The Drive with Josh Graham - David Cutcliffe - 09/5/19

As I drive to live with Josh for 609 20 never got near Sharon with Darren Antonio Brown to be suspended by the Raiders could be beginning of an unprecedented sort Antonio Brown arrow that really never started officially we got in about football tonight with the Bears and Packers, but cam Newton is added again is at the podium. He's been being entertaining and I think cam Newton is a guy who's largely misunderstood the way that he dresses the way that he acts what he says it points the way that he celebrates a lot of people have issues with it, but I think it's just this simple cam that he loves the stage and just wants to perform even when he's at press conferences. He knows how to give the boring answers and he knows how to sidestep questions but he doesn't really want to win it when you see him standing there. I know you're somebody who interviews a ton of people you line up gas for David Glenn and there's an art to interviewing. I treat every single interviewee differently cam I would ask him the same questions that I would ask Satan Eric Reed and I want to ask cam Newton the same kind of questions I've asked the coach and Ron Rivera varies from person to person. Now I know there's times when you have to ask difficult questions that they don't want to answer altogether but in the preseason ready for week one. There are many of those he's not a guy wants to talk about injuries or the game plan moving forward as if he's going to give you anything at the Los Angeles Rams and Shawn McVeigh can use to their advantage.

He doesn't want to talk about evaluating his own teammates because he knows even if he didn't think the guy was great.

He can't come out here publicly and say so.

So I'm somebody when I approach the cam Newton had success in getting good stuff out of cam I think is very interesting. He's one of the more entertaining quarterbacks to hear talk every single week.

I have a different approach with him and that's okay if it's more lighthearted. This is a guy just likes to perform yet and I think what this boils down to is your point about football related questions right it comes down to whether or not a guy just wants to get through media availability or not. And not to say cam doesn't necessarily just kinda want to get it over with.

Some days, but is just too honest for that, but he just can't. He's honestly not allowed to give away anything David which always always I've I find it hilarious when you ask you know, coaches or anybody like that will what you see in this team that you've got coming up there now and then there's an element to like we had you've got stuck with fun we had him on with the data good so earlier today and to a degree because it's an in-state opponent were statewide show, you have to ask about North Carolina and see their opponent on Saturday but it's not as much will what what you see from them that you think you can use onset to tell us that right and cut would much rather talk about Eli Manning and Daniel Jones because he loves those guys would much rather talk about his New York Yankees's favorite major-league baseball team and it what it was like growing up in Alabama. That's where you're going to get these guys interested in in sharing. If you will bits and pieces of themselves good to talk about it if you want to just drone on about the football cam was looking to entertain yesterday and the best parts.

What I found most entertaining is when cam was bored by questions that were asked somebody just asked about what he saw from Kristin McCaffery and this is the way cam responded said about risky but lightheartedness all easy, but of which will go to his CMAC is a person who just like a person other play with for a long time as is very consistent, reliable and an understanding of the game of football. Now that I want to set this up a different way. I want to set this up as rather then the question being hey what is Kristin McCaffery to you in this offense. Whatever variation of the question.

It actually was. I want to instead pretend that the question I just ask cam Newton was come up with as many ways you can possibly say reliable receiver about the safety valve risky, but lightheartedness all easy, but of all go to their 15 seconds cam coming up with seven I think you deserve some type of an award, maybe even the bell.

How useless is that sound you my favorite part of the got to number 60 got through number six and there's that pause before he's like oh there's more where that came from. Go to I could do this all day of all go to. It's like you're playing what is it set something likes categories of game in which you would just be naming you your under the timer and your naming as many things within a certain category as possible. And it's just the lightbulb mid round. He's just like going to hail a second when he cam would be awesome at family feud when he gets done playing football on actually being focused family keys going to be a television star and I'm not talking about one of those guy sitting next to John Fox in an NFL studio breaking down exes. He knows he's not to be sitting there the way that Greg Olson aspires in a booth.

No, I think he's going to be like straight. I think he's going to be hosting the show.

Like Steve Harvey game show host. That's what I think cam's. Yes, I'll see I think that's too confining for cam I think you can go to Jim Brown route object to the movies and have the physique for young enough star means one of the biggest stars in the league.

