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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Former Carolina defensive end Al Wallace is back with us.
You can catch him on the postgame pregame postgame Queen
City Newspanthers dot com. He's all over the place and
he's our press box buddy here at WFNZ AL.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Happy Thanksgiving brother, what's going on?
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Yeah? Happy Thanksgiving man. Everything's good down in South Florida.
Family and getting ready to eat way too much, Kyle.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
I hear that.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Are you a traditional turkey and ham family? How do
you get down from a food standpoint?
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Yeah, I'm all the proteins, right, they'll beat some turkey,
they'll beat some ham. It's South Florida, So we'll have
some ribs, smoke. There'll be a bunch of different options
here for the Wallace family. So always excited about Thank.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
You, all right, that's awesome. All right, Well that's awesome.
Monday Night football was not We got to talk about that.
Don't want to ruin your appetite, but we'll talk about
it anyway. To me al, there's a lot we can
say about it. I just felt like this team, the
coaches included, just didn't look ready for prime time for
a lot of reasons. What were your big takeaways? From
that loss in San Francisco.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Yeah, man, I think you now. It just looked like
a team that wasn't prepared, maybe a little bit jet lag.
Nothing seemed to connect Tederoa McMillan, Bryce Young, that connection,
and not only the drop balls, but just miscommunication on routes.
Things we haven't seen. And you hate to talk about
the proverbial rookie wall with the guy like that, but
(01:20):
this team in general just looks like looked like they
were prepared for the big lights, right the big stage
with all of football watching on a Monday night, to
build off what we saw just a week ago from
Bryce Young Dave Canalis in this offense against a former foe, right,
a guy they knew. Seven of the first eleven you
know snaps for the San Francisco forty nine ers went
(01:42):
to Christian McCaffrey, just all out of sorts. That would
be the biggest takeaway. Just very frustrating as a fan
to watch.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
No doubt about it. What did you I mean? Dave
Canalis has taken a lot of heat. Bryce Young always does.
He's the quarterback. He pretty much always will until unless
he wins a playoff game. I'm sure, but I mean,
Dave Canallas has taken a lot of heat around here
since because of that game plan. Nine carries for the
running backs combined, and so he abandons the run game
but doesn't exactly push the ball downfield in the passing game.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
What did you think of his game plan, the way
that he called plays.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Yeah, I just I wish I understood who and what
this offense is supposed to look like under Dave Canalis.
We were told in that first press conference that it
was going to be a run heavy offense. We've seen
college glimpses of that throughout his stint here with the Panthers.
But when it boils down to it, he's not stuffering enough.
He's not a dog enough about his game plan. If
(02:34):
you're going to run the ball, then run the damn ball,
and don't let somebody push you off of that spot
so easily. It's like, if it doesn't work, if you
feel threatened by a heavy box, then I'm out. I'm
going to start trying to use extended runs, right, I'm
going to start doing the smoke screens, the checkdowns as
part of part of my running game to get it
to my backs to the Hubbard and rico' daldle. So
(02:55):
he's just, I mean, he's a half glass full type
of guy. And you can see that all over the
play calling that he's just he's gonna back off and
he's gonna pivot and he's gonna do something else. And
I just wish he was more stubborn about the idea
that I'm gonna run the ball and been deepens to
my will and not the other way around. You gotta
make adjustment, that's what the NFL is. But he just
(03:16):
moves off that spot too quickly for me.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Are you at all concerned about the health of the
offensive line right now? They've started nine different combinations of
Ola got hurt the other night, Kate May's already hurt.
Like they brought back all of the starters and all
of the depth from last year's team out and here
we are going into week thirteen and it feels like
that offensive line is just beating the hell up.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Yeah they are, They've been beaten up. But what I do,
and when I can't say about the offensive line, it works.
They're not the problem. And I know, guys gonna get beat.
You're gonna get watch Ikey get you know, beat on
the edge once and Devala's struggle. Corbett has missed some guys,
even Taylor Moten we've seen on his backside way more
often than we've seen in a number of years since
(03:57):
he's been a Carolina Panther. But that line is not
the issue. Go back two years, three years, where you
just you couldn't watch them play, that's not the issue.
