September 17, 2025 • 28 mins
This week on Sideline Pass, Kristen and Sharon preview the home opener vs Atlanta, react to offensive line injuries, and so much more - including an exclusive sit down with Brycen Tremayne!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Cheers.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Kristin Balboni and Sharon Thor's loved with your Sideline Pass.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Welcome to Sideline Pass with your sideline reporters, Sharon and Kristen. Sharon,
it is week three. We certainly have a lot to discuss.
Speaker 4 (00:18):
But how's your week going? So far?
Speaker 5 (00:20):
Pretty good so far as gorgeous weather around Here's guys,
Carolina Blue. We got our home opener coming up here
for the Panthers, so that's that's exciting. So things things
so good, so so far, so good.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Certainly, yes, absolutely, and we know that you're in the
locker room all week long getting the latest on everything
as am I. You know, we're sniffing out stories and
making sure that we have everything prepared for week three
against the Falcons. I want to start with with unfortunately
some of the injury news. So we found out on
Monday that both Robert Hunt and Austin Corbett Garden Center
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are going to be going on IR and Sharon just
you know, from a human perspective, of which I think
we always try to touch on, let's start there and
just how tough this is. And I think it's for
two separate reasons. You know, I was talking to Dave Knalison.
He made the point.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Robert Hunt very rarely injured. You know. It's one of
those guys that that is just you know.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
I think Robert said it himself, he said, I've never
had to deal with something like this before. And then
you look at Austin Corbett, who had just battled back
from from two big injuries over the course of the
last two seasons. So anytime anyone is injured, you.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
Hate it for them. But I just really feel for
these two guys.
Speaker 5 (01:30):
Oh gosh, I know, And you could just see it.
I knew when when it happened on the sidelines. I
was like, oh boy, this isn't good. You could just
see it because Robert Hunt, you know, when he was
talking with the doctors and you could just sort of
see the oh my gosh, are you kidding me kind
of look, and then this that sigh of resignation.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
And then Austin Corbett, that's the one.
Speaker 5 (01:47):
Oh my gosh, I really hate it for him, Like
you were mentioning, with so many injuries. I mean, he
had the ACL, came back from that, had the MCL,
came back from that, had the torn bicep, and then
came back from that now he's got the MCL again.
It's just he just can't get to break on the
injury front. And he's so good out there, and he
was just devastated. You could see it from him on
the sideline so well, because you know, and you know
right away once you've had that kind of an injury,
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you know when it happens again. And I was like, oh, no,
it's just brutal. So but the good thing is, I guess,
is that you know, these two guys can can battle
back together.
Speaker 6 (02:20):
Austin did that in the past with Brady Christensen.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
So do you sort of have a you know, a
partner in crime in the rehab room at least and
be able to come back. And there is potential for
both of them to come back before the end of
the season, which I was actually a little surprised to hear.
But when Coach Canal said that on Monday, I was like, Wow,
that would be outstanding if we could get either one
of them back before the end of the season and
gave them a little bit of hope too. I think
moving forward, yes, this is not maybe season ending.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Yes, a light at the end of the tunnel. That's
such a great and important point. And it's so interesting, Sharon,
you know, as we always try to pull back the
curtain here as a sideline reporters what you just said,
I wasn't at the game and so until after the game,
you know, I didn't know the status of these injuries.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
But you're so right.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
When you're on the sideline, you can tell when someone
has a significant injury. And it's the worst I remember
with Jonathan Brooks last year with that ACL And it
doesn't even when.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
You see the play or whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
You know, guys get get hit or hurt all the time,
and sometimes they run right back out there. So sometimes
it's hard to tell the severity of it when they're
coming off the field, but there is that look in
their eye and you just pointed it out, and it
is the worst thing to see, you know, they're talking
to a doctor or they come off and they're wincy,
you know, and you just you can see it in
their face that they know something's different, and it is
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just it's gut wrenching and it's got riching to have
to report that to our amazing producer David Langton, you know,
and you go, oh, no, I you know, we don't know,
we don't know the diagnosis yet, but it doesn't look good.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
Yeah, exactly, it's it's it's a bummer. I hate it,
especially because we just had to do this last year
with first with Derek Brown and then, like you said,
with them Jonathan Brooks and that Eagles came. I was like,
oh my gosh, seriously, here we go again. It's like
it's so early season until he was not one but
two of your starters on the O line. It is
just brutal. So but once again, we do have a
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little bit of a silver lining in that we do
have that depth on the O line, and I mean,
thank goodness. I mean they brought back not only all
five starters, but the four top replacements you know, are
their their subs, their backups. I mean, so we've got
four guys who can come in in a moment's notice
and be able to play. And like for Kaide Mays,
it's really just like picking up where he left off.
I mean, he started eight of the last nine games
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of last season at center, so he and Bryce already
have a great rapport. They're already, you know, just ready
to just pick right up. And channel Zola also has
had plenty of starting experience and plenty of experience in
this in this offense, and then you still have Brady Christiansen.
I mean, you've just got so much depth on the
O line, which is a wonderful luxury to have and
unfortunately the Panthers having to make use of it right away.
Speaker 6 (04:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
I remember talking to coach Canal so earlier this season
was I guess it was after free agency about the
depth on that O line, and he said I don't
want to misquote him here, but I think he said
something to the effect of, I've been doing this for
sixteen years in the NFL, and I've never seen a
front office be able to bring back not only all
of the starters, but the depth here.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
And you know, you hope you.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Don't have to worry about it beyond just incremental subs,
but like you said, you know, just a just a
peace of mind there certainly for this offensive for Bryce
Young as well. So if we're if we're keeping tally
right now, you know, the two offensive linemen and then
Turshaun Wharton on the D line, those are the main
starters that are are being replaced right now, and we
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certainly hope we don't have any more reports on this
after next week's game.
Speaker 6 (05:33):
I think we've had our fear it there.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
We'll leave it there.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
I do want to talk to you about last week's
game again. Talking to Dave Canals earlier this week, I said,
you know, what did you find out about your team
in this game?
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Where tough start, no doubt about it, you know, with.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
These turnovers, same thing at the beginning of week one.
But to watch this team battle back and he said,
you know what, these guys did not give up. They're
down twenty seven to three at one point, and to
be on the sideline and watch them when it would
have been easy to give up, I was just so
heartened by that. And therefore, you know, kind of that
belief transfers into the way that you're.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
Playing, and then you know, momentum momentum, And.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
So, Sharon, I want to know from you, what did
you see on the sideline there in that second half?
Speaker 5 (06:16):
Yeah, well, I mean, like you said, I mean, the
biggest difference was I mean, they could have just been
totally deflated, and you know, guys were certainly down. When
we were down twenty seventy three, It's like, oh my gosh,
you got to be kidding me. They were almost like
stunned to be back in the same situation. It's like,
you know, because they've they've practiced so good and they've
shown what they can do, and then to be able
to battle back like that, You could just feel the
energy picking up. You could just feel the like, oh
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my gosh, we're going to do this.
