Jump to content

  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

Team Chemistry

Kevin Greene

By Kevin Greene,
in Carolina Panthers

Recommended Posts

Kevin Greene Newbie

Kevin Greene

Posted
Posted

Team Chemistry, better or worse without Julius Peppers on the roster?

We've seen the Panthers ship Kris Jenkins out of town for having the audacity to criticize his team mates heart and desire, as well as weight problems etc. His play on the field however was Pro Bowl worthy no doubt. Irregardless the Panthers FO felt it best to move Jenkins to greener pastures. Today they still struggle to place a player with his talent at the DT position.

Julius Peppers .

We all know this off season's well chronicled soap opera.

With the pre-announced demand to be traded if Franchise tagged, unfulfilled potential claims, Franchise tag battle and ensuing hand cuffing of the Panther FO as this works it's way to fruition do the Panthers want Peppers back on the roster?

Does the FO believe team chemistry will be better without Peppers as they did with Jenkins and move him eventually despite the cost/loss?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Squirrel Collaborator

Squirrel

Posted
Posted

I really think Kemo would step up to be the leader of the line. As far as team chemistry it depends on Peppers. Jenkins was questioning the defense his last year here saying they had no heart. I dont think Peppers will do that I think if he has to stay this year he will do his job. He doesnt seem like a person that would badmouth or pull the stuff Jenkins did. But I would expect the Panthers to move him next offseason and just take what they can for him.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mr beauxjangles Newbie

mr beauxjangles

Posted
Posted

Peppers was voted captain by his teammates and every Panther I've seen interviewed said they really want this guy back. Any problems there are with the FO, not with his teammates.

Agreed. All these guys know it's just business. And on the d-line, I'd assume that pretty much all of them love Pep since he often takes up two blockers and lets these other guys get more one-on-one. If he's gone, it's not going to be as easy for them to get to the QB or wrap up a runner.

Suppose a coworker says that he really wants to work for a different firm - a competitor - where he thinks he has a better shot to use his talents. Suppose that he then, for whatever reason, doesn't take or doesn't get offered the other job. Does everyone at your office now hate this guy? Probably not.

Even further, if we can get past a team member breaking another team member's face, then I think we can get past a team member wanting to be traded. Look around the league. High profile players demand trades all the time. In the majority of the cases, I don't think it messes up team chemistry.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
g5jamz Newbie

g5jamz

Posted
Posted

Let's face it...Peppers isn't the sharpest tool in the drawer...Beason is. Why would the D-line need a leader necessarily. We don't look to the Ravens and say...well...Lewis is the leader of the LBs...not the D-line.

Peppers didn't get the offers because other teams see what we complain about at times...and if we were wrong...the tape would prove us wrong.

I like Peppers. Wife has his jersey, but I don't ever see him as being a leader. He's a foot soldier. If he's unhappy with FO trying to push him into a leadership role...get over it...it should be looked on as more of an honor than a burden. But if he's NOT capable of doing this...just go to management and say that you're a follower...a big one...not a leader. Most wouldn't see a problem with this. Peppers has been given a LOT of leeway here, a LOT of opportunities, and a lot of slack (taking plays off). I think he needs to take some plays off, but not on the field doing it. Get the young guys in there and Donovan McNabb (benching last season) his ass into really wanting to get back out there and do what he does best.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mantal Newbie

mantal

Posted
Posted

Peppers was voted captain by his teammates and every Panther I've seen interviewed said they really want this guy back. Any problems there are with the FO, not with his teammates.

^^ This. It's been in all the papers, doesn't anyone read anymore?...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • Panthers Fan 69
      Canes/wolves vs Utah 5pm

      By Panthers Fan 69 · Posted

      Yep
    • frankw
      Vrabel and Russini? Athletic investigating.

      By frankw · Posted

      Things like this happen everyday. We live in a social media driven society where loyalty is a foreign concept.
    • frankw
      Panthers WR Xavier Legette named potential trade candidate for 2026 offseason

      By frankw · Posted

      If you draft a guy who is healthy and has no concerns about that whatsoever and he goes out and tears his ACL in his first few games in the regular season on a physical play that's a freak accident. But when you trade up to draft an RB who is already rehabbing from a recent ACL tear and he spends the next several months continuing his rehab only to tear the same ACL again after less than a handful of regular season carries in a non contact circumstance that is no freak accident. That is a textbook example of why you do not do what we did. Particularly for what is now a plug and play position. And when you have the highest paid OL in the league over the next two years. None of that makes any logical sense. Legitimately it is and was some Scott Fitterer type foolishness. Now as for XL. The guy has not been committed to his craft. I think anyone with eyes on the situation can and would recognize that. However the warning signs were there. One season of legit production raw prospect that we knew would take time to develop etc. But Morgan and Bryce Young's own father were very high on him. I think in some capacity the reality of our limitation at QB is entering into the equation. Even TMac got a lot of flak over the course of his rookie season for not being able to haul in all of Bryce's passes. At the end of the day our fourth year QB also needs to do his part to maximize the talent we have available. As far as this year. Again. WR round 1 boils down to where are we going to get the touches for the rookie? That would require eating into not only our 8th overall picks touches but also our #2 WR whom oh yeah by the way was UNDRAFTED. I am happy to discuss WR prospects here. I was thrilled we invested what we did last year in TMac because it needed to be done and it made sense from all angles. But nowhere is it written in stone that you cannot draft a good or great WR outside of the first round. Except in the Panthers building apparently. That is not a good reflection on our scouts and front office let me tell ya. Because there's no way on this earth we are going to get back to relevancy and legitimate contender status if we can't pick some gems in the later rounds. Simple and plain.
×
×
  • Create New...