Gary Barnridge on 1st team

[dpanthersman]

i was just listening to the Frank and Buck show on wfnz and they had steve reed on doing a training camp report. one of the more interesting things he mentioned is gary barnridge(sp) has passed jeff king on the depth chart. idk if this is nothing more than something there trying in camp, but im glad to hear hes stepping up. i think gary can give us a much better receiving threat than king

sry if this has been posted already

[scpanther22]

its just a camp thing i dont think he has passed him on the depth chart yet

[Captroop]

On second-year tight end Gary Barnidge working with the first team: He's a guy that's had a good camp. We like to keep competition going. There have been no final decisions to this point, but we try to reward guys who are doing well. It's not where you start the race, it's where you finish. He's had a good camp, he had a good offseason, and we're giving him a chance in there with the ones some.

Hasn't passed him yet. He is being rotated in with the ones.

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[Snake]

I think if Barnidge can be a good blocker then he will pass king. Both of them have good hands but Barnidge can stretch the field and King cant. Also King is a FA next year so you never know what will happen there.

[bleys]

His name is spelled: Barnidge

and good news for him none-the-less... I would love to see a receiving threat as our starter. Let's hope his blocking is good though. Dude is tall and fairly quick..

[Seamonk]

I think King will be retained. Good Blocking TEs that actually want to block with decent hands are harder to find than people think. Anyway, Barnidge will need to block, as much as people keep wanting receiving tight ends, if we can't run the ball with decent blocking, we won't be able to throw the ball well in the event we get away from the run.

[g5jamz]

If Barnidge can produce and match King's blocking skills...then I do believe Cincinnati is in need of some TE help. They lost one to IR...and the other just got concussed. Um...do they have any DTs we could use?

[Mr. Scot]

What the experiment tells me is that Fox is doing some thinking.

Barnidge is more of a receiving threat than King, and might be more consistent than Rosario given the chance. Since the Panthers still love their two TE sets, King would likely still see plenty of time even if Barnidge becomes number one.

Fox may have some concern that the defense is not going to be as stout as hoped, especially with Kemo out. Hence, he could at least be considering the possibility that to win, they might have to be outscore people in a shootout.

So a defensive tackle goes down, anda tight end moves up to take his place.

(sort of) :sosp:

[panthers55]

To put it into perspective, Barnidge, King and Rosario all rotated in this morning. There were times when they had 2 TE sets to one side with King with a hand down and Barnidge next to him in the slot. They both went out for passes, other times they blocked and we ran to that side. Still other times they would line up a receiver to that side as well in a three wide set and would throw a dump pass or screen to Williams or Stewart on the other side of the field. I saw TEs in motion. I saw one play where all three tight ends were in at the same time and it wasn't goal line or short yardage. It did appear to me that Barnidge may be getting more work with the ones than Rosario but not King. As usual King looked very good catching the ball and running afterwards. Like usual he was the one that got the most balls and looked the best. Funny how he seems to disappear once the games actually start.

[Fireball77]

If you see Mike Martz hovering around the sidelines at TC, be very afraid!!!!!

I don't mind that he is thinking of other ways, but I sure hope that it won't have to be that way because it doesn't win championships. The O could be every bit as good as it was in the latter half of last year...even BETTER...and it won't matter if the D is like it was then also.

[Vagrant]

People still shock me a bit with how quickly they are to dismiss Jeff King. He is a consummate TE for this team. He is an above average blocker and an average pass catching target. That is the formula with Carolina.

We already had a receiving TE on the roster in Jermaine Wiggins and you saw how we utilized him. Hardly at all. This offense isn't built to accentuate a TE. King will be starting at TE for the first game of the season, no doubt in my mind.

Barnidge is kind of the middle man between King and Rosario. Rosario is the hybrid h-back kind of TE that runs routes, gets the YAC, and can make catches all over the field but he lacks sorely in blocking.

King is a straight line route runner and only reliable in dump passes and getting as much yards as he can before the defense reaches him. However, his blocking prowess is tremendous at the second level and he helps us big time on the ground.

Barnidge is a deep threat type receiving TE with average blocking and potentially above average pass catching, but still not to the level of Rosario. He represents the middle.

[Jase]

put him in @ DT!

[Delhommey]

I see him and Charles Johnson doing more than expected this year.

[Badbak]

King signed an autograph for my grand daughter after practice the other day. It was the 1st time I had ever been up close to him and I was surprised that he isn't bigger than he is. I've heard that he was 6'4" to 6'6" but I hate to burst people's bubble but I was at least as tall if not slightly taller and I only claim 6'3".