WEBVTT - Happy Half Hour Episode 19: Over/Under 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:04.000 Hi, this is Dewey Jenkins. Most people think my first 0:00:04.080 --> 0:00:07.880 name is Morris, but it's not. It's Dewey. Mr Morris 0:00:07.960 --> 0:00:09.920 was the name of the man I bought the company 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:12.480 from back when I was young. I'd like to take 0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:15.240 a few moments to say how proud we are to 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:19.040 be Panthers sponsors. When I told the team at Morris Jenkins, 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:21.360 you would have thought I was sending them on a 0:00:21.400 --> 0:00:24.600 free trip to Hawaii. We're here for the Panthers, and 0:00:24.680 --> 0:00:37.320 we're here for you too, whenever you need us. It's 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:41.960 time for a Happy Half Hour with your friends Kristin Balboni, 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:50.560 Miles Simmons and Will Bryan. It's that time of the week, 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:53.080 the Happy Half Hour podcast presented by Morris Jenkins with 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:57.520 your friends Kristen, Will and Miles and Kristin. Mr Jenkins 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.280 told me his plumbers in a c text see really 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:03.840 where Panthers jerseys under their uniforms. When you're plumbing or 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:06.440 air conditioning is acting up? Call Morris Jenkins or visit 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:08.720 Morris Jenkins dot com. It was a great read. Miles, 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:10.800 thank you say that. You just turned on the extra, 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:14.000 the extra charm, the extra almost like an announcer voice, 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:15.440 and I really liked it. Well, you know what, Mr 0:01:15.520 --> 0:01:18.920 Jenkins tells me something I gotta tell the people, you 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:22.119 absolutely do. Um, I think we should tell the people 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:24.720 the latest as we know it. I'm sure fans want 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:27.800 to know, um, what's going on here at the facilities. 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:32.240 They were shut down, UM to football operations the team 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:35.520 Monday and Tuesday. It is now Wednesday morning. Miles, you're 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:38.240 probably the best person to to give us the latest. Yeah, 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:40.640 what was interesting is that everything was sort of done 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:42.480 out of an abundance of caution. And when you think 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:47.319 about Monday in Tuesday as football days, really what they 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:50.760 are are big days for game planning and for review 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:54.680 for coaches. So players come in usually on Monday and 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:57.040 they will go over the film in different things like that. 0:01:57.120 --> 0:02:01.600 But instead everybody was home on Monday. Ah. The Panthers 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:04.800 did place a player on the COVID nineteen list. It's 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:06.920 Michael Scofield as the second player in the last week. 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:10.239 Tyler Larson, backup center, also went on last week. But 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:12.679 it does not appear that there is some sort of 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:15.160 outbreak right. There are only two players that have gone 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:17.160 on it in the last week, and that means that 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:20.520 the protocols are working. Um so the Panthers were in 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:23.640 intensive protocol after a player on the Falcons tested positive 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:25.799 and went on the COVID nineteen list. We all know that. 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:29.519 So as long as you keep the cases isolated, which 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:32.520 is what the Panthers are trying to do by implementing 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:34.919 all of the things that they've done, then we can 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:39.560 continue to see football on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. So 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:42.399 so far, that's what's happened. As Christ and as you said, 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.160 Panthers are back in the building as of Wednesday. They're 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:48.280 going to practice Wednesday afternoon and we will go from there. 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:51.800 But as of right now, everything seems to be running 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:54.040 as it should, and of course it will keep you 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:57.920 updated on social media if if anything changes this week. Also, 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:02.120 you forgot, well you forgot Tuesday's football. We're seeing Tuesdays now. 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:05.280 I'm ready for Wednesday night football. Well that but I 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:07.600 said to I mean, I missed Tuesday because that we're 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:10.120 not supposed to have football on Tuesday. Like as much 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:12.560 as I loved having Tuesday night football last week, it 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:16.200 was weird because it was because the you know, we 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:19.720 had virus everywhere, So I don't know, not to not 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:22.480 to undermine the situation, but can you just say Tuesday 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:25.919 one more time? Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday. Can we can we 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:29.919 have a quick referendum on a double header Monday night football. 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:33.000 I kind of like it. I enjoyed it. We just 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:35.320 replaced Thursday night football with a double header on Monday. 