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Basketball Team Season Best Performances
by silver82blade on Feb 18, 2011 9:22 PM EST
on Garnet And Black Attack
Since our team is in a bit of a slump, I thought we could use a positive article about them. I went through the season thus far, and pulled out what I felt were the season high performances for each player in order to see what our guys are capable of when they're in top form. I'll start with those five I believe should have a chance to start.
2011 Sugar Bowl Open Thread
If you don't want to scout Mallett, scout and talk about someone else.
From a Carolina fan ...
by silver82blade on Dec 6, 2010 6:24 AM EST
on Tomahawk Nation
... I'm going to tell you guys what your team needs to do to defeat us. I'm doing your coaches a big favor here, so you should tell them to read it, just kidding. I just thought I'd give my opinion, since there seems to be a lot of discussion about it in that fanshot about the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
The College Football Belt
Apparently, Carolina is the holder of some championship belt. The people who made the thing up gave the first belt to some great team way back when, and every time the reigning champion plays a game it will be transfered to the winner, like a boxing title. They claim you can pick any team in football history, and the title will eventually converge with their lineage. We've currently held it since defeating Florida. We held it earlier in the year by defeating Alabama. It gives information on every team that has held it, and every championship game played. I didn't know anything about it 'til going to the Clemson SBN site.
FBS Team Statistics Pt. 2
I only noted them if Carolina was ranked in the top 20. I imagine we're ranked fairly high in sacks too, but the site I used doesn't keep track of that. Does anyone know of a site that does, laid out in a nice sortable table?
Offense:
3rd Down %: 7th [52.4%]
4th Down %: 18th (tied with seven other teams) [66.7%]
Completion %: 7th [67.7%]
Defense:
Rush Yards Given Up: 8th [976 yards]
Rushing Average Against: 6th (tied with two other teams) [3.0 yards/carry]
Rushing TDs Given Up: 14th (tied with four other teams) [8 TDs]
Rushing First Downs Given Up: 16th (tied with one other team) [64 first downs]
Interception TDs: 14th (tied with fifteen other teams) [2 TDs]
Other:
Penalty Yards: 12th [394 yards]
Carolina ranked #32 in the league in dancing.
Vote for Sam Mills and Kevin Greene to be in the 2011 Hall of Fame class!
I saw the ad for the fan ballot thing on ESPN during the Saints game tonight. That was a disappointing game by the way. Anyway, register and sign in first. After you select who you want, click "Add to ballot". You can vote as many times as you want.
FBS Team Statistics
I thought our team was doing really well against the run, so I wanted to see where they were ranked thus far. Here are some other stats while I'm doing it.
Defense
Pts/Game: 9th (tied)
Rush Yds/Game: 7th
Rushing TDs Given Up: 1st (tied) with six other teams for zero given up
Rushing First Downs Given Up: 6th (tied)
Rushing Yds/Carry: 7th (tied) with a 2.2 ypc average
Offense
3rd Down%: 7th
Completion%: 18th (tied)
Everything else was decent to pretty pedestrian to bad, so I will conveniently not mention those.
Carolina Panthers - Trent Guy makes the practice squad
He got cut from the 53-man roster, but the practice squad is better than nothing. He didn't get many chances in the preseason due to a hamstring injury, and there being 10 other receivers.
Sport South
Short notice, but the 2001 win against Alabama is supposed to be shown on Sport South (College Flash Classics) in a few minutes at 2pm. The Steve Spurrier Show comes on at 5pm.
Carolina Preview and Predictions
I don't know when all those predictions were made, but I'm astonished about the comments on the defense.
Colors of the Panthers rainbow
"Carolina owns an all-time regular season record of 70-70 when wearing white jerseys, 40-45 when dressing in black jerseys and 7-8 when sporting the blue tops."
Dang, they don't wear black 'til November. That's my favorite. Back in black!
Team Captains
"Looks like the captains will be RB DeAngelo Williams, OT Jordan Gross, LB Jon Beason, DE Tyler Brayton and K John Kasay."
