September 25, 2024 • 37 mins
Get a front-row seat to Carolina Panthers football with Sideline Pass! Hosted by team reporters Kristen Balboni and Sharon Thorsland, this show takes you right into the heart of the action with exclusive insights, behind-the-scenes stories, and the latest buzz from Bank of America Stadium. This week Kristen and Sharon are joined by Robert Hunt and Kevin Donnalley to discuss the performance of the o-line so far this season, recap the big win over the Raiders and so much more!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Jeers, Kristin Balboni and Sharon Thorst love it with your
Sideline Pass.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Welcome to Sideline Pass, where we give you an all
access pass to Panthers football. I'm sideline reporter Kristin Balboni,
and I am thrilled because my first guest is someone
Panthers fans know very very well, Guard Robert Hunt. Robert,
thank you so much for doing this. I appreciate it, wells.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Okay, so huge one on Sunday on the road against
the Raiders, and I'm going to ask the important questions here.
I want to know about the plane ride home. How
was it?
Speaker 3 (00:36):
It was great.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
We finally got first class because we won the game,
so we got the right up front and now that's
got to stretch out, lay down a little bit watching film.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
It was a good ride home. It was a good
ride home.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Well, wait, tell me, so, I don't travel. I've traveled
in the past, but because I've got two little ones
at home, I'm not traveling. So the deal was that
you couldn't do first class until you got the win.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
You win, you get the first class to go, do you.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
So obviously that was a big win. Every phase looked great.
Do you believe in momentum as you come back in
for this home game?
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Yes, I do.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
I think you know, I mean just just in sports
in general, you get one to boost your confidence. It
helps you feel good, you know what I mean the
next day and then even going to that week of
knowing like, hey, we can't win games. So you know,
we come, we came in a day, we get on
the field, we practice hard, and you know we're going
to try to keep this thing rolling. So definitely, momentum
is a thing that can catch on and it also
cannot catch on, but.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Yep, it's the thing that it's real. Momentum is real,
and momentum or not.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
This this o line has played so well together and
we've seen the stats and we see you guys out there.
But you guys didn't have a lot of reps. I
mean you you were coming from a different team. So,
as Damien Corbett is back to playing center for the
first time in a while, how did you all come
together so quickly in order to perform so highly.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
I think we got a lot of good players. Foremost,
we have really good players on the line all over
the building. But you know that just we talking about
that group. I think we have really good players from
Ikey to Timo, you know what I mean left to right,
just guys that's hungry, that want to play, that want
to be good. And you know, we've been practicing together
since OTA's and you know, we we got a thing
(02:17):
where we talk and communicate what we don't like and
what we do like. You know it it's something that
I can do better to help out ac.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
I'll ask him. He'll tell me if some TMO can
do to help me out, Yeah, asks me. I tell them.
Just like we're working together, we tell each other what
we like and what we don't like. And I think.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
That's big to have that communication, so you guys can
be on the same page moving forward.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
So very honest, good or bad? Right, good to know?
Speaker 1 (02:40):
All right.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
I got to get to, of course, the play that
everybody has been talking about this week. Now this is
a podcast, so we can't show it, but I'm sure
that all the Panthers fans have seen that viral pancake
block on the screenplay that you had. You've broken it
down plenty of times. So what I want to know
is how many texts did you get about it? When
you looked at your phone.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
It was a it's a good amount. A lot of
my friends know that. That's kind of how it is.
I kind of try to do that. But you know,
to the public guy, you know, O line play is
not really that sexy into something like that. Maybe, so
a lot of people saw it this time and they
reached out.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
So it was fun.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
When you watch it back, what are you rating it? A?
Speaker 4 (03:22):
A plus? It's not my best? Oh okay, And I say,
as humbly as possible, it's not. I got some more
of that I that I like a little better.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Okay, Well I hope that. Well. I'm sure that we're
going to see more as the season goes on too.
So now do you know, obviously very kind guy, soft
spoken guy. Right now, do you talk a little trash
when you're out on the field or are you silent?
Speaker 4 (03:46):
I don't talk much. No, I'm I'm a solid assessment.
I try to do my job. I'm you know, don't. Yeah,
I don't talk much. I just I'll play a game
the right way, you know, I'll go about it the
right way. This weekend, a guy that I know really
well that I played against, he try to uh, push
my buttons.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
But I knew.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
I knew he would do it already so the time
of day too. I know he wanted me to, but
I didn't. I didn't engage in it.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Well that's and that's like its own thing too, write
a DJ Moore, who obviously used to play it for
the Panthers. He told me he was like, I don't
say anything, and he was like, and that gets under
people's skins sometimes more than talking.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
A lot, right, I think that. I think that's true.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
And I also.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Unnessary, keep it.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Quie unless it's something that I actually like, you know
what I mean, gets on my skin.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
But other than that, I keep it.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Keep it cool, unnecessary expenditure of energy, right like you
gotta hey, that makes a lot of sense to me.
It makes a lot of sense to me.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
All Right.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Finally, I have the most important question that I'm going
to ask you all day, maybe the most important question
you'll hear all week. I need you to rank Robert nicknames. Okay,
I got five for you. You're gonna rank them from
best to worst, all right. I got Rob, Robbie, Bob,
Bobby and.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Burt, Rob, Robbie by Bobby and Bert. Yes, first.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Yeah, you could do worst to first if you want
to make it dramatic. Burt is worst worse.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Okay, good to know, Robbie rober is cute, but that's
not my favorite.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Okay. Uh Bob, okay Rob Bobby, Okay, I have to
say this. My dad is a Bobby, my grandpa was
a Bobby, and my cousin is a Bobby. So I
am very happy that I will be reporting back to
them that Bobby is the elite level nickname.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
The elite. And you know, people call me Rob big Rob. Oh.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
My family called me big g because my middle name.
But to everybody these past two years.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
I'm like, yeah, my name is Bobby, Like just coll
me Bobby. So I kind of give it. I gave
it to myself.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
It's a good one. It's a good one to give
to yourself, right what I'm.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
Saying, that's why I'll go with Bobby. Bobby's elite. So
your grandfather, great grandfather, maybe because you that's a great name.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
They're in good company. They're a good company with Bobby Hunt.
Absolutely well, thank you, Bobby. If I can thank you
so much, this was great. I appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Thank you so much for having me, I appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Okay, we are going to continue with O Lineman right now.
We have got the one and only Kevin Donald. And
Kevin thank you so much for joining me.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
I appreciate it absolutely, Glad to be here and glad
to talk some panthers with you.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Absolutely. So we just talked to Robert Hunt. My first
question is, and you can't really ask this to a
player because they're going to be humble, So I'll ask
you what makes him so great at what he does?
Speaker 1 (06:34):
I mean, I think it's the combination of the size
and the ability to the athletic ability that's combined with it,
because when you watch him play, you know something we
couldn't get up the middle last year was a real
good push to get things started in the run game.
And if at that tip of the spear right there
at the center guard another guard area right in the front,
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if you can get some kind of a push, it
doesn't have to be a lot, but something to get
the momentum going forward. And he does it, him and
Corbett together working and him and Mode and working together.
Those are just incredible double teams that they can work
off to the second level and it's just it's great
to see that push that gives Cuba and other guys
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the running room that they need, or at least options,
and they're not dancing in the backfield like we've seen
so many times over the course of last season. But
then it was one play it steed out to me,
and the most recent one against the Raiders, he pulls
out on a screen. I'm watching this three hundred I
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don't know, forty pounds man, whatever he weighs, it's probably
not that much, but he looks like a monster. But
it is just the toes of a ballerina and just
takes on a smaller guy who's easy to dodge and
try and get out of the way, and just finds
a way to square them up and run them downfield.
And you know, of course I'm rewinding a couple and
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my wife's like, she's an offensive lineman wife, so she's like, yeah,
go ahead. I love to see it myself. So that
was it was just really cool to see that, and
it just I think just seeing some of the push
they had in the running game and then combining that
with some great pass pro I think they're working together
as a unit really well, all five of those guys
with passing off stunts. Now in the NFL, they're just
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creating so much pressure so many different ways by you know,
using line stunts, moving them around, sending blitzers in at
any time. And there were just so many times, especially
in the last game, that it looked like there was protection,
new leakage, nothing that was kind of coming through to
rush the quarterback even And when you have that early
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on in a game, it just builds a quarterback's confidence.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Yeah, no kidding. And Andy Dalton certainly looked confident, that's
for sure. And I think I read so they were
number two in as the most efficient pass blocking unit
in the league going into the game, and I think
they're ranked number one now I saw that. So I mean,
I'm going to go ahead and say it, whether or
not I've got the numbers to back it up. How easy, Kevin,
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or how hard I should say? Is it for a
unit to come together and play as well as they're
playing when some of those pieces are playing together for
the first time, the guards and then off the carb
it at center.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
You know, No, it's impressive because many of them did
take a bunch of reps during preseason. Now they have
the joint practice and a lot of great work that
fans might not have gotten to see because some of
the practices not being an option for them to watch.
