Shout-out to Dennis Daley!

[ncstatekwi]

21 minutes ago, Snake said:

He whiffed hard on one sack but so did Turner. 

Yeah I called him out on the Huddle for that poo play!!

[Pejorative Miscreant]

32 minutes ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

I think at this point you have to say Daley has outperformed Little, don't you? Forget what round they were drafted in, strictly by on field performance, isn't it kind of hard to say you feel better with Little as your LT than Daley? And that's not a knock on Little at all, he's looked good before he got hurt. I just think at this point, how can you not say LT is Daley's job to lose?

In fairness one has been concusses and the other healthy.  Daley has impressed for sure and  he has had an opportunity to perform. Little hasn’t at least not as much.  I’m not ready to compare the two. I just hope Little gets healthy.  

[1of10Charnatives]

3 minutes ago, Pejorative Miscreant said:

In fairness one has been concusses and the other healthy.  Daley has impressed for sure and  he has had an opportunity to perform. Little hasn’t at least not as much.  I’m not ready to compare the two. I just hope Little gets healthy.  

I know that Little has not had a great deal of time to show what he can do, and what time he has had has looked promising. I'm just saying that if these two players weren't rookies and people didn't have their recent draft position heavily on their mind, I don't think there's much doubt that Daley would be regarded as the starter for now going forward, even if Little were ready to play next week. I hope he gets back soon as well because they both look like they can contribute and we need improvement on the OL period. 

It's just a fact that guys who know they aren't getting replaced because there aren't quality players to replace them with tend not to play as hard or well as guys looking over their shoulder, so even if Little isn't starting, if he's healthy, he should push the guys who are out there to play better.

[onmyown]

1 hour ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

I think at this point you have to say Daley has outperformed Little, don't you? Forget what round they were drafted in, strictly by on field performance, isn't it kind of hard to say you feel better with Little as your LT than Daley? And that's not a knock on Little at all, he's looked good before he got hurt. I just think at this point, how can you not say LT is Daley's job to lose?

I’d agree - slightly.

However Little’s ceiling is higher by prospect standards since that’s all we have at this point. 
 

It will be training camp that decides all. However Rivera will make the call who plays and as we all know he isn’t the best at that. I mean Williams was playing LT over Daley and healthy Little at the beginning of the season.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

30 minutes ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

I know that Little has not had a great deal of time to show what he can do, and what time he has had has looked promising. I'm just saying that if these two players weren't rookies and people didn't have their recent draft position heavily on their mind, I don't think there's much doubt that Daley would be regarded as the starter for now going forward, even if Little were ready to play next week. I hope he gets back soon as well because they both look like they can contribute and we need improvement on the OL period. 

It's just a fact that guys who know they aren't getting replaced because there aren't quality players to replace them with tend not to play as hard or well as guys looking over their shoulder, so even if Little isn't starting, if he's healthy, he should push the guys who are out there to play better.

Understand.  Agree that Little will not be anointed the spot over Daley. That would be a mistake.  I just hope Little gets healthy and start to show some of the promise that flashed early and helped make him worthy of the high pick.  Tackle depth is an oxymoron in Carolina. 

[1of10Charnatives]

1 minute ago, Pejorative Miscreant said:

Tackle depth is an oxymoron in Carolina. 

...so far.

Cross your fingers. If we can just catch a break for once, that might change.

[MHS831]

I did not hear Ian Thomas' name called either. 

Seriously, what is up with that?

[Proudiddy]

Looking like the best LT we've had since Gross, by a lot...  and he's only a rookie?  What a steal!

[MHS831]

3 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

Looking like the best LT we've had since Gross, by a lot...  and he's only a rookie?  What a steal!

During the draft, I researched him a bit---was raw, inconsistent and suddenly during his SR year, he got it during the last few games---and had a good game vs. Clemson.  I thought he would be a good late rounder or UDFA, but I had no idea he would be anything more than a fringe reserve/practice squad player.

If he works out, and it is looking positive, we could move Little to G.  Personally, I think Turner is overpaid.  I am fairly impressed with Van Roten, but he will  be 30 next year.  Little may experience fewer concussions inside (because he is a waist bender) than outside.   Just an unproven, unresearched theory

[Krovvy]

18 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

I did not hear Ian Thomas' name called either. 

Seriously, what is up with that?

Manhertz is beloved by Rivera. He also wiffed a block, and got Kyle Allen obliterated on a play today.

[mav1234]

10 minutes ago, Krovvy said:

Manhertz is beloved by Rivera. He also wiffed a block, and got Kyle Allen obliterated on a play today.

when I saw that play developing I was sure it was going to result in a strip sack, heh.

[MHS831]

7 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

when I saw that play developing I was sure it was going to result in a strip sack, heh.

Allen is taking care of the ball better, it seems.

[mav1234]

Just now, MHS831 said:

Allen is taking care of the ball better, it seems.

for sure

[trueblade]

My impression was the Panthers were keeping CMC or a TE in to help pass block on a high percentage of the plays. Maybe some of the guys who study tape can look at it.