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ebcpastor2004
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nice pics :(
Marc Levin
Hangs out with Oscar Zeta Acosta
Understatement above - killer pics.
bcr8f
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I'll be visiting the Panthers training camp today. I'll be looking for the following...
Jonathan Stewart - How does he look? Does he look big enough, is he shifty enough, how did he block, his pass-catching skills, etc?
DJ Hackett - How's his separation, can he get open easily, how is his size?
Muhsin Muhammad - Does he still have it, will he see a lot of action?
Julius Peppers - How hard is he working, Is he lining up on the right or left side, both?
Jake Delhomme - Same old Jake or better? How does Matt Moore look, Basanez for that matter too
Who are the two starting CBs - Lucas, Gamble or does Richard Marshall get more reps?
Charles Godfrey - How does he look? Is he picking things up quickly, is he in the right place at the right time?
Jeff Otah - Is he dominating the right side of the line?
LBs - Who's playing the majority of the mike, the will, where does Dan Connor fit in?
Which players are giving it their all in TC on special teams? Who surprised me?
Jonathan Stewart - How does he look? Does he look big enough, is he shifty enough, how did he block, his pass-catching skills, etc?
DJ Hackett - How's his separation, can he get open easily, how is his size?
Muhsin Muhammad - Does he still have it, will he see a lot of action?
Julius Peppers - How hard is he working, Is he lining up on the right or left side, both?
Jake Delhomme - Same old Jake or better? How does Matt Moore look, Basanez for that matter too
Who are the two starting CBs - Lucas, Gamble or does Richard Marshall get more reps?
Charles Godfrey - How does he look? Is he picking things up quickly, is he in the right place at the right time?
Jeff Otah - Is he dominating the right side of the line?
LBs - Who's playing the majority of the mike, the will, where does Dan Connor fit in?
Which players are giving it their all in TC on special teams? Who surprised me?
Balco
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I am definitely going to watch the Panthers rb situation closely as there is a ton of value to be had.They shuffled the O Line, and have committed to running the ball again.
Here's what I observed - Panthers Training Camp update1. Jonathan Stewart looks good. He has an arsenal of moves. He looked smaller than I thought. He carries his 230+ pounds well. What I liked most is that he ran mostly below pad level. He has a very compact style of running, which is good. It doesn't look like his toe bothered him at all. DeAngelo Williams also looked very good. I was not concerned about him though.Jeff Haseley said:
2. Hackett looks good - he's getting good separation off the line, but his hands surprised me the most. He has really good hands and he can catch the ball on the run, good stuff there.
3. Muhammad actually looked very comfortable and his route running was very precise. He was a talker too. You can tell he's very happy to be back in Carolina.
4. Peppers was on the right side, lining up against Jordan Gross. Like a lot of players, they seemed to turn on the intensity when needed, due to the searing heat in Spartanburg. Outside of the 7 on 7 workouts, Peppers was pretty nonchalant. I did notice that he seemed to pal around with Darwin Walker quite a bit.
5. Delhomme received the majority of snaps and looked good doing so. He had a few plays that required passing into a tight window. Some he nailed, others he missed. Other than that, the plays he ran were basic - a lot of swing passes to RBs, which was interesting. His velocity looked very good.
6. I didn't see a lot of the secondary practice - they were on the opposite side where I was stationed. All three - Lucas, Gamble and Marshall had plenty of action in drills. Marshall was the hardest working of the three though.
7. Godfrey had his ear listening to coaches quite often. He is quickly picking things up and he was part of the starting unit.
8. Otah looked like a big left tackle on the right side. He was getting good burst on the line opening a lane for the RBs. At times he was beaten by Tyler Brayton, but for the most part, he was very effective with a forward burst.
9. Jon Beason still occupied the middle and Thomas Davis was on the weak side. Na'il Diggs played strong. Both Dan Connor and Landon Johnson looked good. Johnson seemed to be involved quite a bit more than Davis on the weak side.
