November 19, 2025 • 24 mins
This week on Sideline Pass, Kristen and Sharon react to the Panthers overtime victory over the Atlanta Falcons, look ahead to this week's Monday Night game vs the 49ers, and so much more!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Jeers, Kristin Balboni, and Sharon Thorst loved it with your
sideline pass.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
That's right, it's time for sideline pass with your sideline reporters,
Sharon and Kristen and Sharon. You were on the call
for that game against Atlanta coming right down to the
wire in overtime. What did you see from your vantage
point on the sidelines. Oh?
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Wow, I mean, first of all, it was just so
much fun. I mean, the first half was like, oh
my gosh, what are we doing? The first half was
a little frustrating because they couldn't stop couldn't stop Drake
London and Jon Robinson of course, so but yeah, there
was a lot of calmness on the sideline still and
there wasn'tnybody getting frustrated. Everybody just seemed to be like, Okay,
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we're going to get this done. And going into the half,
Bryce was talking to the offense and saying, you know,
because they had scored right there before the half, and
he said, that's all we got to do. We're gonna
come back out, We're going to get the ball, We're
going to go down you know, one play to time,
one score to time. We're going to keep chipping away
and we're going to get this done. And that's really
the mentality that they came back out with. And the
defense was just ferocious in the second half. They were
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miffed in the first half that they couldn't get those
stops and they just really it was all about effort
in the second half of the defense. You know, they
had missed so many tackles and they were just having
a hard time swarming to those guys in the first half,
and in the second half they just were on a
mishy you could just see it now. Derek Brown in particular,
it was just like, we are not letting this happen
in the second half. So, I mean, it was really
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an exciting game. It was a nerve racking game. And
then when, of course, when Bryce went down not once
but twice, it was like, oh my gosh, you know,
everybody you could just I mean, it was really silent
in there, and the players were all down on one
knee worried about him. And then when he popped up
and waved off the cart, refused to get on it
and walked by himself into the locker room, I'm like,
all right, maybe we can do this. So it was
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just a really fun environment and guys were really excited
because this is a rival ry. I know, it hasn't
been like two great teams over the past couple of years,
this team, these two teams with the Falcons and the Panthers,
but it's a rivalry and they want to beat each other.
And that was the first time they had swept the
Falcons in like thirteen years and only the third time
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ever in team history, which is just amazing to me.
So that's a very rare feat and to accomplish that
was a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Yeah, I mean, you very rarely see that.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
As you said, it's almost always one in one right,
one team get no matter how good one team is.
I mean we remember twenty fifteen, you know, the Panthers
were undefeated before before facing the Falcons that last time.
It's just never a given with those two teams. And
Sharon just quickly, you know, like you said, Bryce went
to the locker room that first time he went down,
and typically when you see someone go to the locker room.
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Now we saw Mitchell Evans, the roocky tight end, go
to the locker room last week and then he comes
back out.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
But typically when someone goes to the locker room.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
In my head, I mark it down and I say, okay,
that might be whether they are their official designation is
questionable or not, which comes from the PR staff. You
kind of go, oh, yeah, more likely than not. They're
probably done for the day at least, I do. What
did you make of that when when you saw him
come back out.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
You know, it was funny. I was in the middle
of doing an update on what the guy's up in
the booth and out comes Bryce, and like what I was,
I was amazed because, like you said, when they go
into the locker room, it's generally they come back out
either in street clothes or they're questionable, but they rarely
get back in. They just don't. But they had heavily
taped up that ankle again, and he was literally jumping
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up and down on it, trying to, you know, see
if it was going to be okay, and then he
started throwing some balls. I'm like, you gotta be kidding me.
I was just amazed. Now the fact that he had
walked in on his own, I was a little more encouraged,
but when he came back out, I was really stunned.
And then didn't even miss a snap. That was even
worse because Andy had been warming up and taking some snaps,
put his helmet on. Yeah yeah, I mean he was
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ready to roll in. And then Bryces like, nah, I
got this. It was really cool.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
It was really neat.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
And I spoke to Dave Kanalis earlier this week and
he just said, you know, the toughness in the leadership
and he is going to be in the trenches with
those guys, and it was just it was neat to see.
And you never know how much pain anyone is in,
but he's probably said, yeah, pain is an accurate way
to describe it. He said that after the game, during
the during his speech. But it was just really neat
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to see. And I know, I know it means a lot.
So many guys are playing hurt, especially at this point
in the season, and to see your quarterback come out
and not just play through the pain but also set
a franchise record four hundred and forty eight passing yards.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Yeah, I mean, who would have thought. I mean, you know,
at the knock on Bryce. The past couple of weeks,
it'd been like, hey, it's I only averaging one hundred
and twenty yards a game passing or something like that,
and they weren't getting the ball down the field and
everyber that was the big discussion all week leading into
that game. And then you know, Bryce decides, you know what, Yeah,
I think I'll just shut down that right now. Let's
just go through for over four hundred yards. Yeah, I
mean that was when it added up to that. I
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was and they were talking about it. Oh, it just
broke Camdians record. I'm like, oh my gosh, are you
kidding me? I mean, that was you just didn't see
that coming and it did sort of snuck up on me.
Yes on Sunday when when the ACTU happened and with
the overtime, but he had some big chunk plays, finishing
off with that Tommy Trembull catch, which was amazing. So yeah,
I mean he's really answered a lot of questions that
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people might have had. But he threw from mori yards
in one game that he did the prior three weeks combined,
So he was on He was just on.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Fire, and like you said, it comes with perfect timing
where that seemed to be as you said, the knock
against them the last week, and then also something that
defenses can tee off on if you cannot get that
passing game going, especially that vertical passing game. You know,
it's easy for defenses to think they can make you
one dimensional. So what a great statement, especially going into
San Francisco. But you know, as far as Bryce goes,
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we did see him miss a game earlier this season
with that ankle injury, and obviously he went down twice
in that game. But Sharon, the Panthers are hopeful that
he'll be able to play on Monday night.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Yeah, and he The good news is is he's not
been walking around in a boot when we have seen him.