They've opened up big holes. I think they've provided time
for Bryce Young. This scheme is a lot of get
out of the pocket, you know, boots and waggles for
Bryce Young. So, yeah, you worry about the offensive line,
(04:19):
You're concerned about the depth, But I think they've held
up in spite of and I believe because that system
is in place, they know exactly what to do. Just
go look at Rico Daddle's number. It was the same
offensive line. These guys have been opening up holes without
Robert Hunt all season. So I don't know that they're
the reason why these seem out of sorts on that
side of the ball.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Oh No, I agree, they're not the reason. I just
worry about their health. At this stage of the season.
Feels like everybody's dropping like flies. And listen, you've talked
about this you played for this team. You played in
the NFL, but you were a Panther in particular, so
you've gone from player to analysts. But you also talked
pretty plainly about being a fan too. You know, you
live and die on Sundays like the rest of us,
and you know, there's been a lot of that. And
I think because of how roller Coastery season has been,
(05:01):
the wild pendulum swings week to week, it's driven a
lot of people to pull their hair out. I came
in yesterday and said last night sucked. They weren't ready
for prime time. That doesn't feel good. But I'm still
looking at, you know, the schedule, two against two or
three against Tampa in the season. I'm looking at Baker
Mayfield's shoulder injury. I'm looking at the Panthers coming out
(05:21):
of the by against the Saints, and I'm still looking
at this al thinking, man, I think Carolina is gonna
be seven and seven with three to go before those
two games against Tampa.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
What do you think about that?
Speaker 3 (05:30):
I'd love it. I'd signed up for that. It were
the preseason games. If you told me seven and seven,
three games to go with two opportunities at Tampa Bay,
I for one hope Baker goes on plays, he keeps playing,
keeps getting hit, keeps getting knocked down from that shoulder
to give us the best opportunity. Right. So I like
(05:51):
where you are. I think part of being a fan,
and I know you guys talk about it all the time,
sitting a couple seat down for me up in that
pretz box. Man, it's a and I think to be
a good fan you have to feel all the ups
and downs, the peaks in the valleys, and this year's
certainly been a test of everyone's fandom. But if you're
in a position no matter what. I was just with
(06:12):
Mictber and he was talking about being three seven and one,
I forget what year it was, and then coming back
and still fighting a way to make the playoffs and
winning the NFC style, So it doesn't matter how up
and down of a roller coaster it is. I like
where the Panthers are. I think they can make a
strong push to the end. The injuries JC being out,
(06:33):
you know, melting with the broken leg and things like
that starting to pile up now concern me about that
final push. But if you have the top two teams,
two of the three, two of the last three games
of the season with the division on the line. Man,
it makes my blood boil, It makes my juices flow.
And if you're a competitor and you're on that Panthers roster,
you gotta be looking forward to that because that's what
(06:54):
it's all about. You won't remember anything that happened at
the beginning in the middle of this season if you
can get to that point and be right there to
win the division.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Yeah, well said that twenty fourteen season with Mike Tolbert,
that was That's one that everybody's been pointing to. I
think the last couple of days. It's a great point.
Al Wallace hanging out with us here on Street Turkey's
Day Live from the WFNZ Doghouse, powered by Jack Daniels.
I'm gonna be here Sunday morning doing pregame, then going
across the street to the game the Rams. I think
we all thought would be a good team when the
(07:22):
season began. By the time I don't know about four
three four weeks rolled around, I thought, Wow, that's the
best team in football and they're playing like it. And
Matt Stafford has been unbelievable the last eight games, and
so you got that team red hot, fresh off of
beating of Tampa, coming in here on Sunday, and to
your point a moment ago, you got j C. Horn
and Claude and Cheryl list in the concussion protocol, Corey
(07:42):
Thornton with a broken leg. You know, the good news
is a guy like Trevin Wallace is expected to play
on Sunday, So that's great.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
I mean, this is one that nobody's going to expect
Carolina to compete in.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
I think much less win. But what are your thoughts
on this game?
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Yeah, this one's scary, but so was Green Bay and
so we're a lot of other games on this schedule.