Speaker 6 (06:38):
We're going to do this.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
And I think that they worked so well in that
hurry up kind of offense and that you know, let's
move the ball down the field, and they were just
in and out and it was so efficient and it
was it was great to see that on the sidelines
that they were guys who were just really excited because
they were like, this is what we can do, this
is who we can be. And they knew that all
along and to be able to finally go out there
and show it and be able to be in a
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position where you could have won that ball game, you know,
but for a couple of plays. I mean that that
was amazing to see that happen, and you could see
the confidence in them, and especially in Bryce, you could
see the confidence with you know, being able to get
the offense moving down the field. Tedoro McMillan had a
phenomenal game. You know, the run offense still needs to
the work in progress, of course, but when you're you know,
starting down in a ten oh hole, it's hard. It's
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hard to run the football. But guys definitely were We're
feeling it on that final drive in the you know,
the last quarter of the game when they were starting
to make some progress.
Speaker 6 (07:30):
So hopefully they'll be able to.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Continue that pick up where they left off going into
this Atlanta game on Sunday.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Yeah, Sharon, what was it like to see the onside
kick recovers? Oh my gosh, I've never seen anything like
that in person. It's so so rare. So what was
your view like for that? I bet I bet the
benches just went crazy.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
Oh they went nuts. And like you said, I mean
I think that it's six percent of onside kicks are recovered.
I mean that's like a very crazy number. I've never
seen one in person either. I've seen it obviously and
plays on TV. But to be on this sidelines when
that happens, it's like, oh my gosh, we got it.
They were all just going crazy, you know, when Demandi
got that and they were you know, all over him
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and they were just really going crazy, and that truly
made us think, all right, we got a chance to
get this done. So that there was giddiness on the sidelines,
no doubt about it.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Yeah, and certainly some despite the final score, hopefully momentum
that this team can build on.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
As you said, going into week three.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
I'm going to talk about some of the things that
we saw in that game, and you mentioned just what
a bright spot Tedo McMillan one hundred yard game. He's
up for Rookie of the Week, so Sharon watching him
in person. We talked about him last week, of course,
but I feel like right now you can't talk about
him too much because gosh, he just looks like a pro.
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I mean, you know, he looks like he's been playing
this game at the professional level for a couple of
years now. It didn't look like that was his second
start in his NFL career.
Speaker 5 (08:54):
No, he is so poised out there and so smooth,
and the way that Bryce was able to catch him
in st a couple of times, it's just like they
have this perfect connection going. But yeah, he definitely doesn't
look like a regular rookie.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Now.
Speaker 5 (09:06):
The coaches will tell you, and he'll tell you, hey,
I'm still learning, and you know, I've still got things
I need to clean out. But he definitely looks light
years ahead of a lot of other guys in their
rookie season, and particularly in the offense. I mean, offense
is tough to learn and tough to perform like that.
But the way he's able to go up and just
grab some of those balls just you know, he's he's
so tall and he's just so.
Speaker 6 (09:26):
He's just smooth. That's the best way to describe him.
Speaker 4 (09:28):
But great point.
Speaker 5 (09:29):
Yeah, he's just really coming along. He said after the
game that the game is starting to slow down for
him a little bit now. He's still you know, got that.
That's one big thing for rookies is they all noticed
right away, Wow, the speed of the game's ahla faster
than I thought it was going to be, even if
you never worried, no matter where you came from. Of course, Arizona,
it's not like that's the SEC. So it's probably even
a bigger shock to the system for somebody coming out
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of a school like that, But he doesn't seem to
be faced by it in the slightest and to put
up one hundred yards. In fact, he's the I think
he's got the most yards. He's to the best start
of a rookie through two games in franchise history, so
he's really shown us how to do it, which is awesome.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
Yeah, it just looks like nothing phases him, and you're right,
smooth is the perfect word for it. He's one of
those people if you haven't seen him play in person
yet or got your eyes on him and you're listening,
he's one of those people that could be running really
fast and it barely looks like they're running, you know,
which has never been something that I've been.
Speaker 4 (10:22):
Good with my hypen.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
But I mean, he just looks like you know, I mean,
he could He just looks like he's just kind of
jogging along and meanwhile he's all the way down the field.
Speaker 6 (10:31):
You know.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
It's just kind of that effortlessness that he plays with.
I also want to talk to you about the run defense.
So prior to this game, this defense had given up
seven straight games, allowing over two hundred yards on the ground.
And this game, man, we saw we saw what we
thought we were going to see in week one.
Speaker 4 (10:53):
Is the only way I think I can describe it.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Eighty two yards allowed against excuse me, the Cardinals and
sharing the thing I noticed. I mean it was a
group effort, there's no doubt about it. But Derek Brown, Wow, yeah,
he was making his presence known.
Speaker 5 (11:08):
Yes, he reminded us of exactly how much we missed
last year without him out on the field. And to
hold the Cardinals to eighty two years but not just
you know, and then it felting, but that team with
James Connor, you know who has ran all over us
last year here in Charlotte. And same thing with Kyler Murray.
I mean he is just the two of them, and
they were averaging one hundred and forty six yards game.
The Cardinals were coming into this and that's what they
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averaged a lot year ago, one hundred and forty four
yards a game. So to be able to cut that
eighty two yards, that was really impressive. I think guys
they were really ticked off and they had a little
bit of a chip on their shoulder coming out of
Game one against the Jaguars when they gave up those yards,
and one of them was obviously that huge run to ETN.
But you know, they wanted to go out and prove
a point and say this is who we are. And
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I think that they made a really good step towards
doing that on Sunday, to be able to hold those
two guys to that kind of yardage in a game
that was really impressive.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Yeah, well they'll have another. I mean, every NFL team
has someone who can and run the ball. You know,
it's going to be a tough task every single week.
But speaking of tough tasks, you know we're talking about Atlanta.
We've got Bjon Robinson. So as everyone knows, Sharon does
the best scouting reports of anyone that I know. So
what are you looking at when it comes to this
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matchup with the Falcons.
Speaker 5 (12:22):
Well, clearly you just you just said his name. Bjeon
Robinson is the guy down there Atlanta. They want to
run the football and they have not one, but two
out standybacks. So you've also got Tyler Ljerou at his
own thousand euros seasons a couple of years ago. So
the two of them together, I mean, they might be,
if not the best tandem in the league. They're one
of the top couple of them for sure, because I
mean he is just unreal jon Is and Tyler as well,
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but Bijeon is also such a great receiver. I mean
he had like four hundred something yards receiving last year
on top of his like eleven hundred yards rushing. So
he is a very impressive, impressive back. And Michael Pennix
the quarterback now who we're going to see full time.
He was Kirk Cousins most of the year last year,
and then Pennix came in for the final three games.
I've had a pretty good quarterback duel going with Bruce
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Young in that season finale down in Atlanta that the
Panthers won in overtime. So and then you know, they've
got Drake London, one of the elite receiver Kyle Pitts.
They have so many weapons on offense, and so that's
sort of what you're thinking first here with the Falcons.