But I was impressed at how much they've they've grown
together and become like a cohesive unit this quickly. It
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usually takes a you know, five games into the season
where you're really starting to get things on point with
the calls, assignments, everyone working on the same page, and
just some of the the nonverbal community cation that just
goes into being a pat you know, an offensive lineman,
uh and having a great unit like that. But it's
it's been impressive and I think, uh, you know, so
(10:12):
the passing game and the quarterback being so crucial, it
was great to see that early and it just des
well for going in the future. And I know, you know,
Damian Lewis got tweaked in the game, but uh, seeing
Chandler's of Alla going there, who's who got a ton
of pre season reps and so has worked with those
guys and has grown into a better players, He's gotten
(10:32):
more experienced, didn't really drop off over there. So it
really looks like a unit. It's it's on the rise,
and it will need to be because it's you know,
to improved from last year's schedule, the record they had
last year to this year. Offensive defensive line, it's not
sexy to talk about. It doesn't have the stats and
touchdowns and and big play moments and and but it's
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it's the ones that you know when they're controlling a game,
like the Panthers off of line did versus the Raiders,
and there's such a balance to it that defense doesn't
know where you're going to be an attack from. And
what impressed me was the time of possession. I mean
that just wears them down and it was significant difference
in that game, and it just explains why the Raiders
offense couldn't get anything going except for a couple of
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cheap scores at the end.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Is it different for an offensive line depending on who
the quarterback is.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
It can be. You know, you're executing your job, you're
doing what you're trained to do, no matter what pieces
are behind you. But some thoughts do cross your mind
that especially as the game goes on and you feel
like you know you're battling and it's not per se
against the quarterback. It's more of the efficiency of the
offense and being able to sustain drives. And you know,
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in the first two games of the season, you know,
third down conversions were ten percent or less, which is
just atrocious. And that means the offense isn't really firing
on all cylinders. It's not getting first downs, it's not
moving the bass and not give them the defense some
time to make adjustments and do the things they need
to do, just water up and get ready for the
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next time they have to be out there. So it's
a combination of all those factors. But when you look
at it, it's there is a certain amount of confidence
and I have to believe that with all the experience,
you know, fourteen years for Andy Dalton, that you know,
those guys up front just did have a lot of
confidence that this is our best shot. Let's go out
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there and do the best we can to give him
opportunities to make this offense work.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
I like the phrase water up. That's a let's talk
about the offense as a whole. You know, I asked
Dave Canalis earlier this week, I said, if you had
to pick an Andy Dalton throw, which one would you
think was the most impressive? Do you want to take
a guess about which one he said, or do me
(12:56):
just tell you no, it'd.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Be wrong, but I'd say the one. The feeling that
he dropped that ball in there so tight and he
even with double covers back there, reaching forward to the
only one that had the opportunity to catch, and of
course Adam's going to come up with it, you know.
Fortunately he got the injury after that. But I've seen
I've got to block for some great quarterbacks and that
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was a great throw. So that's my perspective. I love
seeing a home run because that means the next thing
is a field goal, and I'm on the sideline watering up.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
That's exactly what he said. That is you and yep, yep,
absolutely it was. I mean the Deontay Johnson throw too
was great, that other touchdown, but that land was just
it was just perfect, like you said. And of course
sad to learn that he is on the ir but
I know everyone is excited to get him back whenever
he can come back.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
What about Cuba, You know, I love seeing the dynamic
of a running back and an offensive line come together,
and the running game wasn't very good the first couple
of games, but you just felt like the pieces were
there and they went out free agency and got some
great players. And I think you know I mentioned it
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early on with this is it's such a strong relationship.
And when you see the offensive line and getting that
surge providing some opportunities for Cuba, I don't know, it
just looked like he was hitting the holes quicker because
they were there were holes that were there that were
more decisive and didn't have to chop the feet at
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all or make a second cut, and it just feels
like you can get that momentum going early. Everything just
seems to the steamroll in that direction. And it was
just such a successful day running the ball. It was
good to see him get the carries that he got,
to get all those touches and to just have you know,
an average had to have been almost five yards of
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carry in the game. That was just so impressive because
if you're doing that on a regular base, that just
keeps the change moving. And like I mentioned before, you know,
with the time of possession, you know, as much as
we do like to go to the sideline of water up
list and it's about trying to stay on the field
and we'd much rather run blocked than pass block. Uh
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and I'm sure it's the same with the running backs.
They I know, they love to get catches and do
things out of the backfield, but so many times they're
actually in their blocking and picking up blitzers, are helping
or chipping on offensive linemen. When they get the rock.
They want to run hard, positive yards, and we love
it as lineman. You know, we want to keep the
pile moving forward. So it's I guess, you know, you
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hope it's a good sign of things to come that.
You know, it took a few weeks they did make
the change the quarterback, but you know, it's it's all
the pieces that work together. It's not just the one thing.
It's it I think that that group is going to
get better every week despite some pieces having to move around,
just because they're progressing in the system. It's the first
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time they're playing actual games within this with coach can
Alice and what the offense is trying to do. So
I'm happy for him. I just want to want him
to keep on rolling. We not being able to have
the you know, how long has it been since there's
been a great running back here that just pound is
that quick, but is that thick and can move a pile.
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Also at the same time, it's it's been some years
and that's why there hasn't been a lot of success.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Yeah, I don't want to discount anybody, but would you
say Jonathan Stewart.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Or yes, it's probably that.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Yeah, my brain my blame.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
And Williams before that. And then you know, it's it's
even with guys in my era when I was playing
in two thousand and three, you know, with Stephen Davis
and Deshaun Foster. It you know, having those guys that
can turn out those yards, it's gonna it's gonna pay
dividends in the end. At the end of the season.
You've got to keep working on you got to get
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those reps.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Okay, one last question for you, as an offensive lineman
and a sideline reporter, I have a sideline reporter question
for you. So, typically, as you know, everyone when they
come off the field, everyone has their own bench, right,
your offensive lineman, running backs, tight ends, your wide receivers.
You're already laughing. I don't know if. Okay, So almost
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all the time you see your offensive linemen good or bad, drive,
they go back, they're talking to their O line coach.
And then every once in a while, you get the
quarterback coming over, you get the running back coming over,
or vice versa. You might see your Austin Corbett go
over to talk to them. In my experience, it's either
a really good thing or a really bad thing when
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they cross over like that, Like there's some kind of miscommunication.
Am I right? Because you don't see a lot of crossover.
Of course, everyone's got to go and you've got the
plays on film and you know what you need to do.
But is that the case or sometimes you guys just
like you know, chopping it up, you know, a little
adjustment or is it always really good or really bad
when you cross over?
Speaker 1 (18:01):
Most times it's for the good or encouragement, it really is.
But yeah, there are times when you know something that
you've worked on that week. It's usually some kind of
an install you did special for that week to be
able to make an adjustment against the defense that you're
going against, and something's just not vibing on that play,
or we're hitting the right area or getting to push.
(18:24):
It could be a combination of things. But you know,
I think that those moments are good. You hate to
have them. You hate to be over there with the
iPad and you're looking at the photos of the field
and everything they're doing, looking at the defense, it's you know,
it's just hard to make a ton of those adjustments
on the fly, so it can be very frustrating, but
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you know, for me, it's you know, it's alignment. You
want to go over there. You want to be able
to just be with your group and really as quick
as you can go over the last drive that you
were in there just to see because sometimes plays work fantastically,
but it was something the defense failed to do, and
you know, can we go back to this play. Okay,
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we have to count for this guy because he's probably
going to see the play and we've got to make
sure we blocked this guy because he just read it
wrong the last time. And so you're you're making sure
that that what really happened happened, that the success was
generated by what you did or was it a failure
by the defense, and just to be on alert for
it when you come back to that play later on.
And then obviously there's things that need to be correct,
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and you don't spend a lot of time on the
technique and the one on one blocks and what was
successful and didn't do well because you know, I've never
played a perfect game. I played one hundred and ninety
plus some games in the NFL and I went.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
All of them.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
No, never a perfect game. Listen. I played next to
a Hall of fameer Bruce Matthews, played like nineteen seasons,
had an incredible street playing almost three hundred games starts
in a row. And I remember talking to him when
he was about a thirteen year event and I was
a younger player, and he looked nervous before the game,
like it, so I guess there's never a time you're
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not getting anxious. And he's like, no, there's are full
grown men over there, faster and stronger than we are,
trying to kick our butts every Sunday. And once you
lose that, he said, then you're done. You need to retire.
