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Alaina Getzenberg @agetzenberg · 17m S Lano Hill is the only Panther still on the COVID-19 list.

Alaina Getzenberg @agetzenberg · 11m LT Cam Erving is walking down to practice in a red jersey. Appears he won’t be participating today.

Joe Person @josephperson · 25m Sam Darnold and Will Grier the first two out. Happy Monday. Alaina Getzenberg @agetzenberg · 21m TE Stephen Sullivan has been activated off the COVID-19 list. He’s been at practice the last two days. WR Marken Michel has been waived.

Bill Voth @PanthersBill · 7m Robby Anderson is back.

At The Hive @At_The_Hive · 24m Initial impressions from game 1: -Bouknight plays with a lot of swagger. He's gonna be good. -Jones settled down a lot in the second half. He'll be good as he gets more confident in his decisions. -Gelo can shoot it -Would like to see more from last year's 2nd rounders

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At The Hive @At_The_Hive · 10m Halftime. Hornets trail 42-34. Thoughts: -Bouknight great vision as a passer we didn't see much at UConn -Lewis very pesky defensively -Jones has a long way to go -Gelo plays hard. Stroke looks good too. -Riller great getting into the paint, needs to be more of a threat tho

Jonathan M Alexander @jonmalexander · 12m 1st quarter is over and Blazers lead Hornets 21-17. A few 1st quarter observations: Kai Jones can push the ball up the floor as a 4, he crashes the glass, plays hard. Definitely has potential. James Bouknight is super athletic. Has really good vision. Shot needs some work.

first chance to see our rookies. Hoping to see something to get excited about in Bouknight and Kai

I really, really like Haason. Good to hear what he said about Snow, and maybe Paddy can make the team. We sure need him. Before I've even seen Haason play in a game, I'm ready to extend his deal.

Bill Voth @PanthersBill · 1h Sam Darnold to Ian Thomas in back of EZ during red zone drill. Came shortly after Darnold connected with Dan Arnold. Obviously, more TE production this year would be ideal. Bill Voth @PanthersBill · 1h Sean Chandler stuffs run. Defense celebrates. Don’t know yet how likely it is he makes roster, but he’s made plays this camp.

I'm on the Trent Scott train..

Alaina Getzenberg @agetzenberg · 54m Bravvion Roy with a big stuff during 11-on-11s. Broke through the line. Rodney Smith on the other end of it. Alaina Getzenberg @agetzenberg · 31m Matt Rhule says Robby Anderson is in Florida still dealing with a family matter. Matt Paradis had some back tightness, but doesn’t seem to be a concern. He’s been excused from tomorrow’s practice for a separate personal reason.

Alaina Getzenberg @agetzenberg · 1h C Matt Paradis walked off the field during 11-on-11 drills. No update yet. Joe Person @josephperson · 1h Pat Elflein was taking the 1st-tm center work in team. Will have to check on Matt Paradis, whom I’m not seeing. Joe Person @josephperson · 1h Offensive lineman Mike Panasiuk just made a nice play ... at DT. Alaina Getzenberg @agetzenberg · 1h Ian Thomas just made a nice catch in the end zone. Pass from Sam Darnold.

Joe Person @josephperson · 45m Matt Rhule brought the def players over to heckle Joey Slye during field goal here at the end of practice. Joe Person @josephperson · 40m For the most part, did not work. He was six of seven. Joe Person @josephperson · 40m And now the staff is running sprints. Maybe because Slye hit his last one.

Alaina Getzenberg @agetzenberg · 9m Haason Reddick says that he and Brian Burns have made a bet on who will finish the season with more sacks. Loser has to buy the winner a golf cart.

Will Palaszczuk @WilliePStyle · 2m Veteran day for RG John Miller, S Juston Burris and DL DaQuan Jones who had them late last week are back practicing full. David Newton @DNewtonespn · 3m The Panthers ‘’DBO’’ sign is moved further away. Linemen who make mistakes can’t like this. @ Wofford College

Alaina Getzenberg @agetzenberg · 19m Myles Hartsfield and Kenny Robinson both in red jerseys for the first time today.

Joe Person @josephperson · 5m No Robby Anderson, who was excused from Friday’s practice for a family matter. Alaina Getzenberg @agetzenberg · 5m Practice has begun, but WR Robby Anderson is not out on the field. He was excused from Friday’s practice due to a family matter. Alaina Getzenberg @agetzenberg · 25m A few transactions for the Panthers this morning before practice: -Undrafted OL David Moore has been waived -DE Austin Larkin has been waived/injured - Former Seahawks S LaDarius Wiley and DE Kendall Donnerson have been added to the roster. Alaina Getzenberg @agetzenberg · 23m Larkin was carted off the field during practice last week.

Joe Person @josephperson · 19m Panthers are down to one David Moore. They waived the off. lineman David Moore and waved/injured DE Austin Larkin (groin). Signed defensive end Kendall Donnerson and defensive back LaDarius Wiley.

