WEBVTT - Happy Half Hour Episode 21: Midseason Awards 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.520 Hi, this is Dewey Jenkins. When the team that manages 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:06.800 our Morris Jenkins website told me the most often asked 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:10.600 question is who is Mr Jenkins married too? You could 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:13.280 have knocked me over with a feather. I went home 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:15.800 and told my wife that I was so surprised that 0:00:15.880 --> 0:00:19.320 I didn't know what to say. She laughed and said, honey, 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:22.800 my name is Renee. So now you know the team 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:25.680 at Morris Jenkins and I are here for the Panthers, 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:28.760 and we're here for you too, whenever you need us. 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:41.479 It's time for a Happy half Hour with your friends 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:51.000 Kristin Balboni, Miles Simmons and Will Bryan. That's right, it's 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:52.880 that time of the week. It's the Happy Half Hour 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:55.720 podcast presented by Morris Jenkins and Chris and Mr Jenkins 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:57.880 told me that the Panthers make him proud and he's 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:00.480 honored to support the team. When you were plumbing, your 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:02.720 air conditioning is acting up, you call Morrish Jenkins or 0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:06.240 visit Morrish Jenkins dot com. Beautiful. I was always Miles. 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:09.280 Great to be here with my good buddies, Miles and 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:12.640 Will and um guys, you know it's it's different. Usually 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:15.920 come in and react to the game that happened on Sunday. 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:18.800 But with the Panthers playing on Thursday night and losing 0:01:18.800 --> 0:01:20.520 to the Falcons, we thought we'd switch it up a 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:23.480 little bit for this podcast. We're at the mid season point. 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:27.160 There are three and five halfway through the season. So well, 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:29.840 we said, you know, let's hand out some mid season awards. 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.759 A fun little activity to do, A fun little activity. 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:34.760 You make it sound like it's a coloring book or something. 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:38.280 I mean, we'll see at the end of little activity 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:42.640 that we enjoyed it. Some little diverting distraction that she 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:45.000 came up with here, Christen. Not like mid season awards 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:46.720 are super original, but I you know, try to go 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:50.840 with some fun categories we need on this Wednesday morning. Look, well, 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:53.280 I think as we get to the halfway point, what 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:55.040 I think is interesting about this team is that it's 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:57.200 kind of been a team of streaks. Right. You go 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:59.280 through the first couple of weeks of the season, you're oh, 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.400 in two. Then Christian McCaffrey goes out, and he's been 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.280 out for a while now. But it seems if you 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:07.720 read What Way the Wind Is Blowing, if you will, 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:10.320 if you read Miles articles on Panthers dot Com. It 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:12.200 seems like he is going to be back this week 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:15.480 against the Chiefs. So now you've gone two and three, 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:18.320 excuse me, three and three in the games without him 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:22.240 to get to three and five. So there, it's interesting 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:24.079 just where this team is, right you you lose to 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:26.520 you win three, you lose three. Well, you know this 0:02:26.560 --> 0:02:29.320 week is gonna be tough, so we'll see what happens there. 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:31.240 But then as you get into the second half of 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:34.800 the season, there is uh some reason I think you 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:37.000 can say for optimism in terms of what this team 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:38.840 can do, but you have to be a little bit 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:41.960 more consistent in certain areas. And Matt Rules said that, 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:45.160 he said, that's something that that we identified um at 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:47.000 this halfway point, is that we want to be a 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:50.320 more consistent team, not a team of streaks. And you know, 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:52.880 like everything with this young team and a team that's 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:57.080 been dealt injuries and and COVID related issues, just like 0:02:57.120 --> 0:03:00.240 a lot of other teams, that's all gonna that's all gonna. Um, 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:04.040 that's that's what they're working towards. This consistency, experience and 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:06.640 more wins, no doubt. All right, but let's get to it. 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:10.800 The happy half hour mid Season Award. I don't know 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:12.200 if you could hear that. I was doing a little 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:14.920 drum on the table. Was beautiful, Thank you, Thank you 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:19.600 were a drum, no the flute in the middle school band. 