Starters at WR not set in stone yet per Reed

[top dawg]

At this point,  I don't know whether Ron Rivera is blowing smoke, or being real,  but Yahoo Sports (per Steve Reed of the Associated Press) is reporting that our wide receiving corps is still "in flux", so much so that even Corey Brown is playing.

"Normally Rivera rests his starters for the final preseason game, but said Brown and a few others will play Thursday night at Pittsburgh because they have something to prove with roster cuts coming."

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/panthers-wide-receiver-position-remains-state-flux-193221189--nfl.html

Perhaps the coach-speak has finally been put on hold with all the dropped passes against the Pats and Monday's practice. Maybe Gettleman has FINALLY lit a fire up under Rivera's tail and brought back some common sense to the situation.  I hope so anyway.  "Competition" is not supposed to be a rhetorical phrase. 

[davos]

Cool.  The 4th preseason game is officially still a test run for the entire WR group top-down.  (Ginn will be near the top of it though...yikes) 

[top dawg]

I doubt Ginn plays. He is the best thing going right now. Plus,  he's had a great month. 

[panthers55]

At this point,  I don't know whether Ron Rivera is blowing smoke, or being real,  but Yahoo Sports (per Steve Reed of the Associated Press) is reporting that our wide receiving corps is still "in flux", so much so that even Corey Brown is playing.

"Normally Rivera rests his starters for the final preseason game, but said Brown and a few others will play Thursday night at Pittsburgh because they have something to prove with roster cuts coming."

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/panthers-wide-receiver-position-remains-state-flux-193221189--nfl.html

Perhaps the coach-speak has finally been put on hold with all the dropped passes against the Pats and Monday's practice. Maybe Gettleman has FINALLY lit a fire up under Rivera's tail and brought back some common sense to the situation.  I hope so anyway.  "Competition" is not supposed to be a rhetorical phrase. 

I love how any good idea has to be due to Gettleman talking some sense into Rivera and any bad one Is Rivera's alone. Huddle fan speak.

[Daddy_Uncle]

At the end of the day, it's about guys catching balls and getting us first downs. It's what they've done their entire lives to  get themselves to the NFL. They don't have to be stars, just steady pass catchers that help move the ball down the field. Olsen will be our leading pass catcher. Everyone else just needs to catch when thrown to. It's as simple as that.

[GRWatcher]

I should hope not. No clear choices stand out except Ginn who will make the team just for ST. Looking forward to the 4th preseason game like never before. :)

[Daddy_Uncle]

I love how any good idea has to be due to Gettleman talking some sense into Rivera and any bad one Is Rivera's alone. Huddle fan speak.

I've learned over the many year I've been on here, that a lot of the fans aren't very bright. Not to be mean, just saying. But that goes with any fan base of any team

[SIGCHI222]

I want Rivera to have a pre-game, media-captured comeapart against Shlittsburg, with multiple camera angles, screaming at the the top of his lungs at the WR corps while bearing his third nipple, "AIN'T NONE OF YOU MOTHERFUGGERS MADE THIS TEAM YET!!  KICK ASS OR GET THE FUG OFF MY FIELD!!!!"

 

Then Hannah Storm can look back at the camera and mouth, "Oh my God!".

[top dawg]

I love how any good idea has to be due to Gettleman talking some sense into Rivera and any bad one Is Rivera's alone. Huddle fan speak.

After seeing Rivera's apparent unwillingness to get someone else in the game last Friday and sit Brown down,  he gets no benefit of the doubt from me.  And I have been one of his staunchest supporters. 

[top dawg]

I've learned over the many year I've been on here, that a lot of the fans aren't very bright. Not to be mean, just saying. But that goes with any fan base of any team

You're right.  Some of y'all ain't that bright.  Not trying to be mean. 

[panthers55]

After seeing Rivera's apparent unwillingness to get someone else in the game last Friday and sit Brown down,  he gets no benefit of the doubt from me.  And I have been one of his staunchest supporters. 

brown was in there to see what he could. That is the whole point of the preseason. He came in late to boost his confidence after stinking up the joint in the first half. The bigger question is why Boykin hasn't played more. Sure he is inconsistent in practice but then again so was Delhomme and countless others who are gamers not practice warriors. I think given how bad Brown has sucked after looking much better last year they are giving him every chance to show he has improved versus going through a sophomore slump.

[top dawg]

brown was in there to see what he could. That is the whole point of the preseason. He came in late to boost his confidence after stinking up the joint. The bigger question is why Boykin hasn't played more. Sure he is inconsistent in practice but then again so was Delhomme and countless others who are gamers not practice warriors. I think given how bad Brown has sucked after looking much better last year they are giving him every chance to show he has improved versus going through a sophomore slump.

That's all fine and good and one way to handle it,  but it doesn't necessarily speak to honest competition.  Brown stunk up the joint and probably cost others an opportunity to get some playing time in to show what they can do. At the end of the day, he is playing Thursday, as well he should be. He still has something to prove, the same as the others vying for a roster spot. 

[Jangler]

It starting to sound like we need to find receivers. who aren't pussies and will catch the ball. Favre never seemed to have a problem finding wrs that would catch his hard balls....

[davos]

brown was in there to see what he could. That is the whole point of the preseason. He came in late to boost his confidence after stinking up the joint in the first half. The bigger question is why Boykin hasn't played more. Sure he is inconsistent in practice but then again so was Delhomme and countless others who are gamers not practice warriors. I think given how bad Brown has sucked after looking much better last year they are giving him every chance to show he has improved versus going through a sophomore slump.

The thing for me is knowing him, he's super passionate about the game and a hard worker so it's nothing mental.  Also, he knows how to move around when a play breaks down or is extended having playing with Tyrod and Logan.  I personally don't get it.