WEBVTT - Happy Half Hour Episode 38: Get Off My Lawn (ft. Darin Gantt) 0:00:05.840 --> 0:00:10.080 It's time full Happy half Hour with your friends Kristen 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:20.640 Belboni and Will Brian, presented by Morris Jenkins. That's right, 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:22.560 it's that time of the week, The Happy Half Hour 0:00:22.600 --> 0:00:25.360 podcast presented by Morris Jenkins and Mr Jenkins told me 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:28.480 his plumbers and a c text secretly where Panthers jerseys 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:31.480 under their uniforms. So when you're plumbing or air conditioning 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:34.640 is acting up, called Morris Jenkins or visit Morris Jenkins 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:38.960 dot com. Kristen, Will and Matt here in the podcast studio, 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:43.800 joined once again by the legendary Darren Gant of Panthers 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:46.120 dot Com. Darren, we didn't scare you off last time, 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:48.800 and now you've agreed to be here for the whole episode. Sure, 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:50.839 why not? This is where the cool kids? Well, did 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:54.120 you just do sound effects of the crowd going wild? Yeah? 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:56.280 I was waiting for Matt to put it in himself, 0:00:56.520 --> 0:00:58.320 but then I just did it with that usually happens 0:00:58.320 --> 0:01:01.520 after I don't know how these things now to someone 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:03.680 listening in headphones. It's just here and now he can 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:05.520 he can just take it out and then he can 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:09.320 put a better one in were talking about. But welcome 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:12.160 Darren and that's outstanding. You're a man who's used to 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:15.160 get an applause. I know it's the last couple of 0:01:15.160 --> 0:01:17.200 weeks have gone to my head. Let's let's be real 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:19.360 about that here. You're a whole thing now. That's why 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:21.320 it's cool to be here. Are we talking about your 0:01:21.360 --> 0:01:23.759 incredible turn as an actor in the schedule release video? 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:28.399 So there's I'm working on some h some B level 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:31.760 video with me and super like about town like this 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:35.120 new the new dynamics to have. Yeah, buddy comedy of 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:38.039 the centuries it is, you know, like per and stat 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:40.759 guys take over Charlotte. I love it. I would watch 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:43.640 I'll watch that. I would absolutely watch that. You guys 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:46.600 were the best. It was so much fun. Ye. Also, 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:49.160 I gotta say, like the acting chops on Will. I 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:52.240 hope everyone who's listening has seen the schedule release video, 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:55.240 Well you were really just thought your I thought, you're wait, 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:57.240 how do we go big? Like? I thought that line 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:00.480 was really good? Really really more compliments keep going. But 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:04.880 I mean the front part of the video was, you know, 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:07.280 it was very frontloaded with a lot of Christian and 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.280 then it became a lot more Will at the end, 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:14.200 And I mean, can we say, why, So we filmed 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:17.200 a lot because you know, like a lot of other people, 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:21.080 we don't know the order that the schedule will be 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:25.440 released in, and so we filmed a lot of stuff 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:31.320 kind of as Evergreen, and we didn't know exactly on Wednesday. Yes, 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:34.600 we didn't know exactly when this game would happen, and 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:37.679 so the order of things was just you know, dictated 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:39.440 by the schedule, which we didn't know at the time. 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:44.800 So so much fun though, um okay, but more recently 0:02:44.840 --> 0:02:48.920 so schedule released was last week and straight into Ricky Minicamp. 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:51.919 Over the weekend, Panthers just wrapped that up. We were there, 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:54.800 We got to see the eleven draft picks and the 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.440 other hopefuls in action. So I thought we would, you know, 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.799 go around the podcast studio if we will, with our 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:03.400 are takeaways, um from what stood out to us and Darren, 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:06.320 I mean, of course we gotta start with you. Well, yeah, thanks, 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:09.440 it's um it was weird. After the minicamp was over, 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:11.400 I was talking to Bill both and I said, Bill, 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:13.720 it occurs to me that I spent a lot of 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:17.920 this weekend writing and talking to offensive lineman. And that's 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:20.360 probably not an accident. I think it was such an 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:23.480 off season emphasis that to get in there and and 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:26.120 see David Moore and to see Brady Christiansen in action 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:28.280 and talk to Deante Brown, I mean, and those guys 0:03:28.600 --> 0:03:31.280 are are so integral to what they were trying to do. 