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:23.560 But that's a story for for another podcast. Um. First 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:27.079 up in the mid Season Awards, position group, you would 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:30.839 most like to hang out with? Will Let's start with you. Yes, 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:32.560 I was hoping I get to go first because I 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:35.640 get to steal the good one the defensive line. Oh, 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:40.560 come on, that's going to steal that. I thought there 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:42.240 was gonna be another one that was going to come 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:44.520 to the forefront first, so I thought I was going 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:47.320 with a less obvious one. Okay, but we'll go ahead. Sorry, 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:50.720 I just jumped. I just like tone your answer. Go ahead. 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:54.240 I'm gonna let you finish. I'm gonna let you finish. 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:58.880 But the greatest video Brian Byrne. I mean, we've already 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:02.360 seen those guys in our in our video series with them, 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:05.800 they're obviously, and then you have like you know, Weatherly, 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:09.320 who Who's Who's Who's really different and cool? The most 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:11.840 interesting man in football? And then who doesn't want to 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:14.600 hang out with a like f A can just I'll 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:16.640 go hang out in London with FA for a week 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:19.560 and that'll be its own little thing. So yeah, and 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:23.280 you're forgetting our guy dB to Derek Brown. Oh yeah, 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:26.320 dere Derek Brown? Who who whose favorite animals a lion? 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:33.120 Apparently despite playing in his wife? Alright, I think that's 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:37.480 a great choice. Um, that's also mine. But myles, what's yours? 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:39.480 I would say the safeties. I want to hang out 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:42.279 with the safety. You know, Trey Boston. He's got so 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:43.839 much energy. Who doesn't want to hang out with a 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:45.840 guy like that? Are you putting Jeremy Chin in that 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:49.880 category even though he plays, Yes, well, he's safety, so 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:51.760 you know what, I'm putting them in the category. I 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:53.800 want to hang out with Jeremy Chin too. He's fun. 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:55.880 He likes to watch a lot of football, so do I. 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:57.680 There's not much in my brain, I said this is 0:04:57.720 --> 0:04:59.440 somebody the other day. There's not much going on in 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:01.760 my head ea up for like football and song lyrics. 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:04.920 So like Jeremy Chin. Also seems like you know you 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:07.839 read vibe on that. Justin Burris also another guy that's 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.800 pretty cool man, Like they're Sam Franklin. You know. With 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:13.919 the more we get to know him. He's tons of energy. Yeah, exactly. 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:15.719 So I would like to hang out with the Safeties. 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:18.400 I think they'd be fun or or the offensive lineman 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:21.480 because you know what offensive lineman and I was one 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.480 in my past life in high school. Uh. They know 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:27.560 how to love to break that they know, they know 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:29.200 how to eat, they know how to drink, they know 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:30.800 how to be married. So I would also hang out 0:05:30.800 --> 0:05:33.640 with the Oils. I like all of those. I really 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:37.200 thought the obvious choice would be the wide receiver group. 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:41.080 I thought that would be it because they're just cool. 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:43.560 And I would put Frisman Jackson the wide receivers coach 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:46.520 and there too. Um. I thought that would be someone's 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:49.000 choice for sure. And I gotta tell you guys a 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:52.679 funny story. We aired this on the pregame UM Show 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:55.880 on Thursday night. I talked to DJ Moore last week 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:58.279 and I said, what's that? What's that dynamic like with 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:02.360 you and Robbie and Curtis, Because not only are they 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.680 all having a very good seasons on the field, they're 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:08.320 just always together in practice. You always see ten eleven, twelve, Uh, 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:10.360 and you know, walking up to practice all that kind 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:12.840 of stuff. And um, he said, you know, it's it's 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:15.800 like Robbie's the oldest child and he is super calm, 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:18.120 and he makes sure that you know, the two of 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:20.680 us are are all good. He's like, and Curtis is 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.240 the middle child, and he's like, and I'm I'm the youngest. 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:24.800 I like to annoy the both of them and that 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:26.680 those are his words, not mine. So I kind of 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:30.080 thought that would be And of course, you know, Zilstra 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:32.920 seems like a you know, a nice calming presence, a 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:37.880 steady guy, seems like he's a fun to be around. Two. 