Stellar Article by Jourdan Rodrigue

[Burning Bush]

Off Topic, Has anybody heard of a new reality show The Real Side Chicks of Charlotte?

[manu4t]

It is nice to see actual analysis and conclusory writing rather than "any guy off the street can guess" type writing. She has a really bright future somewhere other than ESPN.


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[uncfan888]

2 hours ago, mikeholiday said:

I didn't know you worked in the front office. Thank for sharing this information.  

I hate when people say poo like this. Fans put their heart and money into the team.. They have a right to say "we" when speaking about it

[RoaringRiot]

5 hours ago, uncfan888 said:

I hate when people say poo like this. Fans put their heart and money into the team.. They have a right to say "we" when speaking about it

100%

[Ace_Aladdin]

9 hours ago, mikeholiday said:

I didn't know you worked in the front office. Thank for sharing this information.  

Yea I'm a minority  owner of the team, maybe I shoud go work for the observer. 

 

 

 

[Black&BlueBubba]

She was the beat writer for Penn State. Now the panthers. Two thumbs up.


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[ladypanther]

37 minutes ago, Black&BlueBubba said:

She was the beat writer for Penn State

Bet she is glad to be out of there.  

I too am liking her work. Hope the Observer can keep her for a while.

[Mr. Scot]

20 hours ago, UpstatePanther said:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article154090624.html

also brings a few questions to mind... I've heard that our defense mainly runs a zone scheme in the defensive backfield. Why is this? It seems like good offenses tend to find the holes in a zone scheme fairly well. You would think we would run more man, especially if we're looking to cancel out mismatches. Do you think this changes under Wilks?

What we've run - up to now anyway - is a Jim Johnson zone blitz. It's the same defense the Steelers ran for all those years under Dick LeBeau but from a 4-3 alignment instead of a 3-4.

The rationale behind it is to put less pressure on the secondary. In a typical scheme, blitzing meant the DBs had to go into man coverage. LeBeau found ways to blitz but still play zone. And Johnson figured out how to do it using a 4-3 base.

Essentially, it's a way to bring pressure without putting your corners on an island.

[Ivan The Awesome]

I'm honestly surprised to learn Jourdan is a she. 

[DaveThePanther2008]

She is good.  I like the way she writes and covers the Panthers well.  I am sure she won't be there long.

[Shocker]

Yeah, she is good hope she skicks around the observer needs her.

[trueblue]

She is already head and shoulders better than Jonathan Jones ever was here.

[backINblack28]

Shaq is poised to have a breakout year.  Him and Bradberry were absolutely stellar in the Tampa game and showed their potential.  I remember when we drafted Shaq and literally all of ESPN's talking heads were just like yeah I have no idea who that is or what I'm doing...just goes to show.  Go back and look at that draft and pick the players above him you'd rather have.  It's a fairly short list, and we haven't even seen Thompson become what he's destined to be yet or get an extended opportunity.  We lost the KC game for SURE because he didn't play and they killed us with the types of mismatches and the plays that we drafted Shaq to stop.  It's nice to have a guy that neutralizes that mismatch that your McCaffrey type players are drafted to create...and to have them going against each other in practice.