They are averaging one hundred and forty three rushing years
per game. That's fourth in the league right now. But
then what really caught my eye is the defense. I Mean,
they hit a good defense for a few years going,
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but last year they were really dropped off and struggled.
This year, they drafted a ton of really good defenders.
They brought in some free agents and wow, that defense
is looking like a totally totally different you know, They've
got seven sacks through two games, which is really impressive.
Speaker 6 (13:42):
They get after the quarterback in a big way.
Speaker 5 (13:44):
They've got two rookies that a lot of Panther fans
saw maybe might end up here one of them with
Jalen Walker and James Pearce both and then they each
have a sack already this season. They've got that some
great guys in the secondary with aj Terrell Jesse Bates.
They got some rookies back there too, So that defense
has really really really turned things around and are looking
much more impressive. They're second in the league right now
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in total defense and passing defense, so they're going to
be a force to be reckoned with that there as well.
So this Atlanta team looking a little more impressive than
maybe we thought they were going to be early on,
but granted to only been two games, but they are
one and one. They're coming off a loss to the
Bucks and then the win over the Vikings last week,
so we'll see who shows up here on Sunday. But
there's certainly no slouch.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Holding the Vikings to six points. You know, I watched
that game and you're just going, Wow, that's that's a
tall task right there. As you said, we'll see, we'll
see how this all plays out on Sunday, and so Tarnon,
I thought we would just end with something fun. You know,
this being the first home game we have. You do
all the road games, as everyone knows, and I do
the home games. But I have traveled for several years
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in the past, and you know, you get to see
all these other stadiums. Some are incredible and some are
less so. But you know, I like Dome for it
being climate controlled, so I always appreciate that when I'm
you know, on the road, and I'm sure you agree
with that. But to me, with it being the first
home game there is do you agree with me on this?
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There is just something about an outdoor stadium, and specifically
Bank of America Stadium that just my favorite part of
any game. And I feel like you can appreciate this,
and hopefully the fans can appreciate this too, because I
feel like it's like a niche topic. But my favorite
part of any game is I go to the home
tunnel to watch the guys, you know, run out right
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before the game starts. I'll listen in to see what
they're saying, kind of assess the mood, and then I'll
walk across, you know, behind the end zone to go
to the home bench, and you know, kind of during
that time, it's the national anthem, you know, and you stop,
you put your hand on your heart, you do all that,
and then there's the flyover and you see all these
people that you work with, they're going to their spots.
The players are running out, and it's it's just my
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absolute favorite moment. There's so much excitement in the air,
the fans are filing in. It's almost always a beautiful day.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
And it there's nothing like it.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
And I you know, I know people are building all
these domes and all that kind of stuff, but there
is just something about a home game at Bank of
America Stadium that honestly gives me chills. I'm such a
goober for talking about it like this, but I feel
like if anyone can relate it to.
Speaker 5 (16:18):
You, oh absolutely, I mean I adore Bank of America Stadium.
I've been parading around down there on the sideline since
two thousand and six. Was my first season down there
on the sideline.
Speaker 4 (16:28):
When you were twelve years old.
Speaker 6 (16:29):
Is that righttly.
Speaker 5 (16:31):
I started really young, so yeah, I mean it's an
awesome place to be on the sidelines.
Speaker 6 (16:36):
Is an awesome place to watch a football game.
Speaker 5 (16:38):
And you're like you're saying at the beginning, I love
that too, like the fifteen minutes leading up to the
kickoff and everything when the national anthem, the color guard
and everything coming in and then the flyovers and the
beautiful Carolina blue sky which is normally Carolina blue and
around here, and it's just it's just awesome because it's
just that anticipation of the kickoff and you know what
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could happen and how the team is going to go,
and it's just it's so much fun. And granted, domes
are great if it's freezing cold or rain normally rain.
I don't care about any whether whatsoever except rain, So
I'll take a dome in the rain any day to week.
But I'd love to be able to look up and
see the sky. I love to be able to see
the sky above me for football. I personally think football
is definitely meant to be played outside, So I love
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the outdoors and I love Bank and Merrick Stateum, it's
an awesome place and hopefully it'll be rocking on Sunday
to go against our division rival, you know, the hated
Falcons from down Highway eighty five. So it'd be nice
if we can really pack it in there with our
Panthers fans and show out for this team on the
home opener and first division game.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Yeah, well, said Sharon. All right, well that is going
to do it for us right now. Sharon, thank you
so much. As always, it is so great to catch up.
I am joined now on sideline pass by receiver Bryson
Tremaine Bryson, thank you so much for doing this.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
So let's talk about the game that you had last Sunday.
You were three for five for forty eight yards in
that game, and I know that the outcome was not
what you wanted as a team, but on a personal level,
how did you feel about that game and in terms
of what you got to show?
Speaker 2 (18:13):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (18:13):
I felt good, Like there's definitely still some things I
feel like that kind of like eat at you after
your game, even if you you know, have a few
catches and stuff like the last you know, the last
uh in the in the two minute drive we had that.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
He threw me the ball on the sideline and it
got broken up.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
So like that one, you know, eat me even though
you know I had a you know a few catches
other than that, but you know, I feel like just
excited to kind of get involved more in the offense.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
So that was good.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
I am, Yeah, spoken like a true professional, right.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
You don't get to that level if the little things
don't don't eat you up, no matter how good of
a day that you had. So I was asking you
just before we started rolling, and I was saying, was
that was that first catch? You know we were first,
but you told me that it wasn't. Can you tell
everybody what you said out your first catch at the NFL?
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Yeah, No, basically my first cash was last year with
the commanders. They they put me in in like an
informasis situation where we were just trying to run down
the clock and like I got thrown a screen pass
and I just got tackled right when, right when I
caught it. So my only catch previous to that this
past weekend was one catch for like I think minus
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one yards.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
I think, okay, a little bit of improvement, I guess.
Speaker 4 (19:27):
Yes, oh yeah, just a little bit, just a little
bit on this game. So not only was was this
a big game for you?
Speaker 3 (19:33):
But also am I did I read this correctly that
your roommate, your former roommate at Stanford was also playing
in that game. New roommates with the Cardinals receiver Michael Wilson.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Yeah, it's funny.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
Me and Mike were roommates for like two and a
half three years at Stanford, and like, you know, that
was my best friend at school. And I was also
roommates with Semi Fooco on the team for a year
or for like just like you know, during training him
and stuff. He's a good friend of mine as well.
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And then me and Elijah Higgins all on the team
Cardinals team. We trained together every off season and we
were roommates, you know when we go go down to
Florida and.
Speaker 4 (20:14):
Train whatever dorm you guys were in. Man, there's something
in the water there.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
What's it like to watch your and obviously coming from
a school like Stanford, there are a lot of guys
that go pro. But what is it like to watch
your friends, you know, succeed at the same level with you.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
It's really exciting, you know, to watch people like Mike
see me Elijah, you know, even like everyone that came
out of my class, like Ethan Bonner, Kendall Williamson, you know, everyone,
Tanner McKey.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Like there's a ton of people that we.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Have in the league right now, and it's just it's
just so enjoyable to watch them all out on the
weekends and uh, you know, it just gets me excited
watching them seeing them do well, unless it's against us.