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:39.760 So I just think that's a good group. And then 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:41.840 I'm putting Frisman Jackson there. I loved getting to talk 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:45.840 to him in the off season. Um and anyone that 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:47.839 can command that room, I'm like, all right, go for it. 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:49.880 So I really thought that would be a group that 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:52.800 someone would pick. But I I went defensive line as well. 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:56.560 Like Will said, we did the the teammate test with UM, 0:06:56.600 --> 0:06:58.920 with Brian Burns and Zacker and then you know, of 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:02.520 course he's out for the year, but KK is the best. 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:05.480 So umm, I'm gonna go d line too. All right, 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:07.920 what's our next what's our next category? Christmas next up? 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:11.000 And um, you know, we like to keep it loose 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:13.440 and fun here on the Happy Half Hour podcast presented 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:16.680 by Morris Jackens. But the team is three and five 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:18.880 right now, and they've had some some close losses. So 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:22.800 the next category is most gutting loss, the one where 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:25.240 you went, you know, and and Miles, I know you're 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:27.240 a writer. Maybe that doesn't mean the same for you 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:29.280 as a as a fan of the team, But the 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.480 one where you went, oh my gosh, they had this 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:34.240 one or they were so close that the loss that 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:38.679 you think will stay with the Panthers going forward Week 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:44.720 one against honest, because it the way it flipped there 0:07:44.760 --> 0:07:47.120 in the second half and then in the fourth quarter 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:50.720 where you had the lead and then you allowed I 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:53.800 keep having to stop myself from saying Oakland, well, you 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:56.600 did cover the team. You and I know that this 0:07:56.640 --> 0:07:58.480 is a thing that's happening across the league. It's like 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:01.320 when the Rams move for St. Louis to l a Like, 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:04.120 people keep calling him St. Louis. People are still calling 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:06.240 the Chargers San Diego. So it's going to take a 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:08.880 little while. But anyway, when the Raiders of Las Vegas 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:11.440 went down the field and then they scored and then 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:15.000 you had that fourth and one opportunity and Alex Arma 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.680 just doesn't get that one yard that you need. Um. 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:23.320 I think that that loss was really tough, and you know, 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:24.760 it sets you up at Owen one and then you 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:26.760 go down to Tampa and you you go into O 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:29.720 and two and unfortunately that the Panthers did recover from 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:32.800 those things. Um but yeah, I think you as good 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:35.080 as the Raiders have been, and they are a good 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:37.040 team right now. They look like they could be one 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:38.599 of the seven playoff teams in the a f C. 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:41.880 That's still a game where you come away thinking, man, 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:44.760 you know, we were we were pretty close there. And 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:46.880 that's the thing about this team. You could say that 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:49.640 in almost every game they've played, which is what makes 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:53.240 uh it fun to watch this team and also makes 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:56.400 it a little heartbreaking. You know they're they're right there. Um, So, Will, 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:58.800 what's your most gutting loss of the season. On the 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:00.920 one hand, because we all know my feelings about Atlanta 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:05.319 like that, you know, obviously there's some there's some recency 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:08.440 bias there of wanting you know that that that tastes 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:10.560 is still kind of in your mouth at this point 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:13.520 because you haven't played another game. But I think the 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.320 question is, you know what what feels worse, you know, 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:19.440 almost beating a good team that's won the division a 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:22.320 couple of years in a row, or losing to a 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:26.079 team that's really struggling. You know what we're what feels worse, 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:28.400 you know? And so I'll go with New Orleans. You know, 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:30.800 you you know, you might say, you know, there's too 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:32.280 much time on the clock or what are you gonna 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:34.400 do with but you know, all Teddy is just having 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:38.480 this incredible game and you're going tote toe with Drew Brees. 