Wednesday wrap: On to Baltimore
" Eleven players won't even make the trip, including the four on the physically unable to perform list (WR Steve Smith, RB Jonathan Stewart, RT Jeff Otah and LB Thomas Davis). The others staying behind are: CB Chris Gamble, S Aaron Francisco, LB Jordan Senn, WRs Charly Martin and Trent Guy, RB Mike Goodson and T Garry Williams."
That's unfortunate about Goodson, Senn, Martin, and Guy. Out of that group, I particularly wanted to see how they did.
Kurtis Gregory was cut from Carolina.
Sorry folks. He was one of two rookie UDFA linemen cut today, and they signed two other linemen, Andrew Crummey and Jason Capizzi. I'm not sure what the reasons were. I know they had their team scrimmage a few days ago, and reports were the offensive linemen did pretty bad. I'm not sure if that was one of the factors or not. Maybe he'll get picked up by another team.
Norwood still finding niche among Panthers
"Still, the question persists, how they're going to use him? They've got more experienced players at each spot, but with every day of camp, you wonder how they can afford to not incorporate Norwood somewhere."
Man, he's going to have the cardio of Lance Armstrong if they keep it up.
Rookie Hardy doing an NFL about-face
" 'We're seeing what we hoped we saw when we drafted him,' Baker said. 'Big, explosive, active kid. Certainly brings a lot of energy. There's nothing timid about the guy. If he makes a mistake, he makes it a hundred miles and hour. Usually he's around the ball when he makes a mistake.' "
Good to know! Please stay healthy!! For all that's good in the world, stay healthy!
Brett Warren (LB) was cut back on the 28th.
Was anyone aware? I hadn't heard anything about it. Strange timing. Did he fail the physical or something?
Vendor Inspection Reports
Bank of America Stadium
Carolina Panthers
Vendors with critical violations: 55%
Inspection report excerpt: Inspectors witnessed employees at several locations improperly keeping personal drink cups near food prep and saw one worker eating from a fryer basket.
RBC Center
Carolina Hurricanes
Vendors with critical violations: 67%
Inspection report excerpt: Inspectors cited one vendor after watching employees handle raw, breaded chicken while loading fryers and then handling cooked food without changing gloves or washing hands. The employees placed cooked chicken back in the same container used to pre-portion raw chicken before cooking.
Time Warner Cable Arena
Charlotte Bobcats
Vendors with critical violations: 73%
Inspection report excerpt: At one location, inspectors found debris under a slicer blade and pulled three pans that needed to be cleaned again.
The Panthers were the 3rd worst in the division! There were two with 100% of the vendors committing critical violations, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Washington Wizards/Washington Capitals.
NFC - Blue and Red Chip Players
Blue = top 10 at that position
Red = top 15 at that position
Also, there are 6 blue chip coaches.
Carolina Panthers
Blue: OT Jordan Gross, WR Steve Smith, RB DeAngelo Williams, LB Jon Beason and HC John Fox
Red: OT Jeff Otah and RB Jonathan Stewart
My thoughts:
I don't see how Jonathan Stewart isn't a top 10 RB. He has guys like Steven Jackson, Ricky Williams, and Cedric Benson ahead of him (see AFC list linked in the article). No way in this universe is Benson better than Stewart. Ryan Kalil is missing from the center position altogether. Kalil is a top 3 or 4 center easily. Chris Gamble is a top 15 corner in my opinion, as is Travelle Wharton at guard. This may be borderline, but I think Matt Moore should be considered a top 15 QB, despite his inexperience. Kalil has to be, by far, the biggest exclusion though. I think he had a brain fart on that one.
Carolina Panthers 2010 Season Preview
It's a New York Times article. If it's been linked before tell me and I'll delete it. I haven't seen it.
Son of Walls: The Legend Continues
LB Colton Walls (6-2 230) of Charlotte, the son of former Panthers tight end Wesley Walls, committed to Clemson Wednesday becoming the 16th commitment for the Tigers 2011 class.
Walls picked Clemson over offers from Duke and Memphis. He also drew interest from North Carolina, Vanderbilt and Virginia.
"They liked my attitude and feel like I will bring a good attitude and good work habits to the program," Walls said. "Duke was pushing me to commit and I started thinking about committing in general and Clemson was my number one, so I decided to commit.
