Rookie Camp Recap: Ron's thoughts on DE's

[cam1uvrxoxo]

Calling Addison one of the best situational pass rushers is a bit of a stretch.  I think Kony will have a lot of weight in his shoulders, I hope he can take it.

[ColumbusCounty]

If only Addison could excel against the run....we'd have something REALLY good incoming. Let's say Mario added CJ's run stopping ability to his skill set...he would be an everydown DE and with a little added weight hands down the best one of the bunch. Dude has some wheels on him. 

[MHS831]

5 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

Ron has "his guys", that much has been proven since his first year here.  Some guys get free passes for life, some get into a "dog house" and have to claw their way out no matter how much better they are.  It's Ron's greatest flaw as a coach and it annoys the poo out of me.  Horton is the worst example of it, and Addison is a lesser one. 

Here is to hoping Miley (I like his length better than Cox/s at RDE) steps up. 

[MHS831]

Funny, but think where we would have been had CJ not come back for much less money than he would have received elsewhere. Remember when Ron and Dave went to Johnson's mother's funereal?  I wonder if something like that played a role.

[Gin and Juice]

Larry Webster

[TheNewStandard]

47 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Funny, but think where we would have been had CJ not come back for much less money than he would have received elsewhere. Remember when Ron and Dave went to Johnson's mother's funereal?  I wonder if something like that played a role.

CJ is one of the few Panthers with their own personal skyboxes for their families.

CJ has a unique relationship with JR and the Panthers. 

Delaire, Addison and Ealy are all very solid in what they do and we're still waiting to see how much they can all develop and this may be the year where we get to see them shine. 

Just looking at our interior D, it's easy to be optimistic about what kind of pressure our younger DEs can put on opposing QB's. It certainly should be a huge relief to our young secondary if we can get pressure and stop the run.

im still waiting for a vet-pickup at safety really soon.

[KB_fan]

6 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Don't be surprised if we extend Addison soon. He's in his last year and he's only 28 years old.

Addison got pretty high marks last season.  Because he's only in for a limited number of plays, I tend to forget about him, but (for what it's worth) he was ranked our 3rd best DE last season by PFF (#60 overall out of #110) after CJ & Ealy, and Bleacher Report ranked Addison as the BEST of our DEs last season (#13 of their top 40 4-3 DEs)

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2623988-br-nfl-1000-ranking-the-top-40-4-3-defensive-ends-from-2015

[Jackofalltrades]

As much as I like to hear this I also remember Ron heaping praise on the OT's prior to the 2014 season. 

[caatfan]

"We really liked what we saw ..... He’s explosive; he is quick off the ball, good hand usage."

Hope Cox continues to promote lots of 'like'.

5 minutes ago, 15 said:

And frank Alexander being his camp MVP...

I don't think Frank was graded on his off the field activities.

[Clicheking]

Really looking forward to see how Delaire has progressed. He gets forgotten, when people talk about our second year players, but he played well in spots

And I'm not sure what's up this coaching staff's fascination with Wes Horton. Not sure why he's even here when you combine his lackluster play and suspension.

[KillerKat]

1 hour ago, Clicheking said:

Really looking forward to see how Delaire has progressed. He gets forgotten, when people talk about our second year players, but he played well in spots

And I'm not sure what's up this coaching staff's fascination with Wes Horton. Not sure why he's even here when you combine his lackluster play and suspension.

I also cannot remember another guy in our history that we kept on putting on the 53 man squad that had been cut twice. It's silly. If you don't want him, just get rid of him.

[Kakarot]

13 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Don't be surprised if we extend Addison soon. He's in his last year and he's only 28 years old.

He needs to be given an extension. I really believe he can give you 10 sacks, even with limited playing time. Can probably get him signed to a decent deal now as well if you lock him up now

[O-Ther]

Hope these DEs step up more this year. We really need to find a way to replace Jared Allen's 2 sacks and Dwan Edwards' 1 sack.

They ain't walking back in that door, people. And without them, how are we going to rank #6 in sacks again? 44 sacks was good for #6, but 41 sacks only gets us #11.

And don't get me started on the 115 hurries we had last year, which was #5 in the league. Oh, the humanity

 

[SOJA]

14 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Don't be surprised if we extend Addison soon. He's in his last year and he's only 28 years old.

plus Addison has proven he can excel on pass rushing downs- he's not a 3 down end, but he has an NFL skill and is familiar with our system