Stars and Duds (preseason game 1)

[frankw]

Thinking it over the following morning while I still feel disappointment with Legette I do appreciate him having some fire in his belly here. But he's got to use it wisely. And please no more punches with helmets on. We need those hands.

[TLGPanthersFan]

11 hours ago, NAS said:

Looked shaky against second stringers, gave up a sack 

They had a PS player playing LG. 

[Panthers Fan 69]

Coker, Martin, TMAC, Bryce. Really starting offense.  Everything else was fuging trash. This team has no depth and pray they stay healthy. 

[trucpfan]

2 hours ago, Joe Bear said:

Mitch Evans is a rookie tight end for the Panthers. I was referring to Mitch Evans. He read "Mike Evans" and went off on a tangent.

This is hilarious he literally went off I was so confused how Mitch turned into Mike Evans but hey it’s the huddle and we’re all fired up for the season. It’s all good if you don’t know the players now it’s ok we have about 5 months left of football to discuss things.

[PantherChris]

11 minutes ago, trucpfan said:

This is hilarious he literally went off I was so confused how Mitch turned into Mike Evans but hey it’s the huddle and we’re all fired up for the season. It’s all good if you don’t know the players now it’s ok we have about 5 months left of football to discuss things.

Oooof egg face lmfao the last play offensive play i watched was the TMAC "drop" for some reason I saw i thought he said Mike and was comparing their hands 

Edited August 9 by PantherChris

[TD alt]

5 hours ago, NAS said:

Anyone not excited about TMac after tonight is just a hater who didn’t want him drafted in the first place 

It sounds familiar to last season, but I'm fairly certain that it's going to be difficult to use the X hater playbook for T-mac.

[CRA]

1 hour ago, frankw said:

 

Thinking it over the following morning while I still feel disappointment with Legette I do appreciate him having some fire in his belly here. But he's got to use it wisely. And please no more punches with helmets on. We need those hands.

That’s not fire. 

Losing your poo on a backup defender basically 5 plays into the intro of the season and risking your entire season by throwing hands all over the place at a helmet……isn’t fire.  It’s senseless stupidity that we are trying to pretend is something else. 

and I was pimping XL harder than almost everyone on this board coming into the game/season

[UnluckyforSome]

1 hour ago, frankw said:

 

Thinking it over the following morning while I still feel disappointment with Legette I do appreciate him having some fire in his belly here. But he's got to use it wisely. And please no more punches with helmets on. We need those hands.

I don't think it's the worst thing ever either. Of course, he doesn't use those hands to actually catch footballs, but it's good to see him being productive at least.

[frankw]

Just now, CRA said:

That’s not fire. 

Losing your poo on a backup defender basically 5 plays into the intro of the season and risking your entire season by throwing hands all over the place at a helmet……isn’t fire.  It’s senseless stupidity that we are trying to pretend is something else. 

and I was pimping XL harder than almost everyone on this board coming into the game/season

Nowhere did I say it wasn't foolish. My biggest complaint is throwing punches at helmets which is by definition stupidity.

As much as I can criticize Legette for his gaffe and unfortunate choice I feel like more criticism should be directed at the head coach here. This is his baby. This guy spent a great deal of time waxing poetic in the camp confidential series but what we saw last night was the very definition of classic Panthers football in the worst ways. That rests squarely on his shoulders. Now we need to see how he and his players respond. But I can tell you as a Panthers fan who has been through the ringer for over 2 decades. He can't keep doing this. There needs to be a new identity established this season even if we aren't necessarily winning we absolutely need to be competitive.

[TD alt]

18 minutes ago, CRA said:

That’s not fire. 

Losing your poo on a backup defender basically 5 plays into the intro of the season and risking your entire season by throwing hands all over the place at a helmet……isn’t fire.  It’s senseless stupidity that we are trying to pretend is something else. 

and I was pimping XL harder than almost everyone on this board coming into the game/season

I think some of you are way overdoing the fact that he was hitting a helmet. Helmets are smooth, hell as a kid I used to literally hit brick walls with my fists to toughen them up. I also played tackle football on pavement on occasion coming up. I also got in little disagreements with helmets on. I'd hate it when guys would grab my facemask. In my thinking, they were using it as a crutch---a sneaky weapon in order to leverage against me and subdue me by placing me in an awkward fighting stance.  I hated it when guys would hit my helmet. I'd feel the force of the hit and hear the thuds. I'd prefer not to have a helmet on and really get it on. X didn't use good judgement for fighting, but in football tempers flare sometimes. It's a teaching moment. He said that it wouldn't happen again, and it didn't happen last season. 

[The Lobo]

Nice to see, some online were getting worried about him being quiet in training camp, hopefully this calms their nerves a little. 

[CRA]

2 hours ago, TD alt said:

I think some of you are way overdoing the fact that he was hitting a helmet. Helmets are smooth, hell as a kid I used to literally hit brick walls with my fists to toughen them up. I also played tackle football on pavement on occasion coming up. I also got in little disagreements with helmets on. I'd hate it when guys would grab my facemask. In my thinking, they were using it as a crutch---a sneaky weapon in order to leverage against me and subdue me by placing me in an awkward fighting stance.  I hated it when guys would hit my helmet. I'd feel the force of the hit and hear the thuds. I'd prefer not to have a helmet on and really get it on. X didn't use good judgement for fighting, but in football tempers flare sometimes. It's a teaching moment. He said that it wouldn't happen again, and it didn't happen last season. 

I think that’s just apologist gymnastics in all honesty.  The helmet is smooth? Ok.  
 
when people show you they are really dumb….i just tend believe them.  No matter the uniform.  It being a backup scrub defender 5 plays into this season given where he is on this roster…..says a lot more about his head space and composure at this point in time than his “fire” for me. 

nothing is the end of the world.  But anyone watching the Panthers working on things thus far off that game shouldn’t be overly impressed about what Tepper is about to give the world…..again. 

[Bear Hands]

Starters look good, rookies look promising.

Depth looks iffy, last year's draft class looks a bit shady.  

No major injuries.

Onto the next warmup.  

 

[Martin]