10. I didn't see any special teams play yesterday, because they didn't have a full scrimmage. The biggest surprise to me was the level of play from Muhammad. He looks just like he did a few years back. I did some digging on the Panthers website and found this quote from teammate Chris Harris - "Me and Moose were in there working out in the offseason, and I saw him put 375 (pounds) on the bench press and do it eight times," Harris recalled. "I was like, 'Wow.' I couldn't do that and I'm 25. He's very impressive. "I hope I can look as good as Moose when I'm 35. I don't know what he does, but he's just about as strong as anybody on this team -- 23-year-olds, 22-year-olds. He's still doing it, and I commend him. He keeps himself in excellent shape."
I haven't seen a big love fest on Stewart.
omally
Footballguy
I read recently that Moose and Jake's timing hasn't missed a beat. It's good to have Moose back in the mix again.
omally
Footballguy
Beaumont
Footballguy
I think there is a good chance that Rosario beats out King to get the majority of passing snaps as the TE this year ...
simey
Footballguy
Same guy. He was on the Panthers practice squad last year. Here is an article today on him.Underdog is catching Panthers coach's eyeFrom the blog:
Is this the same Jason Carter who was on the Vikes the past couple years? If so he was a favorite of some of the beat writers in town, but never caught on. Someone to keep an eye on.
TOM SORENSEN
SPARTANBURG --
My colleagues come to Spartanburg to look for football stars, chicken wings and nightlife. I look for an underdog.
My underdog has to be a nice guy, fun to watch, a hard worker and unknown. Every summer I find one. He usually manifests himself by the end of the first week.
Jason Carter manifested himself by the end of the first practice.
Carter, 25, must have caught 10 passes Saturday morning, one of which appeared to be intended for Shaquille O'Neal or Yao Ming.
But Carter, 6-feet and 205 pounds, went up along the left sideline and plucked the ball out of the air. He made his quarterback look good.
"I made him look good," says the quarterback, Brett Basanez. "We work on that all the time. I knew he'd catch it if I put it there."
Where did you spend your summer vacation? Basanez and Carter spent theirs on the practice field behind Bank of America Stadium. They'd show up about 7:30 a.m. and leave about noon. They'd lift and sweat, and Carter did drills to enhance his speed.
"I heard there were questions about my ability to get behind the defense," he says.
Carter played on Carolina's practice squad last season before he was called up to the varsity. He wants to stay. Throughout the off-season, Basanez threw passes and Carter caught them – except when Carter wanted to throw.
"I can throw it 70 yards," he says before practice Sunday. "When I'm warmed up, I probably can throw it farther."
Carter was once ranked the best run-throw quarterback in the entire state of Texas. As a senior at Caldwell High, he rushed for 599 yards and threw for 1,087.
Texas A&M was 30 miles away and he went there as a quarterback. He left as a receiver.
"He has a cannon," says Carolina coach John Fox. "He laid down and from his back he threw the ball from one side of the field to the other."
Fox also likes what Carter does on his feet.
"Every time I looked he was making a play," Fox says about Saturday. "You pull for him. You can't help it."
The Panthers, however, are as deep at receiver as they have ever been. What should they do with a player who can catch 10 passes one day and throw a ball from his back 33 yards the next? They should build their team around him.
OK, I get excited about my underdogs.
The Panthers are not as deep at quarterback as they are at receiver. Why not use Carter there? Brett Basanez, how good a passer is your friend?
"The more I see him throw, the more I'm glad he's a wide receiver," says Basanez.
Yes, but is he an NFL quarterback?
"The more I see him throw, the more I'm really glad he's a wide receiver," Basanez says.
But some positions are like tattoos. When Carter sees the quarterbacks gather, he thinks, "What if?"
Do you really care where you play?
"I just want the ball in my hands," says Carter.
So you don't care?
"The quarterback has the ball in his hands all the time," he says.
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LT Jordan Gross on Julius Peppers - "I'll say this with 100 percent confidence -- I think he's going to have his best year ever," Gross said Monday. "He's better than I've ever seen him. Barring anything unknown, there's no reason he won't go out and just set records, I think. He's really, really good." 
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