Beason the tough guy

[JakeFlake]

Panthers MLB Jon Beason wrote in his personal blog today that he had shoulder surgery on Feb. 12 to repair a torn labrum. He said he initially suffered the injury in October against Arizona, and played through the rest of the season.

Makes his Pro Bowl season that much more remarkable, that he did it one-armed for half the year. He wrote that "when I tackled someone it was almost like throwing a pillow at them.

Beason said he'd "absolutely" be ready for training camp and the first exhibition game. He's going to need the mental reps too, because the Panthers are shifting to a variation of the "Tampa 2" defense which will put increased burdens on him.

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[carpanfan96]

so it is a variation on the tampa 2 defense.

[mountainpantherfan]

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I'm not trying to place blame on Beason here but I wonder if this had anything to do with the defensive meltdown?

[Darth Biscuit]

Beason actually took his arm off, hit people with it, and then put it back on himself.

[carpanfan96]

I'm not trying to place blame on Beason here but I wonder if this had anything to do with the defensive meltdown?

I wouldn't blame him entirely, that being said I'm sure it's hard to tackle with only one arm.

[CRA]

so it is a variation on the tampa 2 defense.

kinda like the lame version of it that Fox ran last season....you know when he stepped in our D looked lame and lost the 2nd half of the season.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Start Dan Connor!

[TerriblePizza]

I heard Jon Beason made Chuck Norris cry once.

[mountainpantherfan]

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I wouldn't blame him entirely, that being said I'm sure it's hard to tackle with only one arm.

Yeah, as well as he played I wonder if his injury forced the defense to adjust to "help" Beason and that in turn caused the problems...

[Fireball77]

I wouldn't blame him entirely, that being said I'm sure it's hard to tackle with only one arm.

It's possible that knowing Beas was hurt that way made the other LBs sloppy in their gap control to try to "make up" for his limitations.

That said, it was the DL that was most of the problem last year, IMO.

[littlebigman89]

I wouldn't blame him entirely, that being said I'm sure it's hard to tackle with only one arm.

http://www.nfl.com/players/jonbeason/gamelogs?id=BEA530518

According to NFL.com, he had 64 tackles through the Arizona game and 74 after. Don't think it was on him.

[User Name]

Ultimately I can't see how it made any difference in the seasons outcome. The Cardinals offence played about the same in both games at BofA. The difference was the Panthers O didn't show up in the playoffs and the D wasn't good enough to overcome all of the turnovers.

Really against a decent offence what D could overcome 5 to's?

[The Answer]

You guys are full of it, the only bad game Beason had was the Giants game.

[frash.exe]

Beason's 70% is still probably better than anybody else on the defense's 100%.