WEBVTT - Happy Half Hour Episode 26: A Will-heavy Episode 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.040 Hi, This is Dewey Jenkins. When the Navy sent me 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:07.200 to Jacksonville, Florida, I sold Salad Master cookwear door to 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:10.520 door during my free time. One evening, I knocked on 0:00:10.560 --> 0:00:13.000 the door and met the woman I would marry. She 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:16.120 didn't buy any cookwear, but I got her phone number. 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:19.680 That's how we train at Morris Jenkins. Don't try to 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:23.119 make a sale, Try to make a friend. Everyone needs 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:26.320 a friend who knows how to fix air conditioning and plumbing. 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:37.760 I love this podcast, don't you. It's time for the 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:42.400 Happy Half Hour with your friends Kristen, Belbonnie and Will 0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:52.480 Brian presented by Morris Jenkins. It's that time of the week, 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:55.680 The Happy Half Hour podcast presented by Morris Jenkins and 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:58.280 Mr Jenkins told me his plumbers and a c text 0:00:58.360 --> 0:01:02.280 secretly where panthers Jersey's their uniforms. So when you're plumbing 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:04.680 or air conditioning is acting up, called Morris Jenkins or 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:08.880 visit Morris Jenkins dot com. Kristen here, Jersey right now. 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:11.399 Did you know that, Kristen? Well, I didn't because I 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:14.560 can't see you. You know we're being safe? Can you guess? 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:18.160 I'm gonna say? Jeremy Chin maybe you get a new 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:21.360 one or something. Oh, I like that. The I think 0:01:21.360 --> 0:01:23.840 that Jeremy Chiners might have sold out. We got to 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:26.280 find like a secret stash. What if everyone's made a 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:30.080 run on Chin jerseys? What about Matt if it's his 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:34.400 own custom Panthers stats guy on the back absolutely double 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:37.480 zero or something like that. How about that? Guess? That's 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:39.920 a really good guess. And it would need to be 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:43.000 like tats guy because in my Twitter handle there weren't 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:46.160 enough characters to have two s's, so it's like technically 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:48.080 Panthers Tats guy. Like, I think that would be a 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:50.920 great jersey. That would be a good jersey. Which one 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:56.400 is it? Kelvin Benjamin blast from the past there I 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:59.320 heard there's a story behind that. Yeah, actually, but that 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.160 happened to be the only one because we were we 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:05.160 were we were cleaning out some some things after we 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:09.000 were moving out for the COVID office swap stuff, and 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:11.720 that was available to take home. So I took home 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:14.600 with Calvin Benjamin jersey. Is that the most random jersey 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.440 you have? Oh? Absolutely, I'm not a jersey guy. I 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:20.920 don't necessarily have a lot of jerseys, So yeah, it 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:23.320 was just kind of available, so I took it. I 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:27.160 don't either, but I have a JaMarcus Russell Raiders jersey 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:30.560 in my closet and really good. I like that that one. 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:34.480 I am incredible. Now did you get that at the time, 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:36.560 Like he's like first overall pick. You're like, this guy 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:38.720 is going to be the best to ever do it. Yes. 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:41.040 I was a diehard LSU fan, so are I still am. 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:44.440 So when he was drafting, we had never had anything 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:46.920 like that until I guess him and Joe Burrow, So 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:48.720 that was like a big deal. And I got a 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:50.720 jersey and I got a shirt that didn't work out. 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:53.080 Great jersey to have some now, I don't know. It 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:55.360 just feels cool. No, it is awesome. I enjoy having it. 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.639 One of the coolest things was definitely in London last 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:01.440 year seeing all of the most random NFL I mean 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.520 even random Panthers jerseys that like you don't usually see. 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:07.400 Give me an example, everyone had on a jersey. I 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:12.640 think I saw a Panthers Brad Hoover next to a 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:17.440 Oakland Raiders Jerry Rice. That's pretty cool. It's just like, 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:21.520 how is how is that? In London in two thousand nineteen, 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:24.200 it was it was incredible. Me and my friends have 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:27.040 a theory that every single football game, no matter what 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:30.720 it is, College of Pro, there's always a Pittsburgh Steelers jersey. 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:33.040 There's always a guy wearing a Steelers jersey. I love 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:35.040 a theory like that. That is the theory of ours. 