WEBVTT - Happy Half Hour Episode 136: Traffic Saftey 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:03.440 This week on a Happy half Hour. 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:05.560 Good news for Bryce. 0:00:05.600 --> 0:00:08.280 I mean, he's coming into a situation where the protection 0:00:08.400 --> 0:00:11.440 has been coold, you know, and Adam Feelen's back on 0:00:11.440 --> 0:00:13.880 the practice field as well. And if Adam is able 0:00:13.960 --> 0:00:17.279 to show that he's ready to be activated after a 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:20.320 short week of practice, then you know, that's another benefit 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:21.759 to Bryce as he goes into this deal. 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:28.840 What's the cow. It's time for the Happy Half Hour, 0:00:29.240 --> 0:00:34.840 presented by Southern Star, an official bourbon of the Carolina Panthers. 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:39.840 Here are your hosts, Darren Gant and Cassidy Hill. 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:47.400 Hello, friends, and welcome to the Traffic Safety edition of 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:49.960 the Happy Half Hour. We're gonna spend a lot of 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:53.680 time doing public service announcements about you know, stopping at 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:56.720 red lights and wearing your seat belts and cool stuff 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:59.880 like that, because first and foremost, we are happy that 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:02.880 Andy Dalton and his family are safe and secure. So 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:06.800 it's going to be that kind of happy half hour. 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:10.000 And as always, not that this fits with the public safety, 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:14.080 traffic safety, but when you're safely at home. The Happy 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:16.800 Half Hour is presented by a Southern Star and official 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:20.399 bourbon partner of the Carolina Panthers. Celebrate the spirit of 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:23.839 the Carolinas. When you're safely at home, do not drink 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:27.199 and drive correct. That's at the top of the list. 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:31.040 But yes, thank goodness for seat belts and airbags and 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:33.440 all that kind of cool stuff, because the adorable Dalton 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:36.640 family is safe and sound after a scary crash the 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:38.680 other day, including Winnie the Dog. 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:40.800 I looked in Vain. 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:43.680 I put all my best investigative resources trying to find 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:46.000 a picture of Winnie the Dogs, but couldn't really find 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:46.520 a good one. 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:50.080 Andy also told us that it's a mini golden doodle. 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:53.040 If you have a mini golden doodle, I want that 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:55.680 dog to have its on Instagram page. Yeah, I want 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:58.440 daily pictures. I want updates on all that is going 0:01:58.480 --> 0:01:59.880 on in the life of Winnie the Many. 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:03.520 It feels like it feels like they missed an opportunity there. 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:06.200 I think that's part of the contract with dogs like that. 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:09.240 If you have that kind of dog, it has to 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:10.760 have a social media presence. 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:12.680 So somebody should tell Andy I may do that. 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:16.200 We'll work on that. But yes, thankfully, Winny the Dog 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:18.720 and all of the other Daltons are safe and sound. 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:23.919 But it has put a dent in the Carolina Panthers plans. 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:27.200 You see what I did there? I did Yeah, soon 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:30.160 too soon? Probably it could have gone so much worse. 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:34.040 It really could have, literally and figuratively. But with that 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:37.640 car accident the other day, again, fortunately Andy's okay, but 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:41.280 he does have a sprained thumb, so grabbing a football 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:44.160 and throwing it is problematic for him right now. And 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:47.359 when that's literally your job description, that kind of makes 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:49.520 it tough to go. So we're back to Bryce shawng 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:53.320 heading out to Denver, and that's been the topic of 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:55.640 all the conversations for the last forty eight hours. 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:58.480 Yeah, anytime there's a quarterback change that's going to dominate 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:01.280 the week, that's going to I was looking up something 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:03.800 earlier about the Broncos. I just wanted something simple, like 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:07.000 I think their record as so I googled Denver Broncos 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:08.840 and all of the news stories at the top of 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:12.120 the page were Denver reporters and outlets talking about the 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:14.519 quarterback change and how they would now be facing Bryce Young. 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:18.160 Not an easy week to step into if you're Bryce Young. 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:20.079 Not an easy week to step into if you're any 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:23.360 quarterback having to play against this Denver defense. Their top 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:27.120 five in passing defense. I want to say in total 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:28.600 defense maybe even. 0:03:28.600 --> 0:03:29.600 Yes, that's correct. 