Deonte Brown inactivate for today.

[ncfan]

Let’s hope another OG doesn’t go down today

[Proudiddy]

Should be starting and we have him inactive.

[frankw]

Look I like Rhule and believe in many of the things he is doing here but i swear it seems like the ghost of coach Rivera is still lurking around the team building with these oline decisions.

[LinvilleGorge]

I'm so accustomed to this team making awful OL depth chart decisions that it's just become fully expected.

[Zod]

Andrew Norwell was inactive for the first half of the season too until the coaching staff realized he was their best left guard and only then after multiple injuries

[ncfan]

1 minute ago, frankw said:

Look I like Rhule and believe in many of the things he is doing here but i swear it seems like the ghost of coach Rivera is still lurking around the team building with these oline decisions.

Not just OL 

he has been Rivera 2.0 in reguard to playing a struggling guy just because he is a vet over a young development guy.

we saw this last year at LB with Whitehead

[ForJimmy]

1 minute ago, Zod said:

Andrew Norwell was inactive for the first half of the season too until the coaching staff realized he was their best left guard and only then after multiple injuries

I was hoping this staff would be better than that…

[LinvilleGorge]

5 minutes ago, ncfan said:

Not just OL 

he has been Rivera 2.0 in reguard to playing a struggling guy just because he is a vet over a young development guy.

we saw this last year at LB with Whitehead

While we sucked no less. While he talked about his five year plan no less. Hey, we all know THAT guy isn't part of any five year plan so let's put in someone who could potentially be, even if only in a reserve role.

Whitehead was about as bad of a starting LB that this team has ever fielded.

[OldhamA]

8 minutes ago, frankw said:

Look I like Rhule and believe in many of the things he is doing here but i swear it seems like the ghost of coach Rivera is still lurking around the team building with these oline decisions.

Because he doesn't throw every rookie ever into the lineup?

Horn is going to start, Marshall is (essentially) going to start. Tremble is going to see major minutes. Hubbard is apparently returning Kicks and first man off the bench at RB. Taylor and Nixon will rotate in on defence.

How much more do you want?

[Chief Keek]

The one guy who definitely should be in pads today.

[TheRumGone]

2 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

Because he doesn't throw every rookie ever into the lineup?

Horn is going to start, Marshall is (essentially) going to start. Tremble is going to see major minutes. Hubbard is apparently returning Kicks and first man off the bench at RB. Taylor and Nixon will rotate in on defence.

How much more do you want?

It’s the first game so I’m not like flipping out but this was a good opportunity to see deonte get some snaps at guard with us being down a guard already. Hopefully him and Brady gets some meaningful snaps this year so we can see what we got with them. 

[frankw]

Just now, OldhamA said:

Because he doesn't throw every rookie ever into the lineup?

Horn is going to start, Marshall is (essentially) going to start. Tremble is going to see major minutes. Hubbard is apparently returning Kicks and first man off the bench at RB. Taylor and Nixon will rotate in on defence.

How much more do you want?

The oline is potential disaster waiting to happen. As always I'm hoping for the best but not expecting miracles with this group. If they can keep Sam relatively clean against the Jets I'll feel better moving forward but as of now our approach has not inspired confidence and that's justified. I get you are all in on giving this staff the benefit of the doubt but you still have to acknowledge reality.

[mc52beast]

This seems to be the Panthers philosophy on the o-line no matter who’s coaching;

start the vets who we know are going to suck and let them suck until we have no choice but to start the young guys who are obviously better.

[MasterAwesome]

The guy is VERY raw. I know we all like to watch highlights of him knocking defenders on their ass, but he does a lot of lunging with his upper body. Technique needs a lot of refining before I’m comfortable with him starting.