But back to the question, it really is. And it's
interesting when I get to do some sideline, especially in
the preseason for the Panthers, being on the other side
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of it and seeing it, because as close as you
can get, as much as you think that you're hearing,
it's still an isolated place that you don't see a
lot of this airy professional there's not a lot of
screaming things like that you might see in college football,
So it's hard. I respect sideline reporters so much because
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it's a lot harder to pick up you think when
you're in the moment as a player, like oh, I
could do that, you know, I'd see what's happening. You
can pick up some things, but really it's an art
unto itself. So I salute you the great work that
you do because any nuggets you can get, I know
the fans love, especially former offensive linemen. You know, we
want to see what those guys are doing.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
Well.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
Kevin, you're a great sideline reporter. I could never be
an O lineman. I'm gonna let go water up. Thank
you so much for the time. This was great.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
You got it.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Kristin haveg you too.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
Okay, now it is time for one of my favorite
parts of the week is the weekly sideline exchange of
information with my fellow sideline reporter Sharon Thorsland. Sharon, coming
off a long trip going out west, but a very
good trip for you and the team. How was it?
Speaker 5 (21:39):
Oh my gosh, it was so much fun and so exciting,
as I'm sure everybody who is watching or listening certainly knows. Yeah,
I mean it was just the energy was amazing. And
as soon as Andy Dalton took the field and they
started just driving down the offense on that very first
possession and then went in for the score, it was
just like it was just like a new team out there.
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Everybody was just feeding off each other there having so
much fun and.
Speaker 6 (22:04):
Plays were going their ways.
Speaker 5 (22:05):
Everybody was making plays, nobody was trying to force anything,
and it was just a tremendous effort, you know, from
everybody on all sides of the football, and it was
a very fun trip home.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
What was I'm gonna ask you about that too, What
was the what was it like on the sidelines the
minute that the offense came off after scoring that touchdown
on the opening drive.
Speaker 6 (22:27):
It was just like elation. I mean, guys were so excited.
Speaker 5 (22:29):
It's been a struggle, as everybody knows, it's been a struggle,
and to be able to go down and just look
like that just absolutely efficient, well oiled machine that they
looked like Andy Donon looks like he has missed a
beat from his last start, and everybody was just so excited,
high fiving all around, you know, lots of hugs, lots
of smiles. The defense was so stoked. That was one
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of my first sideline hits in the game. Was when
the offense was driving down and they were getting into
scoring position, Javan Clowney got the whole defense together and said, hey, guys, look,
our offense is on fire.
Speaker 6 (23:00):
We got to get off the field quick. We need
to three and out here to keep them rolling.
Speaker 5 (23:03):
So, I mean, it was just top to bottom on
everywhere along the sideline, no matter what position guys were playing.
They were all super excited, super happy, and just felt
like it was just like a weight had been lifted
off their shoulders and they were finally playing the kind
of football everybody thought they could play.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
And as you know, I mean this is this is
no slight, it's just the facts. But when your offense
goes three and out a lot, your defense gets tired.
And so think Clowney saying, hey, guys, we got to
get this done.
Speaker 6 (23:30):
Get back out there right exactly exactly.
Speaker 5 (23:33):
So only as you said, I mean, it's they've been
on the field way too much in the first two games.
So it was it was great for them to be
able to sit back and watch and let the offense
control that game. That Panthers definitely controlled the clock in
this one, and you know, it gave the defense some
time to catch their breath and not have to keep
running back out there after a three and out series.
So everybody played better because of the way the offense
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was working.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
So I watched about half and listen to about half
of the game. And when I saw Andy Dalton, like
when I saw his facial expressions on the TV, it
looked like he was just having a great time. Like
I even saw there was one throw that he threw
that was close to being in there, so like he
threw it into double coverage and you would have thought
he would have been super nervous about it, and he
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kind of just laughed.
Speaker 4 (24:19):
You know.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
That's what I saw on the TV. It just seemed
like anything he was doing, he was having a great time.
And I'm wondering what you caught from the sidelines about
his demeanor.
Speaker 5 (24:27):
Yeah, he was very excited and that it started last
week when he was named the starting quarterback. He said
right away, I'm so excited. He was just so thankful
to have another opportunity to start it and started since
a year ago in Seattle and he was just grinning
from ear to ear from the moment he came out
of the tunnel on Sunday. He was just so excited
and so happy to be there. And then when they
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started playing so well and everything was working in, everything
was clicking, he just he hardly ever had not a
smile on his face. And you know, he's a veteran
and he's been there, done that. To your point about,
you know, throwing an almost interception, he knows, you know what, Hey,
maybe shouldn't have done that, but we'll live to see
another down. So he's been in this situation where things
like that aren't going to rattle him. He's not going
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to get stressed out. He's not going to get upset
or worried about it. He just, you know, says, all right,
that's behind us, move on to the next play. And
that's that veteran, you know player, That veteran presence that
he has is really invaluable to this entire offense and
also to Bryce Young. I think it was great the
way Bryce was able to sit and watch it. Every
single time that Andy came off the field, Bryce was
right there next to him looking at the tablet to
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go over the plays asking Andy what he saw. Andy
was asking him what he saw. So there's still a
great tandem and working together there on the sidelines. And
I think this is going to be very beneficial for Bryce,
especially to see how they were able to get the
offense rolling on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
I completely agree, And that's what I was going to
ask you about, is you know, they are so like
you said, when Bryce was playing, I mean, they were
like attached at the hip, right. And of course how
much you know, all the value that you get out
of Andy Dalton and all of his experience pro Bowls,
you know, deep playoff runs, and like you said, I
think it's even more valuable now that Bryce can learn
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from him and see some practical experience on the field.
It's great to know that they were still, you know,
complimenting each other no matter who was starting. But I'm
wondering sharing about Bryce's demeanor. What did you see from
him on the sideline Attitude.
Speaker 5 (26:20):
Wise, He looked exactly the same as he does every
single game. That did not change. He stood where he
always stands. He did the same things that he always does.
He still was engaging and interacting with the other players,
and one of the things I thought was really cool.
Speaker 6 (26:34):
He started this last year.
Speaker 5 (26:36):
At halftime, he goes to the tunnel and he stands
there at the edge of the field at the entrance
to the tunnel, and he makes sure to high five
or slap the hand of every single player that comes
off the field, and he does not wait until the
very last Panther player has come off the field. He
did that exact same thing this past Sunday, even though
he was not the starter, and I thought that was
really cool and a great sign he's still a leader
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on this team. Still went out as one of the
captains on this team, you know, before the kick, So
he's still engaging in all the same ways that he
did before, and I think that's pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
I completely agree. I thought that was so neat that
when he walked out for the coin toss, you know,
and I imagine it's got to be tough, right, you
are so excited for your team, you're excited to learn.
But then also there's just been a lot of national attention,
and he didn't ask for that. So I'm so glad
to hear from from one sideline reporter to another that
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he was in good spirits and taking this opportunity to learn,
because you know, it's a situation that nobody wants. It's
not what you imagine when you start the season, and
so that's I'm not surprised at all that he was,
you know, exactly, just seems so zen, so focused out there.
I'm happy to hear that that's how he was even
with Andy Dalton starting, and certainly I'll be looking for
that on Sunday.
Speaker 6 (27:49):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Okay, I want to ask about the plane ride home,
because as we know, I imagine that everyone who's listening
to this nos but again, we'd like to give you
some kind of behind the scenes when you take a
long play ride and it's a loss, it is a
long plane ride, I mean, and that's not to say
I mean everyone is still it's your job.
Speaker 6 (28:06):
You learn.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
You know, you see the guys with their tablets and
all of that, and people are not you know, it's
not everyone's sitting. It's not like a coffin or anything
like that. But it's significantly more fun when you win. So, Sharon, what.
Speaker 5 (28:18):
Was it like, Oh my gosh, it was starting with
the with the flight attendants. When you get on the plane,
they're like, whoa high five for everybody because that was
the first time. Yeah, they are the best, and because
we had the same flight attendants every game, and we
had them all last season as well, and so last season,
every single plane ride home was a big bummer because
you know, we lost every single game on the roads
that win this one, I think they were always more
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excited than we were. But yeah, it's a very jubilant
plane ride home. More guys getting up and going around
and talking to each other instead of you know, people
just sort of moping, not really moping, but just being,
like you said, sort of on their own and their
seats and stuff on the way home after a loss.
So it was definitely a lot more jubilant, everybody having
a lot more fun. It was very late at night,
so eventually everybody, a lot of most people tried to
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put out the lights and go to sleep because we
didn't get home till about two in the morning. But
it was definitely, uh, a very upbeat, very fun plane
ride home.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
Well, you told me though, that you don't sleep, you read,
so were you the only one I'm reading?
