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OK, bye for now. Be back later.

I'm signing off in 5 minutes. If anyone else can post tweets, it would be appreciated. I'm following BBR's feed: http://blackandbluereview.com/panthers-training-camp-feed-july-31-2/ also: #Pantherscamp: https://twitter.com/hashtag/PanthersCamp?src=hash #Panthers: https://twitter.com/hashtag/panthers?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash @Panthers: https://twitter.com/Panthers Note: for #pantherscamp or #panthers, make sure you choose LIVE tweets, not TOP tweets. To embed a tweet, right click on the time stamp in the upper right corner of the tweet, choose copy link location, then paste the link here and hit return. The tweet should appear.

A couple of @Panthers tweets I missed yesterday.

When Training Camp conflicts with church, LOL

A feel good tweet to start the morning - another Panthers' Make a Wish story:

Ok all, here's a thread to post tweets from today's training camp. Note: Although I'm starting this thread, I'm headed away from the computer soon, and won't be able to post many tweets until later this afternoon. [Mods can you pin this up top? Thanks]

Here's a Q&A Video with Shaq Thompson from Panthers.com

Had to give pie for "bellshocked" LOL.

Forgive me if this has already been posted, but it's worth copying the starting lineups as posted by Bill Voth: Offense — QB Newton, RB Jonathan Stewart, FB Mike Tolbert, WR Benjamin/Brown/rotation, LT Michael Oher, LG Andrew Norwell, C Ryan Kalil, RG Trai Turner, RT Mike Remmers Defense — DE Charles Johnson, DT Star Lotulelei, DT Kawann Short, DE Frank Alexander (rotation), SLB Thomas Davis, MLB Luke Kuechly, WLB A.J. Klein, CB Josh Norman, CB Charles Tillman, NCB Colin Jones, SS Roman Harper, FS Tre Boston

There was a tweet that the crowd was 18,200+ a new record.

YES. THIS. It is so nice to be able to respect so many of our guys as people & dads, not just as great players. Cam's media event yesterday was a joy to watch, not just because of his joy & humor, but also that poignant moment when he spoke of what he wants people to know about him, that he loves life, and how he wears the hospital bracelet to remind him to be thankful every day. I think of how the whole team so openly supported Greg last year during TJ's surgery, and Greg in turn making sure Peanut could connect with the pediatric heart specialists who could help follow up his daughter who had a heart transplant a few years ago... TD and his work with kids.... and the comments yesterday by Michael Oher about how much the letters he gets from adopted kids mean to him. and those pix of Kalil and others with the kids last night were just awesome... Makes me SO proud to be a Panther fan.

Re: your "team on a mission comment" - I think the back to back NFC South wins and taste of the playoffs, esp. a playoff victory, has helped breed that. They've tasted success & want MORE. Also, having a huge number of returning starters this year breeds continuity. This is a team where the core know & trust one another, again critical to a cohesive & strong identity.

Is Coleman doing the "Peanut Punch?" Glad Ginn's still got speed. WR, gotta think that at the moment, Cotchery & Bersin are just about locks, especially if it takes Funchess a bit of time to adjust to NFL-level play. Personally, I'd be glad to see Bersin make good. It's fun having a local guy on the team. Byrd excites me, just can't see how he can get a spot on the 53 this year.

Here's that Oher interview I referenced in my above comment. http://www.panthers.com/news/article-2/Oher-focused-on-working-hard-fitting-in-up-front/39faa843-aee1-4795-a55b-de2f2477a3f6

This is a good thread. I've been thinking about the OLine situation this year compared to last year. On another site I was reading discussion of Oher and the OT situation and there was the usual type of stuff: "God I hope there are some roster cuts and we can pick up someone better" "I trust GMan to find an adequate backup. Someone will cut one as Training Camp and the Preseason wind down." "But we said that LAST YEAR and look how THAT turned out" But I think we are already in a FAR better place with the OLine this year than last year for a couple of reasons: 1) 1st & most importantly, we've got our starting line up, and they've got time to gel. We know who our starting 5 are. Oher, Norwell, Kalil, Turner, Remmers. Whatever rotation is going to be tried, it will be among the backups, not the starters. This is huge. I forget how many weeks it was before we knew who would start on the OLine last year. It was constant juggling around in the preseason & during the season. Oher mentioned something in an interview yesterday about not being comfortable with all the individual attention on him, that for the OLine guys, it's all about the line as a group and working together. This year our line has time to learn how to do that. 2) Oher > Bell. All I've seen so far seems to make that clear. 3) We're not remaking three position groups, that gives the coaches a chance to focus more on Oline. G'man talked about the challenge last year of remaking 3 entire position groups: Oline, WRs. DB. I think that stretches the staff. They can't just focus on one position of need, they've got lots of fires to fight. Right now, we are pretty dang solid on almost all positions except OT. Figuring out a plan to get us greater depth on OT can become G'man's highest focus. Sure, we're pretty dangerously thin on OT. In the wake of the Martin mess, I'm not happy to be relying on Chandler or Amini as backup... but last year they were being tried out to START. And yes, our OLine backup depth is a bit weak across the board, though D. Williams shows promise. BUT HAVING AN OBVIOUS STARTING 5 FROM DAY 1 OF TC IS HUGE. I predict it will make a world of difference to the line's play this year. And 4/5ths of that starting line up played together and played pretty well in the stretch run last season. We've got something to work with here.