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:42.360 You're feeling like, here we go, we're in field goal range, 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:45.920 We're in your what inches away because of the sack 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.920 and what would have been an NFL record to tie 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:52.120 the game, and it's just it's that close. Um. I 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:55.200 think when when you see it, when it feels like 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:59.480 you can literally see the ball that close to the crossbar, um, 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:01.520 that that just feels gutting when you're trying to win 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:04.120 that game on the road in that place. All right, Well, 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:06.040 Will and I are sharing a brain wave because that 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:08.600 was also mine. It's actually what I thought of when 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:10.679 I picked the category, and I think it was that 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:13.640 it was the Joey Sly field goal, being so close 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:16.439 and being so close to to making history and just 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:18.720 for him to be able to kick it that far, 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:22.640 that straight under that much pressure, UM in a game 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:25.720 against the Saints, but it just being just a little 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:27.800 bit of something that no one's ever done in the 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:31.000 NFL in a game um, and I mean there was 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.280 a second round was like, oh, it's oh, it's happened. 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:36.280 This is happening, and then just as well said inches. 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:38.640 So I'd put that one um at the top for 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:40.600 me as well. Here's what I would say to that, 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:42.360 and not to you know, pooh pooh on what you 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:44.319 guys are saying, but it sounds like you're about it 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:48.040 because even if hits that field goal, the game's only 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:49.880 tied and they got and the defense had to stop 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:52.480 Drew Brees and they hadn't done it all day that is, 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:54.920 that is, and there was plenty of time left on 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:57.199 that clock, so in all the if all they needed 0:10:57.200 --> 0:10:58.960 was a field goal, I don't know how the Panthers 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:01.720 would have stopped Drew Brees that day in that offense. 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:04.120 And Alvin Camara like they just they hadn't done it. 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.800 Let us have this, sorry, let us have this. It's 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:13.320 the way. Next one is the biggest surprise or breakout star. 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:17.360 So either a surprise moment or a surprise player, however 0:11:17.480 --> 0:11:20.200 you want to take this. The floor is your mouth. 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:23.040 I'm gonna go with Mike Davis, you know. And despite 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:25.960 what everybody said about Mike Davis in training camp, and 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:28.359 there was a lot of praise heaped at Mike Davis 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:30.960 in training camp, you don't know what you're really going 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.599 to get from a guy like that when Christian McCaffrey 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:36.240 goes out until he actually starts playing. And so when 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:39.920 you saw what he started doing against the Buccaneers um 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:42.560 in that fourth quarter, and he's just making catches and 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:44.800 it seemed like the Bucks were just kind of letting 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:47.000 him do what he was going to do um on 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:49.480 the in the flat and on the outside there. Look, 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:51.720 it was like, all right, well, Mike Davis can at 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:53.680 least catch the ball. We know that, and in the 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:56.040 past he's run it well. But then you start to 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:58.000 see what he really can do once he gets the 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:00.720 starters reps. And in that three game winning streak, he 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:03.000 was a huge integral part of it. You think about 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:06.360 the nine yards from scrimmage that he had against Atlanta. 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:09.360 I think that's really emblematic of it. So Mike Davis, 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:12.200 I think has been a real pleasant surprise. And when 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:15.319 Christian McCaffrey comes back and again it seems like it 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:18.040 might be as soon as this week, it's gonna be 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:21.480 interesting to see how Joe Brady and that offensive staff 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:25.280 develop a plan to keep Mike Davis involved. I I agree. 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:27.520 I think that's a great one. And it's it's not 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:31.079 just that he's come in and filled in for Christian McCaffrey. 