Speaker 6 (29:14):
I was the only one reading.
Speaker 5 (29:16):
But I've gotten to where I use my cell phone
flashlight now, so I don't have the overhead light on
and disturb people because I literally am like the only
person airplane there.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
That is very considerate because especially if you're in the
middle seats, those lights are way way up at the top,
you know. I'll be honest, I would turn them on.
Sometimes I.
Speaker 6 (29:37):
Just can't sleep on an airplane.
Speaker 5 (29:38):
I'll have to rethink that for the Munich trip, but
for these other trips, anything that's you know, four hours
are under I've got to read to distract myself because
I just don't love flying. I get nervous if there's
any turbulence at all, so reading distracts me.
Speaker 2 (29:51):
I I don't mind flying as much, but I can
never sleep. I'm always so envious of, you know, our
old social media manager Angela. I think I told you this.
It would always be my seat mate and she could
before the plane took off, she could go to sleep,
and I was like, oh, especially like you said, on
those West Coast trips where you're getting home at two
and then you got to drive home and then your
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day starts, you know, early the next morning. So I
always wish that I could catch up on sleep, but never,
never until I get on my own pillow. So let's
talk Yeah, let's talk about this week. So we got
an zero to three Bengals team, which is they're a
lot better than their record. Certainly, they're going to be
fired up. You know. I talked to Dave Canalis this
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week and I said, like, what do you think about
the fact that they're coming in here and they've certainly
got a lot to prove, And he, of course said,
and he's always had this message, right, Sharon, he says,
I can't focus on them. I can only focus on
our team. But even if you talk to a coach,
they're always going to say, well, you know, it's one
game at a time. And if you talk to Zach Taylor,
the head coach of the Bengals, he's gonna say, we're
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not worried about our record. But you know they are, right, Sharon,
I mean, oh and three, they're going to come in
with a little fire in their.
Speaker 5 (30:59):
Bellies, absolutely, because this is something and no one was
expecting to own three start in Cincinnati. They've got guys
back healthy. Joe Burrow's back after that wrist injury last year.
They got Jamar Chase back. T Higgins came back this
past week, but man alive they looked just awful on
Monday night against the Commanders, just terrible, and I think
most of it stems from their defense really struggling. The
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offense is putting up some points. Uh, they're actually six
in the in the NFL in passing yards and they've
got those just incredible threats with Chase and and T Higgins,
and then they got a pair of running backs out there.
Now they are also I'm doing some damage. But yeah,
they're they're putting up a lot of points and they're,
unfortunately for them, giving up a lot of points. So
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it's it's probably gonna be a high scoring affair here.
So no, nobody is overlooking or underestimating this Bengals team, because,
like you said, they're gonna come down here with a
major league chip on their shoulder and wanted to turn
things around for them and not get anh to four start.
So they're they're gonna be out for blood and they're
gonna hope that the Panthers are going to be their
their prey. But I tell you what, the Panthers looked
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so good last week with their offense, and now it's
going to be interesting to see how they go against
this Bengals defense, which has really been struggling because they've
got a lot of injuries across that front line to
their two starting d tackles are both out with hamstring injuries,
so they've been having a really tough time stop in
the run. I think they're like twenty seventh or something
like that in the league giving up a lot of
rushing nurse per game, and they're giving up a lot
of points per game as well, so there's some room.
Speaker 6 (32:26):
There's some points to.
Speaker 5 (32:27):
Be head out there. Their passing defense is the best.
Von Bell who was here last year, of course, so
hard hitting safety. He's back with Cincinnati anchoring that secondary,
and they're eighth in the league in the amount of
passing yards they give up, so they're very good against
the past. So it'll be nice if we can get
Chewba Hubbard and the boys running and get that ground
game going to start things off here on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
And we know that's what Dave Canalis wants to do.
That's his preferred method of offense anyway, and we didn't
get to see it in those first two games, you know,
And Sharon, I think last week we talked about, like
how do you limit DeVante Adams. They did a great
shop of that, Mike Jackson. Yes, it was great, and
so that makes you feel a little bit better about
how the Panthers can limit you know, your Jamar chases,
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your t Higgins. But of course we've got to see it, right.
But I thought that was an area that they really
stepped up. And you know, Dave Canos, we asked him
about as he calls him Mike jack not Mike Jackson exactly,
just you know, he's had a history with him in
the past, and he just said, man, you know, for
a guy that came in, uh, you know and has
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to have to learn really quickly, like what a story
he's been Sharon, you.
Speaker 5 (33:33):
Know, Oh, he's been amazing. If it was at the
in Buffalo at the last preseason game, he had just
arrived the day before, so he was with the team
in Buffalo and sitting on the sidelines, wasn't dressed out
or anything because he had just arrived, and I was
chatting with him for a while. His name is Michael Jackson,
but he said nobody calls him that in football. That's
only his family calls him Michael Jackson when he's in trouble.
So you wanted to make sure we all call him
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Mike Jackson, not Michael, but he was saying, it has
just been such a whirlwind to come across and try
to get acclimated, and it's like, whoa here, I got
to find my kids a school because he has a
daughter in kindergarten, I believe, and so he was trying
to get situated with all that and try to come
in and learn this defense. But he has done an
absolutely remarkable job doing that. For a guy that came
in with absolutely no snaps in training camp or than
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preseason or anything like that, to come in before week
one and be inserted into the starting lineup right away,
he's he's just done an incredible job. I spoke with
him last week before the game in Las Vegas, and
he said he felt like he was really starting to
get a chemistry going with the guys. He said, the
more game reps they have, that is what's really been
key for him. Not so much the practice, but the
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game reps. He said, that's when you really find out
who moves what way, who does this, who does that,
and you could get some of that unspoken communication going.
So he's done a tremendous job meshing with j C.
Speaker 6 (34:50):
Horn. And one thing that is.
Speaker 5 (34:51):
Really cool too, D'Angel Hall, who is an assistant secondary coach.
Speaker 6 (34:55):
I was talking with him.
Speaker 5 (34:56):
He said that what Mike Jackson does for this team
is just from a like an intimidation factor. So he's
a big, tall guy. He's six too, so he's out
there with DJ with j C. Horn, and the two
of them together are two big guys. They said, you know,
instead of having like a little small second or like
sun buys, he said, we look the part. We look
intimidating out there, and we're these big, long corners that
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can really attack these big, tall receivers like at Devonte
Adams and things like that. So Mike Jackson has done
a great job and it's really meshying while with this defense.
Speaker 2 (35:24):
And that's something it's such a great point. That's something
that the Panthers haven't had, not to say the small
guys can't get done. You know, Dante Jackson certainly could,
but they haven't had with JC being out, you know,
for a significant amount of games, they have not had
those big, long, intimidating corners. So that's such a good point.
And Sharon, the last thing I want to ask you
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about is the fact that it's Legends weekend, so there's
gonna be I think Thomas Davis told me there's gonna
be like sixty Legends at this home So you got
to imagine again, if there's a game that this team
wants to keep things going. Not only is it a
home game to to you know, hear the crowd, hear
the fans, but you're going to have you know, you
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got Julie Peppers there and they're celebrating this Hall of
Fame induction. There's a lot of guys and they usually
kind of sit right there in those boxes, kind of
right on the field. I don't know where they're going
to be this weekend, but even for the new guys
that are here, you know, that's something that you want
to you want to show out a little bit for.
Speaker 5 (36:24):
The Legends, absolutely, and I think that is just one
of the coolest things this Panther team does, is to
bring back all those guys, and the fact that so
many of them come back is a real testament to
the organization and what it means to all of these guys.
And it's so much fun to see guys, you know,
from twenty years ago and people you're like, oh my gosh,
there's Dante Wesley, you know, guys that you just haven't
seen or heard from it in such a long time.
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And for them all to come back and be here
to cheer on the team on Sunday, And like you said,
this is going to mean a lot for the guys
that are playing right now. They want to show out well,
for the Thomas Davises and especially for the Julius Peppers and.
Speaker 6 (36:58):
Guys like that.
Speaker 5 (36:58):
I mean, it's got to be cool to lay in
front of those guys and give them a little extra
extra motivation. And it's going to be really neat to
have Julius Pepper's back. He was here last year for
the at the Legend ceremony as well, and that's one
of my I try to limit my fandom as a
sideline reporter. But I did take advantage of him in
the in the first before the game started and got
my picture taken with him because he's a fellow tar Heel,
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as you know, and for you say, you get to
do it this maybe, but I had to snap that
picture with Pepperson.