Speaker 4 (20:53):
Yeah, right, of course, So you when you went to Stanford,
you did not go on scholarship, right, you worked your
way into that.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
So so my first my first whole year or I
walked on to Stanford and I was just on scout team,
you know, basically like the like yeah, doing practice squad
stuff you.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Know for Stanford.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
And uh then after my first year, they like going
into my sophomore year, I was playing a little bit
special teams, got on a few offensive packages and you know,
earned a scholarship.
Speaker 4 (21:27):
What does that you know, practice squad or like you said,
walk on, What does that teach you and does that
become a way in which you define yourself maybe for
the better in terms of work ethic?
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Yeah, I think so, Like it's it's really relatable whether
you know, going from uh like not recruited out of
high school, like going to Stanford as a walk on,
having to like you know, show up every day and
just uh like do the best you can ball out
get better because you're going against the starters, so like
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you know, that's the best way to get better really
And then you know, coming into the league undrafted, you know,
being on scout team for two years basically going against
the starters in the NFL, like that got me Like,
I'm so thankful for that experience because you know, I
would go against them, the starters every day, uh, you know,
and when I was in Washington, and I feel like
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that just made me a better player.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
And you know, you just really have to earn it
every day.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
I want to know, A, what does Scout team teach
you when it comes to, you know, playing your position
in the NFL? And B what does special teams teach you?
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Oh, I would say Scout team teaches you. I mean
one like you got to you're gonna be in shape
if you're a Scout team in shape because you're taking
every rep. You're not coming out, so like being able
to perform when you're tired and being able to perform
when you're going against the best guys over and over
and over and over again. Uh, and just seeing if
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you're able to win, and you know what works what doesn't.
So like it's it's it's a really valuable experience in
my opinion.
Speaker 2 (23:04):
And then special.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
Teams, I've like I've always said that said it it's
just it's just effort. Like if you whether it's punt,
punt return, kick kickoff, kick returns, just like who can
go harder longer? Like you if you give up on
the play, you know you're you're already losing. So like
just going full speed, all out, knowing your job and
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just you know, playing with extreme effort.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Yeah, And Dave Canell has talked to us in the
preseason about you know, you're looking at filling out that
wide receiver room that whoever was going to make that
roster had to contribute on special teams, and we see
you do that, you know, and also now you're contributing
as a receiver and it is great to see. I
want to ask you talked about coming out of high
school and going to Stanford as a walk on. I
was looking at like I said, I do my research
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and I was looking up that you. You went in
high school in mar Vista and then Venice. So I
lived in Santa Monica for three years. So I will
always take any opportun unity to talk about LA, even
though I'm not from there.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
You're so I imagine you're a west side guy. Are
you a beach guy?
Speaker 2 (24:07):
I do? I do love the beach.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
I like even if it's even if it's just like
sometimes when I'm going to like drive into a place,
I'll look at like the different routes or I'll know, like, okay,
like I can drive take a like five minute detour
and just drive by the beach. So I love, you know,
I love the beach. And you know, anything that has
to do with the beach.
Speaker 4 (24:28):
Yeah, yeah, you're taking Ocean Boulevard, aren't you if you're
down there.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Whatever all that.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
Drive the mountains on one side, the beach on the other.
Speaker 3 (24:37):
Oh my gosh, So if you were gonna okay, So
the thing about LA, I always still get asked this.
People are like, what spots should we go to when
we're there? If you had friends that were going to
LA and you were like, here are a couple of
spots that are tourist things, but like, legitimately you should
go do what are you suggesting for your hometown?
Speaker 2 (24:55):
People should go see oh man.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
It's it's funny because I never recommend any of the
tourist things like going to the Hollywood sign, like the
Walk of Fame. Like some of my friends when they
came down to visit me, that's what they wanted to do,
And it's kind of like you get there and you're.
Speaker 3 (25:10):
Just like, okay, yeah, the hollywoods the it's just stars
on the sidewalk and then clean.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
Sometimes stars sometimes not that clean, like the Hollywood Sign.
You can't really even get that close. You just kind
of like look up at it, and then you get
back in the car. And it's not easy to get
to what's Hollywood in Hollywood either, Like there's no freeways
that go into Hollywood, so it's like it's always.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
A drive to get there.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
I would say, uh, getting getting some like going to
get some like local food spots, uh, whether you know
I love getting like tacos or going to uh like
like in my neighborhood there's like like a taco truck
always go to and so I like I like going there.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
So I'd say just getting good food, go to the beach.
You know, if you have family, you know family or friends,
hang out with them and just you know, just chill.
You don't got to do all the Hollywood signs and
all this.
Speaker 4 (26:08):
I agree, I agree. I Like I said, I loved
the West Side.
Speaker 3 (26:12):
You know, I knew a lot of people that lived
on the East Side too, and I was like, no,
you got to be as close to the beach as possible.
So I would say, I would say, like you said,
drive down the pH And then the one thing I
would suggest, even though I think it's what fourteen miles
away and it took me two hours every time I went,
was go to a Dodgers game. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's for sure.
Speaker 4 (26:28):
That's the one.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
Yeah, Lakers like those are the things that I would
sit although, like I said, it would be a two
hour drive fourteen miles away to go from Santa.
Speaker 4 (26:36):
Monica to there.
Speaker 3 (26:37):
Okay, real quick, before I let you go, you were
in the Bay Area and you were in LA. So
I have just a couple of questions of which one
you prefer for what?
Speaker 4 (26:44):
Okay, so Bay Area? I prefer okay, Okay, Bay Area
or LA. When it comes to food, oh La? Okay? Weather?
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Which is which is?
Speaker 1 (26:54):
Well?
Speaker 2 (26:54):
Hold on? Okay, go yep, I'd say the Bay has
better Asian food.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
Okay, yes, overall I like LA's food better, probably just
because I'm more familiar.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
But the Bay does have better Asian food.
Speaker 4 (27:06):
It does have good Asian food.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
All right.
Speaker 4 (27:08):
Weather wise, you're not a big fan of the fog.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Stanford's weather was okay, was pretty good actually, but like
when you get up to San Francisco is gloomy?
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Yeah, I forgot this.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
Like the coldest, the coldest summer was the coldest winter?
Was it summer in San Francisco? I don't know, something
like that.
Speaker 4 (27:29):
No, that's a good way to put it.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
I've heard it somewhere.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
But all right. And finally the last one, which place.
If you're going for a fun trip like with the
guys or whatever. Are you going back home to LA?
Are you going up to the Bay.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
I'm going back home to LA. That's where all that's
where my friends are, that's you know, where all my
family is. So I'm going back to LA.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
All right, Sorry, Bay Area? We know what rice and
tremaine prefers. Bryson.
Speaker 3 (27:52):
This was awesome. Thank you so much. For sitting down
and chatting with us. And hey, thanks to everybody listening
for listening to this week's edition of Sideline Pass.