I know people I polarizing the biggest stars in the league we been through this. There were maybe two NFL players make up the 50 most popular American sports athlete. It's the most popular sport, but it's Brady and maybe breeze and that's it. Blessed is because the way that those market talk about fourth market day marketing items.

Quarterbacks do you see hostess and there was Peyton Brady, mining Brady never hosted SNL numbers or hosted us in the somebody hosted Eli Manning did Eli and Peyton Brady that he's one of the guys you call it, but outside of that great I love it when you're so confident that you're correct that outline. Yes, I live about 3/15 years and that sport. Brady didn't know five when he really wasn't even as you just want to Super Bowl prime to do it.

You know, here's see something he was quoted in 2018 thing you probably would, but cam's delivery is just so great his delivery. This right here. He said he had a beef with Kristin McCaffery and with DJ Moore Curtis annual they created this thing called the Pack and cam Newton had he took exception with this they put all three of them really because like they they they got this thing right now where they they are part of the rat pack.

Whatever it is, and I was thinking they need like leasing electrolyte. The temptations David Russell was in the temptations but it was David blessed the temptations south saying a talk at me to know soon as Billy and the Mixing they want to sell records if they want to give notice solid owner who is responsible for but I like they need to implement me some type way.

But other than that he is talking about. He knows thing he said the most so content. There, but other than that he you know this is what John Gruden is probably saying today on that note right there aside from the cryogenic therapy fee being burned with AB.

Aside from the fact he's taunting the general manager and threatening to punch Mike manioc in the face other than the fact he threatened to quit the sport and other than the fact that he created so much chaos in Pittsburgh. One of the premier franchises in all of sports to get to Oakland. He other than all of those things then there's this Joey slice out when I was covering college football in eastern North Carolina covering ECU we we saw Virginia Tech quite a bit and what was interesting. Joey sly was a kicker. You wanted to see take the field, Joey sly hey single-handedly gave a game to ECU when the Pirates were ranked in Virginia Tech was ranked five years ago in Lincoln. Riley was on the side lot ball out of bounds to give ECU the ball 35 years later he was missing a time of textile all perhaps ultimately this consistent Joey sly's been crushing and preseason and cam Newton has an observation about Joey's law.

He may have the least body fed kicker in the last decade of kickers and he's a licensed trainer.

He does not hesitate every hour the day to work on his obliques, his triceps and biceps squats. No, you can't see it because he worth 66 yours and I told him because Inc./Dakota told us about. You got a voucher, but here were about what's his title will Inc. swot coach. What is swag try swag coordinator the swag coordinator can any team needs one. Try and I'm interested to see what is going to come out with on on Sunday Carolina Panthers. They introduced their 25th anniversary special edition wine and cam.

He's a noted wine enthusiast so we'll see what the outfitters will see if Kam had any input on this wine but cam apparently a fan of Joey sly, not a fan of the Pack, or at least how it's currently constructed. He wants a smoky candidate and the rat pack, much like the temptations. It's just tremendous camp. He loves the stage and he just wants to perform self when I'm in those press conferences. I'm just thinking about what way could I throw what way can I groove one down the middle of the lake to give cam Newton the stage, the ammunition to give us something that were talking about all week is only Inc./Dakota/Dakota Manco last year but drip onto whatever he really seemed like he was fine with that and you know that's in the past. Now flush with the new you got me being pasty and white with glasses. Now what's new although that might make you stand out.

I mean both could very know what a new sling this year was the was the word all the kids are saying what classrooms drip and there was no is if if Joey sly makes a big kick during a game that, maybe, bails out cam or the offense you gotta make make more varsity blues references. He calls Joey sly's full Tweeter's wool tweeter and that's deep cut back our city blues references. There is not a band or be Joey sly was bombing 70 yard field goals at practice yesterday. So even though I didn't like him in college. He had a 59 yarder and preseason game number four is bombing 70 yard text. He deserves an opportunity that I will say that Pack to me sounds like a group of girls that me and my friends would've been trying the bar back in 2003 when we were too timid to go talk late November to that sounds like a group of girls, maybe hot, but the idea that they referred to themselves as the cat pack would totally steer me away will make make a concerted effort by T-shirts and stuff like a band of the older women like a bunch of cougars. There is the fact that there you go, that actually make Lavista is familiar with the Red Hat Society, that would be that Red Hat Society referees of the Red Hat Society old southern woman. I was thinking about people who signal timeouts on the inside baseball.