Speaker 6 (37:26):
Boy, he is a big guy. He still looks like
he can be out there on the.
Speaker 2 (37:29):
Field absolutely absolutely well Sharon. This was amazing as always,
Thank you so much, Thanks Kristen
Jeers, Kristin Balboni and Sharon Thorst love it with your
Sideline Pass.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Welcome to Sideline Pass, where we give you an all
access pass to Panthers football. I'm sideline reporter Kristin Balboni,
and I am thrilled because my first guest is someone
Panthers fans know very very well, Guard Robert Hunt. Robert,
thank you so much for doing this. I appreciate it, wells.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Okay, so huge one on Sunday on the road against
the Raiders, and I'm going to ask the important questions here.
I want to know about the plane ride home. How
was it?
Speaker 3 (00:36):
It was great.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
We finally got first class because we won the game,
so we got the right up front and now that's
got to stretch out, lay down a little bit watching film.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
It was a good ride home. It was a good
ride home.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Well, wait, tell me, so, I don't travel. I've traveled
in the past, but because I've got two little ones
at home, I'm not traveling. So the deal was that
you couldn't do first class until you got the win.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
You win, you get the first class to go, do you.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
So obviously that was a big win. Every phase looked great.
Do you believe in momentum as you come back in
for this home game?
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Yes, I do.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
I think you know, I mean just just in sports
in general, you get one to boost your confidence. It
helps you feel good, you know what I mean the
next day and then even going to that week of
knowing like, hey, we can't win games. So you know,
we come, we came in a day, we get on
the field, we practice hard, and you know we're going
to try to keep this thing rolling. So definitely, momentum
is a thing that can catch on and it also
cannot catch on, but.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Yep, it's the thing that it's real. Momentum is real,
and momentum or not.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
This this o line has played so well together and
we've seen the stats and we see you guys out there.
But you guys didn't have a lot of reps. I
mean you you were coming from a different team. So,
as Damien Corbett is back to playing center for the
first time in a while, how did you all come
together so quickly in order to perform so highly.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
I think we got a lot of good players. Foremost,
we have really good players on the line all over
the building. But you know that just we talking about
that group. I think we have really good players from
Ikey to Timo, you know what I mean left to right,
just guys that's hungry, that want to play, that want
to be good. And you know, we've been practicing together
since OTA's and you know, we we got a thing
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where we talk and communicate what we don't like and
what we do like. You know it it's something that
I can do better to help out ac.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
I'll ask him. He'll tell me if some TMO can
do to help me out, Yeah, asks me. I tell them.
Just like we're working together, we tell each other what
we like and what we don't like. And I think.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
That's big to have that communication, so you guys can
be on the same page moving forward.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
So very honest, good or bad? Right, good to know?
Speaker 1 (02:40):
All right.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
I got to get to, of course, the play that
everybody has been talking about this week. Now this is
a podcast, so we can't show it, but I'm sure
that all the Panthers fans have seen that viral pancake
block on the screenplay that you had. You've broken it
down plenty of times. So what I want to know
is how many texts did you get about it? When
you looked at your phone.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
It was a it's a good amount. A lot of
my friends know that. That's kind of how it is.
I kind of try to do that. But you know,
to the public guy, you know, O line play is
not really that sexy into something like that. Maybe, so
a lot of people saw it this time and they
reached out.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
So it was fun.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
When you watch it back, what are you rating it? A?
Speaker 4 (03:22):
A plus? It's not my best? Oh okay, And I say,
as humbly as possible, it's not. I got some more
of that I that I like a little better.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Okay, Well I hope that. Well. I'm sure that we're
going to see more as the season goes on too.
So now do you know, obviously very kind guy, soft
spoken guy. Right now, do you talk a little trash
when you're out on the field or are you silent?
Speaker 4 (03:46):
I don't talk much. No, I'm I'm a solid assessment.
I try to do my job. I'm you know, don't. Yeah,
I don't talk much. I just I'll play a game
the right way, you know, I'll go about it the
right way. This weekend, a guy that I know really
well that I played against, he try to uh, push
my buttons.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
But I knew.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
I knew he would do it already so the time
of day too. I know he wanted me to, but
I didn't. I didn't engage in it.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Well that's and that's like its own thing too, write
a DJ Moore, who obviously used to play it for
the Panthers. He told me he was like, I don't
say anything, and he was like, and that gets under
people's skins sometimes more than talking.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
A lot, right, I think that. I think that's true.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
And I also.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Unnessary, keep it.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Quie unless it's something that I actually like, you know
what I mean, gets on my skin.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
But other than that, I keep it.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Keep it cool, unnecessary expenditure of energy, right like you
gotta hey, that makes a lot of sense to me.
It makes a lot of sense to me.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
All Right.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Finally, I have the most important question that I'm going
to ask you all day, maybe the most important question
you'll hear all week. I need you to rank Robert nicknames. Okay,
I got five for you. You're gonna rank them from
best to worst, all right. I got Rob, Robbie, Bob,
Bobby and.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Burt, Rob, Robbie by Bobby and Bert. Yes, first.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Yeah, you could do worst to first if you want
to make it dramatic. Burt is worst worse.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Okay, good to know, Robbie rober is cute, but that's
not my favorite.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Okay. Uh Bob, okay Rob Bobby, Okay, I have to
say this. My dad is a Bobby, my grandpa was
a Bobby, and my cousin is a Bobby. So I
am very happy that I will be reporting back to
them that Bobby is the elite level nickname.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
The elite. And you know, people call me Rob big Rob. Oh.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
My family called me big g because my middle name.
But to everybody these past two years.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
I'm like, yeah, my name is Bobby, Like just coll
me Bobby. So I kind of give it. I gave
it to myself.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
It's a good one. It's a good one to give
to yourself, right what I'm.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
Saying, that's why I'll go with Bobby. Bobby's elite. So
your grandfather, great grandfather, maybe because you that's a great name.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
They're in good company. They're a good company with Bobby Hunt.
Absolutely well, thank you, Bobby. If I can thank you
so much, this was great. I appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Thank you so much for having me, I appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Okay, we are going to continue with O Lineman right now.
We have got the one and only Kevin Donald. And
Kevin thank you so much for joining me.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
I appreciate it absolutely, Glad to be here and glad
to talk some panthers with you.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Absolutely. So we just talked to Robert Hunt. My first
question is, and you can't really ask this to a
player because they're going to be humble, So I'll ask
you what makes him so great at what he does?
Speaker 1 (06:34):
I mean, I think it's the combination of the size
and the ability to the athletic ability that's combined with it,
because when you watch him play, you know something we
couldn't get up the middle last year was a real
good push to get things started in the run game.
And if at that tip of the spear right there
at the center guard another guard area right in the front,
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if you can get some kind of a push, it
doesn't have to be a lot, but something to get
the momentum going forward. And he does it, him and
Corbett together working and him and Mode and working together.
Those are just incredible double teams that they can work
off to the second level and it's just it's great
to see that push that gives Cuba and other guys
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the running room that they need, or at least options,
and they're not dancing in the backfield like we've seen
so many times over the course of last season. But
then it was one play it steed out to me,
and the most recent one against the Raiders, he pulls
out on a screen. I'm watching this three hundred I
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don't know, forty pounds man, whatever he weighs, it's probably
not that much, but he looks like a monster. But
it is just the toes of a ballerina and just
takes on a smaller guy who's easy to dodge and
try and get out of the way, and just finds
a way to square them up and run them downfield.
And you know, of course I'm rewinding a couple and
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my wife's like, she's an offensive lineman wife, so she's like, yeah,
go ahead. I love to see it myself. So that
was it was just really cool to see that, and
it just I think just seeing some of the push
they had in the running game and then combining that
with some great pass pro I think they're working together
as a unit really well, all five of those guys
with passing off stunts. Now in the NFL, they're just
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creating so much pressure so many different ways by you know,
using line stunts, moving them around, sending blitzers in at
any time. And there were just so many times, especially
in the last game, that it looked like there was protection,
new leakage, nothing that was kind of coming through to
rush the quarterback even And when you have that early
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on in a game, it just builds a quarterback's confidence.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Yeah, no kidding. And Andy Dalton certainly looked confident, that's
for sure. And I think I read so they were
number two in as the most efficient pass blocking unit
in the league going into the game, and I think
they're ranked number one now I saw that. So I mean,
I'm going to go ahead and say it, whether or
not I've got the numbers to back it up. How easy, Kevin,
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or how hard I should say? Is it for a
unit to come together and play as well as they're
playing when some of those pieces are playing together for
the first time, the guards and then off the carb
it at center.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
You know, No, it's impressive because many of them did
take a bunch of reps during preseason. Now they have
the joint practice and a lot of great work that
fans might not have gotten to see because some of
the practices not being an option for them to watch.
