The Kyle Bailey Show: Nick Carboni

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good text coming in, keep them coming, seven oh four five,
seven ninety six ten. Right now, we head out to
the hotline and check in with Nick Carboni, NBC Charlotte
Sports Director, sports anchor. He was walking the sidelines at
the Charlotte Kickoff night powered by Ortho Carolina and on
the broadcast with the window open. I loudly yelled, hey,
that's television's Nick Carboni, hoping that he would hear me,

(00:22):
but alas he did not, and it made me quite sad, Nick,
that you didn't hear me. How are you, buddy?

Speaker 2 (00:27):
I'm locked in when I'm down there on those high
school sidelines, mostly because mostly because a couple of years ago,
I got popped. So if you're not a if you
get complacent down there, you have to be careful. My wife.
My wife told me one more of those and I
can't shoot on the sidelines anymore. And I like to
be where the action is, so I'm sorry about that.
I did get some information from your broadcast partner, Anthony

(00:49):
Paizon pag Nada that really helped my eleven o'clock news,
and I listened to y'all on the way to and
from the game. Y'all send it great.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
I appreciate it. No, it was great to see you.
So we'll get down to business here. Your thoughts on
the the impending nuptials of Travis Kelcey and Taylor Swift?
Do you have any deep thoughts on on their announcement
that they are soon to be with.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
I just the first thing that comes to mind, Kyle
is what does this mean for Lebron's leg? Obviously, right,
I think that's where I think that's what we're all
thinking today. Hey, good for them, like I like love,
I love love. Good for them. Uh, didn't didn't think
it would get this far, But here we are, right
before the season. Are they going to add as the
next announcement that another season of Chief Kingdom or whatever

(01:32):
that that's Is that going to drop now that this
is this is official? I don't know.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
I mean, does she does she work in the front office?
Like now you know she knows a cover two from
a cover four?

Speaker 2 (01:41):
Listen, she wouldn't be the first significant other of a
major football name to have any control over a TV show.
I'll just throw that out there.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
And I'm also bringing this up because there are there
are a select few guys on my text line like
ar and Joe Gibbs Junior. They're just like, I can't
take it anymore. Why would you mention? And it's like
you got to relax a little bit. I'm not into
it either, but god it mighty, just relax a little bit.
It's fifteen fifteen million people have liked the post, and
my wife is already one of them, by the way.

(02:11):
So anyway, let's talk about the Panthers for real cut
down day today. Let's start with the biggest news that's
got everybody worked up on Twitter. That is Hunter Renfro
not making the fifty three man roster.

Speaker 3 (02:21):
Your thoughts, Yeah, I mean not totally surprised based on
really the back let's call it sixty six percent back
third of training camp.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
He had a sensational start. He was possibly the best
story in training camp league wide. He had the day
where Dabo was there. It was like Hunter Renfro day.
You couldn't even get a piece of him that day.
But then he was slowed up by the hamstring injury
and you know he wasn't available. You had younger players
on the roster like Bryson Tremaine absolutely stand out and

(02:53):
against all odds, appear to be safe, So, you know,
not totally surprised. Bill, Sure think they could use a
guy like him. Maybe it's tea leaves on what's going
on with the feeling situation, but really, if you were,
you know, dialed into the last third of camp, you're
not totally shocked that he's not on a fifty three.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
I mean, yeah, definitely not totally shocked.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
Now.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
I still think there's a world in which he stays here.
Could be practice squad, could be by way of a
feeling trade real quickly, not to belabor the point on Renfro,
but you know, he told me this is where he
wanted to be. He doesn't need to play football, but
he wanted to play for the Panthers. What if anything,
do you think that means toward you know, the potential
that he still ends up a member of this team somehow,
some way.

Speaker 2 (03:36):
I think it's entirely possible, and based on his camp.
You know, while it was a nice story and while
he looked like he was getting back to form, you know,
he may not be plucked to somebody else's fifty three
if you try to stash him for a while and
then bring him up as need be, and chances are
there will be and as need be, And you're right.
I mean, he kind of has said that to everybody

(03:57):
like this, this was kind of my shot and it
was to be with Carolina, and everybody seemed to kind
of be on board with it and be you know,
supportive of him while he was here. So I think
he's very comfortable here, not just because it's close to home,
but because of how the last couple of months since
the spring has gone. So I could absolutely see it.
But you know, there's enough probably on that practice tape

(04:18):
from a week and a half in comments from even
Dave Canalis saying like, I'm starting to see the old
Hunter rentro out there that somebody could take their shot
and we'll just see if he takes it.

Speaker 1 (04:27):
Nick Carboni, NBC Charlotte Sports Director, Sports anchor with us
here on a Tuesday. Panthers have cut the roster down
to fifty three. Before I ask you any more specifics,
did anything strike you as particularly shocking? Did anything they've
done so far make you say, wow, I can't believe
they did that.

Speaker 2 (04:44):
I mean, just the Bryson Tremaine storyline in general. Right,
you had the Corey Thornton story to start training camp,
and he carried that all the way through and then
all of a sudden, I think it was the Browns
joint practice and it was actually a pro from Jack
Plumber to end practice that day where Tremaine made a
heck of a catch, and it just became kind of
a string of days where there's Bryson Tremaine again. There

(05:06):
he is again, he offers, you know, a little something different.
I mean, they've got a diverse room in terms of
body type, speeds, and you know, he kind of fits
that taller guy go up and get it, mole, and
you know, you can never have too many of those guys.
And they feel good about the guys they have running
in the middle of the field too, So I think
that's you know, if you had told me three weeks

(05:28):
ago that he would make the roster, I would absolutely
be shocked based on the room. And then that was
around when Renfro was killing it in camp, so not
a shock today. But if you had said Bryson Tremaine
before training camp, most people would say, who.