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:33.440 It's said, I think we know so much about him 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:36.440 in his style now and I don't think we ever 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:39.240 saw that at his past stops. And whether that's you know, 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:42.560 not being given a chance or um him not having 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:45.000 the opportunity, I I don't know. But it's just we 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:47.480 know now who Mike Davis is as a running back, 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:50.240 who he is as a player and a teammate. And uh, 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:52.200 I think that's great. That's something that we we couldn't 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:55.360 have said, even just going into week three, and so 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:57.880 I think it's great for for Mike Davis, and certainly 0:12:57.880 --> 0:13:00.800 the Panthers are happy that they have him here. Uh, well, 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:03.560 what about you biggest surprise or breakout start. I think 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:06.280 Robbie Anderson has to be mentioned at some point because 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.920 no one, no one knew this was coming, and there's 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:12.800 still obviously half of the season to go, but the 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:17.680 Panthers haven't had a top five NFL receiver in a 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:20.880 very long time. It's it's been years since you had 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:24.360 a top flight receiver. And that's what Robbie is doing 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:26.760 right now in this league is someone that is not 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:29.640 just a deep threat, but as an every down receiver, 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:33.240 that's a volume receiver, that's a go to guy. Um, 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:35.880 he's he's doing that. You know, we'd like to see 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:38.080 some more touchdowns from him kind of you know, in 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:42.400 these last several games for sure. Um, But I don't 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:46.520 think anyone expected that when he was signed last year. 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:49.240 You know. I'll give a little bit of a honorable 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:51.360 mention to Curtis as well, because I think there's a 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:54.840 lot of talk around the draft about potential trades and 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:56.640 all these things, and is you know, you know, where 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:58.839 does Curtis really landed in this offense? And I think 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:02.280 that he's really shown that, you know, he's he has 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:06.520 a very important and specific role, especially with Christian out um. 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:09.480 You know, and obviously they missed him when he didn't play, 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:12.760 and he stepped up when he has played. But I'll 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:16.360 still go with Robbie Anderson. Yeah, Robby Anderson was my 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:19.200 honorable mention, if you will. I'm gonna go with with 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:25.040 Jeremy chen because I think it's weird, even now we're 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:28.080 eight games in to think the Panthers got them got 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:29.920 him where they got him in the draft. It just 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:33.000 seems just like an incredible move that all these other 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:36.200 teams passed over him. Um, and the Panthers were able 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:39.560 to identify this coming out of Southern Illinois, and you 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:43.600 know around the draft, Panthers fans really wanted Isaiah Simmons 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:47.560 and and and Jeremy Jenny's what you were hoping Isaiah 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:52.800 Simmons could be with that versatility. And they got Dirk 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:55.480 Brown in the first round too, um and each our 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:57.920 gross mantos in the second as well, which we haven't 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:00.480 seen a lot of Dude to Andrew and whatnot, but 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:03.280 he has had a couple of places where he's flashed absolutely. Um. 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:06.120 So I gotta go with with Jeremy chinn Um. You know, 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:08.720 defensive Rookie of the Month for the month of October. 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:13.960 We even saw the the fake punt uh um, so 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:18.160 I just um, I think that's my my breakout star, 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:20.640 I would say of the first half, But again, it's 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:24.640 he's he's been so good since the beginning. It's almost 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:26.440 weird to say that, but I think if you think 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:29.360 before the season, they were just they were just unknowns 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:31.200 about about how he was going to pan out, if 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:33.000 he was going to live up to these expectations, live 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:35.080 up to the hype. And I think he's doing it well, 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:38.840 especially because there was no off season program there. You know, 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:43.080 he didn't get to be in the building until late July, 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:46.800 and so when something like that happens, despite what you 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:49.160 know about a guy from scouting him and all these 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:51.480 different things, you don't necessarily know how it's going to 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:53.960 pan out until he's actually on the field. And you 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:57.080 brought up the Isaiah Simmons comp Well, what Jeremy Chin 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.800 is doing right now, he's playing, You know, you look 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:02.400 at what Isaiah Simmons is doing over there in Arizon. 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:04.360 He's really not been on the field all that much. 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:05.880 And I don't have the numbers up right in front 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:08.360 of me at this particular moment, but if you just 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:10.680 look at it, from that standpoint, you can see Jeremy 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:13.480 Chin really contributing to this defense on a down to 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:16.400 down basis. He's all over the field, he is everywhere. 