Stars and Duds (preseason game 1)

[jb2288]

33 minutes ago, NAS said:

Stars: 

 Bryce, TMac, Coker, Horn Jr, Scourton, Thornton

Duds:  Dalton, XL, Offensive Line 

 

If Bryce is who he needs to be this year + TMac, Scourton, Evans (thought he looked good), we are in good shape for the future. I came away with more positives than negatives tonight. Prince was my biggest letdown. I don't really care much about players who will never play if things go right (Dalton) and XL made a dumb ass mistake, let's hope he balls out next 2 games, he needs the reps. 

[methodtoll]

The Good: 

- Bryce Young: Looked pretty good on the second drive. I think he will be fine so as long as the line holds up and the receivers live up to their potential.

- Coker: Definitely the star of the offense in the 1st half. I think he will be a favorite target for Bryce this season.

- Jimmy Horn Jr: I really hope we can find some playing time for him on the offense because he is so dynamic and shifty. 

- Nic Scourton: I actually thought he was one of the bright spots on a bad night for the defense. His tracking abilities is uncanny I think he will be good.

- Thornton: I think he played himself in a spot. The dude is a baller and made some great stops tonight.

The Bad:

- TMAC: Bear in mind that it's the first pre-season game but good lawd at the drops tonight. I hope he can get rid of the jitters before the season begins.

- The run game: What is suppose to be our bread and butter of the offense was non-existent tonight. Again, hard to judge off of one pre-season game but still.

- Defense in general: I thought our first string played decent but lots of mis tackles and opportunities lost getting the Browns off the field. 2nd string definitely needs work.

- Andy Dalton: Need I say more? Lol

All in all, I am reserving judgement until I see more out of them. I think a lot the lack of motivation and no energy was due to the fact that a lot of that juice and energy was during joint practices. There was some good moments and I cannot wait to see how different it will be with Jaycee Horn and Derek Brown back on the field.

 

[jb2288]

11 minutes ago, methodtoll said:

The Good: 

- Bryce Young: Looked pretty good on the second drive. I think he will be fine so as long as the line holds up and the receivers live up to their potential.

- Coker: Definitely the star of the offense in the 1st half. I think he will be a favorite target for Bryce this season.

- Jimmy Horn Jr: I really hope we can find some playing time for him on the offense because he is so dynamic and shifty. 

- Nic Scourton: I actually thought he was one of the bright spots on a bad night for the defense. His tracking abilities is uncanny I think he will be good.

- Thornton: I think he played himself in a spot. The dude is a baller and made some great stops tonight.

The Bad:

- TMAC: Bear in mind that it's the first pre-season game but good lawd at the drops tonight. I hope he can get rid of the jitters before the season begins.

- The run game: What is suppose to be our bread and butter of the offense was non-existent tonight. Again, hard to judge off of one pre-season game but still.

- Defense in general: I thought our first string played decent but lots of mis tackles and opportunities lost getting the Browns off the field. 2nd string definitely needs work.

- Andy Dalton: Need I say more? Lol

All in all, I am reserving judgement until I see more out of them. I think a lot the lack of motivation and no energy was due to the fact that a lot of that juice and energy was during joint practices. There was some good moments and I cannot wait to see how different it will be with Jaycee Horn and Derek Brown back on the field.

 

Did he have a drop? The only thing I remember was the TD miss which was more of a timing thing, that’ll get cleaned up quick. 

[PantherChris]

50 minutes ago, Joe Bear said:

Mitch Evans catches every ball thrown his way.

Is this spoken un ironically????  Mike Evans averages 11 drops a year and last year he had 19! Including a 6 drop game dont let things like facts get in the way

[Swaggasaurus]

I feel like I could hire 5 dudes from any FedEx hub in America and upgrade our ILB, S, and D.Coordinator rooms significantly.

[PantherChris]

35 minutes ago, CRA said:

That sack wasn’t on the OL IMO

https://x.com/tjrt9s/status/1953964808703029454?s=46

Browns just played it well.  Might could argure he should have anticipated XL crossing toward the sideline but I don’t know.  Just seemed like good defense by the Browns and not much there when the ball should have come out.   BY stepped up and tried to squirm through and couldn’t.   Just a nice rep by the Browns. 

