8/9 1030 Practice Thread

[Seattlepanther]

What are the odds we just have Newton and Anderson as the 1,2 and eliminate Clausen all together?

[Montsta]

I wonder if Gamble didn't catch some of that bad turkey with salmonella that was going around? I caught salmonella years ago and was out of work for days with violent upchucking and mudbutt.

[mj4life]

What are the odds we just have Newton and Anderson as the 1,2 and eliminate Clausen all together?

try 0 percent chance this season, he's young, cheap & under contract for 3 more years.

[Carl Spackler]

What are the odds we just have Newton and Anderson as the 1,2 and eliminate Clausen all together?

0%:jc:

[4Corners]

Lafell had 7 drops last year out of 77 targets, and caught 50% of passes thrown to him.

Obviously, we'd like to see those numbers improve, but for a rookie he still finished in the top 10 for yards.

Not bad for a rookie who was probably the 4th option on the team, IMO.

[CRA]

try 0 percent chance this season, he's young, cheap & under contract for 3 more years.

being cheap and having a contract means little at the QB spot. Position is too important to keep someone who doesn't fit b/c they are costing you little.....Clausen will have to show something (either in games or practice) for Rivera to hang on to him after this season.

[Carl Spackler]

Yeah because Brian Hoyer showed Belichick so much too. Backups don't have to be world beaters. But they do need to be able to execute the offense.

[mj4life]

being cheap and having a contract means little at the QB spot. Position is too important to keep someone who doesn't fit b/c they are costing you little.....Clausen will have to show something (either in games or practice) for Rivera to hang on to him after this season.

i agree, but i was refering to this season, anything can happen after this year for anybody on this roster that is not considered a part of "the core"

[rico6]

Lafell had 7 drops last year out of 77 targets, and caught 50% of passes thrown to him.

Obviously, we'd like to see those numbers improve, but for a rookie he still finished in the top 10 for yards.

Not bad for a rookie who was probably the 4th option on the team, IMO.

I love it when people actually do research.

[Peppers90 NC]

I love it when people actually do research.

yea im puzzled by 50% of 77 tho.

[CRA]

yea im puzzled by 50% of 77 tho.

catches divided by targets

[TheRealDeal]

What has Lafell done to convince you he isn't a NFL wr?

Catch consistantly?

Thought that was pretty clear.

So dropping about 10% of the targets you get is accpetable for an NFL receiver?

How many of those balls were catchable? Then the drop % goes up.

It's not acceptable to catch 5 passes for every drop.

Couple that with the fact that he's been passed by a guy on the depth chart that was a late round flier and you have an issue.

What has he done to show you he CAN be a receiver in the NFL? Drop 1 pass for every 5 catches? Yay!

[Mother Grabber]

Water sucks, Gatorade is better

I saw a report that said drinking chocolate milk after exercise led to more oxygen in the system and better recovery than any of the 'sports drinks'

[superduperpanthersfan]

What are the odds we just have Newton and Anderson as the 1,2 and eliminate Clausen all together?

I think it's pretty fair. Chud's offense in Cleveland was built to push the ball downfield, it went to crap when the owner forced the coaches to put in a QB that checks down the majority of the time.

It appears Cam is willing to air the ball out. Everyone knows DA is willing. If the coaches have a plan for the offense, it would make sense that they try to get a QB staff that has the tools for the scheme.

Anderson may have been brought in with a one year contract and told we want you to compete to see if you can win the starting job, he may have been brought in and told Cam's our guy but you'll have the opportunity to compete for the backup and get a long term healthy bench gig, but I really doubt he was told they want him as the third guy for a year and then sayonara.