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:33.760 I mean, they wanted to get younger on offense in 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:36.640 general and that position in particular, And after filling in 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:39.120 a bunch of blanks in the off season and free agency, 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:41.880 to see those three guys out there on the field, 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:44.840 you know, among others, but to see those three in particular, 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:47.960 it was like, Okay, that's what it looks like. That's 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:52.080 that's what a plan in action, that's how it manifests itself. 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:55.200 And and those guys. Christiansen is a different guy because 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:57.960 he's so athletic and so explosive, and they don't know 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:00.800 exactly where he's gonna put him. But but Brown and 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:04.120 David Moore just so massive. I mean, I'm you know, 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.480 Will knows for sure. I'm a proponent of old man football. 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:12.760 So having these two gigantic, humongous, wide body dudes out 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:15.160 there in the middle of the field just appeals to me. 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:17.640 It's like, that's how you do work, That's how you 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:22.520 run goal line offense by having just gigantic people. Absolutely. 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:25.960 I mean, over the years, everyone wants to try to 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:28.159 take what they can away from these things, which means 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.280 it's six second videos of guys running routes and trying 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:33.560 to I don't just say it's a little behind the scenes. Well, 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:37.200 you suggested doing this idea, so people want to take 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:40.919 things away. I'm gonna take all things. Meanwhile, we'll suggested 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:43.840 we should do our takeaways from you make He's like, look, 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:46.919 things people want to take things away. Okay, well you 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:50.640 know so, But but I think what you can take 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:54.919 away is size. You can there there's no denying what 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:57.120 you're looking at out there, and you're looking at some 0:04:57.200 --> 0:04:59.600 big guys, not only just along the line. I mean J. C. 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:03.800 Horne is a big cornerback. Like so, I think that 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:06.839 that just jumps out is just how big these guys are, 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.120 how physical they are. And yeah, you know, of course 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.520 you're not gonna see you're not gonna see eleven on eleven. 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:13.560 You're not going to see them run through plays and really, 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:15.800 but you can see the size and you can see 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:19.719 the energy and that just after this year that we've had, 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:22.440 it just feels really nice to just be back out 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:24.840 there and have everyone really you know, you know that 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:27.080 moment when like the league memo went out and everyone 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:29.919 took their mass off because they were vaccinated. There's just 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.520 there's just such an energy. I think about that and 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:35.600 about these guys all kind of hey, it's back to football, 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:39.320 you know, in a real way. Fit walked over me 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:41.279 in the middle of practice and said, Hey, just came out. 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:42.640 You guys can take them off. And I think you 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:44.720 probably saw like ten coaches take the mask off all 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:47.000 at once, like, you know, because I want you to 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:48.240 be able to see my face, you know, I wanted 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:50.120 to see your face. I want to you know, interact. 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.479 And so every one of our coaches, I believe, said 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:54.640 for maybe one one young guy that's you know that 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:57.200 that's going through the process, that we're all vaccinated. And 0:05:57.240 --> 0:05:59.680 we did it because for family reasons, but also because 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:01.599 we want to make sure that we keep our players safe. 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:05.359 And just to clarify for anyone who we assume that 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:07.880 anyone listening to this knows exactly what that memo said, 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:12.640 but just to clarify, it is for staff members, coaching staff, 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:15.560 and then staff members who are vaccinated. No longer have 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:18.000 to wear their masks inside or outside. That doesn't necessarily 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:21.400 apply to the players, um and it and it only 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:24.520 applies to vaccinated people. But it did happen during Rocky 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.120 Minicamp while we were out on the field, and like 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:28.920 there were some mass like being flung. It was kind 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:33.599 of like a graduation cap situation. UM and some people, 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:35.760 you know, we worked together for a year and a 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.440 half and I have never seen their chins. So it 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:40.520 was a whole new a whole new world. But but 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:43.479 my