"I liked the atmosphere there and the coaching style," he said. "And I like their campus. Plus their traditions and facilities are unbelievable."
Walls will play inside linebacker for the Tigers.
"I'm not the best player right now," he said, "but coaches say with my work ethic and determination I'll be able to compete. I'm very coachable. They say I have great instincts, good feet and good hips."
Walls moved last season from the defensive line to middle linebacker and had 116 tackles with 7 sacks and 1 interception.
Joique Bell
by silver82blade on Jul 11, 2010 11:07 PM EDT
on Buffalo Rumblings
What do you folks think the chances are of Joique Bell being cut and, if so, not making the practice squad? On the Panthers blog, I posted what I thought the final depth chart and practice squad of the Carolina Panthers would look like, and I had him on the practice squad. If I'm the closest in guessing the depth chart and practice squad, I get a virtual internet cookie. I could just wait 'til final cuts to see for myself, but I'm impatient.
Mike Tepper
by silver82blade on Jul 11, 2010 10:53 PM EDT
on Blogging The Boys
What do you folks think the chances are of Mike Tepper being cut and, if so, not making the practice squad? On the Panthers blog, I posted what I thought the final depth chart and practice squad of the Carolina Panthers would look like, and I had him on the practice squad. If I'm the closest in guessing the depth chart and practice squad, I get a virtual internet cookie. I could just wait 'til final cuts to see for myself, but I'm impatient.
Davon Drew
by silver82blade on Jul 10, 2010 11:09 PM EDT
on Baltimore Beat Down
What do you folks think the chances are of Davon Drew being cut, and if so, not making the practice squad? I posted what I thought the final depth chart and practice squad of the Carolina Panthers would look like, and I had him on the practice squad. If I'm the closest in guessing the depth chart and practice squad, I get a virtual internet cookie. I could just wait 'til final cuts to see for myself, but I'm impatient.
Martail Burnett
by silver82blade on Jul 10, 2010 10:57 PM EDT
on Niners Nation
What do you folks think the chances are of Martail Burnett being cut and, if so, not making the practice squad? I posted what I thought the final depth chart and practice squad of the Carolina Panthers would look like, and I had him on the practice squad. If I'm the closest in guessing the depth chart and practice squad, I get a virtual internet cookie. I could just wait 'til final cuts to see for myself, but I'm impatient.
CAR - Top 11 Biggest Wins and Worst Losses of the 2000s.
by silver82blade on Jul 8, 2010 11:12 PM EDT
on Cat Scratch Reader
These are the biggest blowouts and worst losses of the past decade for our Carolina Panthers. Thanks for an entertaining decade Carolina, and see you in the next one!
Number 11
Best: 2002 - vs. Bengals wk.14 (52-31) The Flock of Footballs
There were so many balls in the air, I think I heard an air raid siren at one point. Both teams put the running game on the back burner for this exciting shoot out, as Carolina set a franchise record for points scored in a game. Rodney Peete (CAR-QB) torched the Cincinnati defense for 319 passing yards and three touchdowns. Two Carolina wideouts went over 100 yards receiving, Muhsin Muhammad (CAR-WR) and Steve Smith (CAR-WR). Jon Kitna (CIN-QB) went to the air for 295 yards himself, and Chad Johnson (CIN-WR) also went over the century mark. As exciting as that was, the real thrill came from special teams. Steve Smith returned two punts for touchdowns (including a team record 87 yarder), putting him at 313 total yards for the contest. Tack on a Carolina safety to Corey Dillion (CIN-RB) for good measure. Takeo Spikes (CIN-LB) returned a Rodney Peete fumble for a 45 yard touchdown, but there was no topping Carolina that day. Cincinnati's only saving grace was when Rodney Peete took a knee at the end of the game on fourth down, while on the Bengals' one yard line, instead of racking up even more points.