Speaker 1 (05:43):
Looks like they're keeping four tight ends for now?

Speaker 2 (05:45):
Right?

Speaker 1 (05:45):
You got Tommy Trimble, activated, JT. Sanders, healthy, Mitchell Evan's
rookie James Mitchell ended up making this roster again, at
least for now. What does that mean to you keeping
four tight ends?

Speaker 2 (05:56):
Yeah, I mean I think James Mitchell had a much
better camp than Mitchell Evan. And Mitchell Evans is a
guy they've invested, you know, mid round pick on, and
you don't want to part with that just just yet.
You want to see what else you can grab out
of it. I'm not saying he had a bad camp.
I'm just saying, like, if you put him side by
side and showed you all the clips, you go this,
James Mitchell guy has got it, and he absolutely does.

(06:17):
You know, He's been behind some really talented players prior
to coming to Carolina, and he's still a relatively young guy,
and he can get the ball and he can do
all the other things you ask the tight end to
do as well. So we'll see how that depth shakes
out on game day and who makes the forty seven,
you know, forty six or whatever going into a game.
But James Mitchell I think had too good of a

(06:38):
camp to really say, you know, he's got to go.

Speaker 1 (06:42):
Nick. The Adam Thielen situation, it's been funny for me
to watch Adam Schefter in particular report this thing, because
it feels like everything is coming from the agent and
the rest of it's coming from Minnesota. I don't get
the sense that any of this is coming from Carolina.
What do you make of not just the the standoff
as we understand it over compensation, you know, but also

(07:04):
the continuous reporting on this while basically nothing gets done.

Speaker 2 (07:09):
Listen, it's one of those situations where everybody wants to
say he wants to go home. We haven't heard that
from Adam Feelin. I'm sure he loves home, but I
think he really is finally to the point here in
Carolina where he feels like something significant could happen in
terms of success, and he's been there the whole way,
especially with Bryce Young. You know. Does he want to
go work with a basically an effective, effectively a rookie

(07:32):
quarterback in Minnesota just so he can live in Minnesota.
I'm not convinced of that, but everybody else seems to be.
And ultimately it's not up to him. It is up
to Dan Morgan and the deal that he says or
deems is good enough to deal. Your leading receiver from
the last two years a safety blanket for Bryce Young. Yes,

(07:52):
you like your receivers in the room now more than
you have in a long time. But a lot of
that is based on projection and guys making jumps. Know
what you have an Adam feeling? Right, He Young knows
what he has an Adam feeling. You've got a talented
enough room in your mind to at the right price
pull the trigger on this. But you know, I'm not
sure Minnesota is going to be real comfortable giving up

(08:12):
giving that price up, especially when they do get Jordan
Adison back in three or four weeks now real quick?

Speaker 1 (08:18):
Did Taylor Moten extension from a couple of days ago?
You know your thoughts on that? Obviously, We're I think
we're all big fans of Taylor Moten, just in terms
of the person that he is, the way he carries himself.
It also clears up some money, and you know, people
started speculating immediately that you know, that's money the Panthers
could put to good use or put the work right away.
But I'm not sure that's going to be the case.
What are your thoughts on that?

Speaker 2 (08:39):
Yeah, I still think you know, everybody, you know, we
talked about Trey Hendrickson last week. Obviously that situation has resolved.
All thirty one fan bases think Michaeh Parsons might come there,
and I think they're going to be the ones to
flee's Jerry if that doesn't get resolved. But I just
think those big moves and that big spending is something
that they have an eye on next off season. Four.

(09:01):
They like the guys they've developed, they like the guys
they've drafted the last few years. They think Bryce Young
can take the next step. They love the offensive line,
they like the defensive line a little better. I just
think in year two, listen, Panthers fans and Hornets fans
hate hearing that, right because it's like it ain't year
two of I Rebuild. If I'm a fan, it's year ten.
But for Dan Morgan, Dave Canalis's year two, and I

(09:23):
don't think you're empty in the pocketbook just yet for
the big name players that might be available.

Speaker 1 (09:30):
All right, Uh, Nick, I appreciate you as always, brother,
Thank you for the call. Do you have your radio
up by the way, I think I can hear myself.

Speaker 2 (09:37):
I am not in my car. I am in the
bowels of Bank of America. Stadiums. All right, maybe somebody's
got you on it.

Speaker 1 (09:44):
Well, the reason I ask is people are calling me
out for not telling because they say, you tell your
listeners to turn down the radio, but you're not telling
Carboni to turn down the radio. But I don't think
Nick's in front of a radio.

Speaker 2 (09:53):
So he just he just said, I am in front
of the Panthers locker room. Yeah, as we seek no
radio to speaking.

Speaker 1 (09:58):
We have an issue that has nothing thing to do
with Nick Carbonie. Thank you, brother, We appreciate you. We'll
talk to you next week. Nick Carbonie hanging out with
us on a Tuesday