He did walk through the locker room yesterday and looked
like he was walking okay, you know, and he wants
to play, and the fact that they let him go
back out in the game on Sunday to me is promising.
So there was nothing structurally wrong with the ankle. They
were going to continue to do some more tests this
week just to be on the safe side, but Dave
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Canalis that we'd have our official update on Thursday, which
is their first like you know, real day of practice
this week with which would be like the normal Wednesday,
and so they just bumped everything up a day. But
hopefully with that extra day of rehab and recovery time.
And really it's almost an extra two days because you're
playing at night instead of one o'clock game on a Sunday,
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so you get a little extra time to get treatment
on that rest it up. And as long as it
hasn't had and long as nothing more happened in the
in the game, than hopefully it's just going to be
a matter of controlling the pain and swelling kind of
thing and have enough mobility to get out there and move.
But I'm sure that Bryce Young is going to want
to be out there on the Monday night stage with
you know, a potential playoff for it. I mean, they're
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they're working towards this playofforth and if the if the
Bucks lose on Sunday, then the Panthers win on Monday Night,
then we're in the driver's seat in the NFC South,
which would be amazing.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
It is. It is half came back.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Just incredible to think about when you think about this
team starting zero to two to start the season. Speaking
of injuries, though, we saw Christian rosebumb go down in
that game grabbing the back of his leg. Tough to
watch of course, and you know with with Trevin Wallace
out the last week. I mean, first of all, Christian
Rosemoum has been playing lights out, especially the last few weeks,
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and then with Trevin Wallace out last week, he has
assumed the green dot, which he had earlier this year
he was in charge of communications. They switched it over
to Trevin Wallace, which has kind of always been their plan.
Trevin Wallace as someone they've drafted. They really want to
develop him into that leader on the field, and it
seemed to just really work out well for both of them,
and Christian Rosebomb was able to play free.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
He was flying all over the place.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
But of course, you know he's used to wearing the
communication helmet. Did a good job while Trevin Wallace was out.
And then now, Sharon, you know that injury. You just
have to question will he be able to come back soon?
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Yeah, Trevin, we don't know. He's weak. He was on
the trip. He was down in Atlanta, which I think
is promising too, because a lot of times injured guys
don't travel if they're too injured or need to get treatment.
So hopefully that was promising. Christian Roseboom does not sound
like he might play, he said he's got some other
stuff going on besides the hammy, so some other health issues.
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I doesn't sound promising the way he was talking, but
you never know. So hopefully if you get Trevin back
out there, then you have Claude Haerless, who had a
fabulous game against the Falcons. I mean, he had a
career high ten tackles, he was all over the place.
He wore the green Dot, he wore the communication helmet
the entire fourth quarter in overtime after Christian went down.
So he got his experience that we had been joking
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around the week before leading up to that game that
he had had one play with the green Dot of
the year before before he got hurt. So he said
that was his experience. But now we really have some experience.
And he did a great job getting the call out
to everybody and he seemed comfortable with it. And we
spoke with him actually yesterday and he said that it
was pretty cool that done and getting that kind of experience.
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So he feels comfortable if he had to go out
and do it again, he would be able to go
out and do it on Monday night. But the hope
is that you get Trevin back pair him with Claude Cherilists.
You still have Bam Martin Scott, who caused the fumble
on that special team's play, which was amazing, So and
you got him out there if necessary as well. But
it'd be certainly good to have at least one of
your starters in there against this forty nine ers offense,
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which we all know features former Panther Christian McCaffrey, who
like literally is that team's offense with running and passing
no agree.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Siving, yes, no kidding.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
And you know, Sharon, that was the position at inside
linebacker where we saw like fourth and fifth string guys
finish out the season last year. You know, Unfortunately the
Panthers have some familiarity with that and and like you said,
it is such an important position, especially going up against
Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle all of those guys on that
high powered offense. So we are going to get to
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Sharon's scouting report, best in the NFL scouting report, as
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Sharon as I said, your breakdowns make the complex easy.
So what have you got for us on this forty
nine ers team that just welcomed Breck perty back.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
Yeah, that was huture even though mac Jones had been
doing a pretty darn good job. He's got the two
of them combined have the forty hours. They're the number
two passing offense in the league right now, so they're
passing for over two and or fifty four yards per game,
so they have a really sharp passing attack. And they're
seven and four on this season because they've had just
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some devastating injuries on the defensive side. But offense, it's
all about Christian mcaw free. Of course, you know, he
was traded to the Niners back in twenty twenty two.
The very next year gets the NFL Offensive Player of
the Year, so he's just been thriving out in San Francisco.
He leads the team in rushing and in receiving yards.
He's far and above the most popular receiver on that
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team right now. He's got like forty something catches to
He's just amazing. He does it all. He is their
offense right now. They do have a couple of other
guys in the mix. Kendrick Bourne, They've got, of course,
George Kittle. They're great tight end who had two touchdowns
last week. So they've got an offense that is clicking.
Defense a different different story, and they lost Nick Bosa
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in Week three to Attorney acl then they're all Pro
linebacker Fred Warner went down with an ankle injury. He
is out for the season. So they have just been
riddled with key, key injuries on the defense. In that shown,
they're twenty fifth in the league in total defense. They're
really not very good against the past at all. Two
hundred and forty nine yards per game they' giving up.
They've only got three interceptions on the season. The entire season,
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they've only got three interceptions. They are much better against
the run, however, somehow, they're twelfth in the league and
rushing defense. They've got a bunch of young young guys
across that front, in particularly in the secondary. They got
a lot of young guys, but so they've got some
people that have tried to step up and move in.
They've got a veteran on the defensive end, Bryce Huff.
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He's got four sacks, but so they're not getting a
whole lot of pressure on the quarterback. They're thirty second
in the league with only twelve sacks on the season.