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:37.480 I think that everybody, I think players probably would be 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:39.920 in favor of everyone would be for their bodies. Yeah, 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:42.080 or what about well, this is not better, It is 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:44.600 not better for players. Um schedule wise, I wasn't say, 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:46.600 what about one less Sunday game, you know, like one 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:48.960 less Sunday one o'clock game, But then that's not good 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:52.320 for the players. So now I've long been a proponent 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:54.640 of changing the schedule to make it a little bit 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:56.840 more balanced, so that, you know, we don't have all 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.640 these one o'clock Sunday games and then it becomes four 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:02.800 o'clock and it's the witching hour, and it's great, but 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:05.680 then you only have two games in the four o'clock window. 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:07.840 What's that about that was bad? Was that last week 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:09.880 or it was last week there were only two games. 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:11.400 There was the to a game where he got in 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:14.160 for and now he's a starting quarterback because he played 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:16.200 the Jets. Uh No, I think there's more to it. 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:18.800 And then there was also Aaron Rodgers getting clawbered by 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:21.960 Tampa Bay, which is an interesting result. There two memorable 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:25.360 games though, for sure. Well yeah, I mean I think so, 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.880 you know, to starting Aaron Rodgers, we haven't mentioned the 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:32.560 game that we covered guys at all. You let us 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:35.040 down this well, come on, now, you let us down 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:38.560 this road. Yeah, and now you're like, guys, get back 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:41.159 into shape over here, Like, what are we doing in 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:43.920 the fact that the Panthers lost six team, I didn't 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:45.600 think we needed to address it. This is on the 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:48.919 Panthers podcast network or anything. I frankly don't even remember 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:52.560 what you're talking about. Yes, the Panthers looked like they 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:54.640 were in position to make a comeback in the fourth 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:57.280 quarter against the Bears at home on Sunday, but ultimately 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:02.880 fell short. Um some mistake, some missed opportunities, some self 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:06.359 inflicted wounds. Um, And uh, I mean, and that's that. 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:11.200 So I thought instead of doing our typical recap, which 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:13.080 which we can do, Miles, if you're gonna get I 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:16.000 don't want to short train. I don't want I don't 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:18.480 want to mess up anything else. I just you know, 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:20.080 I just thought we could never mess it up. But 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:22.000 instead of doing our our typical recap, I want to 0:05:22.040 --> 0:05:23.719 play a game with you guys, because you know, I 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.719 think as three people for people including podcast Matt, that 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:30.239 are plugged into, um, everything going on with the Panthers 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:33.520 every day. I mean, and this is something that always happens. 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:37.320 But you see a shift in the tone of people 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:39.839 and what they have to say about the team after 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:43.400 a loss versus after the third straight win. Right, mistakes 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:47.159 come to the forefront. People are concerned about things, um 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:49.600 and uh, you know, still the same team that just 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.640 won three straight games. So I have a list of things. 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:57.400 We're gonna play an over under game over or under. 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:01.800 That was an overreaction. So I'm gonna give you, um 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:05.279 a common reaction or narrative after last week's game, and 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:07.400 you're gonna tell me if you think it's an overreaction, 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:12.080 an underreaction, or an appropriate reaction, like yeah, like how 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:14.200 worried are you really about some of these things? Or 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:16.080 how high are you on some of these things? Okay, 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:19.320 let's go alright. First one, red zone woes are a 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:24.719 big issue for this team. Oh An appropriate reaction. Yes, look, 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:26.599 I mean if you if you can't score in the 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:29.080 red zone, and let's be honest that that Bears defense 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:31.880 is really really good. Um, And I think one of 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.600 the things that was the most interesting about the red 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:38.400 zone offensive woes, if you will, was that Teddy Bridgewater 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:42.240 constantly had to scramble once the Panthers got down there 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:44.760 into the red zone, and that was because the coverage 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.880 was so good by the Bears. He really did not 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.760 have many options. And when you're talking about