There news, involving the most important show in sports television history here on the drive is only Inc./Coast 920 now with Josh Graham yesterday I was scrolling down by our next pointed out something that a lot of people would be wise since 2012. Paul has more wins than any North Carolina program with 52 one at state 4846 is one of 40 Wake Forest 38 wins were now being joined by the head football coach of those Duke blue Devils data, click on the shelf is getting set to face the team right here from the Triad in North Carolina a and T I've had this discussion with Dave Clawson at Wake Forest to constantly says that his team gets overlooked.

He doesn't expect to get anything in the rankings nationally.

Year to year or in preseason rankings you've dealt with that quite a bit, I think, to in terms of perception and expectations. Why do you think places like Wake Forest and do private institutions even if they are the power conference never get respect nationally. Probably you could look at that more than you think. Traditionally are not a lot of football powerhouses.

You are just not expected, preseason wheat bread, a top 25. Here we are played really well.

2013 had to then.

I still didn't get it right. Usually I don't think it's a private three is not there, although no racial year to date. Call one people that are young you look at show you always went but I think just of the general public usually do all like you coached in the SEC for a long time Tennessee endowments. Of course you by the idea of SEC bias does not exist can be solved but there should anything with morning results will so if you look at years of hundred thousand closely. Now some of them are in my crown. The intention of the surrounding I grew up in our mama and on Saturdays there was one thing that really year-round one that was college so I think that probably the same thing way they are all and in all and told him she them and every asked that pushes football dividends through the years. I remember something you said ACC kickoff. You said you liked the fact you were playing Alabama and game one because your players get a chance to see what it looks like at the top and measure yourself against Alabama pretty much is the standard along with clients in college football right now and the way that you described the challenge with Alabama is very similar to the way Sam Washington North Carolina ENT who joined us earlier in the week described what he viewed playing a David cut Cliff coach team like he said that that's a program in the coach does it the right way and we want our players to see what that looks like what did you learn from playing Alabama bar was momentarily all surly, very wrong physically wrong to our team shortly. We played harder level their effort. Their intensity to a championship.

Well I will say this about Washington and the reason their champion championship program level, play hard and coached all reality studied programming a lot right football coach Sam Washington spent time with him continues to get better and better over there.

They recruit well, back to back celebration.

Both championships and Broadway. In addition to being a winner now Hall of Famer. He was inducted last year were chatting with David Conklin here on sports out Triad now that you you face to attack Viola. Aside from what you saw and so what's the thing that makes him most impressive in your mind. Well college football people do not break stride controllable neuron control pocket all but I'm telling you your sugar level is normal game management and one of the things people realize how all 61 probably accurate that these 225 to 30 pounds.

All and he cannot really fast on top of all his throwing motion is so quick and not sure if you saw after the fact I was in Charlotte watching North Carolina South Carolina last weekend and then we saw the video of Mack Brown dancing in the locker room when you win games at Duke known to pull off a couple of dance moves. Did you see Mack Brown getting the win and pulling off some of the dance moves all night.

When we got one clip will tell Mark you look pretty good so good job with great when you admit one time coach that you went to discos back in the day are you will answer the Mack Brown will find out sometime but I'll take them all off, shall not, what exactly would that look on what is David cut Cliff like in a wedding reception. That's what I want to know look on a rock. I'm kind of a wedding on the or anybody, I've never an opportunity to dance to good music and as always love you and everybody in our families love will give comes naturally to the song the band that's most likely to get David cut Cliff on the floor. It doesn't matter what all genres of music that could be rap it can be.

Rock 'n' roll can be.

I don't really have a favorite song but I wanted fast.

I would want to know growing up. Everybody flooded the floors. Tom try anything you put on their Duke beats North Carolina ENT this weekend will David cut Cliff be dancing well afterwords always with our players is always a little bit later challenge. After that we can win the game will we always enjoy our visits go sports for things are going well weatherwise over there.

My sister is a student at UNC Wilmington, she had to be evacuated and I'm from Eastern North Carolina spent a lot of time over there.

I have a lot of friends who are of course watching things with hurricane Dorian thanks for giving us something to smile about. And I hope you the best of luck with weather. Of course, but off the field or on the field with football as well and Nancy this weekend will go wrong we go along. A lot of friends in North Carolina along players that have family with all year later he would go on? Someone stormed more and more out to catch up soon, coach.