take, aweight actually guys touched on on most of 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:45.960 what I was going to say. With Brady Christiansen, his 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:50.120 athleticism and his versatility. I mean, he just really such 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:53.520 an athletic big guy, and talking to him right after 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:57.480 the draft, you know about like he wakeboards, he plays 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:00.320 all sorts of different sports. It does so much. And 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:02.719 then I got to walk around with him while he 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:04.640 was in the building and help him get from one 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:06.760 place to the next, and he's just you can just 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:09.000 see it, like the I mean he I think that 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:11.920 that's how he describes himself, if I'm not mistaken, is 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:15.880 like an athlete first and then alignment. And I'm excited 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:19.080 to see just from the small bit. Like Will said, 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:20.760 you know, you can only take away so much. But 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:23.600 from what I saw, I'm excited to see him once 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:25.560 the veterans get in the building too, and then you know, 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:28.680 extrapolate that out further to the season to see what 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:30.640 he can do. Sure. I mean, it's going to be 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:34.360 completely different when you get to training camp and all 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:36.200 of a sudden he's doing a one on one drill 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:39.080 against Brian Burns. That's a whole different animal. I mean, 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:41.280 But to see him out there, I mean, you can 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:44.280 tell he's a large man who can move. I mean, 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:47.680 he's extremely agile, and that's why I think they're they're 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:50.840 so willing to experiment and see what he could do. 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:53.000 I mean, I think a lot of people after the 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:56.520 drafts all, okay, left tackle, here's the left tackle from 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:58.480 b y U. That's where he's obviously going to be. 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:00.600 I think it's a lot more complicated than that. And 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:04.080 Matt talked about that during the weekend, is like, you know, 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.560 we're just experiment now. I mean, he's probably he's not 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:10.040 a center, he's not going to snap, but any of 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:13.400 the other four positions he could end up at, just 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:16.360 because he is so athletic, where would you plan I 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:18.920 know you've seen him for like two hours and a 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:21.559 rookie mit he camp doing trails. I think there's still 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:25.080 so much time to try to figure out what the 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:27.520 rist of the line looks like. I mean, it's going 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:29.560 to be a work in progress. And I asked Matt 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:31.800 about that. I said, at what point do you kind 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:35.199 of start zooming in on Okay, this guy's a left guard, 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.400 this guy's right tackle, et cetera. And he said, basically, 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:40.920 you know, training camp, going into the season, you try 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:44.760 to identify the spots people are best at and work 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:47.680 from there. But he talked about, you know, with backups, 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:50.240 they all have to be able to play more than 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:53.640 one position. I think this is a time now you 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:55.079 can through O t A s where you can move 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:57.400 guys around, experiment with their best you know, to find 0:08:57.440 --> 0:08:59.400 out not only what's their best position, but how they 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:00.840 can get on the field of the quickest and how 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:02.760 they can provide the most depth for us. And then 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:04.520 as we get you know, in training camp, you know 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:06.679 we really had to zero in on some of those things. 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:09.240 But you know, especially the seventeen game season, we know 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:11.079 there's going to be some nutrition at times there will 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:16.240 be some shuffling. Dick, I think it's still experimental now, Um, 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.520 he could end up at left tackle simply because I 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:23.640 don't think there's anybody on the roster who necessarily you 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.400 point to and say, oh, yeah, it's obviously and so 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:28.360 I mean it could be gam Irving, it could be 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:31.920 trans God, it could be Brady. I mean, we don't know. 