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:33.840 Third, third in yards per game allowed, third in points 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:37.800 per game allowed, fifth in passing yards per game allowed, 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:40.600 and second in the league with twenty eight sacks. 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:44.920 Ooh, not a fun Sunday, Bob. What are they in 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:45.760 rushing defense? 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:48.160 I didn't write that one down. 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:51.760 You need to have answers for all of my possible questions. 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:54.080 That's not part I could just make something up. Good 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:54.840 is the answer. 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:58.600 They're playing well on defense, and so whether it was handy, 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:00.119 whether it was price, that was going to be a 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:03.960 complicated ask anyway for the Carolina Panthers. 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:06.760 Right, the twenty eight sacks really really stands out as well, 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:10.320 because that's something and this is this is not a knock. 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:12.360 This is just looking at a game, looking at the 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:16.080 game as the key to the game. Bryce likes to 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:19.279 kind of move around the pocket some. This might be 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:21.159 one of those weeks where he really does have to 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:23.280 just trust that his offensive line is going to protect 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:26.000 him and hang in there because if you if you 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:30.360 get out, they've got you and so and we've seen, 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:32.640 you know, last year how tough he is willing to 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:34.400 take some of those sacks if it means he gets 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:37.520 the ball off in time. It's gonna have to probably 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:40.400 be one of those cases where if you because if 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:44.000 you give them an inch, they're taking you down, buddy. 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:47.480 So this is an offensive line that is capable of 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:51.760 providing a good, clean pocket and take advantage of it 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:54.880 and let them protect you and do their job. 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:55.400 Yeah. 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:57.680 And the good news for Bryce, I mean, he's coming 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:01.040 into a situation where the protection has been good, right, 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:04.200 you know. And Taylor Motens back on the field yesterday. 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:06.960 We'll see how he's going the rest of the week. Obviously, 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:10.919 that would be a benefit to a already good offensive 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:13.360 line if you get an old HEADLG. Temo back in there. 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:17.720 Jonathan Brooks is doing more and more in practice. He's 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:20.440 still in his practice window. But Adam Thielen's back on 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:23.159 the practice field as well. And that's you know, as 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:25.880 we know having seen Adam throughout last year when he 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:29.159 and Bryce had such a connection. If Adam is able 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:33.280 to show that he's ready to be activated after a 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:36.640 short week of practice, then you know, that's another benefit 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:38.280 to Bryce as he goes into this deal. 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:41.560 Right, Adam would be huge because he's so helpful to 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:43.920 have on those passes where you do have to get 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:45.680 the ball out quick and you don't really have time 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:47.720 to go through your reads and you just need to 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:50.240 check it down. Adam Feeling's always there where you need 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:53.719 him to be, So that would be huge. As you 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:57.160 mentioned Timo, just if that's if you get Timo back 0:05:57.200 --> 0:05:59.440 in there. The only offensive lineman you're missing from the 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:01.799 start of the sea is Austin Corporate and Brady Christensen 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:05.000 is doing a pretty good job and so that's huge. 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:08.080 And then on the other side of the ball to 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:12.360 possibly get you know, Jadavian Clowney, Jose Jewel, both guys 0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:14.919 that were on the practice field yesterday, So was dj Wantum. 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:17.080 I would be a little surprised if he plays on Sunday. 