DWill doing what I expected from him good start on D and O.
RIP Michael Jackson & Steve McNair
I wrote a poem whilst watching this game. It goes like so:
Helllllooooooo
DeAngelo!
See, it kinda rhymes.
Now, I know we're not playing against Manning, but Manning plays offense. DWill's still going up against their first team defense and making them look silly! That, and the Panthers' defense is looking good (albeit against Sorgi).
Edit: okay, I guess Sanders and Freeney were out. I don't know how I missed that... Still, DeAngelo is the truth!
Last edited by Muttley; 08-09-2008 at 11:53 PM.
D-Lo looked good as did Peppers, Moore and Jarret. Those guys stood out to me. Our first team both on offense and defense were just flawless. Always nice to start with a win.
Some thoughts...
Sadly didn't get to see Jake throw a lot because of great field position and sick running from DWill but I was impressed with the other QB's namely Matt Moore (showed he could get out of the pocket and be more mobile when there is pressure and has a nice arm) and Lester Ricard (who has a rocket of an arm and would be a nice change to have a 6"4 QB on the roster) Brett Basanez could fall down on the depth chart and lose his spot on the team if Ricard continues to show potential. He looked mobile as usual but didn't show that much else.
Peppers is in for a monster year if he can stay healthy same goes for DWill. If our o-line continues to open up big holes for him and the running backs our offense should be really dominate as showed by how the first team offense looked last night major props to the oline especially Otah. Either our oline is vastly improved or we have a lot of very strong running back core because DWill, Goings, Toefield and Birmingham all ran the ball tremendously well last night I can't wait to see Stewart behind this line.
Dwayne Jarrett showed some great hands, decent run blocking and didn't shy away from contact after a big catch all things I wanted to see from him hopefully he continues to impress. Jason Carter has some nice hands but I expected to see more runs after the catch he seemed to go down easily after contact. Late in the game another wide out started to catch my eye his name is Chris Hannon I swear dude looked like Smitty out there running hard after contact. Deepest and most talented Wide Receiver core we have ever had IMO it will only get better when Hackett, Smitty and Ryne return to action.
1st team "Hit Squad" Defense looked REAL intense for the first time in I don't know how long was really impressed with Seward and Thomas Davis both made some big statement plays.
Special teams still has some work to do as far as stopping big return gains but I had no complaints about our kick off specialist Lloyd I think we'll end up signing him he had like 4 balls go into the endzone.
As far as second and third stringers LB Dan Connor, punter Rhys Lloyd, Wideout Chris Hannon, DE Hilee Taylor and RB DeCori Birmingham all looked like keepers.
RIP Michael Jackson & Steve McNair
It seems that every year, the Panthers have an agenda in each game. It's like they take each game and try to focus on one single aspect.
Saturday's game was to see how well they can run block.
I saw a lot more push and many more holes than I did last season. Was that change of personnel or scheme that was responsible? I think it was a little bit of both.
I was disappointed that we didn't get to see Stewart.
Goings doesn't seem to have burst any longer. Can the Panthers justify keeping him over a guy like Birmingham?
I wonder how many running backs we will carry this year Stewart/DWill are locks obviously w/Goings, Birmingham and Toefield fighting for the 3rd spot. I like the potential I saw from Birmingham and LaBrandon Toefield and Goings might be the odd man out since he's more injury prone than Crash.Originally Posted by Brad
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Last edited by Dead_Real; 08-10-2008 at 07:38 PM.
RIP Michael Jackson & Steve McNair
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