the Bears 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:53.320 pass rush too, they always can get pressure with four 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:55.479 so that means you got to kind of step up 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:57.600 in the pocket and see what you can do. And 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:00.760 once he starts running, they close really really quickly. I 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:04.039 thought that the most interesting play was that zone read 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:07.840 that they tried to run and Kyle Fuller, you know, 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:11.960 instead of going off to the running back like pretty 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:14.440 much everybody else on the defense, that he stayed with 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:17.440 his assignment on the zone read, which was the quarterback, 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:19.880 and he ends up flipping Teddy Bridgewater over and instead 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:22.200 of a walk in touchdown, that thing is stopped for 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:26.040 a one yard game. So look, part of your offensive 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:28.560 woes in the red zone are your opponent like that 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:31.040 is probably the best red zone defense that there is 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:34.480 a league right now, exactly, So at the same time, 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:37.280 you still have to get better exactly. I think there 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:38.640 are things on this list, and this is why I 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:40.200 wanted to do it. I think I think it's fun 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:41.960 to kind of say, Okay, these are the things that 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:45.680 are actually, um, worrying going into the rest of the season, 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:48.480 or things that need to be addressed, and then these 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:51.320 are just reactions to this game and a very good 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:53.400 Bears defense. I think in this case, it is something 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:56.600 that we've seen, um before, you know it, it's been 0:07:56.640 --> 0:08:00.440 an issue before this game, before facing this very good 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:02.840 Bears red zone defense. So I think it's an appropriate 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.680 reaction to say, oh, yeah, that's a that's something that's 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.520 got to be cleaned up immediately. I also think it's weird, 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:11.560 not weird, but after each game it feels like the 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:13.520 guys like, Yep, we're gonna focus on this in practice, 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:15.160 We're gonna work on this in practice. And out of 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.760 all the things we've kind of heard them say that about, 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:19.920 over the course of the season, a lot of these 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:22.680 things kind of get better, and this is kind of 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:26.640 one that necessarily hasn't really turned the corner yet, despite 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:28.720 you know, we're really going to focus on this in practice, 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:31.040 which makes me wonder, you know, how much of this is, 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:36.120 you know, execution and play calling versus just these guys 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:40.520 in these very particular situations maybe just aren't up to 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:43.160 the level of the number one defense just in terms 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:45.440 of who they are. You know, maybe this quarterback, this 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:48.680 running back, this group of receivers and tight ends are 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.319 just not good enough to execute against the number one 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:53.960 red zone defense, even with a perfect play call. I'm 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:57.280 glad you brought up tight ends, because tight ends in 0:08:57.320 --> 0:08:59.880 the red zone, that's where they're supposed to make their money, 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:02.040 right you know, you see it with Jimmy Graham. That's 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:05.040 basically his entire role right there with the Chicago Bears. 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:08.760 You look at the Panthers tight ends, they've only received 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:13.120 sixteen targets. Sixteen targets I'm talking about receptions. They've been 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:16.560 thrown to sixteen times this year and they have one 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:19.160 touchdown between them, and that was Ian Thomas on that 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:21.800 little I don't know, flat route out there to the 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:23.840 right that Teddy Bridgewater through him a couple of weeks ago. 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:28.119 So look, they have ten receptions between them. Okay, they 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:34.880 it's not like, um, I don't know, I I'm trying 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:37.559 to put this diplomatically at the same time, but it's like, 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:39.920 you need to get some production out of that area, 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:42.320 and if there's a way to get it, one would 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:45.280 think it would be in the red zone. And uh, 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:47.520 they've somehow got to figure out how to make that work. 