But I was impressed at how much they've they've grown
together and become like a cohesive unit this quickly. It
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usually takes a you know, five games into the season
where you're really starting to get things on point with
the calls, assignments, everyone working on the same page, and
just some of the the nonverbal community cation that just
goes into being a pat you know, an offensive lineman,
uh and having a great unit like that. But it's
it's been impressive and I think, uh, you know, so
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the passing game and the quarterback being so crucial, it
was great to see that early and it just des
well for going in the future. And I know, you know,
Damian Lewis got tweaked in the game, but uh, seeing
Chandler's of Alla going there, who's who got a ton
of pre season reps and so has worked with those
guys and has grown into a better players, He's gotten
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more experienced, didn't really drop off over there. So it
really looks like a unit. It's it's on the rise,
and it will need to be because it's you know,
to improved from last year's schedule, the record they had
last year to this year. Offensive defensive line, it's not
sexy to talk about. It doesn't have the stats and
touchdowns and and big play moments and and but it's
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it's the ones that you know when they're controlling a game,
like the Panthers off of line did versus the Raiders,
and there's such a balance to it that defense doesn't
know where you're going to be an attack from. And
what impressed me was the time of possession. I mean
that just wears them down and it was significant difference
in that game, and it just explains why the Raiders
offense couldn't get anything going except for a couple of
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cheap scores at the end.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Is it different for an offensive line depending on who
the quarterback is.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
It can be. You know, you're executing your job, you're
doing what you're trained to do, no matter what pieces
are behind you. But some thoughts do cross your mind
that especially as the game goes on and you feel
like you know you're battling and it's not per se
against the quarterback. It's more of the efficiency of the
offense and being able to sustain drives. And you know,
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in the first two games of the season, you know,
third down conversions were ten percent or less, which is
just atrocious. And that means the offense isn't really firing
on all cylinders. It's not getting first downs, it's not
moving the bass and not give them the defense some
time to make adjustments and do the things they need
to do, just water up and get ready for the
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next time they have to be out there. So it's
a combination of all those factors. But when you look
at it, it's there is a certain amount of confidence
and I have to believe that with all the experience,
you know, fourteen years for Andy Dalton, that you know,
those guys up front just did have a lot of
confidence that this is our best shot. Let's go out
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there and do the best we can to give him
opportunities to make this offense work.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
I like the phrase water up. That's a let's talk
about the offense as a whole. You know, I asked
Dave Canalis earlier this week, I said, if you had
to pick an Andy Dalton throw, which one would you
think was the most impressive? Do you want to take
a guess about which one he said, or do me
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just tell you no, it'd.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Be wrong, but I'd say the one. The feeling that
he dropped that ball in there so tight and he
even with double covers back there, reaching forward to the
only one that had the opportunity to catch, and of
course Adam's going to come up with it, you know.
Fortunately he got the injury after that. But I've seen
I've got to block for some great quarterbacks and that
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was a great throw. So that's my perspective. I love
seeing a home run because that means the next thing
is a field goal, and I'm on the sideline watering up.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
That's exactly what he said. That is you and yep, yep,
absolutely it was. I mean the Deontay Johnson throw too
was great, that other touchdown, but that land was just
it was just perfect, like you said. And of course
sad to learn that he is on the ir but
I know everyone is excited to get him back whenever
he can come back.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
What about Cuba, You know, I love seeing the dynamic
of a running back and an offensive line come together,
and the running game wasn't very good the first couple
of games, but you just felt like the pieces were
there and they went out free agency and got some
great players. And I think you know I mentioned it
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early on with this is it's such a strong relationship.
And when you see the offensive line and getting that
surge providing some opportunities for Cuba, I don't know, it
just looked like he was hitting the holes quicker because
they were there were holes that were there that were
more decisive and didn't have to chop the feet at
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all or make a second cut, and it just feels
like you can get that momentum going early. Everything just
seems to the steamroll in that direction. And it was
just such a successful day running the ball. It was
good to see him get the carries that he got,
to get all those touches and to just have you know,
an average had to have been almost five yards of
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carry in the game. That was just so impressive because
if you're doing that on a regular base, that just
keeps the change moving. And like I mentioned before, you know,
with the time of possession, you know, as much as
we do like to go to the sideline of water up
list and it's about trying to stay on the field
and we'd much rather run blocked than pass block. Uh
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and I'm sure it's the same with the running backs.
They I know, they love to get catches and do
things out of the backfield, but so many times they're
actually in their blocking and picking up blitzers, are helping
or chipping on offensive linemen. When they get the rock.
They want to run hard, positive yards, and we love
it as lineman. You know, we want to keep the
pile moving forward. So it's I guess, you know, you
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hope it's a good sign of things to come that.
You know, it took a few weeks they did make
the change the quarterback, but you know, it's it's all
the pieces that work together. It's not just the one thing.
It's it I think that that group is going to
get better every week despite some pieces having to move around,
just because they're progressing in the system. It's the first
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time they're playing actual games within this with coach can
Alice and what the offense is trying to do. So
I'm happy for him. I just want to want him
to keep on rolling. We not being able to have
the you know, how long has it been since there's
been a great running back here that just pound is
that quick, but is that thick and can move a pile.
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Also at the same time, it's it's been some years
and that's why there hasn't been a lot of success.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Yeah, I don't want to discount anybody, but would you
say Jonathan Stewart.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Or yes, it's probably that.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Yeah, my brain my blame.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
And Williams before that. And then you know, it's it's
even with guys in my era when I was playing
in two thousand and three, you know, with Stephen Davis
and Deshaun Foster. It you know, having those guys that
can turn out those yards, it's gonna it's gonna pay
dividends in the end. At the end of the season.
You've got to keep working on you got to get
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those reps.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Okay, one last question for you, as an offensive lineman
and a sideline reporter, I have a sideline reporter question
for you. So, typically, as you know, everyone when they
come off the field, everyone has their own bench, right,
your offensive lineman, running backs, tight ends, your wide receivers.
You're already laughing. I don't know if. Okay, So almost
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all the time you see your offensive linemen good or bad, drive,
they go back, they're talking to their O line coach.
And then every once in a while, you get the
quarterback coming over, you get the running back coming over,
or vice versa. You might see your Austin Corbett go
over to talk to them. In my experience, it's either
a really good thing or a really bad thing when
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they cross over like that, Like there's some kind of miscommunication.
Am I right? Because you don't see a lot of crossover.
Of course, everyone's got to go and you've got the
plays on film and you know what you need to do.
But is that the case or sometimes you guys just
like you know, chopping it up, you know, a little
adjustment or is it always really good or really bad
when you cross over?
Speaker 1 (18:01):
Most times it's for the good or encouragement, it really is.
But yeah, there are times when you know something that
you've worked on that week. It's usually some kind of
an install you did special for that week to be
able to make an adjustment against the defense that you're
going against, and something's just not vibing on that play,
or we're hitting the right area or getting to push.
(18:24):
It could be a combination of things. But you know,
I think that those moments are good. You hate to
have them. You hate to be over there with the
iPad and you're looking at the photos of the field
and everything they're doing, looking at the defense, it's you know,
it's just hard to make a ton of those adjustments
on the fly, so it can be very frustrating, but
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you know, for me, it's you know, it's alignment. You
want to go over there. You want to be able
to just be with your group and really as quick
as you can go over the last drive that you
were in there just to see because sometimes plays work fantastically,
but it was something the defense failed to do, and
you know, can we go back to this play. Okay,
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we have to count for this guy because he's probably
going to see the play and we've got to make
sure we blocked this guy because he just read it
wrong the last time. And so you're you're making sure
that that what really happened happened, that the success was
generated by what you did or was it a failure
by the defense, and just to be on alert for
it when you come back to that play later on.
And then obviously there's things that need to be correct,
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and you don't spend a lot of time on the
technique and the one on one blocks and what was
successful and didn't do well because you know, I've never
played a perfect game. I played one hundred and ninety
plus some games in the NFL and I went.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
All of them.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
No, never a perfect game. Listen. I played next to
a Hall of fameer Bruce Matthews, played like nineteen seasons,
had an incredible street playing almost three hundred games starts
in a row. And I remember talking to him when
he was about a thirteen year event and I was
a younger player, and he looked nervous before the game,
like it, so I guess there's never a time you're
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not getting anxious. And he's like, no, there's are full
grown men over there, faster and stronger than we are,
trying to kick our butts every Sunday. And once you
lose that, he said, then you're done. You need to retire.