So this defense has some holes. So if the Panthers
could could get something going offensively, particularly if they could
get that run going. And they've shown, which I thought
was great last week against the Falcons the second week
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in a row, now that this run offense has not
been able to get a lot going because they have
just clamped down on a first of the Saints and
then the Falcons. Unlike against the Saints, this time they
were able to answer that with the passing game. So
they are very very vulne liberal against the pass, the
forty nine ers are. So if they can sort of
have that same kind of thing going like they did
against the Falcons, this could be great. It's our defense
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is going to have some serious work cut out for it.
With Christian McCaffrey. But then also with Perty, I mean
their tenth in the league in total offense. They put
up a lot of points, they put up a lot
of yards per game, three hundred fifty yards a game.
So this is a team that has a lot of weapons,
and it's a guy and Christian McCaffrey who's going to
be gunning for his former team. He's made no bones
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about it. He'd like to come out and you know,
have a have a game against his former team. And
you know it's going to be a tall task to
try to slow him down.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Yeah it is.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
And you look at what they did last week against
it at Arizona, no less, on the road. They put
up forty one points. Their defense held Arizona to twenty
two points. And like you said, there's there's a it's
a tall task for both the offense and the defense
of the Panthers. You know, I was talking to Dave
Canalis earlier and one thing that I think if you're
a Panthers fan, in addition to seeing this passing game
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get going and knowing that that is something that could
get going against the forty nine ers, I asked him
about the coaching on both sides the ball for the
forty nine ers, and Sharon he said something to me.
He said, you know, I have been following Kyle Shanahan
and the way he coaches for a decade, and certainly
when I was in Seattle we saw the forty nine
ers lot. So he's very familiar with all of the
things that Kyle Shanahan likes to do. And of course
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they're spending all week in the extra days that they
have studying him. And then of course Robert Sala, the
defensive coordinator, he knows him well. He has played him
and they played the Jets last year, and they have
worked together in the past, and so I think that
you have intimate familiarity from the coaching staff has to
give you an edge. Now, of course you know they have,
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especially Robert Sala knows a lot about Dave Canalis as
well at Kyle Shanahan. Maybe a little less so now
that he's in a head coaching role, but I think
that that is a neat and we've seen Dave Canalis
kind of make some of these chess moves. We saw
that a little bit last week, and so I think
he looks at this as a great challenge against two
coaches that that he's very familiar.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
With, absolutely, and you've got to think, like you said,
that that familiarity has got to help, particularly for you know,
for our offense going against them. So I really hope
that that he can pull some tricks out of his sleeve.
I'm like he certainly seemed to do against the Falcons
this past week. I've had some just some great play calls.
I thought in that one, I'm very strategic. So he
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certainly knows this team well and knows what he's up
against and what this team is up against. So hopefully
he can turn some of that into our favor headed
into this matchup, because I mean, I mean, how much
fun is this going to be? I mean Monday night
under the lights, with you know, playoffs or the thought
of the playoffs. I mean, the players are within reach,
and this is the game that you feel like you
got to win to, you know, to hopefully stay in
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the mix. Because Tampa has a pretty has a pretty
light schedule going down the stretch, and the Panthers have
a difficult one with some of the top teams in
the league that they're going to be playing with, especially
from the NFC West. But starting with the forty nine ers,
then you got the and then you got the Seahawks,
and those are those are some tough times.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
I believe.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
I believe by winning percentage, the Panthers have the most
difficult schedule going down the stretch, which is just you know,
like you said, it's something to keep in mind as
we go through these games. And and Sharon, you mentioned
Christian McCaffrey, so, you know, as we always like to
pull back the curtain, and of course he wants to
have a great game. I get asked a lot about,
you know, different players and how are they behind the scenes,
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And I've buy and large had great experiences with all
of our players. But you know, Christian just the nicest
guy in case anyone is wondering, you know, a true superstar.
Gave so much to this franchise and it was sad
to see him go. He is such a wonderful guy.
His now wife, Olivia coppol also wonderful. We used to
joke about his little dog, which is like a six
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pound little dog named Oliver Sprinkles. I also have a
little six pound dog and we used to joke about,
you know how he and my husband.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
You know, you're your big guys walking.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Down the street with your little dogs, and so just
a great guy and so happy to see him thriving
over in San Francisco. Of course, though he wants to
have a big game.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
He's been having.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
I mean every game of his has been a big
game and sharing you know.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
It's a tough one. You want him to thrive and
be successful, but just not.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
This week, exactly exactly. I mean, Christian was just such
an absolute pleasure to cover. I mean I was here
for obviously all of his years here in Carolina, and
he was just such a class act all the time,
just great with the media and then obviously just a
star on the field as well. So I hated it
when they had to let him go, just hated it.
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And I know, yeah, he hated to get traded. So yeah,
you want to see him do well. I love that
he got offensive Player a Player of the Year that
year in twenty twenty three, and he's just been he's
having a phenomenal season and he's had a lot of
success out there, which I'm all about it. But I
would love it if we could find some way to
bottle him up just a little bit. On Monday night,
we just need to bottle him up just a little bit.
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And the guys they admire him so much. Talking to J. C.
Horney said, and really everybody that was here that played
with him at that point, one of the things they
really point to is not just what a great player
he is, but what a great pro he is and
what a great guy JC chewba They all said, I
learned how to be a pro from him, how to
take care of my body, how to eat right, how
to do everything right. And the impact that Christian had
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on guys who are still with this organization is amazing,
It really is. I Mean, you see guys that just
really say they owe a lot to him and for
their success in the league right now. So that's pretty cool.
But I know when they get out there on Monday night,
they're all going to be, you know, slapping backs and
everything after the game. But when that whistle blows are
going to be out there trying to slow him down.
And I certainly hope they can do it even just
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a little bit. We just need a little bit, we'll be.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
All right, just enough for the win, right, just enough
for the Panthers win exactly. So you mentioned the media
schedule being a little bit different this week, and I
thought we could dive into that just a little bit here.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
And so it is Monday night football.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
The Panthers have not had to buy so really you get,
as you said, you get an extra day and then
really an extra half a day, and certainly that makes
a big difference when it comes to recovery for a
team that you know, you play this many games with
no buye any extra day is going to be helpful.