The difference is you went into those with all of
your guys right now, missing a guy if Jc's not
able to get out there and play, and the suspension
for a guy that just does so many things, so versatile, position, versatility,
a tackling machine on the back end, and Merrick that's
(08:19):
gonna hurt. And I think you can't afford to not
have all eleven guys that can compete at the highest
level on that defense. I mean, my goodness, they have
two or three number one receivers and capable running backs
that Matthew Stafford could be should be maybe the MVP
of the league. So that offense works to perfection, and
(08:40):
down a couple of the horses on that defensive side
is a scary proposition. But then you think about Jared Burst,
you think about Young and the guys on that defense
as well, and the problems they're going to present for
Bryce Young. I think this is a tough spot for
the Panthers. Just what you talked about, the injuries on
the offensive line and now on the defense with the
way they played, puts a lot of pressure on the
(09:01):
back end, especially Mike jack Man. He's gonna be under
fire all night if Jac's not able to go out
there and play.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
His Sunday it just as an extension of that.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Is there any world in what you think is hero
Levero's familiarity with the Rams and Sean McVay could be
of a benefit to them this weekend just knowing what
it is they do so well.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
Yeah. Absolutely. So what I do know is he's gonna
get his guys in the best position, and I believe
that over the course of his time here as a
defensive coordinator. Now, those guys got to execute and can
the guys that are gonna have to be called into action,
called into duty? You know cherlest was in there, boom,
he's out. Are you gonna get Trevin Wallace back? And
how long you know I've had an ac joint or
(09:41):
a bad shoulder or labor room. That thing just bothers you.
It's pain tolerance. How long he's gonna be last? Is
he gonna last? Even if he plays? It's scary. We've
seen him go in and out of the lineup. So
I think Coach hej is gonna do his best. He's
very familiar with the offense. He'll have some things up
his sleeves. The counter, Uh, you know McVeigh is gonna do.
(10:01):
But at the end of it, are the players right,
all the guys out there capable of executing it? And
that'll be the storyline we'll talk about come Monday morning.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Happy Thanksgiving brother, enjoy it in South Florida and we'll
see again in a couple of days.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
All right, man, appreciate you guys.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Thanks
Former Carolina defensive end Al Wallace is back with us.
You can catch him on the postgame pregame postgame Queen
City Newspanthers dot com. He's all over the place and
he's our press box buddy here at WFNZ AL.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Happy Thanksgiving brother, what's going on?
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Yeah? Happy Thanksgiving man. Everything's good down in South Florida.
Family and getting ready to eat way too much, Kyle.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
I hear that.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Are you a traditional turkey and ham family? How do
you get down from a food standpoint?
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Yeah, I'm all the proteins, right, they'll beat some turkey,
they'll beat some ham. It's South Florida, So we'll have
some ribs, smoke. There'll be a bunch of different options
here for the Wallace family. So always excited about Thank.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
You, all right, that's awesome. All right, Well that's awesome.
Monday Night football was not We got to talk about that.
Don't want to ruin your appetite, but we'll talk about
it anyway. To me al, there's a lot we can
say about it. I just felt like this team, the
coaches included, just didn't look ready for prime time for
a lot of reasons. What were your big takeaways? From
that loss in San Francisco.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Yeah, man, I think you now. It just looked like
a team that wasn't prepared, maybe a little bit jet lag.
Nothing seemed to connect Tederoa McMillan, Bryce Young, that connection,
and not only the drop balls, but just miscommunication on routes.
Things we haven't seen. And you hate to talk about
the proverbial rookie wall with the guy like that, but
(01:20):
this team in general just looks like looked like they
were prepared for the big lights, right the big stage
with all of football watching on a Monday night, to
build off what we saw just a week ago from
Bryce Young Dave Canalis in this offense against a former foe, right,
a guy they knew. Seven of the first eleven you
know snaps for the San Francisco forty nine ers went
(01:42):
to Christian McCaffrey, just all out of sorts. That would
be the biggest takeaway. Just very frustrating as a fan
to watch.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
No doubt about it. What did you I mean? Dave
Canalis has taken a lot of heat. Bryce Young always does.