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:49.960 But I think also what Matt Rule says about you 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:51.560 have to be able to run the ball down in 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:54.480 the red zone. Yes, that's absolutely true, because if you 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:56.960 can run the ball, then you know, like that old 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:59.400 saying goes, there are three things that can happen when 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:01.520 you passing. Two of them are bad. When you run 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:04.160 the ball, it's a lot easier for you. So they 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:05.760 have to be able to start doing that a little 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:07.439 bit better in the red zone. Well, and maybe if 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:09.440 that is the approach, you find out right before the 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:12.440 game that you don't have Curtis Samuel who that's not 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:15.480 you know all he does or even primarily what he does, 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:18.280 but he has been an option with Christi McAffrey out. Uh, 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:20.160 you know, of course Christian McAffrey is not there. And 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:23.679 then even Reggie Bonifan isn't there. So those are if 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:25.080 you want to run the ball in the red zone, 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.320 you got you got Trent Cannon and you have Mike Davis. 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:30.600 And Mike Davis I think does an incredible job. But 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.679 but he was I mean, he doesn't ever go down. 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:36.320 He's always fighting for those extra yards and unfortunately that 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:39.720 Bears defense just really shut him down as they did, 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:42.520 they did everyone. You know, they made it incredibly, incredibly 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:46.720 tough for a hardness player like Mike Davis. So next question, Kristen, Wow, 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:48.560 just telling me to move on. I thought we're having 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:50.959 a nice discussion there, all right. Next one in the 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:55.440 over under reaction game, Um, there is an issue with 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:58.719 the connection between d J. Moore and Teddy Bridgewater. That's 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:01.079 something we've heard a lot over the last few days 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:03.360 over reaction. And again I'm just putting this out there. 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:05.120 I am not saying that. I'm saying that as a 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:08.840 statement of something we have heard a lot over reaction. 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:14.080 Under reaction, appropriate reaction will I think over reaction because 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:18.960 I think that I think that the there's a regression 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:21.080 to the mean to an extent, and you're playing a 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:24.080 really good defense. There's less tard there's less other weapons 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:27.200 out there, and I just felt like, I don't know, 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:29.560 Like those questions came really hard at the end of 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:31.760 that game, and I was like, where is this coming from? 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:34.120 Like I don't know, like and maybe because it didn't 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:37.040 feel like Robbie had a ton of catches on his 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.440 targets either. Um, but all of a sudden it was 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:41.760 like whoa D J. Moore can't catch? And I think 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:45.800 sure there was, as coach Roll said, he there is 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:49.320 a miscommunication on that fourth and two play, and he 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:52.360 probably it was tough, but he probably should have made 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:54.000 a better play on that ball in the end zone 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:56.760 in the first half, you know, and you think about that, 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:59.720 but everything else. I mean, he has eight targets over 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.640 to the yards. It's harder to to bring down balls 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:05.880 when you're in double or single coverage. You know, people 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.280 right on you and you're throwing it up down the sideline, 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:10.040 and he's calmed down with a lot of them, just 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:12.840 made a lot of one of the plays of a 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:16.439 lot of tough catches. Um. So I think it's an overreaction. 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:21.000 I think it's less about the particular game, right. I 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:24.680 think that the game was more of a microcosm of 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:28.880 what the connection or lack thereof, has been between DJ 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:31.720 Moore and Teddy Bridgewater all seasons, so I would it's 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:35.839 not an overreaction. It's between like an an overaction and 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:39.440 inappropriate reaction. You know, like you ever have a grade 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:41.800 when your teacher on a paper would be like a 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:45.280 minus slash B plus. That's kind of no id, it's 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:47.920 just you score it out. It's I know, I know, 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:50.480 and I'm like really hedging right now. But here's here's 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:52.520 why I say this. Okay, So if you look at 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:55.680 d J. Moore's career catch percentage, and when we're talking 0:12:55.679 --> 0:12:58.840 about catch percentage, that is the amount of receptions he 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:02.520 has over the amount of targets he has. Right So 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:05.560 in his rookie year that was sixty seven percent, Okay, 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:09.400 his second year, last year that was this year, it's 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:13.400 fifty al right, So that's a significant decrease. And then 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:15.640 you look at other players on the Panthers. You've got 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:18.760 Robby Anderson, He's at seventy eight percent. Mike Davis is 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:20.800 a running back, that's all that's usually gonna be hired 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:22.600 because he's gonna get more checked downs. Things that are 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:25.800 closer to the line of scrimmage percent really nine percent. 