So Sharon, I thought, since you're going on this trip,
you can kind of walk us through how this week
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looks different, and then you know what it looks like
in terms of travel.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
Absolutely. Yeah. Normally after a game on Sunday, players and
coaches will come in on Monday, you get you know,
you recover, They go over film, they have media sessions,
et cetera. They did that still with just coach Canalis
on Monday. On Tuesday is normally a day off and
the players don't you know, don't come to or they
might come in, but that with media has no access
to it much technically an off day. This time they
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had players come in on Tuesday instead of Monday. Then
they gave them Wednesday off, which is very normally that's
their big work day when they dive into the opponent
and you know, go out there and have a big,
a big day. And then Thursday full pads and they
do the same thing. And then Friday it's more of
a walk through kind of scenario, lighter practice. They do
not meet with the media on Friday, just Coach Canalis,
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and then we normally travel on Saturdays. So Coach Canals
wanted to keep the schedule just about as close to usual.
He wanted to be almost the same. So that's why
they did the Tuesday where the players met with the
meeting instead of Monday, and then off on Wednesday. So
now Thursday becomes their Wednesday and their regular working week,
Friday is their Thursday. Saturday will be their Friday. So
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like I normally interview Coach Canals a lot on Fridays
for the Coaches Show that goes into the into our
pregame show, and so I'm going to be talking him
on Saturday instead of Friday because they want to keep
everything the same, and then so we travel on Sunday instead.
And a lot of people wonder why they only go
out overnight for a West Coast trip, but it's a
lot easier traveling from the East Coast to the West coast,
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so they feel like just having one night just like
they do everywhere else on every other game. You get
out there and they try to keep everything the same
with their meetings and their meals and stuff like that,
and their curfew. Everything is pretty much the same. And
then you know, you wake up on Sunday and you're
you know, waking up way ahead everybody else, or on
Monday now it'll be so you do have to wait
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a little bit longer obviously to play a game. You're
going to feel like you're playing a game at you know,
eight o'clock at night, which is what it is on
the East Coast as opposed to it's only five o'clock
out there. But it's a lot easier to travel that
direction than teams that are having to come the other
way and adjust to the time change. So they just
do the one day and you're in and out of there.
You leave right after the game on Monday night, it'll
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be basically the middle of the night, and we'll get
home early early early Tuesday morning, and they're keeping everything
pretty much the same. They just backed everything up a
day so they could still feel like their body clock
and their rhythm and their everything that they normally do
in a work week is going to be exactly the same.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
Well, you know, and I talked to when I talked
to Canalis, I said, I said, what does that look
like from a logistical standpoint of planning? And he went
through much of what you said of you know, we're
keeping everything is even though it's a push back a day.
We're trying to keep everything as similar as we can.
But you know, I asked it with a young team,
A lot of this is new for the guys. Playing
on a night game Monday night. Lots of extra cameras,
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and he really looks at it as an opportunity. He said, yes,
there will be extra cameras there, but the field is
the same size. He always likes to say, and he said,
this is a championship opportunity. And he's been using that
phrase a lot more now as they play in these
big games and as they win some of these big games.
You know, if you want to go into the playoffs,
then this is a great opportunity for it. And I thought,
oh gosh, what a great way to prepare them for it. Hey,
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you want to play in these big games. Here is
a chance in the regular season to play, as he
told me, a playoff team, you know, under the lights.
So what better way to get those guys ready for
this playoff push than to have this big game and
hopefully go in there and take one from the forty
nine ers on their home turf exactly.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
I mean, it's really a perfect scenario that, like you said,
this is basically a playoff type environment. Ashan Robinson had
said last week that November is winning time. He said,
we got to win these games. You can get ready
for December, which is playoff time. So you want to
be able to make that push, or now is the
time when he said, we're treating every game like a
playoff game from here on out, which is I think
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how they have to approach things. And so what more
perfect scenario than to have a Monday night game with
the extra cameras and the extra media attention, everything that
will be very similar to a playoff game if they
can get to that point. So this is a great
dress rehearsal for something that we certainly hope happens. And
what I think too is really cool is that some
of the guys were mentioning yesterday that you're playing a
team that has a Christian McCaffrey who is very similar
(23:27):
to v Jeon Robinson. Jeon Robinson the same type of
back like that, so elusive, who does everything in the
run game and the passing game. And they said that
was a really good dress rehearsal for them to be
able to play a guy like that. They also had
James Cook earlier in the season. They've played some guys
that are very similar to McCaffrey, and they were able
to find a way to bottle up Vijon in the
second half down there in Atlanta on Sunday. So hopefully
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they can have the same type of success against against
Semac on Sunday. But so it's sort of a playoff atmosphere,
and they've already had a little dress rehearsal of the
type of player they're going to see in McAffrey, so
hopefully that bodes well for them.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Yeah, such a great point two times against p John
Robinson and James Cook once. As you said, Okay, Sharon,
last question for you before we wrap up. You famously
do not like to sleep on planes. But as you said,
you are going you were going from West Coast to
East coast, which is even a longer flight than East
to west, and it will be late, late, late. Do
you think you'll be able to catch any shut eye
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on the plane or are you bringing extra books? Hi?
Speaker 3 (24:23):
I am bringing extra books. Just okay, I'm gonna make
a valiant effort to try and get a little bit
of shut out because they're saying we're not gonna get
home to about six in the morning, which means I'll
be just time to take my son to school. Oh
my gosh, and try to stay awake Sonna, I'm gonna
do my darnedest to try to sleep a little bit well,
So I'll let you know how it goes.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
Yes, I hope you're coming home on a plane that
is celebratory. Everyone is in a great mood after that
win over the forty nine ers.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
Thank you so much. This was wonderful as always, and
thanks everyone for listening.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Thanks Kristen,
Jeers, Kristin Balboni, and Sharon Thorst loved it with your
sideline pass.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
That's right, it's time for sideline pass with your sideline reporters,
Sharon and Kristen and Sharon. You were on the call
for that game against Atlanta coming right down to the
wire in overtime. What did you see from your vantage
point on the sidelines. Oh?
