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Sorry I had to

This. Not enough leverage and too slow

Maybe there is something to this plan to use him like Deebo Samuel in this offense. He’s having a great camp so far.

Did we really need a new thread on this?

Solid signing. We needed a veteran presence opposite of Brian Burns. I still expect him to be rotational but he can hopefully help to stabilize the pass rush

When we trade away so much draft capital, we can’t afford to draft prospects, let alone trade up for them

Just asking. I know he’s a project but there have to be some flashes in camp to show potential. Anything?

Nope not too much

Meanwhile this guy was still available.

Has anyone seen any promising signs from this guy in camp? I still can’t get over that we traded up for him, seems like he is not doing much to justify it.

Well done QB1

Oops sorry

https://theathletic.com/4744064/2023/08/03/panthers-dj-chark-deep-threat/ SPARTANBURG, S.C. — It hasn’t taken long for Carolina Panthers wide receiver DJ Chark to develop timing with rookie quarterback Bryce Young, especially on the deep-throw connections that have become a daily occurrence at Wofford. But Young isn’t the first quarterback with whom Chark quickly built a rapport. That honor belongs to Darrell Chark Sr., whose drill work with his son — which included some creative coaching aids — is paying off nearly 20 years later. Before he was a four-star prospect at Alexandria (La.) High, a starting receiver at LSU or a second-round draft pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Chark was a 7-year-old boy who loved football almost as much as he loved video games. His dad made a deal with him. Before he could get the video game controller in the afternoon, Chark had to spend mornings going through a series of football drills with his father. Darrell Chark would find an old truck tire for his son to push to build strength and would tie ropes together to form an impromptu agility ladder to improve Chark’s quickness. We didn’t really have the finances to go buy all these things,” Chark recalled this week. “So he’d make these things and we’d go out there and do it.” Darrell Chark, who played in high school and later tried out for an adult league in Alexandria, also threw passes to his son. In quick succession, he would loft the ball over Chark’s shoulder on a post pattern before having him change directions and hitting him on a corner route. “So I’d run, catch the post and then have to drop the ball and instantly turn my head around and run and go catch the other one,” Chark said. “Just worked over the shoulder a lot, things like that. So as I got older, I did it so much that it kind of becomes just second nature.” Though Chark missed the start of OTAs while recovering from an offseason foot/ankle surgery, he did catch one deep ball from Young in the spring. That was a precursor to the aerial shows the two have put on in Spartanburg, where the 6-foot-4 Chark has made some sweet catches by leaning back while keeping his hands down until the last second so as not to tip off the defensive back. “We work on it. It’s called late hands,” receivers coach Shawn Jefferson said. “He’s got a knack for those catches. He’s been having a helluva camp.” Donte Jackson, one of those defensive backs, has watched Chark’s contortion act since the two were teammates at LSU. “You can see all the body direction, all the stuff he can do when the ball’s in the air,” Jackson said. “I think that’s gonna be good for us and a young quarterback.” Chark’s talent has never been in question. He posted the fastest 40 time (4.34 seconds) and best vertical jump (40 inches) among all receivers at the 2018 combine. He notched a 1,000-yard receiving season and went to the Pro Bowl in 2019 for a Jaguars team that finished 6-10 with Gardner Minshew and Nick Foles at quarterback. Jefferson, the former NFL wideout whose son Van is a Los Angeles Rams receiver, thinks Chark is among the 10 fastest receivers in the league. The problem for Chark has been staying healthy. He’s never made it through a full season in the NFL and missed 19 of 34 games the past two seasons with the ankle injury that was addressed surgically after the 2022 season. Chark was never 100 percent last year during his only season in Detroit. Still, he posted three games with 94-plus receiving yards in a four-game stretch in December after returning from the injury. One of those came against Carolina on Christmas Eve, when Chark hauled in a 51-yard reception to highlight a season-best, 108-yard receiving day. “I came back and played through the injury, and I played well,” he said. “I didn’t talk to anybody about that. It’s more so something I took on the chin.” Chark knows that many fans and media members have attached the “injury-prone” label on him. But those are not the opinions he values. “I hear it. But at the end of the day what someone says about me or thinks about me doesn’t affect anything because I know what I can do and I know what the guys around me believe,” Chark said. “One thing I always pride myself on is making sure my team knows who I am. If you’re not on this team, then it really don’t matter what you think. Because the guys on this team — same as in Detroit — the guys on that team knew what I brought to the table every day at practice.” Chark’s injury history has cost him money. After signing a one-year, $10 million contract with the Detroit Lions in 2022, Chark accepted another one-year, prove-it deal with Carolina worth $5 million guaranteed. “I don’t feel pressure to prove it to anybody outside of myself. I just feel like it’s time for me to get back on track,” he said. “I know what I am. I know what my talent is. I’ve dealt with some difficult circumstances. But one thing I know about me, I’m gonna keep pushing through.” Jefferson said Chark’s ankle injury was initially misdiagnosed in Detroit and credited the receiver for playing through it. He predicted a clean bill of health for Chark this year. “He’ll be healthy this year, I can assure you that. We’ve been grinding through offseason (and) training camp. And training camp is about getting these guys calloused up,” Jefferson said. “He’s not getting hurt this year. We’re going in with that mindset that he’s not getting hurt. He’ll play a full season this year.” After the Panthers acquired Chark, head coach Frank Reich mentioned Chark’s ability to create “chunk” plays, pointing to his career average of 14.4 yards per catch. That mark would put Chark among the league’s top 10 active receivers in that category if he had enough catches to qualify. Chark's season-by-season totals Regardless, coaches have been pleased with the chemistry Chark and Young have forged. “He’s earned the trust of Bryce,” Jefferson said of Chark. “Any time Bryce sees him out there one-on-one, Bryce is gonna take a chance. He’s earned that right from Bryce.” “It seems like they connect every practice,” Reich added. “You’ve got two really smart players. DJ’s a really smart player, very savvy and instinctive. And then he’s got speed to go with it. And I think Bryce (is) obviously same way. I think that’s looked good. We’re excited about that.” Jackson, the former LSU corner, was equally excited to learn his former college teammate was joining him in Charlotte. Jackson said Chark is among the most fun people he’s played with, and the two have a running argument of who’s faster — and chattier. “You watch his Mic’d Up? He never stops talking. DJ probably talks more than me, for real,” Jackson said. “He’s that fun guy, fun competitor. He’s a guy that you want to go against and you definitely want to beat and you definitely don’t want to lose against.” “I do talk a lot,” Chark conceded. “But I don’t know if anybody talks more than Donte. Donte I think takes the cake.” Jackson and the Panthers would be happy to deal with Chark’s trash talking for the next five months if it means he made it through the season unscathed. Chark would love that as well. But the 26-year-old has no qualms with how he prepares and plays entering his sixth season. “I’m not slacking off at practice. I’m not slacking off in the game. I’m giving my all and I won those guys (in Detroit) over with work ethic. I’m gonna win my teammates here over with work ethic,” he said. “Also be a great guy, a great teammate. But the work comes first.”