Speaker 4 (28:00):
We'll see you next week, yeah,
Cheers.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Kristin Balboni and Sharon Thor's loved with your Sideline Pass.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Welcome to Sideline Pass with your sideline reporters, Sharon and Kristen. Sharon,
it is week three. We certainly have a lot to discuss.
Speaker 4 (00:18):
But how's your week going? So far?
Speaker 5 (00:20):
Pretty good so far as gorgeous weather around Here's guys,
Carolina Blue. We got our home opener coming up here
for the Panthers, so that's that's exciting. So things things
so good, so so far, so good.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Certainly, yes, absolutely, and we know that you're in the
locker room all week long getting the latest on everything
as am I. You know, we're sniffing out stories and
making sure that we have everything prepared for week three
against the Falcons. I want to start with with unfortunately
some of the injury news. So we found out on
Monday that both Robert Hunt and Austin Corbett Garden Center
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are going to be going on IR and Sharon just
you know, from a human perspective, of which I think
we always try to touch on, let's start there and
just how tough this is. And I think it's for
two separate reasons. You know, I was talking to Dave Knalison.
He made the point.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Robert Hunt very rarely injured. You know. It's one of
those guys that that is just you know.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
I think Robert said it himself, he said, I've never
had to deal with something like this before. And then
you look at Austin Corbett, who had just battled back
from from two big injuries over the course of the
last two seasons. So anytime anyone is injured, you.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
Hate it for them. But I just really feel for
these two guys.
Speaker 5 (01:30):
Oh gosh, I know, And you could just see it.
I knew when when it happened on the sidelines. I
was like, oh boy, this isn't good. You could just
see it because Robert Hunt, you know, when he was
talking with the doctors and you could just sort of
see the oh my gosh, are you kidding me kind
of look, and then this that sigh of resignation.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
And then Austin Corbett, that's the one.
Speaker 5 (01:47):
Oh my gosh, I really hate it for him, Like
you were mentioning, with so many injuries. I mean, he
had the ACL, came back from that, had the MCL,
came back from that, had the torn bicep, and then
came back from that now he's got the MCL again.
It's just he just can't get to break on the
injury front. And he's so good out there, and he
was just devastated. You could see it from him on
the sideline so well, because you know, and you know
right away once you've had that kind of an injury,
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you know when it happens again. And I was like, oh, no,
it's just brutal. So but the good thing is, I guess,
is that you know, these two guys can can battle
back together.
Speaker 6 (02:20):
Austin did that in the past with Brady Christensen.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
So do you sort of have a you know, a
partner in crime in the rehab room at least and
be able to come back. And there is potential for
both of them to come back before the end of
the season, which I was actually a little surprised to hear.
But when Coach Canal said that on Monday, I was like, Wow,
that would be outstanding if we could get either one
of them back before the end of the season and
gave them a little bit of hope too. I think
moving forward, yes, this is not maybe season ending.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Yes, a light at the end of the tunnel. That's
such a great and important point. And it's so interesting, Sharon,
you know, as we always try to pull back the
curtain here as a sideline reporters what you just said,
I wasn't at the game and so until after the game,
you know, I didn't know the status of these injuries.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
But you're so right.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
When you're on the sideline, you can tell when someone
has a significant injury. And it's the worst I remember
with Jonathan Brooks last year with that ACL And it
doesn't even when.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
You see the play or whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
You know, guys get get hit or hurt all the time,
and sometimes they run right back out there. So sometimes
it's hard to tell the severity of it when they're
coming off the field, but there is that look in
their eye and you just pointed it out, and it
is the worst thing to see, you know, they're talking
to a doctor or they come off and they're wincy,
you know, and you just you can see it in
their face that they know something's different, and it is
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just it's gut wrenching and it's got riching to have
to report that to our amazing producer David Langton, you know,
and you go, oh, no, I you know, we don't know,
we don't know the diagnosis yet, but it doesn't look good.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
Yeah, exactly, it's it's it's a bummer. I hate it,
especially because we just had to do this last year
with first with Derek Brown and then, like you said,
with them Jonathan Brooks and that Eagles came. I was like,
oh my gosh, seriously, here we go again. It's like
it's so early season until he was not one but
two of your starters on the O line. It is
just brutal. So but once again, we do have a
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little bit of a silver lining in that we do
have that depth on the O line, and I mean,
thank goodness. I mean they brought back not only all
five starters, but the four top replacements you know, are
their their subs, their backups. I mean, so we've got
four guys who can come in in a moment's notice
and be able to play. And like for Kaide Mays,
it's really just like picking up where he left off.
I mean, he started eight of the last nine games
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of last season at center, so he and Bryce already
have a great rapport. They're already, you know, just ready
to just pick right up. And channel Zola also has
had plenty of starting experience and plenty of experience in
this in this offense, and then you still have Brady Christiansen.
I mean, you've just got so much depth on the
O line, which is a wonderful luxury to have and
unfortunately the Panthers having to make use of it right away.
Speaker 6 (04:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
I remember talking to coach Canal so earlier this season
was I guess it was after free agency about the
depth on that O line, and he said I don't
want to misquote him here, but I think he said
something to the effect of, I've been doing this for
sixteen years in the NFL, and I've never seen a
front office be able to bring back not only all
of the starters, but the depth here.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
And you know, you hope you.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Don't have to worry about it beyond just incremental subs,
but like you said, you know, just a just a
peace of mind there certainly for this offensive for Bryce
Young as well. So if we're if we're keeping tally
right now, you know, the two offensive linemen and then
Turshaun Wharton on the D line, those are the main
starters that are are being replaced right now, and we
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certainly hope we don't have any more reports on this
after next week's game.
Speaker 6 (05:33):
I think we've had our fear it there.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
We'll leave it there.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
I do want to talk to you about last week's
game again. Talking to Dave Canals earlier this week, I said,
you know, what did you find out about your team
in this game?
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Where tough start, no doubt about it, you know, with.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
These turnovers, same thing at the beginning of week one.
But to watch this team battle back and he said,
you know what, these guys did not give up. They're
down twenty seven to three at one point, and to
be on the sideline and watch them when it would
have been easy to give up, I was just so
heartened by that. And therefore, you know, kind of that
belief transfers into the way that you're.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
Playing, and then you know, momentum momentum, And.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
So, Sharon, I want to know from you, what did
you see on the sideline there in that second half?
Speaker 5 (06:16):
Yeah, well, I mean, like you said, I mean, the
biggest difference was I mean, they could have just been
totally deflated, and you know, guys were certainly down. When
we were down twenty seventy three, It's like, oh my gosh,
you got to be kidding me. They were almost like
stunned to be back in the same situation. It's like,
you know, because they've they've practiced so good and they've
shown what they can do, and then to be able
to battle back like that, You could just feel the
energy picking up. You could just feel the like, oh
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my gosh, we're going to do this.