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Wow, I mean, first of all, it was just so
much fun. I mean, the first half was like, oh
my gosh, what are we doing? The first half was
a little frustrating because they couldn't stop couldn't stop Drake
London and Jon Robinson of course, so but yeah, there
was a lot of calmness on the sideline still and
there wasn'tnybody getting frustrated. Everybody just seemed to be like, Okay,
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we're going to get this done. And going into the half,
Bryce was talking to the offense and saying, you know,
because they had scored right there before the half, and
he said, that's all we got to do. We're gonna
come back out, We're going to get the ball, We're
going to go down you know, one play to time,
one score to time. We're going to keep chipping away
and we're going to get this done. And that's really
the mentality that they came back out with. And the
defense was just ferocious in the second half. They were
(01:08):
miffed in the first half that they couldn't get those
stops and they just really it was all about effort
in the second half of the defense. You know, they
had missed so many tackles and they were just having
a hard time swarming to those guys in the first half,
and in the second half they just were on a
mishy you could just see it now. Derek Brown in particular,
it was just like, we are not letting this happen
in the second half. So, I mean, it was really
(01:30):
an exciting game. It was a nerve racking game. And
then when, of course, when Bryce went down not once
but twice, it was like, oh my gosh, you know,
everybody you could just I mean, it was really silent
in there, and the players were all down on one
knee worried about him. And then when he popped up
and waved off the cart, refused to get on it
and walked by himself into the locker room, I'm like,
all right, maybe we can do this. So it was
(01:50):
just a really fun environment and guys were really excited
because this is a rival ry. I know, it hasn't
been like two great teams over the past couple of years,
this team, these two teams with the Falcons and the Panthers,
but it's a rivalry and they want to beat each other.
And that was the first time they had swept the
Falcons in like thirteen years and only the third time
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ever in team history, which is just amazing to me.
So that's a very rare feat and to accomplish that
was a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Yeah, I mean, you very rarely see that.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
As you said, it's almost always one in one right,
one team get no matter how good one team is.
I mean we remember twenty fifteen, you know, the Panthers
were undefeated before before facing the Falcons that last time.
It's just never a given with those two teams. And
Sharon just quickly, you know, like you said, Bryce went
to the locker room that first time he went down,
and typically when you see someone go to the locker room.
(02:40):
Now we saw Mitchell Evans, the roocky tight end, go
to the locker room last week and then he comes
back out.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
But typically when someone goes to the locker room.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
In my head, I mark it down and I say, okay,
that might be whether they are their official designation is
questionable or not, which comes from the PR staff. You
kind of go, oh, yeah, more likely than not. They're
probably done for the day at least, I do. What
did you make of that when when you saw him
come back out.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
You know, it was funny. I was in the middle
of doing an update on what the guy's up in
the booth and out comes Bryce, and like what I was,
I was amazed because, like you said, when they go
into the locker room, it's generally they come back out
either in street clothes or they're questionable, but they rarely
get back in. They just don't. But they had heavily
taped up that ankle again, and he was literally jumping
(03:27):
up and down on it, trying to, you know, see
if it was going to be okay, and then he
started throwing some balls. I'm like, you gotta be kidding me.
I was just amazed. Now the fact that he had
walked in on his own, I was a little more encouraged,
but when he came back out, I was really stunned.
And then didn't even miss a snap. That was even
worse because Andy had been warming up and taking some snaps,
put his helmet on. Yeah yeah, I mean he was
(03:47):
ready to roll in. And then Bryces like, nah, I
got this. It was really cool.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
It was really neat.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
And I spoke to Dave Kanalis earlier this week and
he just said, you know, the toughness in the leadership
and he is going to be in the trenches with
those guys, and it was just it was neat to see.
And you never know how much pain anyone is in,
but he's probably said, yeah, pain is an accurate way
to describe it. He said that after the game, during
the during his speech. But it was just really neat
(04:15):
to see. And I know, I know it means a lot.
So many guys are playing hurt, especially at this point
in the season, and to see your quarterback come out
and not just play through the pain but also set
a franchise record four hundred and forty eight passing yards.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Yeah, I mean, who would have thought. I mean, you know,
at the knock on Bryce. The past couple of weeks,
it'd been like, hey, it's I only averaging one hundred
and twenty yards a game passing or something like that,
and they weren't getting the ball down the field and
everyber that was the big discussion all week leading into
that game. And then you know, Bryce decides, you know what, Yeah,
I think I'll just shut down that right now. Let's
just go through for over four hundred yards. Yeah, I
mean that was when it added up to that. I
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was and they were talking about it. Oh, it just
broke Camdians record. I'm like, oh my gosh, are you
kidding me? I mean, that was you just didn't see
that coming and it did sort of snuck up on me.
Yes on Sunday when when the ACTU happened and with
the overtime, but he had some big chunk plays, finishing
off with that Tommy Trembull catch, which was amazing. So yeah,
I mean he's really answered a lot of questions that
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people might have had. But he threw from mori yards
in one game that he did the prior three weeks combined,
So he was on He was just on.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Fire, and like you said, it comes with perfect timing
where that seemed to be as you said, the knock
against them the last week, and then also something that
defenses can tee off on if you cannot get that
passing game going, especially that vertical passing game. You know,
it's easy for defenses to think they can make you
one dimensional. So what a great statement, especially going into
San Francisco. But you know, as far as Bryce goes,
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we did see him miss a game earlier this season
with that ankle injury, and obviously he went down twice
in that game. But Sharon, the Panthers are hopeful that
he'll be able to play on Monday night.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Yeah, and he The good news is is he's not
been walking around in a boot when we have seen him.