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:19.400 He is exactly what the Panthers wanted when they traded 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:21.560 up to draft him. And I think you can't feel 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:24.880 anything but encourage about his performance and just to boot 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:30.760 just the nicest guy, just hard working, um, just humble. 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:33.480 I mean, like you said that he's got like football 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:35.560 and music in his brain. It feels like and that's 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:37.120 about it. I had a chance to talk with him 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:40.560 and we surprised him with a visit from his mom 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:43.720 virtually right before the Thursday night game and just hearing 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:46.360 the two of them talk, um how excited she was 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:48.840 for him to play in primetime. It was just really cool. 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:52.680 And you know, he's someone that has been a surprise 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:57.720 throughout his entire football journey to this point, barely had 0:16:57.760 --> 0:16:59.920 any offers going into T. S I U. At the 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:01.840 point where his mom said, you know, I'll help you 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:04.720 pay for your education. I'll do what I can. We 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:06.280 can take out student loans and he said, nope, I'm 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:08.159 going to get a scholarship. So to go from that, 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:12.639 and then um S I U and then not being 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:18.120 the the highest touted guy coming right, yes, coming into 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:21.520 the draft. Um, although there was buzz, it's just it's 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:24.840 just incredible to see what he's doing so far. Alright. 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:28.920 Next up, most memorable moment of the first half of 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:32.600 the season, Will you want to kick us off? For? 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:37.040 For me, it was a moment that was almost disastrous 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:40.159 and then glorious. And that was the last play of 0:17:40.200 --> 0:17:44.600 the Chargers game because you're going into that and it's like, 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:48.960 we really need to win. There's no Christian McCaffrey, and 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:51.159 here we have a chance against you know, a team 0:17:51.200 --> 0:17:53.280 that you know at the time, you know, felt like 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:56.480 this could be a really big win. And oh, my goodness, 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:59.359 like if you make that hook and ladder pitch, that 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:01.920 thing is wide open. And just to watch that thing 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:05.120 developed in real time and then oh my god, thank goodness, 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:08.320 you dropped it. Like just that was that was a moment. 0:18:08.359 --> 0:18:10.639 You know, there aren't that many moments where you really 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:15.080 get the literally the game decided on the very final play, 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:19.040 and to have that happen was was, you know, heart pounding. 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:20.920 So I'll go with that one. That's a good one 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.320 because I had that on my list too, so I'm glad. 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:25.200 I also put another one on my list, which was 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:28.760 a Teddy Bridgewater touchdown run where he was able, you know, 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:31.359 shaking bag a little bit, get a couple of guys, 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:33.480 you know, to break their ankles as he was running 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:36.040 into the end zone. And again it was something where 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:39.359 we in the media it maybe made a bit of 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:41.760 more of a narrative of it than he did, but 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:45.320 I do think that it was representative of something, even 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:47.920 if he won't say it, um that now he is 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:50.760 a starting quarterback in the NFL again. Now he is 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:54.080 all the way back five years basically after he last was. 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:56.280 So I thought that that was really good play and 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:58.440 I thought it was really symbolic of what Teddy Bridgewater 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:01.919 can do about you. Christen. I'm gonna go not a 0:19:02.040 --> 0:19:04.480 play in a game, but I'm gonna go back to 0:19:04.520 --> 0:19:06.760 week one. What's that bear doing. I just think it's 0:19:07.640 --> 0:19:09.720 I mean, there are plenty of place to choose from. 0:19:09.760 --> 0:19:12.400 You guys had two great ones, um and I could 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:14.760 go in a number of different directions, but I just think, 0:19:15.040 --> 0:19:17.320 I don't know, just it's it's such a fun moment. 0:19:17.400 --> 0:19:20.440 It's been something that has lasted through the entire first 0:19:20.440 --> 0:19:23.040 half of the season. And then too, I think you know, 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:25.240 it also adds to it because of the way Robbie 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:27.639 has played and Will was talking about that or the 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:30.320 way that this offense um has looked in most games 0:19:30.359 --> 0:19:32.760 where and you know, and it's it's that, it's it's 0:19:32.880 --> 0:19:36.680 Robbie showing his personality, introducing himself to Panthers fans, introducing 0:19:36.720 --> 0:19:39.440