Phillips to Get Start At WLB Sunday, In Place of J. Williams

[mav1234]

Could have had Curry in here, but noooooo, Rivera felt good at linebacker. We could have had Carlos Rogers at corner, but nooooo, Rivera felt good at corner. I've just about had it with this coaching staff already. It seems like every other rookie head coach is having good success except ours. And when we miss opportunities in getting guys that will help us, it's not hard to see why we are failing.

where did we hear it was rivera's call on these guys? not saying it wasn't just curious.

WOW...

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/rapid-reports/post/15765383

So, that 4.6 40 yard dash clearly doesn't translate to on the field. Just goes to show what a joke those measurables are and have little to do with playing football. Beason ran a 4.7+ at his pro day IIRC, and looks like a 4.4 on the field, lol.

thats because it doesnt matter how fugging fast you can run if it takes you forever to figure out where you should be running to.

[mav1234]

So is this "the sky is falling" or is it "going to the playoffs" post. Because I get really confused around here sometimes.

that depends on how well Phillips plays this weekend. We're not eliminated yet there's still hope! but OH GOD we're helpless without Beason!

[scarface]

Could have had Curry in here, but noooooo, Rivera felt good at linebacker. We could have had Carlos Rogers at corner, but nooooo, Rivera felt good at corner. I've just about had it with this coaching staff already. It seems like every other rookie head coach is having good success except ours. And when we miss opportunities in getting guys that will help us, it's not hard to see why we are failing.

[footballisasport]

man they are literally bringing dudes in off the street it's that bad

LMAO...Maybe if one of u guys can play defense, u may have a job on the Panthers' roster..

[footballisasport]

Are you kidding??? 75% of our roster is full of "no-names" and under-the-radar players!

The reason Phillips didn't get much playing time in Baltimore is for one simple reason...he had to play behind Ray Lewis and Terrell Suggs. None of our LBs that are active right now could earn a starting position over either of those guys and Phillips was #2 behind Ray. It was obvious from that goal line stop on Michael Turner that this kid can play and he can make the big tackles. Sure, he made a mistake and bit on that play action that resulted in a touchdown. But I'm pretty sure everybody on this forum will agree that many more crucial mistake have been made this season, i.e. Cam's 3 INTs last week. Jason Williams showed us nothing last week and, with Phillips, we at least saw he can stop the run and I'm sure he won't make the same mistake twice.

It really gets frustrating to see guys on here and start hating on a player because his name doesn't have that marquee look. Like I said when we first signed this kid, lets give him the benefit of the doubt and see how he does, cause fellas, it really can't get any worse than where it is right now. Any type of change has the potential to be good.

so Cam's 3 ints, which 2 were actually the receiver's fault but let's not put blame where they belong because it's Cam we're talking about, were more crucial than the Panther's defense allowing teams to run all over them? Wow...Last season all the receiver's mistakes were Clausen's fault. This season, they are all Cam's. U folks really do hate ur QBs, don't u?

[Davidson Deac II]

so Cam's 3 ints, which 2 were actually the receiver's fault but let's not put blame where they belong because it's Cam we're talking about, were more crucial than the Panther's defense allowing teams to run all over them? Wow...Last season all the receiver's mistakes were Clausen's fault. This season, they are all Cam's. U folks really do hate ur QBs, don't u?

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None of Cam's int's were the receivers fault. Thats ludicrous. One was a end of game desperation throw, one was a tipped ball, and one was a horrible throw on Cam's part.

[mav1234]

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None of Cam's int's were the receivers fault. Thats ludicrous. One was a end of game desperation throw, one was a tipped ball, and one was a horrible throw on Cam's part.

I'm pretty sure they were all Naanee's fault, sorry.

[pantherclaw]

The Panthers defense has had a different starting lineup every week.

And it continues.

[Marguide]

preseason he was nice, hasn't made a lot of noise since

He sealed our only win of the year with a tipped pass on the last play.

It wasn't exactly a pick 6 for 85 yards, but with our defense, we have to savor the small victories.

[vorbis]

Jason Williams looked so bad against the Falcons that I don't think it mattered who his backup was, that guy was going to start after that game. At least with Phillips, he hasn't shown the entire league as many ways to suck as #54.

[jtnc]

What's the status of Omar?

[mav1234]

What's the status of Omar?

Reed per rotoworld said out 2-4 weeks on the 9th, thinking his return would come after our bye I guess, but maybe if he is doing well he could get back before it? Haven't heard any updates.

[PhillyB]

i like the guy, he's about as close to a playmaker as we have aside from anderson.

[TheConMan]

so Cam's 3 ints, which 2 were actually the receiver's fault but let's not put blame where they belong because it's Cam we're talking about, were more crucial than the Panther's defense allowing teams to run all over them? Wow...Last season all the receiver's mistakes were Clausen's fault. This season, they are all Cam's. U folks really do hate ur QBs, don't u?

Dude, did you even read the entire post or did you just see that one line about Cam and find the opportunity to restate something that Keyshawn said in the post-game analysis??

My point was that guys on this thread were hatin' on Phillips for biting on that play action, saying he sucks and what a dumb move this is on Rivera's part. When actually, that one mistake was relatively small compared to some of the mistakes other players with the big names made. I was simply using Cam as an example. And as for those 3 INTs, 2 of the 3 were god-awful passes so yea I'm gonna be honest and truthful, no matter who the player is.