Re-Watching LAST Pre-seasons Panthers/Dolphins - Some Thoughts

Barry, you have too much free time, go buy a PS3 and Madden 13 in a few weeks.

Just kidding bud, and we won last year's preseason game against them.

 

At the time, I had not watched as much CFL as I do now, Tsoumpas did not make it to TC that yr.

Thigpen I have seen, the other guy who blossomed in the CFL believe it or not, is Chris Williams, the cat who looked great in preseason 09 but had a ball plunk off of his facemask and was did not make the team.

 

Phil Livas actually looked good last preseason. Still kind of a curious decision by the coaches to let him go. He's with the Ravens this preseason I believe.

 

Did anyone else notice that Daniel Thomas got like 2 carries in the Buccaneers game?

I mean, he did well with them...gained -2 yards...but still...

 

LOL. You are relentless.

 

It wasn't a popular pick overall, and when you had Henne and Moore as your QBs and you trade up for a running back when Mallet is sitting there you're really going to put that guy on the spot. It's on DT to prove everyone wrong, and he's not doing it yet.

 

Panthers defense is their biggest question mark. Beason missed last week with a hamstring injury. He missed all of last year with a torn achilles. Thomas Davis is "healthy" but he hasnt played an entire season since the Jimmy Carter regime. Their new rookie linebacker Luke Keuchley is a STUD.....S - T - U - D....they love him up here. Their defensive line is terrible except for Charles Johnson, greg hardy is "eh"....and their D-backs are pretty bad. Godfrey is ok, Gamble is old, and Captain Munnerlyn is "eh"

They have a lot of depth at DB's they are wanting to see more of (young guys) so it'll be fun to watch the backups.

Of course offensivley they have cam, denangelo/jstew, smitty, olsen, lafell, and watch out for tutu trying to lock down the #3 battling with louis murphy.

 

And what is Mallet proving? That he would've been our savior? Far from it, against scrubs too. Mallet reduces your argument's effectiveness. Just say we moved up to get back into the 2nd round for this guy and I will agree he is under performing. But, so is the O-Line in the running game as well.

 

Go buy Mass Effect 2 & 3. You'll be good for a while.

 

Pretty much, except Gamble isn't too bad in my opinion. Louis Murphy had a few good plays last game if I remember right, and Joe Adams runs around like a chicken with its head cut off on returns, hopefully our coverage team doesn't help him make the highlights.

 

The sarcasm about the -2 yards was a joke. But I'm serious about the only two carries thing. I know they started focusing on passing it more but even so, Reggie Bush and Lamar Miller had more carries and Steve Slaton had just as many.

They need to get Daniel Thomas more carries against Carolina if they want to find out whether he's really improved or not, no?

 

As a low 2nd round pick, Mallett wouldn't need to be a savior. Just a guy that keeps training on and eventually becomes a good quarterback, which are expensive assets in today's NFL.

 

Chad Henne was never on the same page with anyone that was running deep. Rarely on the same chapter.

 

Agreed, with the first unit as well.

 

I fully agree.

 

I know you know Thigpen , but for those who don't , don't sleep on him. If he is healthy and he gets enough touches I expect him to flash. Guy makes plays and is very dangerous . He also is a football player that specializes in returns as opposed to a speedy guy being placed into that situation.

 

Once with Ted Ginn against the Jest , no?

 

Kidding aside, he needs time with the 1st unit because he's slated thus far to be with the 1st unit in certain situations, rotating with Reggie Bush. Every snap he gets during the regular season while we discover he can't hack it is a wasted snap, so let's get some of those out of the way now.

 

That is the thing. Give Bush a few carries for the principle, but then let DT earn his spot. No need to put Reggie in there and risk him getting injured. We know what he can do. Lets evaluate DT, Miller, Messam, and the bunch by spreading a healthy amount of snaps to those guys.

 

I agree.

 

Clyde Gates don't be liken the cold doe.

 

I thought I read on twitter recently where Daniel Thomas talked about how last year he didn't eat right or have the right work ethic, and it really hindered him.

If that's the case and he's starting to look back on that as the reason for his under performance, then I think he's maturing. A while ago all he could talk about was how unhealthy he was and how he's finally healthy, etc. They didn't even ask him anything about health and he was like "I'm healthy this year, last year I had injuries, did I mention I had injuries? I was injured". I think this is a better attitude, looking to what he didn't do that he could have to be a better player.

 

He is really explosive, he sometimes makes poor decisions with the ball but he literally can score from anywhere on the field.

Suspect Messam is in roster trouble, just one of those deals where he was injured at the wrong time and it hampered him.

Argos could use a NI Rb..just sayin'..

 

Yep, it would help him a lot if he could show well as a blocker in the backfield etc

I'm hoping he is like Clifton Smith when he was with the Bucs, but you are right, guys have to be feeling the pressure now, esp with knowing Philbin just cut Johnson without so much as a shrug.

 

do i need to change my name to dtneverinhaled?

 

The Eskimos still hold his CFL rights for the 2012 season.