Panthers Talk With Ron Rivera

[KendrickPanther]

Ron Rivera did his first post game radio show of the season. He said a lot of things I found to be very interesting and Roman Harper had some interesting things to say as well. I don't have a ton of time so I will try to highlight some points. I highly recommend listening to the podcast as you grind through Tuesday. It's about 40 minutes long.

 

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Ron:

-Pleased with young players in training camp. Pleased with development of offensive line.

 

-Disappointed with sloppy 4th quarter

 

-Expects 11 catches from Wide Recievers and he got them

 

-Reiterates sack was Derek Anderson's mistake

 

-Praises Kalil for leading the new O Line and helping them gel

 

-Feels good about the depth at O Line

 

-Running game helps the Tight Ends make catches

 

-It was very difficult telling Cam he was out. Cam did not agree and the conversation was long. Ron sat him for selfish reasons, he wants Cam to help him win the marathon.

 

-Talks in detail about things Kelvin can improve on. It;s a mouthful about route running, worth listening to.

 

-Panthers wanted to draft Philly but liked other guys more. They kept expecting him to get drafted. After the draft they got on the phone and recruited him. So Philly comes to Camp and he was the guy they saw on tape. Explosive, dynamic, return ability, fearless, can play gunner. Trying to find a role for him on offense.

 

-Jordan Gross talks about how the expectation is to win. Matsko (as told by Ron) talks about all the room for improvement. The Panthers are measuring themselves to a different standard. Last year they wanted to be relevant, now they want to stay relevant and be the team that everyone measures themselves against. The only way to do that is not accept mediocrity. 

 

-Talks about in the past they would have lost that game but they didn't panic. They have to hammer it out.

 

 

Roman Harper

 

-Hates the Falcons

 

-Says he brings calmness, leadership, physical play, be in the right spots, smart, and consistent. 

 

-He did not realize the athletic things our defensive line can do in coverage

 

-Charles Johnson helped him get that interception

 

-Defense is nothing like the one he played in last year. New Orleans always blitzed and always played man to man. Panthers play more zone, less blitzes. More variety in coverages, not just cover 2.

 

-Loves that the Panthers offense slows the game down. Saints are like a fast break.

 

-Talks in depth about baiting the Running Back into his gap. Interesting stuff to listen to. 

 

-Jordan starts talking about Roman hitting Steve. Roman is not sorry, thinks it helped kick up the rivalry.

 

-Talks about the interception in detail. Shocked that McCown threw it after fumbling

 

-Talks about playing too soft with the lead. Left plays on the field

 

-Decoud broke down McCown's tendencies for the defense

 

-Talks about the atmosphere in the locker room. Lot's of characters. Roman was nervous coming into a new locker room.

 

-Can't wait to beat Saints in the Superdome

 

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The one thought I had after listening to this is we brought in Decoud and Harper from our division rivals. They have information on the three division rivals from the perspective of the enemy. It's great for comparing notes. It's great for self scouting. It's great for knowing tendencies and personalities. I can just see those two guys talking to Luke and Thomas in detail with new information and perspective.

 

They can also go to Cam and say "we saw you doing this on tape and we used it against you last year".

 

 

 

[SCP]

Good stuff

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Matt Ryan wears braided belts.

[cbully]

nice

[Louie]

Sweet!

[caatfan]

Disappointed with sloppy 4th quarter.

 

Me too. I was looking for a shutout once it was 17-0.

 

The Panthers are measuring themselves to a different standard.

 

They looked like a team that expects to win and get further than one game into the playoffs.

[Daeavorn]

I am really surprised at how much I like Roman Harpers personality. He seems like the kind of guy we need at safety. 

[KendrickPanther]

Yeah Roman Harper comes off as very intelligent and confident. I was expecting him to be a bum based on his 2012 and 2013 campaigns. But he pointed out the Panthers scheme is a better fit for him and the slow pace is a better fit for him. Maybe this is one of those Gettlemagic situations where we put a guy in a position to succeed. He only played 19 snaps coming off injury and with the Bucs in pass only mode. He did make some nice stuffs and an interception. I feel better about him as a player than I did 2 weeks ago.