Thank you again I reiterate that again will continue to bring you updates on what's happening with hurricane Dorian but I know most of you go to sports talk radio to escape all of that stuff.

I'm not a meteorologist I'm not an expert on the subject. I know that things fortunately are veering further east than where were at. Here in the Triad but our thoughts or prayers.

We give them out to the people that we care about and even those that we don't a lot of people affected by what's happening already with this storm coming up the unprecedented summer of Antonio Brown. This is the drive how this is 622 the drive with Josh Graham. We have a twitter pull Triad vote on this whole. We asked David when it dance off background and he said that he would be unafraid. They have to find out how to come on. I promise I'm not afraid and so we just simply asked the question who would win the dance off background and the responses we've been getting on that we can get to maybe a little bit later on, but I want to talk about what's happening with Antonio Brown. I want to talk about the Panthers in the Rams which will be out on Sunday with me the kinds of ESPN is kind enough to spend some time with us here she broadcast the Rams preseason games this year so I think I'm a star at a place you've done a lot of these and I appreciate you spending time with us today but I'm the start of the place.

I don't think anybody else is started with you. How much of the John Woolford fan are you because were here in Winston-Salem and in the Triad and John Woolford's a pretty big name around here.

I felt clean but and will.

If you well will you will I think you fell. So what's the next step for the Wolfpack. I guess before leaving the job the next thing that we do, your leader, you guide the development of quarterback Brandon job importantly with their backup probably never going to be the world on fire quarterback better place right now. I never liked being the person who asked somebody what they expect to happen in situations that seem to be unprecedented, but with Antonio Brown, whose had just this off-season that it's crazy that the Hollywood Hogan gold mustache. It's completely forgotten because of the fact he's had all these crazy things that happened in a row which is now culminated with him set to be suspended. According to Adam Shafter's reporting ESPN is a chance it could also affect the guaranteed money to. It could be void if it's detriment. I conduct detrimental to the team as far as my understanding of the contract is what do you expect to happen here with baby now I got here no way that would never come back to five rationality action so-called play football and yelling with the random number he would not dare to get everyone in the organization and training. That way, so we had the helmet incident. Now he's taunting management on social media, leading to an altercation with Mike Mack again according to reporting to have the cryotherapy mishap. You have the Hollywood Hogan mustache is going to throw that in there and what happened with Pittsburgh.

What's the craziest part of this in your mind the public actually know the actual thing where I really think you might not want to play public you want to play for that many times of ESPN with this year. Like you said you covered the Rams and preseason, which means you spend some time with the team that set the face the Carolina Panthers Sunday and Charlotte.

What did you learn about Shawn the day that you didn't know before spending time with the team last month or so and confirmed by 33. Setting I turned 34 incredible manager right under talk about leadership ability is often played out on the football field managing personality you really like your port people a lot of risk and not the mind of God right that it really think a lot about their organization somebody who follows it pretty closely.

The Panthers what's going on with can't help.

I'm not very concerned about in the short term, obviously this could be questions to see the durability of the shoulder as the season goes on.

But he has been limited in practice, like he was even when he was playing games with the injured shoulder.

It wasn't as serious of a procedure that he had in January. He had it earlier than he had the previous one and 2017. That last one was done in March and it was seen to be more of a serious operation so if were assuming good health for cam Newton understanding. That's a big if. What's your view of the Carolina Panthers with him being Carolina Panthers. I think that wildcard well I think that Rams should be clarified that in going for weekend log off and went north.

Well I called them all out quicker mechanic and have yet to be confident prior to this interview. You told me that you were driving you were on the road and before we chatted about Diane Williamson. He said the first time you you actually do car was in South Carolina while doing that story on Zion how good of a driver is meeting time.

Well make it known traffic right now thinking a lot I think I'll call me I need a car and while Mina we enjoy your podcast is Mina times podcast with Lenny your dog and its appreciate you for spending time with us on what I'm sure is a very busy week.

