Ikem Ekwonu's future on this team

[cmichd08]

15 hours ago, WarHeel said:

Not sure I remember a more significant sophomore slump. Wtf happened to this guy?

Last year we were run first and his run blocking was his forte in college not his pass blocking.

 

[LinvilleGorge]

7 minutes ago, cmichd08 said:

The reviews got to his head from last year. 

Honestly wondering if there isn't some truth to this. He looked horrible in the preseason and then they'd interview him on the sidelines and he acted like everything was just great. Like bro, you looked like a speed bump out there tonight.

[cmichd08]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Honestly wondering if there isn't some truth to this. He looked horrible in the preseason and then they'd interview him on the sidelines and he acted like everything was just great. Like bro, you looked like a speed bump out there tonight.

Maybe we switch him to Left Guard and let Brady take back over Left Tackle since he is really having problems with speed rushers.

[cmichd08]

7 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Honestly wondering if there isn't some truth to this. He looked horrible in the preseason and then they'd interview him on the sidelines and he acted like everything was just great. Like bro, you looked like a speed bump out there tonight.

OI am talking about when Brady comes off IR or next year. This would give him the offseason to work on his new position. It can't be any worse.

[LinvilleGorge]

Just thinking back to this off-season and preseason the whole vibe from this team, staff, front office, ownership, fanbase, just everything from the top down. We had ARRIVED. It's all fixed now. 

Whoops.

[frankw]

I'm beginning to feel about Icky how I feel about Bryce Young. Great guy intelligent says the right things but simply does not look like a good football player. Both could pull a 180 and turn things around this season or even next season. Or this is just what they are in this sport. Feel good stories do not always amount to All-Pro NFL players. But they do have one thing going for them and that is our head coach looks like a complete dud of a hire and we need to get a look at them and everyone else on offense with a different coach running things. Reich is not the guy.

Edited October 2, 2023 by frankw

[frankw]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Just thinking back to this off-season and preseason the whole vibe from this team, staff, front office, ownership, fanbase, just everything from the top down. We had ARRIVED. It's all fixed now. 

Whoops.

Definitely some players and coaches started believing their own hype. But the cracks were surfacing as early as week 1 in preseason. Since then we've only regressed further with our super processor QB. Beyond how we feel about our offensive roster because we've argued it into submission at this point. Reich should not survive this season. I don't care about people saying it's early. He's already been fired before and he's not a young offensive mind. He's Ron Rivera on offense. Time to go.

[WarHeel]

44 minutes ago, cmichd08 said:

Last year we were run first and his run blocking was his forte in college not his pass blocking.

 

Makes sense 

[Carl Spackler]

For a sixth overall pick you’d expect at least mediocre pass protection and he doesn’t even come close to that. 

[WhoKnows]

58 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Just thinking back to this off-season and preseason the whole vibe from this team, staff, front office, ownership, fanbase, just everything from the top down. We had ARRIVED. It's all fixed now. 

Whoops.

Hence the it’s just preseason, doesn’t matter. We just don’t want to give the Falcons and Saints too much before we play. Welp, preseason does matter when the team after 4 regular season games looks like the team that played the Jets.

[joemac]

17 hours ago, Wundrbread33 said:

Who knows. Everything is broken right now. 
 

Just hoping Brown will be allowed to call the offense soon. Maybe Frank has screwed this up. 
 

It’s basically throw your hands up in the air time right now. Everything is difficult on offense. 

I think thats the worst part for me.  EVERYTHING seems difficult.  Even a 5 yard run.  We hardly ever have somebody just hitting a hole and running clean, or a WR wide open streaking across the field.  Its like we have to claw and grab for every single inch on the field.  It doesn't help that our entire offensive playbook seems to consist of about 7 plays.

[Kick]

For the safety of Young, Ikem has to be replaced with someone who has speed and strength Soon!

[RumHam]

We really did repeat history by drafting Jeff Otah twice. How is this even possible? #OnlyThePanthers

[RumHam]

Everybody keeps wanting draft picks but WE CAN'T DRAFT. Do what the rams do, trade the picks and open the check book for veterans. It also really only seems that players with established families who's wife hold the family jewels want to end up in Charlotte. There is really nothing going on there. Cam was it. Oh jee golly Bryce ain't.