Preseason Panthers v Texans official game day thread

[mrcompletely11]

1 minute ago, CRA said:

First half summary.

its a failure of Dave Canales.   Simple as that.  -2 yards for your starting O.   We once again head into a season with a starting O that flat out isn’t ready for the season.  

Canales should tear his plans up and play these dudes next week 

I mean I doubt it would matter all that much, but if he sits the starters next week then bet your mortgage on the jags week 1.  You cannot clean that type of poo show up in practice

[Tbe]

Just now, Joe Bear said:

I would about bet on 2 series for the starters Thursday.

I bet they won’t play at all.

[PNW_PantherMan]

Just now, Tbe said:

I bet they won’t play at all.

Yea 3rd game is usually the bubble guy showcase

[Joe Bear]

Just now, Proudiddy said:

I get what you’re saying, but I just think the overriding factor for me is it just feels like we’re constantly spinning our wheels.  If that is what we were looking for, we had Zane Gonzalez.  We create our own problems and then spend years trying to fix them.

I don't disagree. There's often turnover in places there shouldn't be before there's turnover where it needs to be.

[CarolinaLivin]

Im really feeling that momentum from the last weeks of last season… 

 

or maybe im just feeling the beer… who knows

Edited August 16, 2025 by CarolinaLivin

[CRA]

4 minutes ago, Joe Bear said:

I would about bet on 2 series for the starters Thursday.

Didn’t he say the plan was just to run them only in the first 2 and sit the last? 

I might have that wrong.  Hope I do or he junks the old plan.

But the it’s just going to be a repeat of last preseason.  Where his starters only see success vs backup units going in 

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, CRA said:

Didn’t he say the plan was just to run them only in the first 2 and sit the last? 

I might have that wrong.  Hope I do or he junks the old plan.

But the it’s just going to be a repeat of last preseason.  Where his staters only see success vs backup units going in 

he said 3 series this game so who the fug knows what he is doing

[PNW_PantherMan]

Just now, CRA said:

But the it’s just going to be a repeat of last preseason.

Yea us losing by 20+ is looking like a tasty week 1 lottery ticket to me.  This looks like a re-run lol.

[Joe Bear]

1 minute ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

Yea 3rd game is usually the bubble guy showcase

You're attaching conventional strategy to a coach who often laughs in the face of that. I could very well be wrong but I bet he comes out and says "we weren't sharp, we'll look at the tape and assess it," then the starters roll out there for the opening series.

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, Tbe said:

I bet they won’t play at all.

Probably not but they should. If nothing else just to embarrass them and he'll if I was Canales I'd straight up say it. If my starters are playing like third stringers then let's treat them like third stringers. 

[amcoolio]

Meh, I'm not panicking on the offense yet, especially since both teams opposing beat writers said we looked good in joint practice. Everything we have run is very vanilla, and unfortunately it looks like Canales is one of those coaches who doesn't care about preseason games or effort, which is disappointing. Defense though, continues to look rough and that should be one area in preseason where you just go out and execute

[kass]

Don't know if I can watch more.

Every commercial break, my service talks about a San Fran documentary pulling Montana for Steve Young and a QB controversy, then Micah P, and then maybe season opener with Rams.. and then some other boring generic European soccer clips. And repeat if the break is longer... 

Gah..  I prefer the US commercials. I want them. Bad.

[AggieLean]

So, is Bryce going to struggle to start and then pick it up, and we have the conversation we had all offseason again? 
 

This hasn’t been a good preseason for the starters. Right now, I’m ready to move on. 

[TylerDurden]

I think it all is starting to crystallize for me today…  preseason, even in bad years, used to be exciting and fun.  Watching bottom of the roster guys churn and trying to figure out who should and would stick and who deserves a spot.  Watching guys compete.  But as someone said earlier in the thread, the cupboard has been bare for so long, that as shitty as most of the first string is, once they sit, we are so talent-deficient that all interest goes out the window.  Even where we have interesting guys like a Renfrow or Horn Jr., who is gonna get it to them without throwing them a hospital ball?  Plummer?  Other than that, across the board we are so bad that it’s not competitive.  Who cares who sticks as the 53rd man when the 45 or so above them are barely NFL-worthy.

God, we are horrible.  Way worse than we ever have been.