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:37.880 Every single sports game there's a big Ben jersey. I 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:40.680 will look on Sunday. You know, we have a limited 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:44.000 capacity in the stadium. I always love trying to find 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:46.640 the most um just I don't want to say random, 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:49.160 because if you're wearing a Panther jersey to a Panthers game, 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:51.480 I was just like to find, like which number. I'm like, uh, 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:53.560 I didn't see that coming. You know, good for you, 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:56.520 whether it's uh, you know, for example, Will or someone 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:58.760 having the Kelvin Benjamin or someone from a long time ago. 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:00.400 Always like to see kind of know, you get you 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:02.080 plenty of your Luke Kikles, you get plenty of your 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:05.280 Jeremy Chins, and yeah, like I love to see that. 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:07.119 So now I'm going to keep a special eye out 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:09.760 for the Pittsburgh Steelers jersey and I will report back 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:12.760 on next Wednesday. That's I love that theory. I'd be 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:14.800 interested to see how that theory holds up in the 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:18.719 limited capacity. But I bet you there's still on Steeler fans. 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:22.880 They're everywhere. So speaking of Sunday, we got the Broncos 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:26.280 coming into town to take on the Panthers. Bye week. 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:28.680 They all had a nice, nice little time off. The 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:33.240 players hopefully are are getting healthier on the whole, although uh, 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:35.520 the Panthers did have to place quite a few guys 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:38.640 on the COVID reserve list. And and will you know, 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:41.039 it's full disclosure. It's it's Wednesday morning. We don't know 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.640 exactly how this is gonna play out, how many actually 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:46.000 tested positive for the virus, and and how many are 0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:49.320 close contact. Of course, the team cannot release that information, 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.039 but we're monitoring it every day, and and and first 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:54.839 and foremost, hope you know, anyone who is affected is 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:57.800 healthy and doing okay right, And you know, obviously we 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:00.479 we want, you know, everyone to be doing better, to 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:03.480 be you know, hopefully getting better. Um potentially hopefully all 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:05.839 available on Sunday. You know, obviously we'll see. UM. I mean, 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:07.839 I think one good thing is you know that the 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.840 Panthers in the facility, you know, all year, you know, 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:13.520 Matt Rule has said this, you know, since April, literally 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:15.839 they've they've done the best they can to to make 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:19.040 the facility as as um socially distant, as spread out 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:22.000 as possible. They've used every inch of the stadium to 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:24.680 get players as far away from each other as possible 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.760 so that there isn't as much potential for the close 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:30.159 contact kind of stuff. So hopefully, you know, all those 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.839 things will will have an impact and kind of lessen 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:36.120 the blow of this UM. But also it's you know, 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:39.000 it's Wednesday, and as of this morning as we're taping, 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:41.680 the plan is to practice today. The plan is for 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.760 guys to come in and practice. There haven't been UM 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:48.200 any news reports as of right now of continuing to 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:50.320 keep the facility closed as it was on Monday and 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:53.400 Tuesday confirm that as we yeah, they are in the building. 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:57.080 So yeah, so as of this morning, yeah, and will 0:05:56.880 --> 0:05:59.800 as as you mentioned and certainly is as you keep 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:03.160 abs on with the website. The transaction wire came out 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:05.520 last night and no new cases were added as of 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:08.200 Tuesday night from from the Panthers side, So that's a 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:11.279 good sign. Yeah, So hopefully you know, as of you know, 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:14.560 we're playing Tuesday night football. We're playing Friday. I mean, 0:06:14.600 --> 0:06:16.920 it seems like eventually they're going to play a Friday game. 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:19.839 But hopefully this came will kick off at one o'clock 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:22.400 on Sunday as scheduled, and hopefully there will be as 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:25.440 many of these guys um from this list, um, you know, 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:28.880 like I mean, obviously it's it's been out there, d J. Moore, Curtis, Samuel, 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:31.920 Derrick Brown, Zat Kerk, Jack Thompson, Greg Little, you know, 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:33.760 all of these guys that are you know, e tour 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:36.400 grosmatos that have been put on the COVID list, and 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:38.920 hopefully as many as possible um of those guys will 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:42.280 be activated back off before Sunday. Yeah, let's let's talk 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:45.800 about this game. Um. The Broncos have very notably had 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:49.680 their their own issues with UM with the COVID reserve list. 