Short was big in '18 when game was on the line

[top dawg]

Sure, Short came up short by many accounts based upon his play vs. his pay in 2018. There have even been suggestions that he be dumped. Notwithstanding that he is still a top DT in the league, according to PFF (via Panthers Wire of USA Today) he is still a stud in clutch time.

 

"Short also seems to bring his game up to another level when it’s crunch time. According to Pro Football Focus, he graded out as one of the best players in the league in the fourth quarter of one-score games.

"Short was one of two interior defensive linemen who made their all 2018 Clutch Team along with Aaron Donald of the Rams."

 

“. . . Short was second-best with a rate of 20.8%, which is impressive in its own right, and he was a stopper in the run game, as well: his run-defense grade of 90.4 ranked second behind only Jurrell Casey.”

https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/2019/05/31/panthers-kawann-short-pro-football-focus-clutch-gerald-mccoy/?utm_source=smg&utm_medium=wasabi&utm_content=recirc-manual-related

 

That's what a top five player at his position should do.

Just imagine if McCoy actually does line up next to Short. We will really be rich at the position. K.K. actually did make his pitch.  The guys at USA Today suggested that we'd be so rich at DE that we may have to cut one of two veterans. I hope not, but getting adding McCoy to Short at that cost would be totally worth it in my estimation.

 

[The Huddler]

people need to realize that the whole defense was in a funk last season, kuechly included. 

 

pass rush, the cornerstone of the defense, wasn't there, and we had a bimbo calling plays

 

my money is on Short coming back strong

[Seltzer]

Short/McCoy could be comparable to Suh/Donald last year.  Think of how clean Kuechly will be roaming in the middle to make tackles with those two not letting blockers get to the 2nd level

Let Poe eat up a couple of blockers and let those boys get to QB.  The way to slow Brees down especially is pressure up the gut.

Collapsing the pocket will also obviously allow our speed guys to get home b/c QB's can't step up

[LinvilleGorge]

I hope Short bounces back. I've been very critical of his performance last year, but whatever. That's the past. We all know he can be a very good player.

[Lumps]

‘when the game was on the line’ lol

maybe it’d be less ‘on the line’ if his play was like that regardless

hope he bounces back that’s one hell of an expensive situational player

[bigdog10]

2 minutes ago, Lumps said:

‘when the game was on the line’ lol

maybe it’d be less ‘on the line’ if his play was like that regardless

hope he bounces back that’s one hell of an expensive situational player

Or, you know, maybe his play (and literally everyone on our defense) wouldn’t have been poo had Rivera not promoted his under qualified buddy to call the defense last year. 

[arbnranger]

25 minutes ago, The Huddler said:

people need to realize that the whole defense was in a funk last season, kuechly included. 

 

pass rush, the cornerstone of the defense, wasn't there, and we had a bimbo calling plays

 

my money is on Short coming back strong

100% Agree

[Seltzer]

5 minutes ago, bigdog10 said:

Or, you know, maybe his play (and literally everyone on our defense) wouldn’t have been poo had Rivera not promoted his under qualified buddy to call the defense last year. 

Yeah... there's that too... I know the players and coaches all liked Washington, but it was obvious he was in over his head... I'm a Rivera homer but even I don't think Tepper is going to allow blind loyalty to wreck another season without consequences

[LinvilleGorge]

One thing we can all agree on is that Eric Washington was straight trash at DC. My concern is that he still has that DC title. We all know about Ron and his loyalty. My concern is that if the D gets off to a good start he'll start handing the reins back over to Washington.

[Lumps]

7 minutes ago, bigdog10 said:

Or, you know, maybe his play (and literally everyone on our defense) wouldn’t have been poo had Rivera not promoted his under qualified buddy to call the defense last year. 

Not going to argue with that...I agree. But the article suggest he all of a sudden forgot about his bad coaching when the game was on the line.

But again, I do agree with poo coaching.

And what worries me is that Star gave KK much more ability than people think and that’s a reason as well as this article suggests (created before the 2018 season):

https://www.google.com/amp/s/247sports.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/Article/Kawann-Shorts-contract-named-among-NFLs-most-bloated-119919596/Amp/

But maybe he’ll adjust and bounce back, sure hope so.

[The Huddler]

15 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

One thing we can all agree on is that Eric Washington was straight trash at DC. My concern is that he still has that DC title. We all know about Ron and his loyalty. My concern is that if the D gets off to a good start he'll start handing the reins back over to Washington.

im hoping Tepper scared him enough to not let that happen

 

Tepper comes of as friendly, but low key could torture someone in a basement. 

[Toomers]

29 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

One thing we can all agree on is that Eric Washington was straight trash at DC. My concern is that he still has that DC title. We all know about Ron and his loyalty. My concern is that if the D gets off to a good start he'll start handing the reins back over to Washington.

  I don’t think he will go back to letting Washington call anything. But I also couldn’t imagine a NFL HC letting last years debacle go as long as he did. And it started before the Steeler game. 

[Toomers]

Just now, stbugs said:

It started when we were up 35-7 on Tampa and they had 3 straight 65 yard TD drives and looked like we couldn’t stop a fly.

So many coverages in the NYG game, and whatever we were in at Philly when Alshon gets deep on the first play after we take the lead. I have no idea what the thought process was on that play. How do you not have either safety deep in that situation, especially when your CBs are 8-10 yds off and have outside leverage. With no help. And we saw the result. That’s pure incompetence, 

[top dawg]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

One thing we can all agree on is that Eric Washington was straight trash at DC. My concern is that he still has that DC title. We all know about Ron and his loyalty. My concern is that if the D gets off to a good start he'll start handing the reins back over to Washington.

He'll do that if he wants to ride his buddies in the HOV lane to Firedville.