Rivera compared Cam to Walter Payton...

[Zithers]

... in his presser today. In regards to if he's ever known a player who was that happy on the field and had that much passion for the game.

http://www.panthers.com/media-vault/videos/Ron-Rivera-Presser/7739a542-8aaa-4243-bd22-1cf3a4812675

Didn't see a thread.

[rayzor]

sweetness.

rivera would know.

[Zithers]

Summary for those too lazy to watch

No injuries. Jordan Pugh continuing with concussion protocol. Omar Gaither was running and may be back in limited practice.

Talks a lot about half-time adjustments. Cut down on penalties in the second. Says they're disappointing and at times absolutely unacceptable. Says personal fouls are what really gets to him (Thomas Williams committed both).

Liked what Phillips brought to the game starting at WLB. Mentions that we're still going by a committee though. Thought James Anderson was a beast. Dan Connor was solid and good against the run, improving.

Talks about dropping two interceptions and saying we blew the TD where Beck ran it in. Says we can play a lot better. Apparently Rivera gave Hardy an ear full after that play who made some good plays afterward.

Mentions he took his philosophy of a vertical attack and aggressive football from Norv Turner and said the only guy he considered for OC was Chudzinski, whose contract had just ran out.

Question about Smitty wanting to leave and Rivera asked to give him and the new staff a chance to find a franchise QB to help the team win as soon as possible.

Asked about Cam giving his football away to the kid after scoring. Says we need more fans. Show that they'll give everything to the fans that they expect and hopes that instead of seeing some Skins fans, one day he can look into the stands and it'll just be a sea of blue.

Says Walter Payton is the only player he's seen that's loved football as much as Cam does. Loves playing and hating to lose. Have the same amount of charisma/charm.

Once again asked about LaFell/Naanee. Doesn't go any further than he has before.

Asked about concern with Cam taking hits. Says he was nervous on the helicopter hit. But Cam is learning since he ran out of bounds a few times. Doesn't know if anyone is better to carry the ball if you need a big score/gain.

[rico6]

Says we need more fans. Show that they'll give everything to the fans that they expect and hopes that instead of seeing some Skins fans, one day he can look into the stands and it'll just be a sea of blue.

Oh god yes, the days of Charlotte being the biggest bandwagon city in the world must come to an end.

[The Saltman]

I love Rivera.

Lets just hope he can get rid of these ridiculous mistakes and get our defense back to the way it should be in a year or 2

[smitty_89]

Oh god yes, the days of NC being the biggest bandwagon state in the world must come to an end.

Fixed that for ya.

[D34Williams]

I love Rivera.

Lets just hope he can get rid of these ridiculous mistakes and get our defense back to the way it should be in a year or 2

This

I wish the damn naysayers would shut their asses up about rivera being a bad coach, undisciplined, etc. It's like we all of a sudden have a bunch of Philly fans in our fan base.

If you don't like where this team is going, you obviously don't like girls.

[rico6]

This

I wish the damn naysayers would shut their asses up about rivera being a bad coach, undisciplined, etc. It's like we all of a sudden have a bunch of Philly fans in our fan base.

If you don't like where this team is going, you obviously don't like girls.

Slow down now, this team is still very sloppy and undisciplined at times.

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

Slow down now, this team is still very sloppy and undisciplined at times.

You have a thing against sloppy, undisciplined girls?

[D34Williams]

Slow down now, this team is still very sloppy and undisciplined at times.

I'm not arguing that.

It's the people that call for riveras head after a game full of penalties 7 games into a season with basically a new team. Those are the fans that piss me off, and that I can't stand.