Worst: 2008 - @ Buccaneers wk.6 (3-27) The Return of Jeff Garcia
A thorn in Carolina's side, Jeff Garcia (TB-QB) returns to face the Panthers and beats them for the fifth consecutive time. Warrick Dunn (TB-RB) goes over 100 yards rushing, and Geno Hayes (TB-LB) returns a blocked punt for a touchdown. The Tampa Bay defense also had three interceptions off Jake Delhomme (CAR-QB), all off tips. DeAngelo Williams (CAR-RB) and Jonathan Stewart (CAR-RB) ran for a combined 39 yards to cap off the embarrassment.
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Predict the final depth chart.
by silver82blade on Jul 5, 2010 3:03 PM EDT
on Cat Scratch Reader
We could wait 'til training camp or preseason starts, but that's for girly men. It's much more entertaining to do it now, before we have a chance to hear from John Fox about who is doing well and who isn't. For those not too familiar with football, you can have 53 men on the roster, and 8 on the practice squad. For the rules on who can be on the practice squad, look up "scout team" on wikipedia. I had to look it up, 'cause I didn't know.
The person who gets the closest on the depth chart and practice squad gets ... nothing really, but it's fun anyway.
Depth Chart
QB: Matt Moore, Jimmy Clausen, Tony Pike
FB: Tony Fiammetta
HB: DeAngelo Williams, Jonathan Stewart, Tyrell Sutton, Mike Goodson
WR1: Steve Smith, Armanti Edwards, Oliver Young
WR2: Brandon LaFell, David Gettis, Wallace Wright
TE: Jeff King, Dante Rosario, Gary Barnidge
LT: Jordan Gross, Garry Williams
LG: Travelle Wharton, Mackenzy Bernadeau
C: Ryan Kalil, Steve Justice
RG: Duke Robinson, C.J. Davis
RT: Geoff Schwartz
LDT: Louis Leonard, Corvey Irvin
RDT: Tank Tyler, Nick Hayden, Derek Landri
LE: Tyler Brayton, Charles Johnson
RE: Everette Brown, Greg Hardy
LOLB: James Anderson, Jordan Senn
MLB: Jon Beason, Dan Connor
ROLB: Jamar Williams, Eric Norwood
CB1: Chris Gamble, Captain Munnerlyn, Brian Witherspoon
CB2: Richard Marshall, Robert McClain
SS: Charles Godfrey, Aaron Francisco
FS: Sherrod Martin
LS: J.J. Jansen
KR: Brian Witherspoon
PR: Armanti Edwards
K: John Kasay
P: Jason Baker
KOS: Todd Carter
Injured Reserve
Jeff Otah (OT)
Thomas Davis (OLB)
Practice Squad
Rashawn Jackson (FB)
Joique Bell (HB)
Davon Drew (TE)
Mike Tepper (OT)
Martail Burnett (DE)
Sean Ware (OLB)
R.J. Stanford (CB)
Jordan Pugh (S)
I know Thomas Davis isn't on IR, but I think they'll change their minds before the season starts and decide to not rush him back like they did before. They'll hopefully see they still have plenty of LB depth.
What the Panthers Should Do to Reach the Playoffs
by silver82blade on Jul 1, 2010 12:41 PM EDT
on Cat Scratch Reader
I've been thinking a lot about ways to become a sure playoff team this year, and also to grab more media attention. I think Carolina should do the following:
1. Resign Vinny Testaverde. This is priority number 1. He's a veteran, and that's what our team is missing. He had a 137.5 QB rating in 2006. I really can't understand why no one has grabbed him up.
2. Carolina should go to Chicago and beg for them to trade back Peppers, 'cause he is the heart of this team. I think they should be willing to give up all their 2011 draft picks, if that's what it takes.
3. I think they should drop Steve Smith, 'cause of his repeated offenses, and sign Terrell Owens. Smith is pretty much a shadow of his old self anyway.
4. They should sign Sir Purr as a defensive tackle. With that head I imagine he could deflect some passes.
What do you folks think they should do?
I forget, why did they hire Ron Meeks?
by silver82blade on Jun 30, 2010 4:03 PM EDT
on Cat Scratch Reader
I, like many, am concerned about the puny defensive tackles we have, so I wanted to see how Meeks' philosophy of undersized, quicker tackles panned out in Indy. I assume someone has pointed all this out before, somewhere, but his run defenses were really bad.
