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Gore had a pretty good preseason. Issue was he was in Buffalo and they spent a draft pick on a RB this year. No way for Gore to really make the roster over the drafted rookie pending something crazy. I think his stock probably has climbed post Buffalo picking him up

and is Tremble still hurt? That means all it takes is 1 tweak and you can't run 2 TE sets.

Time to go, but he is flat out a better WR than the last couple guys we kept IMO. I think they should of kept Matthews and cut one of the other WRs.

Panthers knew it when they drafted him. Return to field time was talked about at length when we drafted him. People didn't want to here the numbers. He would be different.

yep, I don't think you should extend really any RB. Maybe a rare exception here or there. Just draft them mid to late every year and build your committee like that.

It's a contract year for Hubbard. He ran well last year. He likely gets the majority this year. We would be too likely to overpay to keep him. We should just steadily draft RBs in the draft. And people are defaulting Brooks into a #1 featured RB. Which you can't. Lot of sure fire RBs haven't panned out.

I actually like the way XL runs vs Sanders as of right now. QB School's breakdown of BY I think brings Sanders back to down to reality.

seems like just last year we paid a RB top 10 guaranteed money (at the time)....and that nobody instantly became a backup lol watch the Panthers end up doing what they always do....continue to botch this backfield by extending Hubbard too lol

I think Mingo and XL should take some reps in the slot. AT shouldn't own that space. Maybe let AT largely own 3rd down or something to start off the year. But I think they should mix in guy there on early downs. We should be developing WRs.

I don't know, he didn't seem slow to me. Big dude. Lot of zone out there. Think sometimes finding those holes isn't the best pure speed looks. Think once off the line he is fine. On the drop, got to think someone ran the wrong route. Jordan Matthews and his defender almost looked to be running into the general spot.

and I sort of agree on that sack play, the LG did do Icky a little dirty. He was lined up inside of Icky and the LG bailed to help the C who didn’t really need it. Maybe that’s the call and the D just had the right play called

His breakdown sorta brings the rookie TE down back to Earth a little.

So, I listened. I mean he is right on that AT play. He essentially clogs it all up. Mingo too quick running that little design with AT. Theilen was slow and couldn’t do his part on it.

I haven’t listen yet. But the entire NFL said AT was no longer a starting WR….he is now a role player. We chose to make the # 1 fixture in our last year and he enters as 1b this year. so, JT pretty much views him like the rest of the NFL.

He wasn’t actually good. He had volume. He was the best of a bad group. But overall, his production was meh…and he limits the ceiling of the O given he occupies Bryce’s go to spots/routes. we need him on the team because we got no leadership. But they need to reallocate the slot the slot reps. Need to work the young guys into it some IMO

I mean, he pretty much is here in Carolina because he is slow and really shouldn’t be a fixuture in an O anymore. YAC per route was actually up for him last year Thielen really should be 2003 Proehl

maybe a spot on the practice squad

Do you know the setup on the sack?

32 teams didn’t even scout Bryce and look at him. No way to know what they actually thought of him. It would be pointless to for some teams to invest any time and energy into Bryce and Stroud

Way too much hate on XL….not enough of a critical eye on the Panthers front office/staff for example take another we considered/wanted around here. Who also had a really rough camp. Xavier Worthy - 1 preseason game 6 targets, 3 catches, 62 rec yards, rec TD, 1 rush attempt 11 rushing yards. Sounds great! What the real difference? The org and plan for their young WR. Worthy was getting work with Patrick Mahomes. They made sure they worked him into the starting O and got him touches. He had 2 catches and a rush attempt with the starting O on their first drive. It’s by design to get him involved and work on his growth. That’s scripted and by design. And when Mahomes sat and he logged his last catch? It was still a Super Bowl QB throwing to him. XL had one target from Jack Plummer. An undrafted rookie that shouldn’t have even seen the reps he got. Biggest difference in the two players IMO is the players. It’s the organizations. Canales should have gotten him actual opportunities. That’s on the coach IMO.

I’d wager, the general thought process by most should largely hold true to open the season. D probably will look better than the O. Saints have seen Bryce twice. They have a good understanding of some basics about him. Load up to stop Hubbard. Bryce likes the short stuff. Sit on the pass game. Game plan to make Bryce beat you with the throws he hasn’t proven to be consistent with.

No, but…. Tremble -hurt Matthews - a converting WR Sanders - rookie who has never seen a legit NFL snap yet So in terms of pass pro/run blocking…Ian Thomas is the best option for week 1 in many aspects.

Dude literally got 1 total target all preseason by a horrible QB. our offensive rookies essentially got zero work this preseason. Sanders is the superstar of the bunch and got a grand total of 3 targets. That’s light opportunity for our offensive rookies. Injuries obviously part of the math but dang…really disappointing from a fan perspective. Brooks on the shelf obviously. Normally that’s the funnest part

devils advocate Put pass catching aside for a minute. We have 1 healthy TE on the roster that we know can do a base level of blocking for Bryce Young week 1. Ian Thomas.

Dave has to tie to Tremble though. Was hurt all preseason….and unlike the rest cutting him clear some real cap space vs the rest.