He did walk through the locker room yesterday and looked
like he was walking okay, you know, and he wants
to play, and the fact that they let him go
back out in the game on Sunday to me is promising.
So there was nothing structurally wrong with the ankle. They
were going to continue to do some more tests this
week just to be on the safe side, but Dave
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Canalis that we'd have our official update on Thursday, which
is their first like you know, real day of practice
this week with which would be like the normal Wednesday,
and so they just bumped everything up a day. But
hopefully with that extra day of rehab and recovery time.
And really it's almost an extra two days because you're
playing at night instead of one o'clock game on a Sunday,
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so you get a little extra time to get treatment
on that rest it up. And as long as it
hasn't had and long as nothing more happened in the
in the game, than hopefully it's just going to be
a matter of controlling the pain and swelling kind of
thing and have enough mobility to get out there and move.
But I'm sure that Bryce Young is going to want
to be out there on the Monday night stage with
you know, a potential playoff for it. I mean, they're
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they're working towards this playofforth and if the if the
Bucks lose on Sunday, then the Panthers win on Monday Night,
then we're in the driver's seat in the NFC South,
which would be amazing.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
It is. It is half came back.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Just incredible to think about when you think about this
team starting zero to two to start the season. Speaking
of injuries, though, we saw Christian rosebumb go down in
that game grabbing the back of his leg. Tough to
watch of course, and you know with with Trevin Wallace
out the last week. I mean, first of all, Christian
Rosemoum has been playing lights out, especially the last few weeks,
(07:22):
and then with Trevin Wallace out last week, he has
assumed the green dot, which he had earlier this year
he was in charge of communications. They switched it over
to Trevin Wallace, which has kind of always been their plan.
Trevin Wallace as someone they've drafted. They really want to
develop him into that leader on the field, and it
seemed to just really work out well for both of them,
and Christian Rosebomb was able to play free.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
He was flying all over the place.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
But of course, you know he's used to wearing the
communication helmet. Did a good job while Trevin Wallace was out.
And then now, Sharon, you know that injury. You just
have to question will he be able to come back soon?
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Yeah, Trevin, we don't know. He's weak. He was on
the trip. He was down in Atlanta, which I think
is promising too, because a lot of times injured guys
don't travel if they're too injured or need to get treatment.
So hopefully that was promising. Christian Roseboom does not sound
like he might play, he said he's got some other
stuff going on besides the hammy, so some other health issues.
(08:19):
I doesn't sound promising the way he was talking, but
you never know. So hopefully if you get Trevin back
out there, then you have Claude Haerless, who had a
fabulous game against the Falcons. I mean, he had a
career high ten tackles, he was all over the place.
He wore the green Dot, he wore the communication helmet
the entire fourth quarter in overtime after Christian went down.
So he got his experience that we had been joking
(08:40):
around the week before leading up to that game that
he had had one play with the green Dot of
the year before before he got hurt. So he said
that was his experience. But now we really have some experience.
And he did a great job getting the call out
to everybody and he seemed comfortable with it. And we
spoke with him actually yesterday and he said that it
was pretty cool that done and getting that kind of experience.
(09:02):
So he feels comfortable if he had to go out
and do it again, he would be able to go
out and do it on Monday night. But the hope
is that you get Trevin back pair him with Claude Cherilists.
You still have Bam Martin Scott, who caused the fumble
on that special team's play, which was amazing, So and
you got him out there if necessary as well. But
it'd be certainly good to have at least one of
your starters in there against this forty nine ers offense,
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which we all know features former Panther Christian McCaffrey, who
like literally is that team's offense with running and passing
no agree.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Siving, yes, no kidding.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
And you know, Sharon, that was the position at inside
linebacker where we saw like fourth and fifth string guys
finish out the season last year. You know, Unfortunately the
Panthers have some familiarity with that and and like you said,
it is such an important position, especially going up against
Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle all of those guys on that
high powered offense. So we are going to get to
(09:55):
Sharon's scouting report, best in the NFL scouting report, as
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Sharon as I said, your breakdowns make the complex easy.
So what have you got for us on this forty
nine ers team that just welcomed Breck perty back.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
Yeah, that was huture even though mac Jones had been
doing a pretty darn good job. He's got the two
of them combined have the forty hours. They're the number
two passing offense in the league right now, so they're
passing for over two and or fifty four yards per game,
so they have a really sharp passing attack. And they're
seven and four on this season because they've had just
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some devastating injuries on the defensive side. But offense, it's
all about Christian mcaw free. Of course, you know, he
was traded to the Niners back in twenty twenty two.
The very next year gets the NFL Offensive Player of
the Year, so he's just been thriving out in San Francisco.
He leads the team in rushing and in receiving yards.
He's far and above the most popular receiver on that
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team right now. He's got like forty something catches to
He's just amazing. He does it all. He is their
offense right now. They do have a couple of other
guys in the mix. Kendrick Bourne, They've got, of course,
George Kittle. They're great tight end who had two touchdowns
last week. So they've got an offense that is clicking.
Defense a different different story, and they lost Nick Bosa
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in Week three to Attorney acl then they're all Pro
linebacker Fred Warner went down with an ankle injury. He
is out for the season. So they have just been
riddled with key, key injuries on the defense. In that shown,
they're twenty fifth in the league in total defense. They're
really not very good against the past at all. Two
hundred and forty nine yards per game they' giving up.
They've only got three interceptions on the season. The entire season,
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they've only got three interceptions. They are much better against
the run, however, somehow, they're twelfth in the league and
rushing defense. They've got a bunch of young young guys
across that front, in particularly in the secondary. They got
a lot of young guys, but so they've got some
people that have tried to step up and move in.
They've got a veteran on the defensive end, Bryce Huff.
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He's got four sacks, but so they're not getting a
whole lot of pressure on the quarterback. They're thirty second
in the league with only twelve sacks on the season.
