The Peppers No-Show is No Big Deal

The Observer and the national media made a big deal about Julius Peppers not showing up to the Panthers minicamp last weekend.  Personally, I really don’t care.  Peppers was not required to attend, and he wasn’t fined for his absence.  Minicamp isn’t very important for a veteran like Peppers.  Minicamp is primarily for rookies.  It [...]

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Disturbing News

Stories have been slowly coming out the last couple of weeks about John Fox’s smothering presence over the defense last year.  I’m not going to link them all, but Cat Scratch Reader has mentioned it a couple of times.  I’m sure similar stories are elsewhere over the Internet.  One troubling story that did catch my [...]

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More Thoughts on Meeks

We won’t know the results until the players take the field in September, but Panthers fans are going to get the aggressive defense they’ve been asking for.  The Panthers will likely continue to play the 4-3 defense and I still wouldn’t really expect a ton of exotic blitz packages from the D next year, but [...]

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Ron Meeks Hired as Defensive Coordinator

Ron Meeks is the new defensive coordinator of the Carolina Panthers.  I like the move.  Judging by the stats for his Colts defenses, they are tough against the pass and they don’t give up too many points.  We desperately need to strengthen the pass D, and Cat Scratch Reader sums up the most important stats [...]

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