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:33.960 And and that's one of those time will tail things, 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:36.199 and it's gonna take get into training camp seeing him 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:39.280 in pads, seeing what he looks like against a speed rusher, 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:41.920 you know, can he get out and keep hands on 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:45.400 a Brian Burns in practice? I mean that's that's where 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:47.840 we'll find out, and we'll have a pretty good idea 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:50.959 I think during camp. All right. So you know, as 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:54.760 we said, eleven draft picks and several other guys who 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:57.280 mentioned it, David Moore for instance, other guys who are 0:09:57.360 --> 0:10:00.320 are hoping to make an impact, a lot of new faces, 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:02.200 So why don't we I think we take Brady Christiansen 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:05.520 out of this one, right, But aside from Brady Christiansen, 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.920 what is one name that Panthers fans ought to know 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:12.360 from all the new faces who are here? You know who. 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:14.920 I think people are gonna be really excited when they 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:19.400 see him during the preseason, see him during other than him, 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:21.440 I bet you're about to take person right now. I 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:24.080 was gonna say, Shy Smith. I mean, he's such a 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:27.080 different kind. I mean, they've got if you look at 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:30.040 the Panthers receiving room, they've got a bunch of big dudes, 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:33.320 and they've got a bunch of guys who play a 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.280 completely different game. And he's a little guy, and he's 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:38.920 doing stuff across the middle and going up and making 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:41.600 catches and and we saw him down in Mobile. It's 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.920 Senior Bowl. They really dig on the way he plays 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:48.240 and and it's a completely different vibe than a terrorist martial. 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:51.880 It's completely different than DJ or Robbie. And I think 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.840 that difference is going to make him stand out. And 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:58.280 you know they'll be that day during training camp and 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:00.720 hopefully fans are able to watch it where you know, 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:02.960 you know, somebody will make a big one handed catch 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:05.800 over the middle and everybody goes yeah, yeah, And I 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:08.440 think he could be that guy who does that thing 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:11.319 and catches that kind of attention. Do you think knock 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:14.520 on Wood? Hopefully different outcome, but is he similar to 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:17.400 a Demere Birden out of South Carolina? Could be. I 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:19.680 I don't know that he's a straight line speed guy 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:23.760 the quite the way Demir is. But uh again, he's 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:26.680 it's not like he's a little little guy. He's got 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:30.440 a little meat on him. He's he can withstand playing 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:33.040 across the middle. You'd think based on what he did 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:37.280 at South Carolina, But I just think all the different 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:41.040 things he's able to do, they're going to eventually figure out, Okay, 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:43.360 well let's try this, and but they've got a lot 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:45.959 of dudes to work through. And again, that traffic is 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:48.640 gonna make it hard for him to you know, I 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:50.760 don't people think I'm saying he's going to the Pro 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:53.880 Bowl or anything like that, but you heard it here first. Yeah, 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:57.720 I mean, this offense will have to run through Christian 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:00.640 McCaffrey and then d J. Moore and then b Anderson 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:02.880 and then all these tight ends who were new too 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.320 before you ever get down to oh and there's a 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:08.040 play for Shy Smith. But you know, I think he's 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:10.000 a guy. During the preseason, people are gonna be like, 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:14.040 when we know Joe Brady likes to tinker and get creative, 0:12:14.080 --> 0:12:16.160 so I I definitely agree that's something we could see. 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:18.520 Will was shy going to be your answer. I got 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:21.000 really lucky. I thought Darren was gonna go with this guy, 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:26.160 defensive tackle, dave On Nixon from Iowa. Um. Really I 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:28.560 didn't get to see the amount of practice you guys did, 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:31.560 but just from his media availability, I mean just so 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:36.000 much energy. Really just an incredible personality and and everyone's 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:38.080 time with the offensive line. They came into this saying 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:39.760 they need to get better on both sides of the line, 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:44.320 and so from the perspective of that interior defensive tackle 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:46.959 kind of area, like you kind of were looking like, 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:49.400 all right, what are they doing here? Um? And I 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:51.400 think he's going to be someone that I know he 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:53.160 was a later round pick, but I think he's going 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:55.160 to have an impact early on as well. And he's 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:57.360 just he's got a lot of energy. He's a big 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:00.880 guy as well. He looks strong. He had some good 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:04.000 things at Iowa. Um, you know, like some big ten 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:09.080 awards defensive defensive defensive line in the year. I think, yeah, 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:11.440 I mean, you know, he's he's won some some accolades 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:13.400 that you're like, oh, where was this guy in the 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:16.920 second and third round value value value. So I I mean, 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:18.880 I I think you know a little bit about H two. 