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My OTA Observations

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48 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

Zod being Zod. Villains are good for business 

If he doesn't show up for mandatory minicamp then I have nothing to do with the fallout that will happen. He is the only player to have missed everything so far. 

 

Hopefully he does show up, and no one will remember OTAs. 

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5 hours ago, Captain Morgan said:

 

 

Sam Darnold looked as good as any Panthers QB in OTAs I have seen.

Sam Darnold looked as good as any Panthers QB in OTAs I have seen.

Sam Darnold looked as good as any Panthers QB in OTAs I have seen.

 

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Yeah...doesn't that statement sound like Zod's stating that Sam is as good as Grier (who wasn't good at all)?   lol.

 

Maybe he meant to say that Sam looked way better than any QB we've had in the past since Jake and Cam.

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8 hours ago, Zod said:

Here are some observations from yesterday's OTA session that I attended. Keep in mind that due to team policy I cannot get into specifics on some specific things as to not give lurking opponents a heads up. 

 

Jaycee Horn is the most physically impressive corner I have seen in a Panthers uniform. It is hard to imagine this guy plays the same position as Donte Jackson. Horn is as fundamentally sound as any of the vets out there. Guy just moves his feet and hips like a 5 year vet. Good lord this kid is going to be good. 

Here he is smothering 6'3 210 Kirkwood. 

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Shi Smith passes the NFL eye test. He made some really nice grabs (example below). I am not quite sure yet who I compare him to. He was also working as a returner which would up his value exponentially. Will be keeping an eye on him throughout the offseason. So far, I would say he has a better chance than not of making the team. 

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Coach Rhule talked up Ian Thomas yesterday but I honestly don't know what to read into that. Rhule tends to use his words to the media for his own purposes and usually has additional motives that go along with them. Could be he just wanted to send Thomas some additional encouragement. 

I hope Thomas can develop into who we all wanted him to be, but at this point I need to see it to believe it. 

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Who I was most impressed with yesterday at Tight End was Tommy Tremble. From the way everyone talked about him post draft you would think he has rocks for hands. But he caught the ball as well or better than Ian Thomas. I didn't see a single Tremble drop ( to be fair its impossible to see every snap.) Tommy turns his body nicely to the ball and has soft hands for a bruising tight end. 

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Will Grier had a very rough day. I am not sure he makes the team at this point. For a guy that worked out with some of the team all offseason I expected him to be sharper. More bad throws than good. He has a long way to go to be on the roster I think. 

Sam Darnold looked as good as any Panthers QB in OTAs I have seen. Throws were mostly good and on target. Not perfect, but they never are at this point in the season. There is a giant drop off between him and the next man up. Panthers could use an adequate backup me thinks. Keep an eye on that. 

I cannot really comment on the DL or the OL. Without any contact allowed I might as well just concentrate on how well they fill out their jerseys. 

Safety Sean Chandler made a couple really nice plays on the ball. Absolutely no one is talking about him, and he is a long shot to make the squad. But if he strings together more days like yesterday, that could change. Plus, he is one of Rhule's Temple guys, so he has that going for him. 

So we just going skip over PJ, huh? Smh...

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38 minutes ago, Zod said:

He isn't a NFL QB. 

Whats on your radar for Watson to Panthers?

It does feel like Panthers have the worst QB group/situation in the whole league. If you get cut form this group, your career may not be in the NFL....  so Grier is going to be another one of herniays 3rd round bust, great..... not even a ok insurance policy. 

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1 minute ago, Basbear said:

Whats on your radar for Watson to Panthers?

It does feel like Panthers have the worst QB group/situation in the whole league. If you get cut form this group, your career may not be in the NFL....  so Grier is going to be another one of herniays 3rd round bust, great..... not even a ok insurance policy. 

We don't need no stinking backups.  

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2 hours ago, NorthTryon said:

It makes me angry that the Panthers' media team doesn't put a caption under each picture when showing photos from workouts. I looked at a few Patriots' photos last year because I knew looking at Cam in their garb would remind me of old Madden Franchises. There would be Peyton Manning playing for KC, Vince Young for NYG, and Sean Alexander playing for the Texans. Anyways, they would have the caption telling who was who under each photo and from two practice sessions I knew their roster better than ours. I would have to go back and forth between roster list and pictures when looking at Panthers' practice photos. Media team got to step it up.

Go watch any other behind the scenes Draft video. Media team is fuging killin' it. 

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1 hour ago, Basbear said:

Whats on your radar for Watson to Panthers?

It does feel like Panthers have the worst QB group/situation in the whole league. If you get cut form this group, your career may not be in the NFL....  so Grier is going to be another one of herniays 3rd round bust, great..... not even a ok insurance policy. 

That ship has sailed.

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