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:52.479 Didn't have a quarterback a couple of weeks ago. Although 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:56.040 Drew Luck is back now for the Panthers, they're hopeful 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:59.320 that Christian McCaffrey Andante Jackson will be among those who 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:02.279 are now healthy enough to play after some extended rest. 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:04.719 For both of them, Dante Jackson's been dealing with that 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:08.400 turf toe all season long. And just really needed a 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:11.280 several weeks to just be off of his foot and 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:14.240 let that heal a little bit. And then Christian McCaffrey, Um, 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:17.080 he said he felt he feels great, and so it 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:19.520 certainly seems like he might be taking the field for 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:22.200 the Panthers on Sunday after dealing with that shoulder. What 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.880 do you make of the Broncos. Well, I mean, they're 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:27.800 a they're a tough team. I mean I haven't gotten 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:30.600 to see much of them until this past week when 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:33.720 they played the Chiefs on Sunday Night Football. And man, 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:36.640 that that defense. You think about the Chiefs in the 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.200 red zone and all of the things that Andy Reid 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:42.120 dials up, um, all of the things that Patrick Mahomes 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:44.960 can do, and they didn't score a red zone touchdown 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.960 in four trips against this Broncos defense. Well, there was 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:50.840 the one that everyone said, everyone said, you could he 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:53.880 could have challenged it right right exactly. I mean, yeah, 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.520 there was that one that they should have scored a 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:59.960 touchdown that they didn't. But unfortunately the statute at the 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:04.240 end of the day said over four on red zone opportunities. Um. 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:06.960 Of course, the Chiefs one with you know, a kind 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:09.640 of a late fourth quarter score. But this is the 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:12.080 Broncos team that you know went into Kansas City and 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:15.000 hung really tough with them. Um gave him a really 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:18.480 good game. And that defense doesn't have Von Miller, um 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:20.600 you know there there, They don't have a ton of 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:24.840 names that maybe everyone would recognize nationally. Um, but Bradley Chubb, 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:27.480 you know Nst State guy is there. Uh. He leaves 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:30.560 the team with seven and a half sacks. They kind 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:33.800 of have that, uh you know Ben, but then really 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:35.640 don't break in the red zone their second in the 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:39.040 NFL in red zone defense. UM. So I think that's 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:41.960 gonna be a big challenge. But you know, if if 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:44.760 he does play on Sunday, Christian McCaffrey is a great 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:47.960 red zone weapon. UM, So we'll be interesting to see 0:08:47.960 --> 0:08:50.200 how that kind of matches up. Yeah. I I talked 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:52.559 to to Matt Rule earlier this week and he used 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:56.760 the word suffocating to describe that defense. And the Panthers know, 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:58.800 I mean, everyone knows just how hard it is to 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:01.680 stop the Chiefs offense. Anyone who's who's watched them play, 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:04.840 um even a little bit, just knows how prolific that 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:07.440 offense is. And and the Panthers did a pretty decent 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:10.959 job of it earlier this year. Um, And I just 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:14.600 thought the Broncos defense looked great um against the Chiefs 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:18.840 on Sunday, So that will certainly be a challenge. UM. 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:21.360 But I was just I was just looking back at 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:24.679 the quarterbacks that the Panthers have faced lately. You know, 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:28.080 they went through that that stretch of just former Super 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:30.840 Bowl m v p s and league MVPs. But do 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:33.680 you look at you know, last games they faced Kirk 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:38.000 Cousins and then Matthew Stafford, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes. I'm 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:41.880 just going back through the schedule, Matt Ryan, Drew Brees, Um, 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:44.840 Nick Foles played in the Bears game. Sorry, I'm just 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:47.800 I'm going through this in real time, guys, very exciting stuff. 