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:20.839 You spoke to him as well. Yeah, and and there 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:23.839 will be a probably a rookie diary coming up, maybe 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:27.720 with Davian Nixon on Panthers dot Com coming up, uh 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.000 at some point down the road. But he he is 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:32.000 an interesting guy, and you're right, he does have an 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:34.360 energy about him. But he's also another one of those 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:37.000 It's like when they went through the draft, it was 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:40.520 like everybody needed to be some degree of physical freak, 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:42.679 you know, somebody who could jump out of the barn 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:46.120 like Brady Christians. And this guy's got thirty five and 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:49.840 a half inch arms, I mean, and that sounds like, 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:52.200 you know, you're just talking about a guy with long arms. 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:56.400 Where that shows up is on the field goal block team. 0:13:56.400 --> 0:14:00.400 It's three ft yeah, big wingspan up there in the 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:03.319 middle of the line. It will help. And we've seen, 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:06.520 uh here in this building how it can matter to 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.360 get a hand on an extra point or something like that. 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:13.840 So um, yeah, I mean, he's definitely a big physical guy. 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.120 So we'll see how he kind of falls into that 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:19.680 rotation for my name to know. I mean, he's a 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:22.320 bigger name than the guys you mentioned was drafted higher, 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:26.160 but Tommy Tremble, I am, I'm excited to see how 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:29.080 he develops. He was not known as a pass catcher 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:31.600 at Notre Dame, but seeing him in practice a little bit, 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:34.040 he does have those skills and I think, you know, 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:35.520 he's a he's a little bit of an unknown and 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:38.800 X factor. He's versatile as well. Um, So I'm excited 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:41.440 to see what he does. And I thought he had 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:43.840 some some hands on him at at Rocky Minicamp, which 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:45.920 I was happy to see. So I think him and 0:14:46.040 --> 0:14:49.440 Dan Arnold, who um, you know, I'm just excited to 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:51.960 see the two of them because it felt like that's 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:53.760 what the Panthers were missing last year. One of the 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.600 things that the Panthers were missing last year were, um, 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:59.480 were those pass catching tight ends, especially in the red zone. 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:04.560 So I'm looking forward to seeing some combination of of 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:06.440 of those guys of course, and Thomas as well. Like 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:09.840 you know, just I'm I'm I'm excited to like a nice, 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:12.640 good pass catching tight end and I'm I'm looking forward 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:16.120 to see, um, if Tommy Trumbull can be that guy 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:17.920 and how he develops or how they're gonna, you know, 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:20.440 how they're going to use them. Plus, he's got such 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:23.280 a cool name. Great, I mean, it's great football name. 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:25.400 I feel I feel like you should say it in 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:32.920 the Monster Truck Rally ad voice Tommy gonna be at 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:39.320 the stadium Sundays Sunday, you know. I mean that's you know, 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:41.800 he's got a it's like a wrestler name or something. 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:43.680 It's great and I think people are going to be 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:45.640 into him. I think you're right, Kristen, And you can 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:48.240 just see those little flashes where it's like, oh, that's 0:15:48.240 --> 0:15:52.000 a thing. And again, you can't read too much into 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:55.200 routes against air or seven on seven drills. They only 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:58.480 had thirty four guys all weekend, so they can't be 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:01.520 out there doing team stuff. But there were a couple 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:04.960 of moments where it's like, oh, that's neat. I'll make up. 