He's the quarterback. He pretty much always will until unless
he wins a playoff game. I'm sure, but I mean,
Dave Canallas has taken a lot of heat around here
since because of that game plan. Nine carries for the
running backs combined, and so he abandons the run game
but doesn't exactly push the ball downfield in the passing game.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
What did you think of his game plan, the way
that he called plays.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Yeah, I just I wish I understood who and what
this offense is supposed to look like under Dave Canalis.
We were told in that first press conference that it
was going to be a run heavy offense. We've seen
college glimpses of that throughout his stint here with the Panthers.
But when it boils down to it, he's not stuffering enough.
He's not a dog enough about his game plan. If
(02:34):
you're going to run the ball, then run the damn ball,
and don't let somebody push you off of that spot
so easily. It's like, if it doesn't work, if you
feel threatened by a heavy box, then I'm out. I'm
going to start trying to use extended runs, right, I'm
going to start doing the smoke screens, the checkdowns as
part of part of my running game to get it
to my backs to the Hubbard and rico' daldle. So
(02:55):
he's just, I mean, he's a half glass full type
of guy. And you can see that all over the
play calling that he's just he's gonna back off and
he's gonna pivot and he's gonna do something else. And
I just wish he was more stubborn about the idea
that I'm gonna run the ball and been deepens to
my will and not the other way around. You gotta
make adjustment, that's what the NFL is. But he just
(03:16):
moves off that spot too quickly for me.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Are you at all concerned about the health of the
offensive line right now? They've started nine different combinations of
Ola got hurt the other night, Kate May's already hurt.
Like they brought back all of the starters and all
of the depth from last year's team out and here
we are going into week thirteen and it feels like
that offensive line is just beating the hell up.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Yeah they are, They've been beaten up. But what I do,
and when I can't say about the offensive line, it works.
They're not the problem. And I know, guys gonna get beat.
You're gonna get watch Ikey get you know, beat on
the edge once and Devala's struggle. Corbett has missed some guys,
even Taylor Moten we've seen on his backside way more
often than we've seen in a number of years since
(03:57):
he's been a Carolina Panther. But that line is not
the issue. Go back two years, three years, where you
just you couldn't watch them play, that's not the issue.
They've opened up big holes. I think they've provided time
for Bryce Young. This scheme is a lot of get
out of the pocket, you know, boots and waggles for
Bryce Young. So, yeah, you worry about the offensive line,
(04:19):
You're concerned about the depth, But I think they've held
up in spite of and I believe because that system
is in place, they know exactly what to do. Just
go look at Rico Daddle's number. It was the same
offensive line. These guys have been opening up holes without
Robert Hunt all season. So I don't know that they're
the reason why these seem out of sorts on that
side of the ball.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Oh No, I agree, they're not the reason. I just
worry about their health. At this stage of the season.
Feels like everybody's dropping like flies. And listen, you've talked
about this you played for this team. You played in
the NFL, but you were a Panther in particular, so
you've gone from player to analysts. But you also talked
pretty plainly about being a fan too. You know, you
live and die on Sundays like the rest of us,
and you know, there's been a lot of that. And
I think because of how roller Coastery season has been,
(05:01):
the wild pendulum swings week to week, it's driven a
lot of people to pull their hair out. I came
in yesterday and said last night sucked. They weren't ready
for prime time. That doesn't feel good. But I'm still
looking at, you know, the schedule, two against two or
three against Tampa in the season. I'm looking at Baker
Mayfield's shoulder injury. I'm looking at the Panthers coming out
(05:21):
of the by against the Saints, and I'm still looking
at this al thinking, man, I think Carolina is gonna
be seven and seven with three to go before those
two games against Tampa.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
What do you think about that?