Bryce has mastered the art of being confident and humble at the same time. So many have a hard time reconciling these and think you have to be cocky or arrogant to be confident. True leaders know the difference

Not gonna happen. He played for Reich last year and yet he isn’t even getting a visit.

Tepper’s turf strikes again?

There's always one crazy "we may win the superbowl" post in july or august

He said Luvu can come off the edge but more in blitz situations, he is not a natural pass rusher.

Fitt admitted on NFL radio yesterday that lack of premier edge rushers on the opposite side of Burns will be a weakness that Evero and his staff will have to scheme around during the season. It will essentially be pass rush “by committee” (his words) and mentioned how will have to rotate based on scheme and situation. It sounded like he is still open to adding more but that free agents are too expensive and teams put a premium on pass rushers and won’t easily let them go. He talked a lot how much he trusts this coaching staff and Evero to maximize the abilities of this roster

I will take a contract year performance if it helps us win the division and make the playoffs, even if he ultimately signs with someone else for the big payday.

Forget about it, you can only have one big contract per position and Burns deserves one first. We just have to hope that we have found complimentary pass rushers through the draft or free agency cheap vet deals.

Apparently he is really stepping up this camp and may resurrect his career. It would be a welcome surprise if he can live up to his potential in this new defense under Evero.

Keep doing you man, but you’re missed

That was weird, maybe that it’s soft or whatever. I would have taken more offense at him calling Dalton the starter lol