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:20.360 Yeah, his practice for the first time, and that's a 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:22.400 yike almost a year. And that's one of the things 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:25.039 I wanted to bring up. I mean, the quarterback conversation 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:28.520 obviously dominates it. If there is a website about football, 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:31.880 it has had Andy Dalton traffic accident news on it 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:35.040 this week, and so I just think that kind of 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:37.640 takes up all the oxygen. But I want to, you know, 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:39.360 spend a little bit of time talking about the other 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:42.920 side of the ball, because on any other day, Jadavian 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:46.120 Clowney coming back after missing two weeks with a shoulder injury, 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:49.440 and having DJ Wantum on the practice field for the 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:52.800 first time, even though it's probably ambitious to think he's 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:54.719 going to be able to play this week, that would 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:57.040 have been a huge deal. That would have been kind 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.680 of stuff we spent all week talking about, and instead 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:03.920 it's kind of an afterthought. But they're getting to that point. 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:06.640 They're getting some dudes back, and that's going to be 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:10.640 a benefit to Gero Everrow and the entire defensive staff. 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:12.800 And you know, Dj want Them is obviously someone that 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:16.080 you want on the field. You saw what you liked 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:18.800 in him from Minnesota. You knew he could bring something 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:21.640 to this defense opposite Jadevi and Clonne. Colonne talked yesterday 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:23.800 about just the relationship the two of them have been 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:26.920 able to form, even though he hasn't been playing all 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.800 that to say, Charles Harris has been playing pretty well, 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:32.920 and so if you get Charles Harris out there and 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:35.480 you have Clowney back on the field just to kind 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:38.239 of stabilize things and draw a little bit more attention, 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.840 that leaves Charles Harris open to kind of make an impact, 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:45.000 which he has. Simply having Cloonnie back on the field 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.680 will stabilize a lot in that front seven. 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:51.640 Yeah, and still there is a lot that's still up 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:53.640 in the air because we don't know how close some 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:56.120 of these guys are to getting back in uniform on 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:58.400 Sunday and getting back on the field. But you know, 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:01.320 Nick Scott wasn't on a practice fore yesterday, So if 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:04.240 Jordan Fuller's not ready to go this weekend, you know 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:07.360 they're gonna have to turn somewhere. Is that Sam Franklin 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:10.000 to my Richard and what you know, Jamie Robinson somebody 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.480 like that. Don't know yet because there's still a lot 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:15.960 of uncertainty about that defense, but it does feel like 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:20.360 it's beginning to stabilize. And just the idea seeing Josie 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:23.120 Jewel out there, and this is nothing against any of 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:25.440 the other guys who were out there with rookie signal 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:29.520 caller Trevin Wallace, but having somebody like Josie next to 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:32.360 him is going to have a calming effect on everything. 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:35.320 And that was one of the things I kept going 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:37.880 back to during the off season, was thinking the run 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:40.720 defense had the potential to be a strength of this place. 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:43.960 When you add a Nateshawn Robinson, a Josie Jewel as 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:47.960 Shaq Thompson to a group that already had a Derek Brown. Again, 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:52.640 there's some complications. Shaq and Derek no longer here. They're 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:54.920 in the training room. Saw those guys yesterday and they're 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:57.839 getting worked on and they're in good spirits. But you know, 0:08:57.960 --> 0:09:01.360 getting Josie back will be significant for the education of 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:02.120 Trevin Wallace. 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:04.160 Is exactly what I was about to say too, because 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:07.240 even when Trevin continues to call the plays, you've now 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:09.400 got somebody else out there who has worn that green 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:12.800 dot before and can kind of just help translate for 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:16.200 Trevin if need be, you know, just depending maybe make 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:19.760 a few calls on the fly if need be, and 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:23.920 kind of help facilitate that. That's a huge, huge help 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:26.160 for Trevin Wallace. And also if you have Josie on 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:28.880 the field this week, he's spent the past few years 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:31.440 in Denver, he never played with bo Nicks, but he 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:34.200 knows the rest of this offense pretty well, and so 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:37.800 having just that familiarity could be huge. 