Speaker 3 (05:30):
I'd love it. I'd signed up for that. It were
the preseason games. If you told me seven and seven,
three games to go with two opportunities at Tampa Bay,
I for one hope Baker goes on plays, he keeps playing,
keeps getting hit, keeps getting knocked down from that shoulder
to give us the best opportunity. Right. So I like
(05:51):
where you are. I think part of being a fan,
and I know you guys talk about it all the time,
sitting a couple seat down for me up in that
pretz box. Man, it's a and I think to be
a good fan you have to feel all the ups
and downs, the peaks in the valleys, and this year's
certainly been a test of everyone's fandom. But if you're
in a position no matter what. I was just with
(06:12):
Mictber and he was talking about being three seven and one,
I forget what year it was, and then coming back
and still fighting a way to make the playoffs and
winning the NFC style, So it doesn't matter how up
and down of a roller coaster it is. I like
where the Panthers are. I think they can make a
strong push to the end. The injuries JC being out,
(06:33):
you know, melting with the broken leg and things like
that starting to pile up now concern me about that
final push. But if you have the top two teams,
two of the three, two of the last three games
of the season with the division on the line. Man,
it makes my blood boil, It makes my juices flow.
And if you're a competitor and you're on that Panthers roster,
you gotta be looking forward to that because that's what
(06:54):
it's all about. You won't remember anything that happened at
the beginning in the middle of this season if you
can get to that point and be right there to
win the division.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Yeah, well said that twenty fourteen season with Mike Tolbert,
that was That's one that everybody's been pointing to. I
think the last couple of days. It's a great point.
Al Wallace hanging out with us here on Street Turkey's
Day Live from the WFNZ Doghouse, powered by Jack Daniels.
I'm gonna be here Sunday morning doing pregame, then going
across the street to the game the Rams. I think
we all thought would be a good team when the
(07:22):
season began. By the time I don't know about four
three four weeks rolled around, I thought, Wow, that's the
best team in football and they're playing like it. And
Matt Stafford has been unbelievable the last eight games, and
so you got that team red hot, fresh off of
beating of Tampa, coming in here on Sunday, and to
your point a moment ago, you got j C. Horn
and Claude and Cheryl list in the concussion protocol, Corey
(07:42):
Thornton with a broken leg. You know, the good news
is a guy like Trevin Wallace is expected to play
on Sunday, So that's great.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
I mean, this is one that nobody's going to expect
Carolina to compete in.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
I think much less win. But what are your thoughts
on this game?
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Yeah, this one's scary, but so was Green Bay and
so we're a lot of other games on this schedule.
The difference is you went into those with all of
your guys right now, missing a guy if Jc's not
able to get out there and play, and the suspension
for a guy that just does so many things, so versatile, position, versatility,
a tackling machine on the back end, and Merrick that's
(08:19):
gonna hurt. And I think you can't afford to not
have all eleven guys that can compete at the highest
level on that defense. I mean, my goodness, they have
two or three number one receivers and capable running backs
that Matthew Stafford could be should be maybe the MVP
of the league. So that offense works to perfection, and
(08:40):
down a couple of the horses on that defensive side
is a scary proposition. But then you think about Jared Burst,
you think about Young and the guys on that defense
as well, and the problems they're going to present for
Bryce Young. I think this is a tough spot for
the Panthers. Just what you talked about, the injuries on
the offensive line and now on the defense with the
way they played, puts a lot of pressure on the
(09:01):
back end, especially Mike jack Man. He's gonna be under
fire all night if Jac's not able to go out
there and play.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
His Sunday it just as an extension of that.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Is there any world in what you think is hero
Levero's familiarity with the Rams and Sean McVay could be
of a benefit to them this weekend just knowing what
it is they do so well.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
Yeah. Absolutely. So what I do know is he's gonna
get his guys in the best position, and I believe
that over the course of his time here as a
defensive coordinator. Now, those guys got to execute and can
the guys that are gonna have to be called into action,
called into duty? You know cherlest was in there, boom,
he's out. Are you gonna get Trevin Wallace back? And
how long you know I've had an ac joint or
(09:41):
a bad shoulder or labor room. That thing just bothers you.
It's pain tolerance. How long he's gonna be last? Is
he gonna last? Even if he plays? It's scary. We've
seen him go in and out of the lineup. So
I think Coach hej is gonna do his best. He's
very familiar with the offense. He'll have some things up
his sleeves. The counter, Uh, you know McVeigh is gonna do.
(10:01):
But at the end of it, are the players right,
all the guys out there capable of executing it? And
that'll be the storyline we'll talk about come Monday morning.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Happy Thanksgiving brother, enjoy it in South Florida and we'll
see again in a couple of days.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
All right, man, appreciate you guys.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Thanks
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