Still working with 'Rudys'

[Mr. Scot]

You have to develop your own talent to have sustainable success in this league, so the only real question is how much time you give a guy to develop before your cut your losses and move on.

Definitely.

[Servant of Cthululelei]

Ron needs to learn that Rudy never saw the field except for one play in one game.

Hell, in real life, Ruettiger jumped off-sides and was immediately yanked before he could do any more damage. I hate how fake Hollywood is.

 

That is not correct.  Rudy played for 3 plays and did record a sack.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Ruettiger

[Khaki Lackey]

That is not correct.  Rudy played for 3 plays and did record a sack.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Ruettiger

Yeah..I was just kidding. I had no idea it was any different from the movie. lol

[Mr. Scot]

Yeah..I was just kidding. I had no idea it was any different from the movie. lol

 

http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/rudy.php

 

A comparison of the movie to real life accounts.

 

[Panthers8969]

Lol. From what I saw,Captain was horrible against the Falcons. I think he blew up one coverage for a TD and had a missed tackle that went for a TD

Wow a cb missed a tackle in the one game you watched last yr? He must be absolutely horrible!

[Carolina Cajun]

The season is not lost yet, but the Panthers better hope their 2014 'Rudy's' start getting it together.  So far, the 2013 secondary looked better than the 2014 secondary.  The Panthers have 4-new starters in the secondary after having the #2 defense last year. You have to believe that is one reason why Luke has not looked 'like Luke' the past 2-games.  He is probably over-compensating.  While their coverage skills were suspect, both Mitchell & Captain were under-rated as tacklers & run support. 

 

However, the Panthers biggest oversight is still the O-Line.  They must have completely been surprised by Jordan Gross retirement but I don't see how they could have.  I also think they undervalued the Gross/Wharton combination on the left side of the line. 

 

Let's hope the secondary, and the o-line start 'gelling' real fast. 

 

I don't believe that Luke hasn't looked like Luke because of the DB's, I think it has more to do with the Dline play.  Our Defensive Backfield wasn't very good last year, but it didn't need to be because the strength of our team was our front 7 who got pressure constantly.  As much as I hate to admit it, we miss Hardy terribly because CJ has not taken back the role of the major disruptive force on the line and Cole has been getting pushed around like he's not there.  Because of that, Luke isn't free to roam sideline to sideline.  CJ HAS to step up or our defense is sunk.  He is the key to our defense getting turned around.