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:51.000 Matt Ryan again, Kyler Murray. So I just you know, 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:53.520 Drew luck Is is young, and so I'm excited to 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:57.800 see what the opportunities that the Panthers defense gets against 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:00.920 a young quarterback, because they did well against Kyler Murray, 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:03.480 and they did well against Justin Herbert earlier in the season, 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:06.480 and and the Panthers have actually been a defense that's 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:09.800 been really really good at forcing fumbles They're one of 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:13.120 the top defenses in the NFL in terms of force fumbles, 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:16.760 but they're not necessarily up there in terms of interceptions. UM. 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:20.240 And that's something that Denver has struggled with UM, both 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:23.120 Drew Lock and you know at times obviously Kendall Hinton 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:25.520 when he had to come in. UM. But Lock is 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:28.440 one of these guys that if you contain him in 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:31.120 the pocket and you keep him in the pocket, he's 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:34.320 he doesn't feel comfortable. UM. Like check out Like this 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:39.800 stat he's completed eight of his passes for a one 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:44.400 six rating on rollouts and boot plays, while just fifty 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.600 seven completion rate while he's in the pocket for a 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:51.520 sixty three point eight rating, thirteen thirteen interceptions while he's 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:54.679 in the pocket, no interceptions when he's rolling out. So 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:57.280 I think that will be something to watch if Denver 0:10:57.360 --> 0:10:59.560 tries to get him out on the edge. UM. You 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:01.760 know how it's Caroline I do and kind of rolling 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:05.040 a defense with him versus being able to use that 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:08.560 he used that pass rush UM to kind of contain him, 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:10.680 you know, maybe not over pursuing to let him, you know, 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:13.319 kind of escape out the pocket. But he's gonna want 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:16.680 to try to get outside. He feels better when he 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:19.840 doesn't have to, you know, maybe survey the entire field. 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:21.800 You know, he kind of sees the field in front 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:24.080 of him, um, you know, on one side or another 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.520 and and maybe you know, maybe there's something to like 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:28.640 him feeling like he can run and throw at the 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:32.079 same time and feels comfortable in that motion versus h 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:34.160 kind of being in the pocket. But yeah, that'll be 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:37.080 really interesting to see. Um, if the Panthers can kind 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:39.840 of keep him there and then be able to create 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:43.440 some turnovers. Um. That's been something that Denver has has 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:46.000 struggled with the times, Like the running game has controlled 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:49.240 the ball a lot, but if um, if he's not 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:52.920 rolling out, they turn the ball over. Yeah, I'm I'm 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:54.719 looking forward to see. I mean, the last time we 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:57.600 saw Jeremy Chin out on the field, the two fum 0:11:57.760 --> 0:12:01.040 overcovery touchdowns. Of course, you know the ending of that 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:03.559 game is is still a tough one for Panthers fans, 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:07.320 But you know, he's gonna have that extra little swagger, 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:09.520 that extra confidence. As you said, there's gonna be plenty 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:12.760 of Chin jerseys in the stands along with that one 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:16.040 Steelers jersey. So I'm excited to see that matchup the 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:20.959 Panthers defense versus um the Broncos offense and see if 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:24.560 if this Panthers defense can can really take advantage there. 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:26.520 And since it is a home game, if the Panthers 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:29.439 get a third down stop in the third quarter during 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:31.520 a home game, one lucky fan will win a smart 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:34.439 home smoke and carbon monoxide detector through the Morris Jenkins 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.320 Protect and Check sweepstakes. If the Panther's got a fourth 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:39.880 down stop in the fourth quarter, that same fan will 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:43.400 also be going home with a fifteen hundred dollar gift card. 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:46.200 To be sure to check out contest dot Panthers dot 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:49.360 com or more details on how you can enter. Well, 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:51.720 you've already hit us with like several stats, but none 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:56.360 of those are the the official Panthers Stats Guy stat 0:12:56.600 --> 0:13:00.160 of the week. So what do you got at the 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:08.640 time it picks of the week. So the last time 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:12.160 we saw the Panthers Week twelve at Minnesota, that first 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:16.080 half was really tight, really close, but Carolina was playing well, 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:20.000 um and then Minnesota got this field goal like right 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:23.240 before half, and you know the halftime score was ten seven, 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:26.720 you know, hardly something that's just oh my god, we're 