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:29.880 Curtis Samuel is at three percent. McCaffrey before he went out, 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:34.640 he's at seventy eight percent. So the outlier there is 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:37.080 is d J. Moore. And so that's why I think 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:42.880 it's not necessarily an overreaction. It's maybe an appropriate reaction, 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:47.560 but I don't think it's something that's too alarming. I 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:49.280 don't know if I made a lot of sense there, 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:51.880 but that's sort of the way I see it. I 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:56.080 think it's an overreaction. I hear what you're saying, Miles, 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:58.520 but I think it really just came to the forefront 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:01.040 with that fourth and two and the facts that you know, 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:03.040 they were just a few inches off from each other, 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:05.520 and it was a miscommunication. I get it. I just 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:08.880 think I do not think Teddy's got targets. You know, 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:12.080 he's He's got a lot of different options, um. And 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.280 I just think that that is the reason that we're 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:15.959 talking about it, because nobody was talking about it in 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:18.000 the Atlanta game. Well at least at least I didn't 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:19.760 hear it. I mean, you know, Okay, So I'll put 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:21.560 it this way. I wrote this on Panthers dot Com 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:24.560 and you can go check that out, thank you very much. 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:28.120 Uh So, I think part of the problem there was 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:30.680 that they haven't run that route enough. And this is 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:33.520 where not having an off season program, not having a 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:37.520 full training camp comes in, because as as Matt Rules 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:41.240 talking about, they hadn't necessarily run that play, you know, 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:44.520 and I don't know, a big, big, big amount of times. 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:47.600 So if you have an off season program where guys 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:50.680 are working together, they're working through different scenarios in the playbook, 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:52.760 you might run that a few more times than what 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:55.680 they had they had to that point, and then you 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:59.080 will not have those miscommunications where Teddy thinks that the 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:01.480 receiver's going to be in one place, the receiver thinks 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:04.320 he should be in another place, um. And so if 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:07.440 you can correct those things, then you might see that 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:10.240 catch percentage go up as you would like. I also 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:13.240 just don't think that Teddy Bridgewater and Joe Brady are 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:15.960 two people and n d J. Moore for that fact, 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:19.080 but as as the two guys that the offense runs through, 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:21.240 and Joe Brady and Teddy Bridgewater, they're not people that 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:23.280 I have seen that just let things go like, oh, 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:26.320 we're just gonna not worry about um, you know. Some 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:28.840 miscommunications to our one of our best receivers. You know, 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:30.600 I just think that that's and so I also think 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:32.880 it's an over reaction in that sense of all right, 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:35.520 if if other people have clocked it, they have clocked it, 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.000 and it's going to be a focus. Um, that's definitely 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:39.720 the impression I get from them. All right, Next up, 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:45.040 over under reaction game. This defense is really impressive. I 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:47.680 heard a lot of that after this game, So over reaction, 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:51.600 appropriate reaction, under reaction. Do you want me to go first, 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:53.680 I'll go first. You see them a little. I think 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:57.280 it's I think it's appropriate. I think they they have 0:15:57.360 --> 0:15:59.960 been what they have done, uh, I mean, I thought 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.080 what they did in the Bears game was especially in 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:05.240 that first half. I thought it looked really good, you know. Um. 