But back to the question, it really is. And it's
interesting when I get to do some sideline, especially in
the preseason for the Panthers, being on the other side
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of it and seeing it, because as close as you
can get, as much as you think that you're hearing,
it's still an isolated place that you don't see a
lot of this airy professional there's not a lot of
screaming things like that you might see in college football,
So it's hard. I respect sideline reporters so much because
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it's a lot harder to pick up you think when
you're in the moment as a player, like oh, I
could do that, you know, I'd see what's happening. You
can pick up some things, but really it's an art
unto itself. So I salute you the great work that
you do because any nuggets you can get, I know
the fans love, especially former offensive linemen. You know, we
want to see what those guys are doing.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
Well.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
Kevin, you're a great sideline reporter. I could never be
an O lineman. I'm gonna let go water up. Thank
you so much for the time. This was great.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
You got it.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Kristin haveg you too.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
Okay, now it is time for one of my favorite
parts of the week is the weekly sideline exchange of
information with my fellow sideline reporter Sharon Thorsland. Sharon, coming
off a long trip going out west, but a very
good trip for you and the team. How was it?
Speaker 5 (21:39):
Oh my gosh, it was so much fun and so exciting,
as I'm sure everybody who is watching or listening certainly knows. Yeah,
I mean it was just the energy was amazing. And
as soon as Andy Dalton took the field and they
started just driving down the offense on that very first
possession and then went in for the score, it was
just like it was just like a new team out there.
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Everybody was just feeding off each other there having so
much fun and.
Speaker 6 (22:04):
Plays were going their ways.
Speaker 5 (22:05):
Everybody was making plays, nobody was trying to force anything,
and it was just a tremendous effort, you know, from
everybody on all sides of the football, and it was
a very fun trip home.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
What was I'm gonna ask you about that too, What
was the what was it like on the sidelines the
minute that the offense came off after scoring that touchdown
on the opening drive.
Speaker 6 (22:27):
It was just like elation. I mean, guys were so excited.
Speaker 5 (22:29):
It's been a struggle, as everybody knows, it's been a struggle,
and to be able to go down and just look
like that just absolutely efficient, well oiled machine that they
looked like Andy Donon looks like he has missed a
beat from his last start, and everybody was just so excited,
high fiving all around, you know, lots of hugs, lots
of smiles. The defense was so stoked. That was one
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of my first sideline hits in the game. Was when
the offense was driving down and they were getting into
scoring position, Javan Clowney got the whole defense together and said, hey, guys, look,
our offense is on fire.
Speaker 6 (23:00):
We got to get off the field quick. We need
to three and out here to keep them rolling.
Speaker 5 (23:03):
So, I mean, it was just top to bottom on
everywhere along the sideline, no matter what position guys were playing.
They were all super excited, super happy, and just felt
like it was just like a weight had been lifted
off their shoulders and they were finally playing the kind
of football everybody thought they could play.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
And as you know, I mean this is this is
no slight, it's just the facts. But when your offense
goes three and out a lot, your defense gets tired.
And so think Clowney saying, hey, guys, we got to
get this done.
Speaker 6 (23:30):
Get back out there right exactly exactly.
Speaker 5 (23:33):
So only as you said, I mean, it's they've been
on the field way too much in the first two games.
So it was it was great for them to be
able to sit back and watch and let the offense
control that game. That Panthers definitely controlled the clock in
this one, and you know, it gave the defense some
time to catch their breath and not have to keep
running back out there after a three and out series.
So everybody played better because of the way the offense
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was working.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
So I watched about half and listen to about half
of the game. And when I saw Andy Dalton, like
when I saw his facial expressions on the TV, it
looked like he was just having a great time. Like
I even saw there was one throw that he threw
that was close to being in there, so like he
threw it into double coverage and you would have thought
he would have been super nervous about it, and he
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kind of just laughed.
Speaker 4 (24:19):
You know.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
That's what I saw on the TV. It just seemed
like anything he was doing, he was having a great time.
And I'm wondering what you caught from the sidelines about
his demeanor.
Speaker 5 (24:27):
Yeah, he was very excited and that it started last
week when he was named the starting quarterback. He said
right away, I'm so excited. He was just so thankful
to have another opportunity to start it and started since
a year ago in Seattle and he was just grinning
from ear to ear from the moment he came out
of the tunnel on Sunday. He was just so excited
and so happy to be there. And then when they
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started playing so well and everything was working in, everything
was clicking, he just he hardly ever had not a
smile on his face. And you know, he's a veteran
and he's been there, done that. To your point about,
you know, throwing an almost interception, he knows, you know what, Hey,
maybe shouldn't have done that, but we'll live to see
another down. So he's been in this situation where things
like that aren't going to rattle him. He's not going
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to get stressed out. He's not going to get upset
or worried about it. He just, you know, says, all right,
that's behind us, move on to the next play. And
that's that veteran, you know player, That veteran presence that
he has is really invaluable to this entire offense and
also to Bryce Young. I think it was great the
way Bryce was able to sit and watch it. Every
single time that Andy came off the field, Bryce was
right there next to him looking at the tablet to
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go over the plays asking Andy what he saw. Andy
was asking him what he saw. So there's still a
great tandem and working together there on the sidelines. And
I think this is going to be very beneficial for Bryce,
especially to see how they were able to get the
offense rolling on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
I completely agree, And that's what I was going to
ask you about, is you know, they are so like
you said, when Bryce was playing, I mean, they were
like attached at the hip, right. And of course how
much you know, all the value that you get out
of Andy Dalton and all of his experience pro Bowls,
you know, deep playoff runs, and like you said, I
think it's even more valuable now that Bryce can learn
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from him and see some practical experience on the field.
It's great to know that they were still, you know,
complimenting each other no matter who was starting. But I'm
wondering sharing about Bryce's demeanor. What did you see from
him on the sideline Attitude.
Speaker 5 (26:20):
Wise, He looked exactly the same as he does every
single game. That did not change. He stood where he
always stands. He did the same things that he always does.
He still was engaging and interacting with the other players,
and one of the things I thought was really cool.
Speaker 6 (26:34):
He started this last year.
Speaker 5 (26:36):
At halftime, he goes to the tunnel and he stands
there at the edge of the field at the entrance
to the tunnel, and he makes sure to high five
or slap the hand of every single player that comes
off the field, and he does not wait until the
very last Panther player has come off the field. He
did that exact same thing this past Sunday, even though
he was not the starter, and I thought that was
really cool and a great sign he's still a leader
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on this team. Still went out as one of the
captains on this team, you know, before the kick, So
he's still engaging in all the same ways that he
did before, and I think that's pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
I completely agree. I thought that was so neat that
when he walked out for the coin toss, you know,
and I imagine it's got to be tough, right, you
are so excited for your team, you're excited to learn.
But then also there's just been a lot of national attention,
and he didn't ask for that. So I'm so glad
to hear from from one sideline reporter to another that
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he was in good spirits and taking this opportunity to learn,
because you know, it's a situation that nobody wants. It's
not what you imagine when you start the season, and
so that's I'm not surprised at all that he was,
you know, exactly, just seems so zen, so focused out there.
I'm happy to hear that that's how he was even
with Andy Dalton starting, and certainly I'll be looking for
that on Sunday.
Speaker 6 (27:49):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Okay, I want to ask about the plane ride home,
because as we know, I imagine that everyone who's listening
to this nos but again, we'd like to give you
some kind of behind the scenes when you take a
long play ride and it's a loss, it is a
long plane ride, I mean, and that's not to say
I mean everyone is still it's your job.
Speaker 6 (28:06):
You learn.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
You know, you see the guys with their tablets and
all of that, and people are not you know, it's
not everyone's sitting. It's not like a coffin or anything
like that. But it's significantly more fun when you win. So, Sharon, what.
Speaker 5 (28:18):
Was it like, Oh my gosh, it was starting with
the with the flight attendants. When you get on the plane,
they're like, whoa high five for everybody because that was
the first time. Yeah, they are the best, and because
we had the same flight attendants every game, and we
had them all last season as well, and so last season,
every single plane ride home was a big bummer because
you know, we lost every single game on the roads
that win this one, I think they were always more
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excited than we were. But yeah, it's a very jubilant
plane ride home. More guys getting up and going around
and talking to each other instead of you know, people
just sort of moping, not really moping, but just being,
like you said, sort of on their own and their
seats and stuff on the way home after a loss.
So it was definitely a lot more jubilant, everybody having
a lot more fun. It was very late at night,
so eventually everybody, a lot of most people tried to
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put out the lights and go to sleep because we
didn't get home till about two in the morning. But
it was definitely, uh, a very upbeat, very fun plane
ride home.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
Well, you told me though, that you don't sleep, you read,
so were you the only one I'm reading?
Speaker 6 (29:14):
I was the only one reading.