Thanks for doing so will catch up somewhere down the line. That's many times on Twitter at Mina times ESPN you could read her stuff, senior writer and then of course she's all over the place around the horn and she's the one that does all the extra sketches to when that's necessary all over the place when it comes radio and podcast and on television to but as she said I don't understand what a common criticism would be for the Carolina Panthers other than the fact that cam Newton and his shoulder hasn't held up in two of the last three years.

That's really the only criticism I think you got but even if it's a big if. If Camden's healthy, what's the argument against this team being a playoff team if cam Newton.

Let's just say, by the grace of God. You know that cam's going to be healthy in 16 games.

What possibly could you say is get a hold this team back from B and playoff quality. I struggle to find anything. The only thing that I would say besides health would be potentially the secondary. That's really the only weakness I can really funnel this team. Most people that I've seen basically say oh well because you got things about the new division.

That's why it's like that.

Those people are uninformed like that. They haven't realized that when healthy attendance healthy for the entire season. The Panthers have not law have not they want at least 11 games or more since 2013 in years were he's been healthy the entire year will be healthy all year going to win double-digit gains in the player if they wind if you win double-digit gains in the NFC this year you make in the postseason.

It's that simple. Had Atlanta been a playoff team to Julio Jones all the stuff you're in worries me the stuff really does concern me and if I'm a Carolyn of harassment, even though I think this is a playoff team. This game terrifies me on Sunday. If you're Panthers fan you should be very worried because working to learn immediately.

Just how improved the two big biggest weaknesses of the Panthers last season are often sublime pass rush. Obviously Camden's help is another thing. And I'm not concerned about cam self, especially in the short term was limited in practice, not on the injury report less serious operation more time to recover. But often sublime pass rush. Both those places a good of the test facing maybe the toughest test, they get all season. It's a new offense of line going up against Aaron Donald were very quickly if they're able to hold up you probably get to do some double teaming but can you get by one man on hedging with a running back will see. Keep an eye on Aaron Donald. But then you got a retold defense with the new scheme and new pass rushers going up against the most prolific offense in the NFL year ago. You're going up against the best offense of mine among coaches in the sport.

If the Panthers can't get to the quarterback can't wreak havoc with Brian Burns, Bruce Irvin and Gerald McCoy. In addition to the players were coming back if they can't keep Aaron Donald out of the backfield Rams can win and it's not to be close. I believe both units are improved but were going to see just how much they are improved. I don't see any situation.

The Panthers are winning this game big. I do see scenarios, namely these two big question marks where the Rams could win and things get ugly just honestly as an actual Panthers fan. I'm pretty confident about Sunday just list this is partners while watch preseason as we climbed preseason the entire nightclub braces. I watched every game but it was work work. It's sure to do it but I don't. What I don't like pretty it's not worth it really is. When he finished my point here it's worth it for those of us that are fans of these teams because were not going to the spline. It's not a bunch of if it's a matter of can they do what we saw scheme wise weeks to three of the preseason with actual stars after the entire game I like stuff that I saw the simple fact that Rivera's taking over the defense of playcalling, top 10 defense like they're just going to have it.

They've always had it set for last year's Rivera's been there. He's taken over the playcalling. They fix all the spots they needed to fix and stay within the small amount of money they had to work with them to What I really like the stuff that we did in the off-season they shot anything.

I think the ramp should be worried about how to move the ball just before defense with Cumberland as he says, come on at just come on. These are the defending NFC champs left last year that mean that that's fine, but many of these players let defense also coordinated for the last three games of the year finished 19th for those last three games of the year they were only given up what like what I'm saying – I am definitely more concerned about the Panthers that I am the Rams when you got your best pass rushers of rookie Panthers best pass rusher is a rookie right now and Brian Burns extra, and we maybe seen Brian Burns play 30 snaps and preseason teams running vanilla offices and you want me to think that okay now the Panthers are good to pass rush problems fixed reserve absolutely Bruce Irvin is being passed up by teams vibrant. I expected to be in the rookie of the year discussion. I like the Panthers. I think I got to make the playoffs, but there is less certainty with what Carolina has versus what the Rams do Rams they still have the best defensive player in the sport in the Panthers are still working in a new, often sublime. Notice Greg little still having issues with concussion and Darrell Williams wasn't exactly healthy last season and you got players were in here that you're really good to be leaning on in the new center first game is workable. Cam Newton sold the Aaron Donald stuff should terrify Panthers fans and then the pass rush think that's the reason why the Panthers aside from camp shoulder. The other reason why the Panthers had the losing streak. It was the lack of a pass rush was at the secondary secondary got ports because the quarterback at so much time to throw I'm not concerned about cam those two areas really do concern so that's one piece of this. Another thing I want to talk about is what's happening with the Tonio Brown, maybe an update here on Julio Jones till were to get to what is going to happen in an unprecedented situation.