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:41.160 Yep, And maybe they can mix things up. Denver has 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:44.400 not been a happy place for the Carolina Panthers. Obviously 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:49.440 there's some Super Bowl fifty PTSD involved that wasn't even 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.720 in Denver, but they're owing three out there all the time, 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:53.360 so they're looking to change something else. 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:54.640 It is a tough place to play. 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:57.000 It is a tough place to play, and you know, 0:09:57.520 --> 0:10:01.560 it's the altitude, it's the crowd things, and also they're 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:02.280 a pretty good team. 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:02.679 Right now. 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:07.000 I'm flashing back to John Fox who said it's not it's. 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:08.400 Not where you play, it's who you play. 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:12.280 Okay, well these are both tough and who so that 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:12.959 makes it tough. 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:16.480 But yeah, some of those games, I mean, obviously people 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:18.320 are going to remember the Super Bowl. People are going 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:21.320 to remember the sixteen opener when they blew a lately 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:23.920 Graham gon O miss the field going late when they 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.280 had a chance to win, drop the opener out there. 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:31.920 The ninety seven game was about the ninety seven It 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:36.000 was special. Darien Gordon returned two punts for touchdowns in 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:38.200 the first quarter and I think they were like eighty 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:42.199 two and seventy five yards, so that one got away 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:45.120 from him earlier. The four game stands out my memory 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:49.559 because that was the Julius Peppers play where ninety seven 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:51.400 yard interception, not touchdown. 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:53.920 Where did he intercept that ball out for it to 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:56.240 be Let me actually, let me try to guess. I've 0:10:56.240 --> 0:11:00.120 not seen this play. Ninety seven yards but not a touchdown. 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:02.320 Did he intercept it in the end zone? 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:05.000 He did intercept it in the end zone and took 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:08.439 it and took it to Okay, I have failed in 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:11.840 my indoctrination of you because you have not seen one 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.440 of the most amazing plays in franchise history. 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:16.560 We will watch it today, we will. 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:19.960 We will get to that later on this afternoon. But yeah, 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:22.440 it was actually the cool thing about that game. There 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:24.960 were two cool things I remember about that game, not 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:28.000 just that play. And Julius he did intercept it in 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:29.760 the end zone, took it the length of the field 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:34.199 and basically ran out of gas at altitude. And Dan Morgan, 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:37.719 now the GM and a pretty fit guy in his 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:40.400 day as a middle linebacker. Dan's like, that's how you 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:43.960 knew how special Julius was as an athlete because everyone 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:47.959 else was out of gas, everyone other than him had 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:52.360 dropped off the pace before. And Rod Smith, the old 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:55.199 Broncos wide receiver, kind of got in the way and 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:57.400 forced Julius to adjust and he ended up sort of 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:01.040 tripping over the five yard line. But the play before 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:03.720 that was the one. And that's the thing I remember 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:07.400 about Denver Is Julius was capable of those big eye 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:10.640 popping plays, but this one looked fairly simple. They were, 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:14.640 you know, third and you know, third and goal from 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:17.280 the three. Jake Plummer, who's a pretty mobile guy, is 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:17.920 just gonna. 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:19.440 Boot way related to Jack Pummer, not. 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:21.640 Related to Jack Plumber, who we may or may not 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:25.840 see this week. But Jake was a pretty mobile guy 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:27.920 and all he was trying to do was bootleg quick 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:30.160 to the corner and get there. Pretty easy play to 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:33.360 make for a guy with wheels like Jake Plumber. Julius 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:36.320 got cut on the play, was on the ground, gets up, 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:39.400 runs Plumber down from behind, and gets him out of 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:40.400 bound short of the goal. 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:40.880 Wow. 0:12:41.120 --> 0:12:42.800 I mean, it was just one of those things where 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:45.480 after the fact, it's like, that's not supposed to happen, 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:49.840 that thing right there. But I also remember that game. 