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:08.760 And I've just been so impressed personally by the way 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:12.000 that guys have continued to step up when there have 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:14.400 been injuries. And I I know that's part of of 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:17.160 being an NFL player, but I've just been really really 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:19.840 impressed by that. This is the only caveat I want 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:22.200 to make about this, taking nothing away from the defense, 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:24.560 is that it just was. This is part of the 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:26.040 reason I want to do this game. It's just funny 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:28.480 to me that it was like, oh, this this defense, 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:30.480 you know, really really holding things together, but I'm worried 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:32.560 about this offense, when at the beginning of the season 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:35.240 it was exactly the opposite, you know. Uh, it was 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:37.440 a big focus on the fact that the defense didn't 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:39.440 have a sack for the first two games, and it 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:41.520 was like, well, this offense is except for that first 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:43.440 half against Tampa Bay. But it was like that's this 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:45.760 is the thing, and then we're all really worried about 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:47.280 the defense. And I just think, I mean, I think 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:49.480 it's great that the defense is getting some recognition and 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:51.600 playing the way that they are playing for the most part. 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:53.640 But I just I just think it's so funny how 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:57.040 from week to week the strength of your team is 0:16:57.040 --> 0:17:00.600 just viewed differently. Um, I think it's a bit of 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:04.000 an overreaction to say that defense plan really is really good. 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:05.879 I didn't say really good, I said really impressive. They 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:08.600 have impressed me, Well, what's the difference between good. Now 0:17:08.600 --> 0:17:11.800 we're really playing semantics say they've impressed me with the 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:14.520 way that they've continued to step up. I've been impressed, 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:16.760 all right, that I have. I been impressed. Yes, okay, 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:21.919 you're the same because it's because I don't think I 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:24.359 think the sacks are still a problem, right, And you 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:27.199 know some of that is quarterbacks are gonna get rid 0:17:27.200 --> 0:17:28.679 of the ball really quick. We're going to see that 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:31.440 this week against Drew Brees. Absolutely for sure. I'm I 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:34.840 have no doubt about that. That's the way their offense runs. Um. 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:39.000 But when you only have five sacks, you're not necessarily 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:41.439 um getting to the quarterback as much as you like. 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:44.280 They're close on so many of these things too, and 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:49.560 I think you've got to start turning close into actual takedowns. Um. 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:51.879 So that to me is one thing. I'll tell you 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:54.840 somebody I have been really impressed with, and that's Jeremy Chin. 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:58.040 I mean, there's a sequence in that game where he's 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:01.119 blitzing the quarterback, he then makes up a pass to 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:03.639 Jimmy Graham to force a punt, and then on the 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:06.199 next play after the sudden change, he makes an interception. 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:10.760 So I'm impressed with I'm impressed with him, um. But 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:14.720 I also think that the caliber of quarterback and offense 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:16.960 that this team has faced over the last few weeks 0:18:17.240 --> 0:18:20.600 has not necessarily been all that great. So I think 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:22.960 this will be a really big test in the New 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:26.320 Orleans Saints to see exactly how much progress this defensive 0:18:26.359 --> 0:18:29.879 made has made. I think it's an overreaction. I you 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:31.879 look at their fourth to last in the NFL and 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:35.240 third down, and you've you've got to be able, You've 0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:36.920 got to be able to stop people on third down. 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:40.600 And you know, they've been able to do it with 0:18:40.920 --> 0:18:44.960 really really big plays at big moments, and I give 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:48.640 them credit for that. You know, the the interception in Atlanta, 0:18:48.920 --> 0:18:51.720 I mean that that thing was going the wrong way 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:54.400 real fast and then all of a sudden, boom, one 0:18:54.440 --> 0:18:57.119 big play turns it around. But you look at the 0:18:57.160 --> 0:19:00.240 whole the course of it. They're not stopping people well 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:02.280 enough on third down. They're not getting off the field. 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:05.000 It took them until the fourth quarter to really be 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:07.199 able to come up and make one big play on 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:09.160 third down to get the ball back to this offense. 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:11.040 You know, we needed they needed a couple more of 0:19:11.119 --> 0:19:14.919 those earlier on um and you know, and and I 0:19:15.160 --> 0:19:17.359 like the fact that they're in the top ten in 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:20.560 takeaways right now. But if you're not getting sacks, if 0:19:20.600 --> 0:19:22.720 you're not stopping people on third down, if your middle 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:24.959 of the pack and run defense. You know, if you're 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:29.639 middle of the pack in past defense, they don't make excuses. 0:19:29.720 --> 0:19:33.040 You know. They're saying, you know, when the reporters asked them, 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:35.480 you know, like you guys, you know, for being so young, 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:37.840 they're like, we're not making excuses or we are who 0:19:37.840 --> 0:19:40.680