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:28.760 in trouble, We're down ten seven, you're only down, You're 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:30.679 down three points, and it's just a field goal right 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:34.679 before half. But how about this stat? So since two 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:38.079 thousand eighteen when Carolina came back from down seventeen nothing 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:40.720 to be Philly UM in that game up in Philadelphia 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:44.360 against the Eagles, really dramatic fourth quarter comeback. Since that time, 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:47.920 the Panthers are owen twenty two when trailing or tied 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:51.640 at halftime. OENO, that is that is quite the stat 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:57.360 It's it, and it kind of defies, it defies some 0:13:57.480 --> 0:14:00.640 sort of real trend. I think you. I mean Carolina 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:03.520 obviously they retook the lead in the third quarter. They weren't, 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:06.120 you know, down big at Minnesota. This is you know, 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:10.520 different coaching staffs, different offensive systems, different defenses. You know, 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:12.760 this isn't just the same group over and over again 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:14.840 that has this thing stuck in their head. You know, 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:19.440 this thing is is really weird. UM. And every time 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:21.120 we get close to half of them, I'm like, oh, 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:23.160 please have a lead, Please have a lead. Because the 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:25.400 other side, that is the Panthers are fifteen and four 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:27.840 when holding the lead. UM. So they've done a good 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.520 job even if they have just a small lead of 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:33.400 being able to hold onto it throughout the second half. 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:36.440 They haven't blown a lot of leads, so I mean, really, 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:39.680 you know, the second quarter can say a lot about 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:41.440 how the rest of the game's gonna go well, and 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:46.280 it's pertinent this season because they had well documented struggles 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:49.120 in the third quarter. As you said, it's it's not 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:52.720 a stat that you can pinpoint over the last three 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:56.120 seasons because there's been so much turnover um, but it 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:58.840 is a good indicator considering that the third quarter has 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:02.040 been their worst order statistically really, with the exception of 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:04.160 of the Lions game, which they were just they were 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:06.560 just phenomenal, but that has been something that they have 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:09.640 said that they want to work on. So hopefully there's 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:11.400 the lead at the half and and we can just 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:13.360 throw will stat out the window. But I also think 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:16.240 those stats are good for at some point. Uh, that's 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:18.560 gonna change. At some point very soon, that's going to change. 0:15:18.560 --> 0:15:19.920 Of course, you hope that they have the lead at 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:23.200 the half in every game, but it's going to change, 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:25.760 and at that point there will be panther stats guy 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:28.080 will tweet that out and it's kind of like the 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:30.080 thing of you know, the first shutout in five years. 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:32.440 There's gonna be a point where they're gonna make that 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:35.000 big comeback, whether it's whether it is this season, whether 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:37.760 it's next season, and they're going to show that they 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:41.000 have that now in the arsenal, the ability to come back. 0:15:41.080 --> 0:15:43.240 And so it's a good stat to have for context 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:45.520 about how long it's been since that has happened. Right. 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:48.240 They need to they need to have a game like that. 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:50.560 And I think, you know, not harping on what we 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:54.480 talked about the past several weeks about December and the 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:57.080 importance of of getting a guilt and caffree back, the 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:59.320 importance of going out there and competing and winning. You know, 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.480 those are the types of things where, hey, you maybe 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:04.680 you trail to the Broncos or maybe you trail to 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.240 the Packards and you come back and win in December 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:08.840 and fans like, oh no, but we're not gonna go 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:11.040 to the playoffs anyway. Those are the types of things 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:13.840 that that really do carry over. And it's not just winning, 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:16.640 it's how you win. It's uh, you know, how you play, 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:19.400 it's how you All of these things stick with guys 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:21.280 um and they stick with the team and they stick 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:23.280 with the coaching staff and they stick with the way 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:25.640 you do things, UM, and those can carry over. So 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:28.560 you know, you want to see some second half, fourth 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:31.320 quarter finishes, you know, like just some real things to 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:33.880 kind of give them confidence that they do kind of 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:36.320 have that that winning ability. Yeah, you want to see 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:38.920 the team win, be able to win in a variety 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:40.400 of ways. You want to see any team be able 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:42.560 to win in a variety of ways. You don't want 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:44.600 to look at something and go, Okay, it's half time. 