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:10.480 I'll make a bold prediction here. I think Tommy Tremble 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:16.880 scores multiple touchdowns on special teams next year. I think 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:20.640 he's a guy that is going to just go down 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:24.080 the field and wreck some things. Like he has a 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:26.600 physicality to him when he steps in the field that 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:29.560 if he's on punk coverage, if he's on kickoff coverage, 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:32.480 if he's on some sort of you know play where 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:34.840 there's a ball to be had, he's gonna go get it, 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:37.400 or he's gonna he's gonna force a fumble. He's gonna 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:40.840 do something that's gonna, like really make special teams special. 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:42.920 Not that he's not going to be a big part 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:44.240 of the offense, not that he's not gonna be in 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:47.120 the backfield, blocking, catching, doing all these things, you know, 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:50.120 creating mismatches for Dan Arnold to get open, all that 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:52.320 other stuff. But I think he's going to be someone 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:55.200 that's gonna say, oh, I'm on special teams. Okay, I'm 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:58.080 gonna I'm gonna embrace this and then go get the ball. 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:00.000 You know, he's that guy. I love that you said 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:02.720 make special teams special. It was a nice, like coach 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:08.000 like coach speak phrase. I've been around Chase Blackburton. Yeah, 0:17:08.119 --> 0:17:09.840 all right, we're going to take a quick break and 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:11.200 we come back. We got will Sta out of the 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:13.320 week and Darren is telling us to get off his lawn. 0:17:14.240 --> 0:17:17.520 Mr Jenkins told me. Mr Jenkis told me. Mr Jenkis 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:20.440 told me to always make it easy for the customer. 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:24.399 That's you alive person will always be here to answer 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:27.560 the phone. We're here till midnight, seven days a week, 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:30.840 so you never have to take off work and it's 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:33.280 the same price as in the daytime. We're the ones 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:35.920 you want to call. We're the ones you want to call. 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:39.280 We're the ones you want to call. You're gonna love 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:44.560 these people. I guarantee see got a Morris Jenkins dot com. 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:47.399 All right back here on the Happy half Hour podcast, 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:51.960 Will it's time for the stat of the week. The 0:17:52.040 --> 0:18:00.840 time of the week. So J C. Horn number eight. 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:03.639 Obviously we've had the kind of all the stories about 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:06.720 him honoring Kobe, the reason he picked it. I'm gonna 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:08.600 go for more of the Okay, So what does that 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:13.000 mean in Panthers history. Obviously the first non special teamer, 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:17.000 non quarterback to be number eight because of the rule changes. 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:19.160 So he's kind of like the first one to really 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:22.520 be able to publicly embrace these rule changes for us, 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:24.840 which I think is really cool. Um, some of my 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:28.359 favorite number eights because I was actually number eight in 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:33.159 high school. Got you you got Kobe J. Horn? You 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:35.800 know the eighth overall pick. You know. I I graduated 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:38.240 college in two thousand eight. I I embraced the eight, 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:42.320 and so my favorite number eight. My favorite number eight 0:18:42.359 --> 0:18:45.120 Darren is from my intern year in two thousand and eight. 0:18:45.359 --> 0:18:48.399 One of the best. Only kick off He was a 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:52.720 kickoff specialist. He didn't actually kick field goals. He just 0:18:52.840 --> 0:18:54.480 kicked the ball into the end zone every time he 0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:57.320 came to kick off. The one and only. Reese Lloyd 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:01.600 Lloyd one of one of my favorite. There's this Twitter 0:19:01.680 --> 0:19:05.200 account now called like Random College Athletes that just tweets 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:08.240 pictures of just random. He would be my favorite random 0:19:08.280 --> 0:19:12.520 Carolina Panther is Reese Lloyd Lloyd lots live up to J. C. Horn. 0:19:13.040 --> 0:19:15.640 Such a good dude. Wasn't David Carr number eight? Also? Yep? 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:18.119 I wasn't going to mention him. Why, I mean, you 0:19:18.119 --> 0:19:20.639 can mention him. David Carr was a great guy. If 0:19:20.640 --> 0:19:23.080 you want the full list, it's Reese Lloyd, Brad Nortman, 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:28.720 Jeff Lewis, Andy Lee, David Carr, and Brad Kaya. Briefly, 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:32.679 what do you remember most about the Brad Kaya? I 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:35.920 just remember photo shopping his head out of the Detroit 0:19:36.000 --> 0:19:39.080 Lions uniform. That's all I remember. It wasn't much of 0:19:39.160 --> 0:19:44.280 an era, was all right? Darren, uh you. I love 0:19:44.359 --> 0:19:48.119 that you've embraced this like get off my lawn mentality. 0:19:49.440 --> 0:19:52.120 I'm like the old guy, you know what. Here's the thing, though, 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:55.080 can I say this, I think Darren has cultivated that, 0:19:55.280 --> 0:19:58.800 you know, like you said you love the old man football, like, 0:19:58.840 --> 0:20:01.000 oh I'm gonna beat kermade. I find Daring to be 0:20:01.040 --> 0:20:04.800 the loveliest person. I just and Will's nodding. We worked 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:06.800 with I mean, we work with you every day, and 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:09.080 I know that that's probably you know, taking your street 0:20:09.119 --> 0:20:13.679