Martin

This was great, he’s raving about Young and his anticipation in general. How do you think he feels about Thielen?

I remember 3 years ago (?) when Andrew Thomas was a bust LT for the Giants. And now he is one of the best in the league…

So one if the most sought after defensive coordinators in the NFL says his preferred player type at the NT/DT position is not McCall. They really gave him a shot, but he couldn’t do what they wanted. So now half of the Huddle says he is wrong and he will regret it. That sounds about right and not surprising at all.

I think he just got a concussion yesterday, so he’s been good to go the whole time. But he has looked a bit off during the preseason games.

Are you saying we used training camp and preseason to figure out whom our best players are in our new system. Crazy talk I tell you.

Same here. Love the idea of him as a player. But I saw nothing from him in the preseason.

Not saying it is the case, but players in a brand new system a lot of time think instead of react, which slows them down. Once they know it by heart they can just react.

You stating that the game drove you to drink is not the same thing as having a few drinks and watching a game. Drinking to cope with emotions is never a good thing. I think a few people were genuinely concerned.

I did the same after saying we should have taken Neal who struggled at RT all of last year for the Giants. I could have seen an argument for Cross, but Neal…

Yeah I don’t think people are very fond of condescending “I know better than you” type posts in general.

I didn’t watch the game, only saw the 3-3 score at halftime. Did the Falcons look great despite that putrid score?

All fair points. I just think most teams are thin in a couple of areas and are one or two injuries away. We are not unique in that. But of course I’d like better depth. Jets as an example are deep on defense but very thin on their o-line.

Just curious, how many teams in the league has the depth to replace all of their star players without regressing? Only a handful in my estimation.

I think the Jets O-line will be what holds them back this year. They are in much worse shape than us. I think we will be ok once the season actually starts. Also, if I remember correctly, we scored in the final 2-minute drills with all starters, and they didn’t. Just throwing it out there.

Saleh is a pure rah rah guy who used to coach a D with the best line in football. He has a lot to prove no doubt.

Good for Moore. But the single pass from Fields to Moore in that game was a screen pass parallel to the los. So it is hard to say anything about their connection at this point.

I disagree. If you can’t motivate players without being an asshole I have no respect for you. You are not a leader.

I’m in the same spot as you. It just feels like there are way too many games where he essentially is a no show. His floor should be much higher at this point.

Sounds like McCall is the favorite to start at NT. Love the front three in this scenario: Brown, McCall, Tuttle. Here is an excerpt from the Observer/Kaye: “…McCall is a perfect fit in the middle of an odd front. And while he was seemingly set to compete with John Pensini and Bravvion Royfor a starting job this summer, those two players were cut less than a week into camp. Now, McCall — who has been practicing with the first-team group throughout training camp — is in the driver’s seat for the top nose tackle job. “I’m just blessed to have that position and have the coaches trust me enough to make me a starting nose (tackle) — it’s just a blessing,” McCall said. “I’m grateful.”…”

It was kind of terrible. But good for him, super brave and it looked like he really enjoyed it.

I’m really intrigued by a DB, McCall, Tuttle front three. I think McCall might grab the NT role.

Here is the link to the awesome Bozeman interview regarding Young and his leadership I alluded to in another thread. He’s essentially blown away. Well worth 5 minutes of your time, so I figured it deserved its own thread: https://www.panthers.com/video/bradley-bozeman-discusses-bryce-young-s-leadership

I agree with the notion “good for him”. I just don’t understand it.

I don’t know why taking up 5 roster spots with a blend of injury prone and mediocre rbs would be better? I prefer one really good one.