Fan Fest 2024 Thread

[CamWhoaaCam]

I miss DJ Moore.

 

That trade never made sense and never will. Burns should have been the player we traded. Damn you Tepper!

[Panthercougar68]

Just now, falconlynx said:

Not everyone. Surprisingly, Bryce outplayed Stroud in their matchup. 

Zing

[Jackie Lee]

 

[Bear Hands]

Hmm.  So, the energy seems solid, but the 1st team offense just seems to lack any real "it" factor.  

Really looking forward to the preseason games.  

[PNW_PantherMan]

16 minutes ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

I miss DJ Moore.

 

That trade never made sense and never will. Burns should have been the player we traded. Damn you Tepper!

Don't worry.  Bryce will be the goat and he will demand a trade back.

[Jackie Lee]

4 minutes ago, Bear Hands said:

Hmm.  So, the energy seems solid, but the 1st team offense just seems to lack any real "it" factor.  

Really looking forward to the preseason games.  

Curious if Clowney and Brown are straight up pro bowlers or if the offense is still just a mess. Only one deep shot on 2nd teams through an hour and a half of total scrimmage is worrisome

[methodtoll]

Back from Fan Fest so I figured I would give my take. Keep in mind that I did not get a chance to observe every position group so please forgive me as I also had a very tired 4 year old that just started pre- K today... 

Practice, of course, started with individual group sections. In the corner I was in, I was able to get a good look at the offensive/defensive line group. The standout of that group was, believe it or not, DJ Johnson. Johnson was fairly quick off the line on several occasions.

The scrimmage part came later where it was #1 Offense vs. #1 Defense to start out. I can tell you it was not the best day for the offense as they only produced one drive that lead to a TD. There were a couple of bright spots with Bryce threading the needle to Johnson up the middle for a big gain and then later again a nice sideline catch from Johnson as well. 

Admittingly, I did not watch much of the 2nd/3rd string play because, at this point in the scrimmage, my son was extremely tired and was ready to go home lol. I did make it to the end of the scrimmage portion where it ended with a TD drive lead by Jack Plummer.... I cannot remember who caught it but it was a pretty nice fade to the back corner of the end zone.

Some other brief notes:

- Andy Dalton did not play this evening... I read later he had a injury which is why Plummer got a lot of reps.

- Legette struggled this evening... Missed a few drops and I don't even remember seeing him play a lot during the scrimmage. 

- Dave Canales is a genuinely nice guy and, while I didn't get an autograph from him, he was gracious enough to say hi to my son and I.  

- David and Nichole Tepper was in the house, as expected. Nichole was definitely active on the field talking to players and personnel but I hardly saw Dave.

- The crowd was actually pretty decent considering that Fan Fest was at Clemson this year. I was totally expecting it to be a fairly quiet turnout but surprisingly, more than expected. The weather did actually pass over before the start of Fan Fest so it turned out to be nice and overcast but still quite humid.

That's all I can really report on, I will try to post some photos and videos tomorrow but for now, it is lights out for me! 

 

Peace!

[App Panther]

The offense not scoring for an hour scares the poo out of me.

[Jackie Lee]

Sounds like Mingo has that WR3 spot unless XL flips the switch. Wouldn't blow my mind if Coker is more NFL ready than XL despite the slower 40 time. Seems like Coker has been solid in red zone 

[Jackie Lee]

1 minute ago, App Panther said:

The offense not scoring for an hour scares the poo out of me.

You gotta think at some point Evero is gonna be like this is too easy to defend or something. 

[pantherclaw]

Defense is always ahead of the offense this early in camp. 

Don't that stop the doom crowd though.  Please.  Your guys' poo is fuging entertaining at this point. 

 

 

[Panthercougar68]

4 minutes ago, pantherclaw said:

Defense is always ahead of the offense this early in camp. 

Don't that stop the doom crowd though.  Please.  Your guys' poo is fuging entertaining at this point. 

 

 

Frank Garcia was a big proponent of that thought process. If you’re training camp offense is scoring on your defense your defense is poo.

Only reason I bring him up is he was my oline coach in high school.

Edited August 2, 2024 by Panthercougar68

[methodtoll]

Ok here is one video from this evening:

Bryce to Johnson for a big gain

[Buckets]

Coker wasn't blazing fast in the 40 - but did have a total RAS score of 9.46, so he's plenty athletic