A Panthers Preview That Doesn’t Spell Doom

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W hen we started BBR, many of the reasons were Pollyanna-like. Perhaps too much so in this age of #HOTTAKES. But we vowed to stick it through. So for example, when normally-smart writers like Mike Tanier miss so far outside, we hope to provide a more accurate assessment. We will never be cheerleaders. If we ever come across that way, please ... Read More

Impressions: Panthers Minicamp, Day 1

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Tuesday First-Team Offense Based Off Majority of Team Drills QB Anderson; RB Williams; FB Tolbert; WR rotation King/McNutt/Cotchery/Benjamin/Avant; Olsen; LT/RT rotation Bell/Chandler with Bell taking majority of snaps at LT; LG Silatolu; Kalil; RG Turner Tuesday First-Team Defense Based Off Majority of Team Drills Johnson; Hardy; Lotulelei; Cole/Edwards; Davis; Kuechly; Blackburn; nickel - Benwikere; Cason; White; Lester in for Harper; DeCoud Punt ... Read More

Why You Should Give Marty Hurney’s New Radio Show a Chance

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Third Impressions: Panthers June 11 OTA

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First-Team Offense Based Off Team Drills QB Anderson; RB Williams; FB Tolbert; WR rotation Cotchery/Benjamin/Avant; 2TE sets Olsen/Dickson; LT/RT rotation Bell/Chandler; LG Dennis in for Silatolu; Kalil; RG Turner First-Team Defense Based Off Team Drills Johnson; Addison in for Hardy; Lotulelei; Cole/Edwards/Short rotation; Davis; Kuechly; Blackburn; nickel - Benwikere; Cason; White/Norman rotation; Lester in for Harper; DeCoud Punt Returners Presley, Brown, Cason, ... Read More

Panthers’ GM Dave Gettleman’s Goal? Beat the Seahawks

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In his first year as general manager of the Panthers, Dave Gettleman has done a solid job not showing too many of his cards in limited appearances with the media. But an answer he gave to The Charlotte Observer‘s Jonathan Jones during an interview at last month’s Senior Bowl was very much revealing, especially after what we saw … Read More