Speaker 6 (06:38):
We're going to do this.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
And I think that they worked so well in that
hurry up kind of offense and that you know, let's
move the ball down the field, and they were just
in and out and it was so efficient and it
was it was great to see that on the sidelines
that they were guys who were just really excited because
they were like, this is what we can do, this
is who we can be. And they knew that all
along and to be able to finally go out there
and show it and be able to be in a
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position where you could have won that ball game, you know,
but for a couple of plays. I mean that that
was amazing to see that happen, and you could see
the confidence in them, and especially in Bryce, you could
see the confidence with you know, being able to get
the offense moving down the field. Tedoro McMillan had a
phenomenal game. You know, the run offense still needs to
the work in progress, of course, but when you're you know,
starting down in a ten oh hole, it's hard. It's
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hard to run the football. But guys definitely were We're
feeling it on that final drive in the you know,
the last quarter of the game when they were starting
to make some progress.
Speaker 6 (07:30):
So hopefully they'll be able to.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Continue that pick up where they left off going into
this Atlanta game on Sunday.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Yeah, Sharon, what was it like to see the onside
kick recovers? Oh my gosh, I've never seen anything like
that in person. It's so so rare. So what was
your view like for that? I bet I bet the
benches just went crazy.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
Oh they went nuts. And like you said, I mean
I think that it's six percent of onside kicks are recovered.
I mean that's like a very crazy number. I've never
seen one in person either. I've seen it obviously and
plays on TV. But to be on this sidelines when
that happens, it's like, oh my gosh, we got it.
They were all just going crazy, you know, when Demandi
got that and they were you know, all over him
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and they were just really going crazy, and that truly
made us think, all right, we got a chance to
get this done. So that there was giddiness on the sidelines,
no doubt about it.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Yeah, and certainly some despite the final score, hopefully momentum
that this team can build on.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
As you said, going into week three.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
I'm going to talk about some of the things that
we saw in that game, and you mentioned just what
a bright spot Tedo McMillan one hundred yard game. He's
up for Rookie of the Week, so Sharon watching him
in person. We talked about him last week, of course,
but I feel like right now you can't talk about
him too much because gosh, he just looks like a pro.
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I mean, you know, he looks like he's been playing
this game at the professional level for a couple of
years now. It didn't look like that was his second
start in his NFL career.
Speaker 5 (08:54):
No, he is so poised out there and so smooth,
and the way that Bryce was able to catch him
in st a couple of times, it's just like they
have this perfect connection going. But yeah, he definitely doesn't
look like a regular rookie.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Now.
Speaker 5 (09:06):
The coaches will tell you, and he'll tell you, hey,
I'm still learning, and you know, I've still got things
I need to clean out. But he definitely looks light
years ahead of a lot of other guys in their
rookie season, and particularly in the offense. I mean, offense
is tough to learn and tough to perform like that.
But the way he's able to go up and just
grab some of those balls just you know, he's he's
so tall and he's just so.
Speaker 6 (09:26):
He's just smooth. That's the best way to describe him.
Speaker 4 (09:28):
But great point.
Speaker 5 (09:29):
Yeah, he's just really coming along. He said after the
game that the game is starting to slow down for
him a little bit now. He's still you know, got that.
That's one big thing for rookies is they all noticed
right away, Wow, the speed of the game's ahla faster
than I thought it was going to be, even if
you never worried, no matter where you came from. Of course, Arizona,
it's not like that's the SEC. So it's probably even
a bigger shock to the system for somebody coming out
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of a school like that, But he doesn't seem to
be faced by it in the slightest and to put
up one hundred yards. In fact, he's the I think
he's got the most yards. He's to the best start
of a rookie through two games in franchise history, so
he's really shown us how to do it, which is awesome.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
Yeah, it just looks like nothing phases him, and you're right,
smooth is the perfect word for it. He's one of
those people if you haven't seen him play in person
yet or got your eyes on him and you're listening,
he's one of those people that could be running really
fast and it barely looks like they're running, you know,
which has never been something that I've been.
Speaker 4 (10:22):
Good with my hypen.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
But I mean, he just looks like you know, I mean,
he could He just looks like he's just kind of
jogging along and meanwhile he's all the way down the field.
Speaker 6 (10:31):
You know.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
It's just kind of that effortlessness that he plays with.
I also want to talk to you about the run defense.
So prior to this game, this defense had given up
seven straight games, allowing over two hundred yards on the ground.
And this game, man, we saw we saw what we
thought we were going to see in week one.
Speaker 4 (10:53):
Is the only way I think I can describe it.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Eighty two yards allowed against excuse me, the Cardinals and
sharing the thing I noticed. I mean it was a
group effort, there's no doubt about it. But Derek Brown, Wow, yeah,
he was making his presence known.
Speaker 5 (11:08):
Yes, he reminded us of exactly how much we missed
last year without him out on the field. And to
hold the Cardinals to eighty two years but not just
you know, and then it felting, but that team with
James Connor, you know who has ran all over us
last year here in Charlotte. And same thing with Kyler Murray.
I mean he is just the two of them, and
they were averaging one hundred and forty six yards game.
The Cardinals were coming into this and that's what they
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averaged a lot year ago, one hundred and forty four
yards a game. So to be able to cut that
eighty two yards, that was really impressive. I think guys
they were really ticked off and they had a little
bit of a chip on their shoulder coming out of
Game one against the Jaguars when they gave up those yards,
and one of them was obviously that huge run to ETN.
But you know, they wanted to go out and prove
a point and say this is who we are. And
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I think that they made a really good step towards
doing that on Sunday, to be able to hold those
two guys to that kind of yardage in a game
that was really impressive.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Yeah, well they'll have another. I mean, every NFL team
has someone who can and run the ball. You know,
it's going to be a tough task every single week.
But speaking of tough tasks, you know we're talking about Atlanta.
We've got Bjon Robinson. So as everyone knows, Sharon does
the best scouting reports of anyone that I know. So
what are you looking at when it comes to this
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matchup with the Falcons.
Speaker 5 (12:22):
Well, clearly you just you just said his name. Bjeon
Robinson is the guy down there Atlanta. They want to
run the football and they have not one, but two
out standybacks. So you've also got Tyler Ljerou at his
own thousand euros seasons a couple of years ago. So
the two of them together, I mean, they might be,
if not the best tandem in the league. They're one
of the top couple of them for sure, because I
mean he is just unreal jon Is and Tyler as well,
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but Bijeon is also such a great receiver. I mean
he had like four hundred something yards receiving last year
on top of his like eleven hundred yards rushing. So
he is a very impressive, impressive back. And Michael Pennix
the quarterback now who we're going to see full time.
He was Kirk Cousins most of the year last year,
and then Pennix came in for the final three games.
I've had a pretty good quarterback duel going with Bruce
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Young in that season finale down in Atlanta that the
Panthers won in overtime. So and then you know, they've
got Drake London, one of the elite receiver Kyle Pitts.
They have so many weapons on offense, and so that's
sort of what you're thinking first here with the Falcons.
They are averaging one hundred and forty three rushing years
per game. That's fourth in the league right now. But
then what really caught my eye is the defense. I Mean,
they hit a good defense for a few years going,
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but last year they were really dropped off and struggled.
This year, they drafted a ton of really good defenders.
