter was the best linebacker out there Sunday followed closely by Shaq.  And from this untrained eye he was a significant upgrade. He fought through blocks better, was around the ball more often and was pretty good in pass coverage. His gap assignment coverage was fairly good as well.  I don't know if Whitehead is just not good in this scheme or just not good, but if the better player starts when both are healthy, I can't imagine it not being Carter who played very well for his first game starting this year 

[electro's horse]

13 hours ago, panthers55 said:

I keep hearing Rhule say that the guy who practices better and then translates that onto the field will start.  

who the hell was that running back that started

did someone from the street just run onto the practice field like major league or something

[PanthersGTI]

Whitehead did what he was supposed to do. He came in and helped instill the culture Rhule and Snow wanted. He has a history with them. That why he is a captain. He was brought here to be the vet leader in the locker room. I'm sure they hoped he played a little better but they seemed to have seen he hasn't and have moved on.

It's just one of those moves you make when you are starting from scratch, you bring in guys who will help the younger/new guys understand.

[Untouchable]

If you're looking for him to be the answer, there isn't enough to go off of yet. He certainly added a bunch of good tape and was an improvement at the position Sunday. He deserves more snaps, especially going into a contract year next season.

 

[electro's horse]

On 11/25/2020 at 11:17 AM, Untouchable said:

If you're looking for him to be the answer, there isn't enough to go off of yet. He certainly added a bunch of good tape and was an improvement at the position Sunday. He deserves more snaps, especially going into a contract year next season.

 

im going to laugh my ass off if Hurney drafted ANOTHER stud MLB

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

On 11/24/2020 at 3:23 PM, ImaginaryKev said:

There was a clear difference with Carter in the game but I can still appreciate the leadership role he plays, especially since our team is so young. I personally think a lot of yall use him to vent about us losing this year in general and he's a good whipping boy, with his cheap one year contract and everything. Please remember he's replaceable:

 

This guy would be great here

[Davidson Deac II]

On 11/24/2020 at 3:10 PM, MHS831 said:

What did Carter get--about 5 tackles?  Not exactly a hall of fame game for him.  Carter is not the answer either.

Number of tackles can be misleading.  If you get more tackles because the other team keeps getting first downs and your tackles come after a 10 yard gain, then that is not a good thing.  Luke had more tackles last year against Washington and Adrian Peterson, but a terrible Washington team lit us up on the ground to the tune of about 220 yards.

That being said, you are probably right.  At some point, we will likely need to get a new middle linebacker.  But Carter might be the better interim player.  And a decent backup.