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:55.760 One of my fond memories of Obscure Panthers passed Matt Willig, 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:58.480 who has played Andre the Giant in movies. He's a 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:02.640 gentleman of stature. It's like six ' eight three and 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:04.200 forty pounds or something like that. 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:07.439 Willig was playing right tackle that day and got called 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:07.640 for a. 0:13:07.640 --> 0:13:09.839 Penalty and picked up the flag and threw it back 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:14.920 at the official. So, yes, Denver contains multitudes for the 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:15.920 Carolina Panthers. 0:13:16.000 --> 0:13:17.199 I don't think you can do that. 0:13:17.520 --> 0:13:20.000 No, that's against the rules. They frowned on that. That 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:23.120 actually pushed him out of a field goal range late, 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:26.000 and it was an ideal, but yeah, it was just 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:29.000 the kind of you know, but in a week where 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:32.680 in a week where the starting quarterback changes because of 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:35.720 a traffic accident in South Charlotte, it feels appropriate that 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:38.640 we're talking about Matt Willig throwing flags back at officials. 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:42.240 We're just talking about anything and everything. Yeah. 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:45.600 Oh and you know, speaking a story time with Uncle Darren. 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:48.960 You were asking earlier we were talking about quarterback changes, 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:51.320 and I said, well, I mean it's no Brian Saint Pierre. 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:53.800 Yeah, I have no idea who that is. 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:55.600 We gotta do. 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:58.360 I'm gonna have to do football one oh one or 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:01.320 Panthers football one oh one for this offseason where I 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:03.960 just tell her all the strange and unusual stories. 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:06.400 I would love to do a podcast where I go 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:08.680 back and watch the best Panthers games that I've never 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:11.800 seen live reaction. 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:15.200 Do I get to offer commentary of all the sidebar 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:17.520 stories that goes along with this kind of stuff. I 0:14:17.600 --> 0:14:20.600 might sign up for that podcast. Matt write just down 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:22.200 in the notes, We'll work on this later. 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:23.400 But no. 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:26.040 In twenty ten, this was not a traffic accident, but 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:29.560 Jimmy class and suffered a concussion the weekend before against Yeah, 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:31.720 when a story starts with Jimmy Claws and you know 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:35.160 it's good. Jimmy Clawson gets a concussion against the Bucks. 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:39.080 They needed help in a hurry. So John Fox, in 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.840 the middle of twenty ten's youth movement, when he had 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:45.440 no interest in playing youth, urged them to go out 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:47.800 and get a gentleman named Brian Saint Pierre, who had 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.960 not thrown a football in Anger in two years, had 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:53.360 been on the Steelers practice squad, bounced around, was in 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:56.080 Arizona for a little bit. Saint Pierre rolls in here 0:14:56.280 --> 0:15:00.440 and ends up starting against the Baltimore Ravens. Bryan Saint 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:03.760 Pierre what year and that would have been ten, twenty ten. 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:05.400 So a pretty good Ravens defense. 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.160 Yeah, ed Reid out of pick six that day. Ray 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:11.760 Lewis was running around doing ray Lewis things. But Saint 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:14.200 Pierre came here thinking he was going to hold a clipboard. 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:14.840 I mean it was. 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:17.760 Middle of the youth movement and played football in a 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:20.360 couple of years. He was joking at the time about 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.440 changing diapers a week ago. This time, I walk out 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:26.000 on the practice field on Wednesday, and Brian Saint Pierre 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:28.560 is not holding a clipboard. He is running with the 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:32.880 ones in practice, and I distinctly recall calling his agent 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:35.960 and saying, Rick, did you know your boy was coming 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:39.400 here to start? And the agent said he's doing what. 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:41.640 Now? 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:45.680 To his credit, Brian Saint Pierre did play creditably against 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:49.040 that pretty good Ravens defense. He had an eighty eight 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:55.320 yard touchdown pass to David get Us. Yeah, another another 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:58.560 blank stare from Cassidy. David get Us is one of 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:01.800 the all time social media punches for Panthers fans because 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:03.800 he was kind of a tease. He would catch an 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:06.120 eighty eight yard touchdown pass and then you never really 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:07.960 heard much from him for weeks and weeks, and people 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:08.920 would always say. 