They brought in some free agents and wow, that defense
is looking like a totally totally different you know, They've
got seven sacks through two games, which is really impressive.
Speaker 6 (13:42):
They get after the quarterback in a big way.
Speaker 5 (13:44):
They've got two rookies that a lot of Panther fans
saw maybe might end up here one of them with
Jalen Walker and James Pearce both and then they each
have a sack already this season. They've got that some
great guys in the secondary with aj Terrell Jesse Bates.
They got some rookies back there too, So that defense
has really really really turned things around and are looking
much more impressive. They're second in the league right now
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in total defense and passing defense, so they're going to
be a force to be reckoned with that there as well.
So this Atlanta team looking a little more impressive than
maybe we thought they were going to be early on,
but granted to only been two games, but they are
one and one. They're coming off a loss to the
Bucks and then the win over the Vikings last week,
so we'll see who shows up here on Sunday. But
there's certainly no slouch.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Holding the Vikings to six points. You know, I watched
that game and you're just going, Wow, that's that's a
tall task right there. As you said, we'll see, we'll
see how this all plays out on Sunday, and so Tarnon,
I thought we would just end with something fun. You know,
this being the first home game we have. You do
all the road games, as everyone knows, and I do
the home games. But I have traveled for several years
(14:48):
in the past, and you know, you get to see
all these other stadiums. Some are incredible and some are
less so. But you know, I like Dome for it
being climate controlled, so I always appreciate that when I'm
you know, on the road, and I'm sure you agree
with that. But to me, with it being the first
home game there is do you agree with me on this?
(15:10):
There is just something about an outdoor stadium, and specifically
Bank of America Stadium that just my favorite part of
any game. And I feel like you can appreciate this,
and hopefully the fans can appreciate this too, because I
feel like it's like a niche topic. But my favorite
part of any game is I go to the home
tunnel to watch the guys, you know, run out right
(15:32):
before the game starts. I'll listen in to see what
they're saying, kind of assess the mood, and then I'll
walk across, you know, behind the end zone to go
to the home bench, and you know, kind of during
that time, it's the national anthem, you know, and you stop,
you put your hand on your heart, you do all that,
and then there's the flyover and you see all these
people that you work with, they're going to their spots.
The players are running out, and it's it's just my
(15:54):
absolute favorite moment. There's so much excitement in the air,
the fans are filing in. It's almost always a beautiful day.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
And it there's nothing like it.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
And I you know, I know people are building all
these domes and all that kind of stuff, but there
is just something about a home game at Bank of
America Stadium that honestly gives me chills. I'm such a
goober for talking about it like this, but I feel
like if anyone can relate it to.
Speaker 5 (16:18):
You, oh absolutely, I mean I adore Bank of America Stadium.
I've been parading around down there on the sideline since
two thousand and six. Was my first season down there
on the sideline.
Speaker 4 (16:28):
When you were twelve years old.
Speaker 6 (16:29):
Is that righttly.
Speaker 5 (16:31):
I started really young, so yeah, I mean it's an
awesome place to be on the sidelines.
Speaker 6 (16:36):
Is an awesome place to watch a football game.
Speaker 5 (16:38):
And you're like you're saying at the beginning, I love
that too, like the fifteen minutes leading up to the
kickoff and everything when the national anthem, the color guard
and everything coming in and then the flyovers and the
beautiful Carolina blue sky which is normally Carolina blue and
around here, and it's just it's just awesome because it's
just that anticipation of the kickoff and you know what
(16:58):
could happen and how the team is going to go,
and it's just it's so much fun. And granted, domes
are great if it's freezing cold or rain normally rain.
I don't care about any whether whatsoever except rain, So
I'll take a dome in the rain any day to week.
But I'd love to be able to look up and
see the sky. I love to be able to see
the sky above me for football. I personally think football
is definitely meant to be played outside, So I love
(17:19):
the outdoors and I love Bank and Merrick Stateum, it's
an awesome place and hopefully it'll be rocking on Sunday
to go against our division rival, you know, the hated
Falcons from down Highway eighty five. So it'd be nice
if we can really pack it in there with our
Panthers fans and show out for this team on the
home opener and first division game.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Yeah, well, said Sharon. All right, well that is going
to do it for us right now. Sharon, thank you
so much. As always, it is so great to catch up.
I am joined now on sideline pass by receiver Bryson
Tremaine Bryson, thank you so much for doing this.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
So let's talk about the game that you had last Sunday.
You were three for five for forty eight yards in
that game, and I know that the outcome was not
what you wanted as a team, but on a personal level,
how did you feel about that game and in terms
of what you got to show?
Speaker 2 (18:13):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (18:13):
I felt good, Like there's definitely still some things I
feel like that kind of like eat at you after
your game, even if you you know, have a few
catches and stuff like the last you know, the last
uh in the in the two minute drive we had that.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
He threw me the ball on the sideline and it
got broken up.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
So like that one, you know, eat me even though
you know I had a you know a few catches
other than that, but you know, I feel like just
excited to kind of get involved more in the offense.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
So that was good.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
I am, Yeah, spoken like a true professional, right.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
You don't get to that level if the little things
don't don't eat you up, no matter how good of
a day that you had. So I was asking you
just before we started rolling, and I was saying, was
that was that first catch? You know we were first,
but you told me that it wasn't. Can you tell
everybody what you said out your first catch at the NFL?
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Yeah, No, basically my first cash was last year with
the commanders. They they put me in in like an
informasis situation where we were just trying to run down
the clock and like I got thrown a screen pass
and I just got tackled right when, right when I
caught it. So my only catch previous to that this
past weekend was one catch for like I think minus
(19:23):
one yards.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
I think, okay, a little bit of improvement, I guess.
Speaker 4 (19:27):
Yes, oh yeah, just a little bit, just a little
bit on this game. So not only was was this
a big game for you?
Speaker 3 (19:33):
But also am I did I read this correctly that
your roommate, your former roommate at Stanford was also playing
in that game. New roommates with the Cardinals receiver Michael Wilson.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Yeah, it's funny.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
Me and Mike were roommates for like two and a
half three years at Stanford, and like, you know, that
was my best friend at school. And I was also
roommates with Semi Fooco on the team for a year
or for like just like you know, during training him
and stuff. He's a good friend of mine as well.
(20:05):
And then me and Elijah Higgins all on the team
Cardinals team. We trained together every off season and we
were roommates, you know when we go go down to
Florida and.
Speaker 4 (20:14):
Train whatever dorm you guys were in. Man, there's something
in the water there.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
What's it like to watch your and obviously coming from
a school like Stanford, there are a lot of guys
that go pro. But what is it like to watch
your friends, you know, succeed at the same level with you.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
It's really exciting, you know, to watch people like Mike
see me Elijah, you know, even like everyone that came
out of my class, like Ethan Bonner, Kendall Williamson, you know, everyone,
Tanner McKey.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Like there's a ton of people that we.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Have in the league right now, and it's just it's
just so enjoyable to watch them all out on the
weekends and uh, you know, it just gets me excited
watching them seeing them do well, unless it's against us.
