REPORT: Coach Dave Canales was displeased with Jalen Coker's level of physical conditioning this offseason

[OneBadCat]

15 minutes ago, frankw said:

I am a Coker fan. But if as the season progresses our 8th overall pick and our 2024 first round pick aren't ahead of him in this conversation then there needs to be some very warm seats on the coaching staff and in the front office and even on the scouting staff.

Don't disagree but Coker's the only one who has really showed results.

[carpanfan96]

3 hours ago, OneBadCat said:

How do we know this isn't just BS? Like two weeks ago we saw an article saying Coker put the work in and that he actually lost weight?

I'm the biggest 89 fan but I don't put a ton of weight into what he says about other WRs. Bottom line Coker is the playmaker of this offense.

This is from months ago when the players first showed up. Coker showed up out of shape and the Panthers put him on a conditioning assignment 

[csx]

29 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

This is from months ago when the players first showed up. Coker showed up out of shape and the Panthers put him on a conditioning assignment 

It really seems people get offseason and preseason confused.

He arrived at OTAs in bad shape.

They put him on a plan and talked about how he was changing his body.

He came to camp looking better. 

 

I cant figure out why this is difficult to follow.

[PNW_PantherMan]

21 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Smitty is one of those people who seems like once he gets a craw in his ass about you there's no getting over it and pretty much anything or nothing at all can trigger it to begin with.

So he'd fit right in here then.

[TD alt]

On 9/2/2025 at 7:24 PM, CRA said:

89 a big Renfrow fan.  Didn’t seem to like much about Coker at all.  

which I get him liking an overachiever like Renfrow.  But Coker you would think checks a lot of boxes 89 usually likes.   But he seemed to dislike a lot about Coker more than his weight.  

Before the 2024 draft, Smitty was the only one of his national stature that gave Coker such high praise. He called him the best route runner in the class. So how is that squared? 

[csx]

2 hours ago, TD alt said:

Before the 2024 draft, Smitty was the only one of his national stature that gave Coker such high praise. He called him the best route runner in the class. So how is that squared? 

I think Smitty just says whatever it takes to get attention at the moment.