Joe Person @josephperson · 1m A bunch of guys in red jerseys, but Shaq Thompson is not one of them. The veteran linebacker is back after missing a week.

He's the only coach we've had that makes me feel optimistic for the future. When we were healthy last year, we were dangerous. We are still a couple of years away, but we have some young talented players who are improving. Just need a big, a solid backup pg, and time to develop. A lot of what we've done recently is for future depth. JB has done well with what he's had to work with.

an article making slant boy look bad while praising the Saints organization. https://www.nola.com/sports/article_3a4eb1ec-f785-11eb-85ea-1fb31b4bf87c.html "Because the personnel grouping doesn’t happen if the Saints star wide receiver had taken care of his business this summer. By now, you know that Thomas is sidelined indefinitely while recovering from ankle surgery in June. What you might not know is what led to this odd, unfortunate situation. How did something this important slip through the cracks of an offseason? Why did months go by without the team’s best receiver addressing the ankle he injured last season? The answer is complicated. But in the end, the blame falls squarely on Thomas. Plain and simple, the most talented receiver in Saints history dropped the ball. Here’s how it went down, according to multiple people familiar with the situation: After the 2020 season, the Saints medical staff examined Thomas’ injured left ankle and advised him to undergo surgery to repair ligament damage in the joint. Thomas, though, wanted a second opinion, a common step in such high-profile cases. The second doctor suggested a conservative approach that would allow the injury to heal on its own through rehab and therapy. In March, Thomas elected to take the conservative approach and bypass surgery, a decision the Saints supported. A rehabilitation plan was collectively agreed upon, and Thomas was given progressive benchmarks to hit over the next three months of his recovery while training at his offseason home in California. This is where things inexplicably went awry. For unknown reasons, Thomas fell out of communication with the Saints. He did not return multiple calls over the next three months. Then-Saints trainer Beau Lowery, wide receivers coach Curtis Johnson and head coach Sean Payton all tried to reach Thomas. None of their calls were taken or returned. When Thomas returned to the team in June, it was discovered that his ankle was still not right, and he was forced to undergo surgery to repair the damaged ligaments in the joint. The 10-to-12-week rehabilitation is expected to sideline him for the start of the regular season. The loss of Thomas created a domino effect on the Saints roster. To bolster the wide receiver corps, the Saints signed Hogan and moved Montgomery to receiver from his running back spot. They then signed veteran running back Devonta Freeman to replace Montgomery in the backfield. All of this roster shuffling could have and should have been avoided, if Thomas had just followed the plan set forth earlier in the offseason. Whether Thomas was being obstinate, negligent or both is irrelevant. One Saints source said Thomas simply thought his ankle was doing fine and that he was on track in his recovery. Regardless, his decision to ghost his superiors was inexplicable and unacceptable. Quite frankly, he’s fortunate the team didn’t fine him for insubordination. If this were an isolated incident it would be easier to dismiss. But this was Thomas’ second transgression in the past year, following his one-game suspension for a practice fight with teammate C.J. Gardner-Johnson and Payton in October. The fight was one thing. Players can snap in emotional, highly competitive environments. It happens. But this was something altogether different, a pattern of behavior over an extended period of time. Clearly it never should have reached the point it did, and now the Saints – and Thomas -- must deal with the consequences. “It’s disappointing,” Payton said last week when asked about the situation. “We would have liked (the surgery) to have happened earlier rather than later. And quite honestly, it should have.” Payton has a good relationship with Thomas, but the star receiver has tested the patience of his head coach with this latest mistake. By all accounts, Thomas has been a good soldier since the incident and is on the road to recovery. And the Saints remain high on their young receiver corps, in particular Marquez Calloway, who has been the breakout star of training camp. There’s a belief inside the building that the offense will be just fine without Thomas. Time will tell. It’s certainly not the way you want to start your first training camp of the post-Drew Brees era. These kinds of things just don’t happen to the Saints. Communication has always been an organizational strength, especially in the football operation. When the Saints thought they might be in position to select Patrick Mahomes in the 2017 NFL Draft, Payton made sure Brees was apprised of the situation before the Saints got on the clock. He did not want his franchise quarterback to be surprised if the Saints pulled the trigger on a quarterback in Round 1. “From Day One, Sean tells the players, we’re going to treat you like men, and we’re going to treat you that way until you give us a reason not to,” said Zach Strief, the Saints’ assistant offensive line coach, who played for the Saints from 2006 to 2017. “That honesty permeates the building. Even outside the building, the perception is that the Saints take care of their guys.” Hopefully, Thomas starts to understand and appreciate the situation he has in New Orleans. Because if he doesn’t, he won’t be in the building much longer." much more at the link, which is behind a paywall. Saints fans are pretty mad at their best player, especially that he pulled all this after getting paid. eta, a quote from a Saints fan "Finding exceptional Wideouts that don’t come with ego baggage is like hitting powerball. "