So this defense has some holes. So if the Panthers
could could get something going offensively, particularly if they could
get that run going. And they've shown, which I thought
was great last week against the Falcons the second week
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in a row, now that this run offense has not
been able to get a lot going because they have
just clamped down on a first of the Saints and
then the Falcons. Unlike against the Saints, this time they
were able to answer that with the passing game. So
they are very very vulne liberal against the pass, the
forty nine ers are. So if they can sort of
have that same kind of thing going like they did
against the Falcons, this could be great. It's our defense
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is going to have some serious work cut out for it.
With Christian McCaffrey. But then also with Perty, I mean
their tenth in the league in total offense. They put
up a lot of points, they put up a lot
of yards per game, three hundred fifty yards a game.
So this is a team that has a lot of weapons,
and it's a guy and Christian McCaffrey who's going to
be gunning for his former team. He's made no bones
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about it. He'd like to come out and you know,
have a have a game against his former team. And
you know it's going to be a tall task to
try to slow him down.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Yeah it is.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
And you look at what they did last week against
it at Arizona, no less, on the road. They put
up forty one points. Their defense held Arizona to twenty
two points. And like you said, there's there's a it's
a tall task for both the offense and the defense
of the Panthers. You know, I was talking to Dave
Canalis earlier and one thing that I think if you're
a Panthers fan, in addition to seeing this passing game
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get going and knowing that that is something that could
get going against the forty nine ers, I asked him
about the coaching on both sides the ball for the
forty nine ers, and Sharon he said something to me.
He said, you know, I have been following Kyle Shanahan
and the way he coaches for a decade, and certainly
when I was in Seattle we saw the forty nine
ers lot. So he's very familiar with all of the
things that Kyle Shanahan likes to do. And of course
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they're spending all week in the extra days that they
have studying him. And then of course Robert Sala, the
defensive coordinator, he knows him well. He has played him
and they played the Jets last year, and they have
worked together in the past, and so I think that
you have intimate familiarity from the coaching staff has to
give you an edge. Now, of course you know they have,
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especially Robert Sala knows a lot about Dave Canalis as
well at Kyle Shanahan. Maybe a little less so now
that he's in a head coaching role, but I think
that that is a neat and we've seen Dave Canalis
kind of make some of these chess moves. We saw
that a little bit last week, and so I think
he looks at this as a great challenge against two
coaches that that he's very familiar.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
With, absolutely, and you've got to think, like you said,
that that familiarity has got to help, particularly for you know,
for our offense going against them. So I really hope
that that he can pull some tricks out of his sleeve.
I'm like he certainly seemed to do against the Falcons
this past week. I've had some just some great play calls.
I thought in that one, I'm very strategic. So he
(15:26):
certainly knows this team well and knows what he's up
against and what this team is up against. So hopefully
he can turn some of that into our favor headed
into this matchup, because I mean, I mean, how much
fun is this going to be? I mean Monday night
under the lights, with you know, playoffs or the thought
of the playoffs. I mean, the players are within reach,
and this is the game that you feel like you
got to win to, you know, to hopefully stay in
(15:47):
the mix. Because Tampa has a pretty has a pretty
light schedule going down the stretch, and the Panthers have
a difficult one with some of the top teams in
the league that they're going to be playing with, especially
from the NFC West. But starting with the forty nine ers,
then you got the and then you got the Seahawks,
and those are those are some tough times.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
I believe.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
I believe by winning percentage, the Panthers have the most
difficult schedule going down the stretch, which is just you know,
like you said, it's something to keep in mind as
we go through these games. And and Sharon, you mentioned
Christian McCaffrey, so, you know, as we always like to
pull back the curtain, and of course he wants to
have a great game. I get asked a lot about,
you know, different players and how are they behind the scenes,
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And I've buy and large had great experiences with all
of our players. But you know, Christian just the nicest
guy in case anyone is wondering, you know, a true superstar.
Gave so much to this franchise and it was sad
to see him go. He is such a wonderful guy.
His now wife, Olivia coppol also wonderful. We used to
joke about his little dog, which is like a six
(16:46):
pound little dog named Oliver Sprinkles. I also have a
little six pound dog and we used to joke about,
you know how he and my husband.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
You know, you're your big guys walking.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
Down the street with your little dogs, and so just
a great guy and so happy to see him thriving
over in San Francisco. Of course, though he wants to
have a big game.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
He's been having.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
I mean every game of his has been a big
game and sharing you know.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
It's a tough one. You want him to thrive and
be successful, but just not.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
This week, exactly exactly. I mean, Christian was just such
an absolute pleasure to cover. I mean I was here
for obviously all of his years here in Carolina, and
he was just such a class act all the time,
just great with the media and then obviously just a
star on the field as well. So I hated it
when they had to let him go, just hated it.
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And I know, yeah, he hated to get traded. So yeah,
you want to see him do well. I love that
he got offensive Player a Player of the Year that
year in twenty twenty three, and he's just been he's
having a phenomenal season and he's had a lot of
success out there, which I'm all about it. But I
would love it if we could find some way to
bottle him up just a little bit. On Monday night,
we just need to bottle him up just a little bit.
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And the guys they admire him so much. Talking to J. C.
Horney said, and really everybody that was here that played
with him at that point, one of the things they
really point to is not just what a great player
he is, but what a great pro he is and
what a great guy JC chewba They all said, I
learned how to be a pro from him, how to
take care of my body, how to eat right, how
to do everything right. And the impact that Christian had
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on guys who are still with this organization is amazing,
It really is. I Mean, you see guys that just
really say they owe a lot to him and for
their success in the league right now. So that's pretty cool.
But I know when they get out there on Monday night,
they're all going to be, you know, slapping backs and
everything after the game. But when that whistle blows are
going to be out there trying to slow him down.
And I certainly hope they can do it even just
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a little bit. We just need a little bit, we'll be.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
All right, just enough for the win, right, just enough
for the Panthers win exactly. So you mentioned the media
schedule being a little bit different this week, and I
thought we could dive into that just a little bit here.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
And so it is Monday night football.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
The Panthers have not had to buy so really you get,
as you said, you get an extra day and then
really an extra half a day, and certainly that makes
a big difference when it comes to recovery for a
team that you know, you play this many games with
no buye any extra day is going to be helpful.