Watching it again it would be XL on the crosser in the regular season i also imagine TMAc would have had an option route to the inside for an easy pickup 

[trucpfan]

51 minutes ago, Manna said:

Thornton impressed me

He definitely did but reminds me of Capt Mun…in a sense, really in the aspect of he can cover he can play well if the rush gets home but if we leave him out there to long we’ll probably be looking at the back of his jersey like with 41 when he had to guard to long. I don’t know if remember those days vividly. But if you do he seemed to play like that good for where we got him can make some plays but don’t leave him out there to long it could lead to bad results.

[Davidson Deac II]

16 minutes ago, jb2288 said:

Did he have a drop? The only thing I remember was the TD miss which was more of a timing thing, that’ll get cleaned up quick. 

Other than that one, I don't remember any.  

[Seltzer]

We played vanilla on both sides of the ball, got meaningful reps, and nobody got hurt.

That alone made it a good night.

Bryce looked like he did late last year. Once him and T-Mac get their timing down they will be unstoppable.

Jalen Coker is going to be hard to keep off the field.

Corey Thornton looks like another UDFA steal like Demani Richardson & Jalen Coker. He was balling out there tonight.

James Mitchell is coming on strong. He will definitely make the team if Tremble is on PUP. Also will if we keep 4 TEs.

Punter was good. Kicker was good. Coverage and returns were not.

Defensive depth is still a massive question. 

Enjoyed the game despite the final score. 

I think this is the beginning of Panthers football that is no long a bottom feeder.

 

[RJK]

Nobody stood out as particularly impressive including coaches and the “culture” change. Meh as usual 

[t96]

1 hour ago, PantherChris said:

Is this spoken un ironically????  Mike Evans averages 11 drops a year and last year he had 19! Including a 6 drop game dont let things like facts get in the way

You don’t help yourself posting a picture of ai overview as your source but yeah from watching Evans play plenty over the years he’s no Larry Fitz or Jason Avant when it comes to catching.

[PantherChris]

50 minutes ago, t96 said:

You don’t help yourself posting a picture of ai overview as your source but yeah from watching Evans play plenty over the years he’s no Larry Fitz or Jason Avant when it comes to catching.

Oh I knew that one well had him for 5 catches on fanduel lol I googled 2024 drops to provide proof and didn't have to click anything right at the top.

[Jackie Lee]

2 hours ago, methodtoll said:

The Good: 

- Bryce Young: Looked pretty good on the second drive. I think he will be fine so as long as the line holds up and the receivers live up to their potential.

- Coker: Definitely the star of the offense in the 1st half. I think he will be a favorite target for Bryce this season.

- Jimmy Horn Jr: I really hope we can find some playing time for him on the offense because he is so dynamic and shifty. 

- Nic Scourton: I actually thought he was one of the bright spots on a bad night for the defense. His tracking abilities is uncanny I think he will be good.

- Thornton: I think he played himself in a spot. The dude is a baller and made some great stops tonight.

The Bad:

- TMAC: Bear in mind that it's the first pre-season game but good lawd at the drops tonight. I hope he can get rid of the jitters before the season begins.

- The run game: What is suppose to be our bread and butter of the offense was non-existent tonight. Again, hard to judge off of one pre-season game but still.

- Defense in general: I thought our first string played decent but lots of mis tackles and opportunities lost getting the Browns off the field. 2nd string definitely needs work.

- Andy Dalton: Need I say more? Lol

All in all, I am reserving judgement until I see more out of them. I think a lot the lack of motivation and no energy was due to the fact that a lot of that juice and energy was during joint practices. There was some good moments and I cannot wait to see how different it will be with Jaycee Horn and Derek Brown back on the field.

 

Joint practice again in Houston, not gonna stand up as an excuse for motivation or energy. Also the first public training camp practice for the team this year so we'll hear about it from the Texans side of the story before the next preseason game even goes down

[thunderraiden]

2 hours ago, PantherChris said:

Is this spoken un ironically????  Mike Evans averages 11 drops a year and last year he had 19! Including a 6 drop game dont let things like facts get in the way

I'm so confused are we talking about Mitchell Evans on the Panthers or Mike Evans? Why does this post have 3 pies when its talking about a completely different player?