Peter King defends Sam Mills

[T-Wazzle]

18 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

My mental image of Sam is always picking off the toss in the backfield.

There are others that are great, but to this wide-eyed boy watching his first win, none will top it.

Yeah, off Bubby Brister and the Jets.  That's my foremost Mills memory too.

[onmyown]

4 hours ago, TheoJay10 said:

How can this guy tweeting at Peter King really think the Panthers of all teams get “preferential treatment” dude must have been born late 90s or just be new to sports in general. 

Because literally all fanbases outside of the Cowboys think this. The only reason they get a pass is because their fanbase is massive. It’s a HUGE percent range of customers…would be dumb to disappoint them. It’s money, not anything else. It’s alike to the refs always screwing ‘their team’ and no one else.

It’s comedic seeing this board try and find conspiracy’s and then go to other fans forum and find, literally, the exact same argument with examples.

It’s playing on the whole ‘doubters’, ‘haters’ mantra that so many need to thrive. Even players at the top of their game with zero criticism reference haters to fuel their play, because without it, they lack a huge amount incentive and motivation. Plenty of Panther player examples.

In reality, the NFL is just jumps on the flavor of the week like any other news or entertainment video, nothing more (see the Bengals who have been ignored for the past 30 years).

[Mr. Scot]

25 minutes ago, KSpan said:

Ironhead Heyward... there's a name I haven't heard in a lonnnng time.

Passed away a while back, didn't he?

My favorite Sam memory is the interception that sealed the first playoff win against Dallas.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, onmyown said:

Because literally all fanbases outside of the Cowboys think this. 

Cowboy fans think it too.

[onmyown]

5 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Cowboy fans think it too.

Guess I meant to say there is no glaring preferential treatment outside of the Cowboys.

…Cowboy fans’ extent of being out of touch with present reality is not something I can even begin to explain.

Edited February 14, 2022 by onmyown

[Mr. Scot]

34 minutes ago, onmyown said:

Guess I meant to say there is no glaring preferential treatment outside of the Cowboys.

…Cowboy fans’ extent of being out of touch with present reality is not something I can even begin to explain.

I'm married to one.

[panthers55]

1 hour ago, L-TownCat said:

My mental image of Sam is always picking off the toss in the backfield.

There are others that are great, but to this wide-eyed boy watching his first win, none will top it.

I remember where he intercepted the shovel pass from Brister for a pick six to spur our first franchise win over the jets. That was great to see in person. And was a harbinger of things to come in 1996. What a defense....

[Proudiddy]

fug Zach Thomas.

Sam should've been in many, many years ago.  Let Zach Thomas wait for his time like they made Sam wait.

[ichigo1057]

3 hours ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

Zach Thomas was a good player and should at some point make the HOF.  You can argue he was better but there is also an argument that Mills was better.

What I think a lot of those people complaining are forgetting is that even if Zach Thomas was "better", Mills also has his line of work as coaching as a reason why he should be in. I mean, how many other former players could actively say the whole background and philosophy of a franchise was built around them. The history of "Keep Pounding" alone should be reason enough for him to make it.

[DaveThePanther2008]

4 minutes ago, ichigo1057 said:

What I think a lot of those people complaining are forgetting is that even if Zach Thomas was "better", Mills also has his line of work as coaching as a reason why he should be in. I mean, how many other former players could actively say the whole background and philosophy of a franchise was built around them. The history of "Keep Pounding" alone should be reason enough for him to make it.

Being the sole reason for our Mantra "Keep Pounding" would tip the scales for me too.

[Wes21]

4 hours ago, KSpan said:

Ironhead Heyward... there's a name I haven't heard in a lonnnng time.

His legacy in football lives on.  Steelers all pro defensive lineman Cam Heyward is one of his son's.  He literally writes "IRON HEAD" on his gameday eye black.  If you watched the Senior Bowl this year, Connor Heyward was playing.  That's his youngest son.  He went to Michigan State, and they spent some time talking about his dad.

[KSpan]

1 hour ago, Wes21 said:

His legacy in football lives on.  Steelers all pro defensive lineman Cam Heyward is one of his son's.  He literally writes "IRON HEAD" on his gameday eye black.  If you watched the Senior Bowl this year, Connor Heyward was playing.  That's his youngest son.  He went to Michigan State, and they spent some time talking about his dad.

I've learned something today.

[Rocky Davis]

Sam Mills's HOF selection doesn't need any defense whatsoever.

He was WAY more than worthy.  End of discussion.

[bigdog10]

The average NFL fan (hell even our owner seems tone deaf) doesn’t know anything about Keep Pounding and Sam Mills. 
 

thankfully, his story is going to be told this August and his legacy enshrined forever.