So Sharon, I thought, since you're going on this trip,
you can kind of walk us through how this week
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looks different, and then you know what it looks like
in terms of travel.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
Absolutely. Yeah. Normally after a game on Sunday, players and
coaches will come in on Monday, you get you know,
you recover, They go over film, they have media sessions,
et cetera. They did that still with just coach Canalis
on Monday. On Tuesday is normally a day off and
the players don't you know, don't come to or they
might come in, but that with media has no access
to it much technically an off day. This time they
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had players come in on Tuesday instead of Monday. Then
they gave them Wednesday off, which is very normally that's
their big work day when they dive into the opponent
and you know, go out there and have a big,
a big day. And then Thursday full pads and they
do the same thing. And then Friday it's more of
a walk through kind of scenario, lighter practice. They do
not meet with the media on Friday, just Coach Canalis,
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and then we normally travel on Saturdays. So Coach Canals
wanted to keep the schedule just about as close to usual.
He wanted to be almost the same. So that's why
they did the Tuesday where the players met with the
meeting instead of Monday, and then off on Wednesday. So
now Thursday becomes their Wednesday and their regular working week,
Friday is their Thursday. Saturday will be their Friday. So
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like I normally interview Coach Canals a lot on Fridays
for the Coaches Show that goes into the into our
pregame show, and so I'm going to be talking him
on Saturday instead of Friday because they want to keep
everything the same, and then so we travel on Sunday instead.
And a lot of people wonder why they only go
out overnight for a West Coast trip, but it's a
lot easier traveling from the East Coast to the West coast,
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so they feel like just having one night just like
they do everywhere else on every other game. You get
out there and they try to keep everything the same
with their meetings and their meals and stuff like that,
and their curfew. Everything is pretty much the same. And
then you know, you wake up on Sunday and you're
you know, waking up way ahead everybody else, or on
Monday now it'll be so you do have to wait
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a little bit longer obviously to play a game. You're
going to feel like you're playing a game at you know,
eight o'clock at night, which is what it is on
the East Coast as opposed to it's only five o'clock
out there. But it's a lot easier to travel that
direction than teams that are having to come the other
way and adjust to the time change. So they just
do the one day and you're in and out of there.
You leave right after the game on Monday night, it'll
(21:27):
be basically the middle of the night, and we'll get
home early early early Tuesday morning, and they're keeping everything
pretty much the same. They just backed everything up a
day so they could still feel like their body clock
and their rhythm and their everything that they normally do
in a work week is going to be exactly the same.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
Well, you know, and I talked to when I talked
to Canalis, I said, I said, what does that look
like from a logistical standpoint of planning? And he went
through much of what you said of you know, we're
keeping everything is even though it's a push back a day.
We're trying to keep everything as similar as we can.
But you know, I asked it with a young team,
A lot of this is new for the guys. Playing
on a night game Monday night. Lots of extra cameras,
(22:05):
and he really looks at it as an opportunity. He said, yes,
there will be extra cameras there, but the field is
the same size. He always likes to say, and he said,
this is a championship opportunity. And he's been using that
phrase a lot more now as they play in these
big games and as they win some of these big games.
You know, if you want to go into the playoffs,
then this is a great opportunity for it. And I thought,
oh gosh, what a great way to prepare them for it. Hey,
(22:27):
you want to play in these big games. Here is
a chance in the regular season to play, as he
told me, a playoff team, you know, under the lights.
So what better way to get those guys ready for
this playoff push than to have this big game and
hopefully go in there and take one from the forty
nine ers on their home turf exactly.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
I mean, it's really a perfect scenario that, like you said,
this is basically a playoff type environment. Ashan Robinson had
said last week that November is winning time. He said,
we got to win these games. You can get ready
for December, which is playoff time. So you want to
be able to make that push, or now is the
time when he said, we're treating every game like a
playoff game from here on out, which is I think
(23:05):
how they have to approach things. And so what more
perfect scenario than to have a Monday night game with
the extra cameras and the extra media attention, everything that
will be very similar to a playoff game if they
can get to that point. So this is a great
dress rehearsal for something that we certainly hope happens. And
what I think too is really cool is that some
of the guys were mentioning yesterday that you're playing a
team that has a Christian McCaffrey who is very similar
(23:27):
to v Jeon Robinson. Jeon Robinson the same type of
back like that, so elusive, who does everything in the
run game and the passing game. And they said that
was a really good dress rehearsal for them to be
able to play a guy like that. They also had
James Cook earlier in the season. They've played some guys
that are very similar to McCaffrey, and they were able
to find a way to bottle up Vijon in the
second half down there in Atlanta on Sunday. So hopefully
(23:48):
they can have the same type of success against against
Semac on Sunday. But so it's sort of a playoff atmosphere,
and they've already had a little dress rehearsal of the
type of player they're going to see in McAffrey, so
hopefully that bodes well for them.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Yeah, such a great point two times against p John
Robinson and James Cook once. As you said, Okay, Sharon,
last question for you before we wrap up. You famously
do not like to sleep on planes. But as you said,
you are going you were going from West Coast to
East coast, which is even a longer flight than East
to west, and it will be late, late, late. Do
you think you'll be able to catch any shut eye
(24:21):
on the plane or are you bringing extra books? Hi?
Speaker 3 (24:23):
I am bringing extra books. Just okay, I'm gonna make
a valiant effort to try and get a little bit
of shut out because they're saying we're not gonna get
home to about six in the morning, which means I'll
be just time to take my son to school. Oh
my gosh, and try to stay awake Sonna, I'm gonna
do my darnedest to try to sleep a little bit well,
So I'll let you know how it goes.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
Yes, I hope you're coming home on a plane that
is celebratory. Everyone is in a great mood after that
win over the forty nine ers.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
Thank you so much. This was wonderful as always, and
thanks everyone for listening.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Thanks Kristen,
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