Speaker 5 (29:16):
But I've gotten to where I use my cell phone
flashlight now, so I don't have the overhead light on
and disturb people because I literally am like the only
person airplane there.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
That is very considerate because especially if you're in the
middle seats, those lights are way way up at the top,
you know. I'll be honest, I would turn them on.
Sometimes I.
Speaker 6 (29:37):
Just can't sleep on an airplane.
Speaker 5 (29:38):
I'll have to rethink that for the Munich trip, but
for these other trips, anything that's you know, four hours
are under I've got to read to distract myself because
I just don't love flying. I get nervous if there's
any turbulence at all, so reading distracts me.
Speaker 2 (29:51):
I I don't mind flying as much, but I can
never sleep. I'm always so envious of, you know, our
old social media manager Angela. I think I told you this.
It would always be my seat mate and she could
before the plane took off, she could go to sleep,
and I was like, oh, especially like you said, on
those West Coast trips where you're getting home at two
and then you got to drive home and then your
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day starts, you know, early the next morning. So I
always wish that I could catch up on sleep, but never,
never until I get on my own pillow. So let's
talk Yeah, let's talk about this week. So we got
an zero to three Bengals team, which is they're a
lot better than their record. Certainly, they're going to be
fired up. You know. I talked to Dave Canalis this
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week and I said, like, what do you think about
the fact that they're coming in here and they've certainly
got a lot to prove, And he, of course said,
and he's always had this message, right, Sharon, he says,
I can't focus on them. I can only focus on
our team. But even if you talk to a coach,
they're always going to say, well, you know, it's one
game at a time. And if you talk to Zach Taylor,
the head coach of the Bengals, he's gonna say, we're
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not worried about our record. But you know they are, right, Sharon,
I mean, oh and three, they're going to come in
with a little fire in their.
Speaker 5 (30:59):
Bellies, absolutely, because this is something and no one was
expecting to own three start in Cincinnati. They've got guys
back healthy. Joe Burrow's back after that wrist injury last year.
They got Jamar Chase back. T Higgins came back this
past week, but man alive they looked just awful on
Monday night against the Commanders, just terrible, and I think
most of it stems from their defense really struggling. The
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offense is putting up some points. Uh, they're actually six
in the in the NFL in passing yards and they've
got those just incredible threats with Chase and and T Higgins,
and then they got a pair of running backs out there.
Now they are also I'm doing some damage. But yeah,
they're they're putting up a lot of points and they're,
unfortunately for them, giving up a lot of points. So
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it's it's probably gonna be a high scoring affair here.
So no, nobody is overlooking or underestimating this Bengals team, because,
like you said, they're gonna come down here with a
major league chip on their shoulder and wanted to turn
things around for them and not get anh to four start.
So they're they're gonna be out for blood and they're
gonna hope that the Panthers are going to be their
their prey. But I tell you what, the Panthers looked
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so good last week with their offense, and now it's
going to be interesting to see how they go against
this Bengals defense, which has really been struggling because they've
got a lot of injuries across that front line to
their two starting d tackles are both out with hamstring injuries,
so they've been having a really tough time stop in
the run. I think they're like twenty seventh or something
like that in the league giving up a lot of
rushing nurse per game, and they're giving up a lot
of points per game as well, so there's some room.
Speaker 6 (32:26):
There's some points to.
Speaker 5 (32:27):
Be head out there. Their passing defense is the best.
Von Bell who was here last year, of course, so
hard hitting safety. He's back with Cincinnati anchoring that secondary,
and they're eighth in the league in the amount of
passing yards they give up, so they're very good against
the past. So it'll be nice if we can get
Chewba Hubbard and the boys running and get that ground
game going to start things off here on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
And we know that's what Dave Canalis wants to do.
That's his preferred method of offense anyway, and we didn't
get to see it in those first two games, you know,
And Sharon, I think last week we talked about, like
how do you limit DeVante Adams. They did a great
shop of that, Mike Jackson. Yes, it was great, and
so that makes you feel a little bit better about
how the Panthers can limit you know, your Jamar chases,
(33:08):
your t Higgins. But of course we've got to see it, right.
But I thought that was an area that they really
stepped up. And you know, Dave Canos, we asked him
about as he calls him Mike jack not Mike Jackson exactly,
just you know, he's had a history with him in
the past, and he just said, man, you know, for
a guy that came in, uh, you know and has
(33:29):
to have to learn really quickly, like what a story
he's been Sharon, you.
Speaker 5 (33:33):
Know, Oh, he's been amazing. If it was at the
in Buffalo at the last preseason game, he had just
arrived the day before, so he was with the team
in Buffalo and sitting on the sidelines, wasn't dressed out
or anything because he had just arrived, and I was
chatting with him for a while. His name is Michael Jackson,
but he said nobody calls him that in football. That's
only his family calls him Michael Jackson when he's in trouble.
So you wanted to make sure we all call him
(33:55):
Mike Jackson, not Michael, but he was saying, it has
just been such a whirlwind to come across and try
to get acclimated, and it's like, whoa here, I got
to find my kids a school because he has a
daughter in kindergarten, I believe, and so he was trying
to get situated with all that and try to come
in and learn this defense. But he has done an
absolutely remarkable job doing that. For a guy that came
in with absolutely no snaps in training camp or than
(34:17):
preseason or anything like that, to come in before week
one and be inserted into the starting lineup right away,
he's he's just done an incredible job. I spoke with
him last week before the game in Las Vegas, and
he said he felt like he was really starting to
get a chemistry going with the guys. He said, the
more game reps they have, that is what's really been
key for him. Not so much the practice, but the
(34:39):
game reps. He said, that's when you really find out
who moves what way, who does this, who does that,
and you could get some of that unspoken communication going.
So he's done a tremendous job meshing with j C.
Speaker 6 (34:50):
Horn. And one thing that is.
Speaker 5 (34:51):
Really cool too, D'Angel Hall, who is an assistant secondary coach.
Speaker 6 (34:55):
I was talking with him.
Speaker 5 (34:56):
He said that what Mike Jackson does for this team
is just from a like an intimidation factor. So he's
a big, tall guy. He's six too, so he's out
there with DJ with j C. Horn, and the two
of them together are two big guys. They said, you know,
instead of having like a little small second or like
sun buys, he said, we look the part. We look
intimidating out there, and we're these big, long corners that
(35:16):
can really attack these big, tall receivers like at Devonte
Adams and things like that. So Mike Jackson has done
a great job and it's really meshying while with this defense.
Speaker 2 (35:24):
And that's something it's such a great point. That's something
that the Panthers haven't had, not to say the small
guys can't get done. You know, Dante Jackson certainly could,
but they haven't had with JC being out, you know,
for a significant amount of games, they have not had
those big, long, intimidating corners. So that's such a good point.
And Sharon, the last thing I want to ask you
(35:45):
about is the fact that it's Legends weekend, so there's
gonna be I think Thomas Davis told me there's gonna
be like sixty Legends at this home So you got
to imagine again, if there's a game that this team
wants to keep things going. Not only is it a
home game to to you know, hear the crowd, hear
the fans, but you're going to have you know, you
(36:06):
got Julie Peppers there and they're celebrating this Hall of
Fame induction. There's a lot of guys and they usually
kind of sit right there in those boxes, kind of
right on the field. I don't know where they're going
to be this weekend, but even for the new guys
that are here, you know, that's something that you want
to you want to show out a little bit for.
Speaker 5 (36:24):
The Legends, absolutely, and I think that is just one
of the coolest things this Panther team does, is to
bring back all those guys, and the fact that so
many of them come back is a real testament to
the organization and what it means to all of these guys.
And it's so much fun to see guys, you know,
from twenty years ago and people you're like, oh my gosh,
there's Dante Wesley, you know, guys that you just haven't
seen or heard from it in such a long time.
(36:45):
And for them all to come back and be here
to cheer on the team on Sunday, And like you said,
this is going to mean a lot for the guys
that are playing right now. They want to show out well,
for the Thomas Davises and especially for the Julius Peppers and.
Speaker 6 (36:58):
Guys like that.
Speaker 5 (36:58):
I mean, it's got to be cool to lay in
front of those guys and give them a little extra
extra motivation. And it's going to be really neat to
have Julius Pepper's back. He was here last year for
the at the Legend ceremony as well, and that's one
of my I try to limit my fandom as a
sideline reporter. But I did take advantage of him in
the in the first before the game started and got
my picture taken with him because he's a fellow tar Heel,
(37:20):
as you know, and for you say, you get to
do it this maybe, but I had to snap that
picture with Pepperson.
Speaker 6 (37:26):
Boy, he is a big guy. He still looks like
he can be out there on the.
Speaker 2 (37:29):
Field absolutely absolutely well Sharon. This was amazing as always,
Thank you so much, Thanks Kristen
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