After watching the film, here's the early outlook on the 2010 Carolina Panthers.
Offense
Carolina’s system was fresh in the 1980’s. But this day and age, a team that eschews the third and fourth receiver for the second tight end and fullback is a team that doesn’t trust its quarterback. When he wasn’t turning the ball over, Jake Delhomme often struggled making smart reads. His [...]
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If you ask me, I say no. Let me explain why I feel this way.
Peppers is one of those players that for six games a year is the best defensive player in the NFL, the remaining ten he loafs, takes plays off and doesn't make a difference in the game.
Strike one, Peppers says he wants to play in a three four defense.
I do not see the Falcons switching their defensive scheme to appease any one single player. The team played very well towards the end of the season despite mounting injuries. They began to gel as a unit. They did not sacrifice the rest of the team to get John Abraham sacks. Abe wouldn't have wanted it that way. They did end the season as the #10 ranked rush defense in the NFL and tackle Jonathan Babineaux ended the season as the #1 run stopping tackle in the [...]
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The Carolina Panthers have seemingly taken a 180-degree turn in their pursuit of Pro Bowl defensive end Julius Peppers.
According to his agent, Carl Carey, the Panthers have "not made a single inquiry this offseason" in regards to contract negotiations with the team's top pick in the 2002 draft.
This is a complete reversal of their strategy from last year, where head coach John Fox and general manager Marty Hurney seemed adamant about keeping Peppers in town, eventually placing the team's franchise tag on him when negotiations for a long term contract fizzled out.
Hurney made it clear that Peppers was, in the team's eyes, an absolute necessity to the team's future plans, and went so far as to answer questions from fans on a local radio show following the team's decision to place [...]
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Carolina Panthers' Pro Bowl defensive end Julius Peppers was named today in a release by the NFL that detailed the 15 active players participating in this year's Pro Bowl who are also on the league's All-Decade team of the 2000's.
The full 53-man roster will be released on Sunday during Pro Bowl coverage, but the list that including this year's participants was made available Wednesday. Peppers is the third Panther to be included on an All-Decade roster in the team's fifteen year history. Kevin Greene and Michael Bates were on the All-1990's squad.
Peppers was drafted second overall in the 2002 draft by the Panthers, who were coming off the dreadful 1-15 season of 2001. Pep was John Fox's first draft pick, and was the first selection in what turned out to be the team's best [...]
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January 17, 2010 by
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In my first installment of my 2010 NFL Mock draft I received a lot of comments with people speaking out about two or three of my picks. Mainly Tim Tebow going sixth to the Seattle Seahawks, Gerald McCoy 12th to the Miami Dolphins and Jahvid Best 21st to the New York Jets.
So far no new big names have thrown their name into the 2010 draft pool. However I would like to point out that UW quarterback Jake Locker IS NOT going to be in the 2010 mock draft. I have seen at least five or more mock drafts in the last few days with Locker still in them.
So with that being said [...]
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I'll be taking the stairs today, as the elevator is out of order. I'm not sure when it will be fixed and nobody seems to be able to give me a timetable either.
Instead of taking the approach I've taken after (almost) every other Panthers game this season, highlighting the ups and downs of the team's performance, I'm going to take this time and space to start the discussions that will reign over the water coolers, message boards, chat rooms, newspapers, blogs, and conversations from February to August regarding this team and this franchise as a whole.
The time has come for change in Carolina. Actually, the time has been here for a while, but it has taken 12 weeks of [...]
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32. St. Louis Rams (1-10)
Gotta feel bad for Steven Jackson.
31. Cleveland Browns (1-10)
Every week, [...]
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November 17, 2009 by
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The Carolina Panthers may have finally found a formula for success in 2009: chaos. Steve Smith called the Panthers' no-huddle offense they displayed on Sunday "controlled chaos," saying that the fast paced ever-changing game plan kept the Falcons' defenders guessing all afternoon. Jake Delhomme handled the two minute-like offense masterfully, as he usually does, and completed his third straight game without a turnover.
Speaking of Smith, the frustrated wideout caught his second and third touchdown passes of the year on Sunday, both four-yard hits from Delhomme. Delhomme finished the day 15-of-24 for 195 yards and those two touchdowns, completing 62.5% of his passes and heading home with a quarterback rating of 115.8. It was Delhomme's first game this season that saw him end up [...]
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32. Cleveland Browns (1-7)
Biggest mess in football right now.
31. St. Louis Rams (1-7)
Talent issues. [...]
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The Carolina Panthers aren't nearly the team they were for the first three weeks of the 2009 season. They are far removed from the dreadful 0-3 start and the horrible play calling that doomed them to it.
With that being said, the Panthers are also a long way from being the team that went 12-4 and captured the NFC South title last season.
The Panthers traveled to New Orleans this weekend to take on one of the NFL's only two remaining undefeated teams in the Saints, a division rival they have had great success against recently—especially in the Superdome. After racing to a lead that still sat at 17-6 heading into halftime, the Panthers succumbed to their nemesis that had been absent the last few weeks: turnovers. The Panthers fumbled five times Sunday, losing three of [...]
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