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:10.880 How's David get Us looking in practice. 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:14.040 So yeah, depending on who you ask me, Jonathan Jones 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:17.400 show person, they've gotten a good dose of how's David 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:20.840 get Us looking out there? And that's one of those things. 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:25.080 David was good player, Baylor guy, track guy, longstrider. He 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:26.520 was a four hundred meter runner. 0:16:26.600 --> 0:16:28.360 But boy, well. 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:29.800 Show itself in an eighty eight yard touchdown. 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:31.600 We have gone way down the rabbit hole. 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:35.760 We've gone from talking about Andy Dalton's dog to Matt Willig, 0:16:35.880 --> 0:16:38.080 Brian Saint Pierre and David get Us. 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:39.640 And Andre the giants thrown in there. 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:42.360 What have we become here on the happy half hour? 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:46.120 But yeah, it's it's going to be interesting, and you know, 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:49.760 there's obviously a lot to be done, but I do 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:52.400 think there is some degree of opportunity for Bryce to 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.760 get things right because they have been running the ball. 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:58.440 So will I mean, we'll see how any of that goes. 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:02.280 There's no it's you know, too soon to talk about 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:04.360 what it means for the future. Does Andy go back 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:06.000 in the line up when he's healthy any of that 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.399 kind of stuff. I'm kind of assuming he does, just 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:12.040 based on things Dave Canalis has said previously and by previously, 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:16.080 I mean Monday and Wednesday and Wednesday, but you know, 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:19.280 we'll see how it goes. It is another twist and 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:23.360 another turn in this in this great saga of Carolina 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:24.720 Panthers football this week. 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.120 So what else? What else we got this week to cover? 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:30.439 Don't forget that Sunday is National tight Ends Day, so 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:32.040 tight ends should to. 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:32.960 All who celebrate. 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:36.359 I bet Jatavian Sanders is going to celebrate by wearing 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:37.320 a big hat. 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:42.600 That sounds like him. It seems like might possibly get 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:46.480 Tommy back, and so that could be a good little get. 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.840 That's a safety blanket for Bryce as well. And uh 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:53.240 that's also a good you know, blitz Beeaters is having 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:55.840 a tight end yep. And so if you've got we 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:58.480 saw Jatavian Sanders kind of start to take steps forward 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:00.760 the past couple of weeks as a pass catcher. I 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:02.920 think having Ian Thomas on the field has been really 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:06.080 good for JT because he doesn't have to worry about 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:08.399 blocking as much. He can kind of focus on what 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:11.440 he was known for coming out of college, which was 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:14.479 being a really good pass catching tight end, something that 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:16.680 he had struggled with a little bit his first few 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:18.840 weeks in the NFL seen him take a step forward 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:20.920 the past couple of weeks. I think he was even 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:25.880 the leading receiver on Sunday. Yeah, six targets, six receptions. 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:26.119 Much as it was. 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:31.280 Yeah, And it was a little on purpose that we 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:34.480 went straight into the news and not recap last week's game, 0:18:34.520 --> 0:18:35.480 because there's not a lot. 0:18:35.440 --> 0:18:37.680 To just forget last week's. 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:41.600 Let's just pretend College Park ever happened and our trip 0:18:41.640 --> 0:18:45.280 to suburban Maryland. So it, uh, we'll let that one go. 0:18:45.560 --> 0:18:48.960 We'll get back with you next week. Oh, jukebox time. 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:52.000 Yeah, yeah, I was walking around humming your song earlier. 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:53.840 I didn't even know if you heard it. Is that 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:59.520 first little Gillian wilchis so high that that little opener, 0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:02.240 The whole song was good. I like the storytelling aspect 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:05.399 of it, of course, anytime. It always makes like I 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:07.600 say always, the few times I've listened to it in 0:19:07.640 --> 0:19:09.680 the past week, makes me think of a pageant queen. 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:11.560 As was a story about a pageant queen. I don't 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:13.919 know if it was, but you hear miss Ohio and 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:15.679 that's what you think, m hm, Like, is this a 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:17.960 girl chasing a crown? I don't again, I don't know 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:19.280