Speaker 4 (20:53):
Yeah, right, of course, So you when you went to Stanford,
you did not go on scholarship, right, you worked your
way into that.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
So so my first my first whole year or I
walked on to Stanford and I was just on scout team,
you know, basically like the like yeah, doing practice squad
stuff you.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Know for Stanford.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
And uh then after my first year, they like going
into my sophomore year, I was playing a little bit
special teams, got on a few offensive packages and you know,
earned a scholarship.
Speaker 4 (21:27):
What does that you know, practice squad or like you said,
walk on, What does that teach you and does that
become a way in which you define yourself maybe for
the better in terms of work ethic?
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Yeah, I think so, Like it's it's really relatable whether
you know, going from uh like not recruited out of
high school, like going to Stanford as a walk on,
having to like you know, show up every day and
just uh like do the best you can ball out
get better because you're going against the starters, so like
(21:59):
you know, that's the best way to get better really
And then you know, coming into the league undrafted, you know,
being on scout team for two years basically going against
the starters in the NFL, like that got me Like,
I'm so thankful for that experience because you know, I
would go against them, the starters every day, uh, you know,
and when I was in Washington, and I feel like
(22:19):
that just made me a better player.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
And you know, you just really have to earn it
every day.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
I want to know, A, what does Scout team teach
you when it comes to, you know, playing your position
in the NFL? And B what does special teams teach you?
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Oh, I would say Scout team teaches you. I mean
one like you got to you're gonna be in shape
if you're a Scout team in shape because you're taking
every rep. You're not coming out, so like being able
to perform when you're tired and being able to perform
when you're going against the best guys over and over
and over and over again. Uh, and just seeing if
(22:56):
you're able to win, and you know what works what doesn't.
So like it's it's it's a really valuable experience in
my opinion.
Speaker 2 (23:04):
And then special.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
Teams, I've like I've always said that said it it's
just it's just effort. Like if you whether it's punt,
punt return, kick kickoff, kick returns, just like who can
go harder longer? Like you if you give up on
the play, you know you're you're already losing. So like
just going full speed, all out, knowing your job and
(23:27):
just you know, playing with extreme effort.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Yeah, And Dave Canell has talked to us in the
preseason about you know, you're looking at filling out that
wide receiver room that whoever was going to make that
roster had to contribute on special teams, and we see
you do that, you know, and also now you're contributing
as a receiver and it is great to see. I
want to ask you talked about coming out of high
school and going to Stanford as a walk on. I
was looking at like I said, I do my research
(23:51):
and I was looking up that you. You went in
high school in mar Vista and then Venice. So I
lived in Santa Monica for three years. So I will
always take any opportun unity to talk about LA, even
though I'm not from there.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
You're so I imagine you're a west side guy. Are
you a beach guy?
Speaker 2 (24:07):
I do? I do love the beach.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
I like even if it's even if it's just like
sometimes when I'm going to like drive into a place,
I'll look at like the different routes or I'll know, like, okay,
like I can drive take a like five minute detour
and just drive by the beach. So I love, you know,
I love the beach. And you know, anything that has
to do with the beach.
Speaker 4 (24:28):
Yeah, yeah, you're taking Ocean Boulevard, aren't you if you're
down there.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Whatever all that.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
Drive the mountains on one side, the beach on the other.
Speaker 3 (24:37):
Oh my gosh, So if you were gonna okay, So
the thing about LA, I always still get asked this.
People are like, what spots should we go to when
we're there? If you had friends that were going to
LA and you were like, here are a couple of
spots that are tourist things, but like, legitimately you should
go do what are you suggesting for your hometown?
Speaker 2 (24:55):
People should go see oh man.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
It's it's funny because I never recommend any of the
tourist things like going to the Hollywood sign, like the
Walk of Fame. Like some of my friends when they
came down to visit me, that's what they wanted to do,
And it's kind of like you get there and you're.
Speaker 3 (25:10):
Just like, okay, yeah, the hollywoods the it's just stars
on the sidewalk and then clean.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
Sometimes stars sometimes not that clean, like the Hollywood Sign.
You can't really even get that close. You just kind
of like look up at it, and then you get
back in the car. And it's not easy to get
to what's Hollywood in Hollywood either, Like there's no freeways
that go into Hollywood, so it's like it's always.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
A drive to get there.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
I would say, uh, getting getting some like going to
get some like local food spots, uh, whether you know
I love getting like tacos or going to uh like
like in my neighborhood there's like like a taco truck
always go to and so I like I like going there.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
So I'd say just getting good food, go to the beach.
You know, if you have family, you know family or friends,
hang out with them and just you know, just chill.
You don't got to do all the Hollywood signs and
all this.
Speaker 4 (26:08):
I agree, I agree. I Like I said, I loved
the West Side.
Speaker 3 (26:12):
You know, I knew a lot of people that lived
on the East Side too, and I was like, no,
you got to be as close to the beach as possible.
So I would say, I would say, like you said,
drive down the pH And then the one thing I
would suggest, even though I think it's what fourteen miles
away and it took me two hours every time I went,
was go to a Dodgers game. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's for sure.
Speaker 4 (26:28):
That's the one.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
Yeah, Lakers like those are the things that I would
sit although, like I said, it would be a two
hour drive fourteen miles away to go from Santa.
Speaker 4 (26:36):
Monica to there.
Speaker 3 (26:37):
Okay, real quick, before I let you go, you were
in the Bay Area and you were in LA. So
I have just a couple of questions of which one
you prefer for what?
Speaker 4 (26:44):
Okay, so Bay Area? I prefer okay, Okay, Bay Area
or LA. When it comes to food, oh La? Okay? Weather?
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Which is which is?
Speaker 1 (26:54):
Well?
Speaker 2 (26:54):
Hold on? Okay, go yep, I'd say the Bay has
better Asian food.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
Okay, yes, overall I like LA's food better, probably just
because I'm more familiar.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
But the Bay does have better Asian food.
Speaker 4 (27:06):
It does have good Asian food.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
All right.
Speaker 4 (27:08):
Weather wise, you're not a big fan of the fog.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Stanford's weather was okay, was pretty good actually, but like
when you get up to San Francisco is gloomy?
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Yeah, I forgot this.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
Like the coldest, the coldest summer was the coldest winter?
Was it summer in San Francisco? I don't know, something
like that.
Speaker 4 (27:29):
No, that's a good way to put it.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
I've heard it somewhere.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
But all right. And finally the last one, which place.
If you're going for a fun trip like with the
guys or whatever. Are you going back home to LA?
Are you going up to the Bay.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
I'm going back home to LA. That's where all that's
where my friends are, that's you know, where all my
family is. So I'm going back to LA.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
All right, Sorry, Bay Area? We know what rice and
tremaine prefers. Bryson.
Speaker 3 (27:52):
This was awesome. Thank you so much. For sitting down
and chatting with us. And hey, thanks to everybody listening
for listening to this week's edition of Sideline Pass.
Speaker 4 (28:00):
We'll see you next week, yeah,
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