Gapanthersfan

Too late to edit. here’s some way too premature high praise. Anquan Boldin.

I can see the Cruz similarities. I read a Coker piece where he said that he was getting some 4.4s before the hammy knocked him in the draft. Healthy is key. He said he’s been healthy his entire college career until that point. The offseason couldn’t have come at a better time for him, and he’s going in to it with his most clutch game to date. 118.8 passer rating and a heck of an effort at the goal line. He owned the last drive. Most rookies, and a lot of veterans fumble on that goal line play trying to do too much. Smart guy with strong hands and ball security. That play showed me a lot. He was right there but showed restraint. Intelligent. I want it for Xavier as I genuinely like the dude and his ceiling. Hopefully the wrist surgery fixes the drops. I can’t think of a single true #1 in the league who catches with his body.

Thielen: small school baller. Undrafted Coker: small school baller. Undrafted. Both humble. I can see a really good relationship in the making.

Mark it 6, dude.

They were playing so they could go in to the offseason with a winning record.

Further explaining: Thielen is going to help put the nano coating on a Lambo (Coker). Come on man, I heaped praise on the young man and his obvious God given talent. Please don’t read what’s not there.

Similarly to elite LTs that are giants in pass protection, elite WRs are hands catchers that flat out don’t drop the ball. Not saying all hands catchers are elite, but it is the single most important trait required. Ask Ted Ginn. Rarely does a body catcher transition in to being an elite hands catchers. It does happen, but they always plateau at the ‘adequate’ level. Route running can be taught and tweaked. Agility can be tweaked. Big dudes who can hands catch in traffic and don’t drop the rock, ever? That’s not teachable at this stage in the game. The NFL will always have a place on the roster for those guys. Ask Adam, the best hands catching WR this team has ever seen, and it’s not really close. He is going to earn a lot of $$ in the NFL. What he excels at is not really teachable. How he went undrafted and landed up with us? I have no clue. Nobody who pays attention would be surprised if he quickly becomes the #1 receiver next season and goes over 1,000 yards.

Stud. Even with his injury going in to the draft, how he went undrafted baffles me. 6’1. Solid routes. Decent speed. Gets open. Unreal hands especially in traffic. Undrafted. I see his ceiling being even higher than XL’s. He’s already the more polished WR. It’s so bazar seeing a Panthers rookie WR catching everything in sight. Thielen is going to make this dude in to a cheat code.

Another way of looking at: Bryce was able to win 4 games this season with what will historically be one of the worst NFL defenses of all time. He lost to 3 playoff teams by 1 score. Football is a complementary sport. With an average defense, this probably would have been an 8 or 9 win team. Im not a hugger by any stretch, but to have won any damn games with this defense is a minor miracle.

He all but locked up comeback player of the year today. Here is what has impressed me today the most, and only the most dug in hater can deny. His first NFL start was at the dome. Panthers never win there any damn way, but he looked like he never even belonged in the NFL. He was visibly shell shocked and demoralized. Fast forward to today. His first return to where he played the worst, most embarrassing game, ever, of his football life… and he hangs a 40 burger en route to an OT win. With no Chuba. Hunt. Horn. No defense. How good or not good the falcons are that year literally does. Not. Matter. when the game is in the dome. 2003. 2015. Yup, nope. That’s an L. That’s real strong. Top 10? Way premature, but today was a top 10 QB performance for today’s games.

In Dan I trust.

The Carolina Panthers go in to Atlanta and choke away close games. It’s what they do. They definitely don’t hang up 40 burgers with no turnovers and WIN in OT. today BY walked on to the field where his NFL career first started. A game that looked like he had no business in pro football. He walked off the field today with 5TDs, no interceptions and an overtime win. He converted a 1st and 25 with 1 throw. No jitters. No nerves. This win was sweet, any way you shake it. I’ll continue my like him but I don’t like him stance.

Don’t hate it if it’s on the cheap

He did it to everybody, but every time agent 89 stiff armed one of their dudes to the ground… that brought me much joy.

Of all the teams to recount fond memories, Falcons are few and far between. They are just the team that historically, has the Panthers number. It’s not defeatism, it’s just truth. I was at the 2016 game in ATL when we were riding high, but birds were riding higher. I saw the writing on the wall early. told dude behind me, Julio going off for 300 today against Bene. He laughed… it was a wrap. I saw 2 people with Bene jerseys. Guess they were his folks. Sorry they had to see that. Next game I could muster at the dome, my dumb ass walked out with a little over a minute left because, well, it’s the Panthers in ATL. I’m in the concourse and all of a sudden the whole joint went quiet as a church. I deservedly missed the PJ to DJ bomb in person. 2015, Vic Beasley of all people killed our perfect season… in the dome… and wrote the blueprint Von Miller executed perfectly. 2003, Super Bowl season, Vic levitates… in the dome.. to beat us in OT. The meaningful victories are few and far between. I really hope that changes in the future. I guess when Ryan soiled himself is an oldie but goodie.

Brooks is a 2nd pick that this team Lit on fire. Dude is useless to this team for another year, unfortunately. A second rounder who won’t even play until year 3? I hope they learned from that. Restock RB with 4+ rounders. Big mo fos. An O line of goons will make any bruising back look like like a pro bowler. Just need someone to move the chains.

Fire Wilks! Oh wait. Wrong thread.

Last game showed there is NOBODY under Chuba. Take a flyer at a 5th rounder pounder who can at least move the chains.

Pay him. Please.

Bump for the Charlotte Observer nod.

I started a discussion about this a couple weeks ago. It’s a real issue the Panthers have looming that I hope Dan and company in their crosshairs. This could be another 1st rounder this org lets walk for nothing.

This. Chuba will have 2-3 gashing runs in a row. 10+ yard variety. The defense hasn’t had a chance to change personnel, and then he’ll call 3 low percentage passes in a row. 3rd and 3? Bomb it, son. Ok, now punt. Our defense is tired. In the blink of an eye they’re now down 17 -0 instead of the game being potentially 10-7 had he just continued to do the obvious. Good job being down 3 scores instead of 1. He gets allergic to the run at the worst possible time. He definitely feels himself, frequently. Thielen and Chuba have bailed him out time and time again.

Here’s my ‘WAT?!’ Post. Start of the season, especially after game 2, BY’s only friend was Dalton. At that point BY was nobody’s guy and the team clearly looked ready to move on. Andy had struggles but looked like a perfect bridge QB. Bryce looked comfy on the bench and all was good… until Vegas paid a dude to put a hit on Andy and here we are now. BY was supposed to be unwatchable, but he wasn’t, to everyone’s chagrin. How do you sit him when he was actually LOOKING ‘good.’ The $1,000,000,000 question… is it fools gold again? Would this offense be able to post >100 yards in a game without Chuba and Thielen on the field? I see nothing but 3 and outs, personally. Thielen 3rd down conversion fingertip circus catches. Chuba doing his best Stephen Davis impersonation. When he touches the ball, it’s about to be 2nd and 3. A practice squad QB could make that offense run. To quote my pops, ‘even turkey can fly in a stiff breeze.’ So this last game was an obvious tank. No Hubbard and play calling that never had a chance. They are going to take another swing at QB and have a ‘competition’ in TC and preseason. Bryce has upped his trade bait status greatly, so that’s good, but I don’t think he is their guy going forward. Has Nicole hugged anyone recently?

If I have faith in any move, it’s that Dan the man Morgan will find a defensive coordinator worth a damn. Dan knows defense, scheme and what a good defensive coach is supposed to look like.

Retreads of losing coaches does not = winning.