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:46.280 This is what the trend has been. We know what 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:48.080 the outcome is going to be, UM, and they're working 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:50.080 towards that. So I like this. I mean, I don't 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:54.120 like the stat because it's it's a tough stat for 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:56.760 the for the franchise right now, but I think it's 0:16:56.760 --> 0:17:00.200 gonna be great context for for some just epic back 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:01.960 when in the future was gonna be like I got 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:03.600 this one ready to go, I got it in the drafts. 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:07.359 We'll have we'll have a big two weeks or a 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:10.080 big game two weeks ago. With all the Jeremy Chin stats, 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:12.720 I mean, he was just getting like retweets in the thousands. 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:15.360 It was his time to shine. And since that time, 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:16.840 I don't know if this is a coincidence or not. 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:19.960 You have started your own official Panther's Stats Guy i 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:23.600 G account to oh yeah, you gotta follow me, match 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:27.320 that match that follow button on the Instagram it does 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:31.040 say it's the official Instagram account of Panther Stats Guy, 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:34.679 the official Instagram account. It is the official Instagram account. 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:36.920 Because there are a lot of Instagram accounts out there 0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:40.160 that I'll post something on Twitter or I'll say something 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:44.120 on the podcast in Boom, here's some Instagram account that 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:47.679 is posting that same stat with fifty thousand likes. I'm like, 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:49.760 wait a minute, I want the light. I want someone 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:53.399 to boost my ego. This was my stat. That's a 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:55.399 good point. So I'm trying. I'm trying to claim that 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:58.000 territory with my own official i G. That's a good point. 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:00.560 You know how the NFL insiders have to work now, 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:03.639 as first reported by you know, if someone has signs 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:05.800 a new contract or whatever, you'll see what them as 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:08.600 first reported by Adam Schefter or as first reported by uh, 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:11.359 you know, Tom pel Sorrow. And so maybe we need 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.359 to go this way for stats. Well, I don't think 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:18.160 that I'm gonna claim that much intellectual property over it, 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:20.720 you know, but it would. It is nice every once 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:22.240 in a while when you get that and you get 0:18:22.240 --> 0:18:24.520 that hat tip. But yeah, no. So if you're if 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:26.960 you're on the i G and uh and you don't 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:29.400 like Twitter and you'd rather get get all your information 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:32.399 on i G, it's still panther stats guy on on 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:34.720 the Instagram and feel free to give me a follow. 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:36.560 I'm a little embarrassed how long it took me to 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:38.359 realize what you guys are talking about with I G. 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:40.919 I was like, what, you're young? What do you call it? 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:43.320 Just like Instagram? I don't use that one very much. 0:18:43.359 --> 0:18:45.320 But I'm just dumb. I should have known that that 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:47.919 was obviously what you guys were talking about. Do I 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:50.600 need to do a stack guy TikTok and then I 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:53.280 just TikTok all the stats and some sort of weird dance. 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:59.760 I would love to see that. The people are calling 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:03.479 for it, absolutely and I don't. I don't like social 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:07.000 media anymore, Oh I do. I can't wait. If you've 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:09.679 put it out there now, it's it's what it's what 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:11.399 the fans need. They need to get their stats on 0:19:11.440 --> 0:19:14.120 TikTok with a weird dance. All right, Mr Jenkins told 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:16.199 me that he loves football and he looks forward to 0:19:16.200 --> 0:19:18.560 the show all week. When you're plumbing her air conditioning 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:20.800 is acting up, called Morris Jenkins or visit Morris Jenkins 0:19:21.040 --> 0:19:23.880 dot com. We are going to take a quick break 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:26.200 and when we come back on the Happy half Hour 0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:28.320 Podcast presented by Morris Jenkins is going to do a 0:19:28.320 --> 0:19:32.080 TikTok dance. Hi, this is Dewey Jenkins. 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