Colts Defense
2002 - Run (20th), Total (8th) - He inherited the 25th run defense, and 29th overall defense, so that's a pretty good start.
2003 - Run (20th), Total (11th) - Ok, went backwards a little there.
2004 - Run (24th), Total (29th) - Uh oh ...
2005 - Run (16th), Total (11th) - Decent recovery!
2006 - Run (32nd), Total (21st) - Uh ... instant firing imminent? Apparently not ...
2007 - Run (15th), Total (3rd) - Whoa! Where'd that come from?
2008 - Run (24th), Total (11th) - Back to mediocrity.
So, on average he oversaw the 19th run defense, and the 13th overall defense. Is that really the commitment to defensive excellence we're looking for? Our offense is a run first offense. That requires a stout defense to go along with it. Without a stout defense, they'll fall behind in games and have to abandon the running game to catch up.
I was fascinated how he was able to pull off that 2007 season, and it was what I predicted, a lot of turnovers. They were 2nd in picks, and 7th in fumble recoveries. Fluke seasons like that happen to every team now and then. Just ask the Saints.
So, in short, I believe Meeks will destroy our defensive line and leave us battered and bruised for years after he gets canned. I only hope it happens before he does something like spend a first round pick on a 280 pound defensive tackle.
Edit: Here's a few more statistics.
Colts Defense (Points Allowed)
2002 - 7th
2003 - 20th
2004 - 19th
2005 - 2nd
2006 - 23rd
2007 - 1st
2008 - 7th
Colts Defense (Interceptions)
2002 - 26th
2003 - 14th
2004 - 9th
2005 - 9th
2006 - 20th
2007 - 2nd
2008 - 11th
Panthers Defense (Points Allowed) (higher/lower than Indy's)
2002 – 5th (two spots higher)
2003 – 10th (ten spots higher)
2004 – 15th (four spots higher)
2005 – 5th (three spots lower)
2006 – 8th (fifteen spots higher)
2007 – 15th (fourteen spots lower)
2008 – 12th (five spots lower)
So, as you can clearly see, Indy's defense under Meeks was not consistent in points given up either. In fact, the Carolina defense was much more consistent. Meeks averaged the 11th ranked defense in points given up, and Carolina's old scheme ranked 10th. Meeks' defense was either really good, or really bad. Carolina's defense was ranked in the top half of the league every year. You can also see that the interceptions he created with his scheme was not consistent, so to say that was the upside of his bend but don't break cover-2 scheme is inaccurate. Besides that, Carolina ranked 1st in picks in 2004, and 4th in 2005, so turnovers aren't new to this team. The old scheme could produce them. I'm sorry, did Indy ever rank 1st in picks while Meeks was the coordinator? Huh? Let me look at the chart above.
Some have raised the point that Indy did not focus enough on defense, and that's why Meeks was not able to do as well as people think he could. However, his first year at Indy the whole draft was defense, except for one 6th round pick. In 2003-2007, the majority of each draft was defensive. In 2005, not only was the draft primarily defense, the top 3 picks were defense. So, clearly it was all on Meeks' scheme as to why that defense never stabilized. One person raised the point that while they did draft defensive players, they didn't grab up defensive free agents. I don't know about that, and I'm not going to spend an hour checking. Regardless, while Carolina has grabbed up defensive free agents in the past, this is a team that builds primarily through the draft, and I think Meeks had plenty of draft picks to work with at Indy.
One other point that has been raised is that the defense Meeks is using at Carolina is more of a Fox/Meeks blend than exactly what Meeks ran at Indy. That's open for debate. Right now, I would agree. Louis Leonard is not at all the kind of defensive tackle Meeks would've had at Indy. He never had a starting defensive tackle more than 300 pounds even. However, I do think Meeks is slowly moving towards what he did while with the Colts. He brought in Ed Johnson, who played with him at Indy. We only have one run stuffing tackle, Leonard. Everette Brown is a mirror image of the defensive ends he had at Indy. It's open for debate whether he'll revert completely to his old personnel, but I think it's very risky only carrying one run stuffer on the roster.
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