Next on the drive. 920. Now back to the drive with Josh Graham, I just now got my twitter feed and that was a mistake.

We have this twitter pull out there to figure out who's the better dancer background for David said that if he was challenged to a dance off with background. Actually, I think it is frame the question. Who would win a dance off between him and background and he said that he wanted back down. What we may have to find out how to come on. I promise you I'm not afraid and there's a poll out there that you can vote on at sports of dryad on twitter who's the better dancer who would win a dance off. I should say David Kunkel for Mack Brown in the poll is coming back Mack Brown, 56% at the moment but another thing I'm seeing angry Panthers fans who were telling me that I'm crazy for picking the Rams, even though I didn't pick the ran, I said that I have more questions about a team that didn't make the playoffs last year, then I do the defending NFC champs. I have more questions about Carolina. If anything, I think Carol wanted to go to the playoffs. The Rams to go to the plan so I didn't pick Rams win this game. It is to say, I will get to that tomorrow. Maybe I got the best bets tomorrow but let's go to Justin and Winston-Salem Justin you're on the sport sublet issue. Do you have with my analysis on the Rams and Panthers that your wife weekend.

Turns out they are making for the ramp.

There are just I did. I didn't pick NC State urges the East Carolina. Mike told me to remember money on. It's the only time the football coaches ever told me to do something involving the point spread. I thought I had to put money on East Carolina because Mike Kuester told me to, and he scares me money on it yet. A promise of in a red flag when he told us that we set a problem with the other way because like you said normally that doesn't happen only coaches and so sure that they just come out four days before the game and say you know I love that he did not know. I wish more people will yeah but that was probably bad news is I'm just saying this game is a game were gonna learn immediately what improvements have been made. The most important spots for Carolina. It's been almost a picture-perfect off-season for the Panthers in terms of things they needed to do if we actually probably had this discussion on the air at the end of last season we looked at the off-season and said okay.

They need to get younger what happens.

Julius peppers retires Thomas Davis is phased out To Mundelein.

They don't re-sign him because they don't want to pay 30-year-old nickel cornerbacks what he was making at the time and they began to get younger on top of that they needed to get a better pass rush Abraham Bruce Irvin. They drop Brian Burns all in on Brian Burns to change the defensive schemes they had to adjust things there the officer blind you knew you were losing Ryan Kalil until Ryan Kalil decided to want to play football again, but Matt Paradis is an upgrade on paper. At that spot but the issue is all of this right now is pie-in-the-sky because we haven't seen it on a field yet. We saw preseason football but the defenses aren't doing anything exotic offenses are running anything other than vanilla schemes and formations so we don't know how exactly this revamp defense with Ron Rivera coordinating it, and this new pass rush is going to work against the most creative, innovative offense of coach we've seen in the last decade in the NFL. So it's an immediate test.

I feel a lot better about the Panthers right now they were playing the box in week one versus week two feel a lot better about that, but there's something about not having tape for Sean McVeigh. What he's been doing since having to bear a six Super Bowl loss that has to be a little bit scared as to what were going to see Sunday afternoon Michael and Winston-Salem is up Mike what you think is the potential downfall for the Panthers this year.

Don't think you can say cam Newton Kelby. They'll be fine because you want to take away the video played in 14 or 15 games but not like the light the world on fire got her one you know if it would help you if you started all 16 games of the year that he went innately when both of still not a playoff team so not everything a year later, not the other thing that this is the problem with this roster that scares you.

If they got so much talent that the very very high-end.

Let's just start with one click you McCaffrey goes down play 98% of the snap. I mean, they possibly can return to in the running game in the pathname come anywhere close to replicating that you talk about the brand-new offense of line cam Newton is not a make a quick reading. Get rid of the ball quickly got. If they're not given him time you didn't beat up, he could well get hurt when he felt orthopedic in the double coverage will cover quadruple coverage because he just thrown it very feed the receiver not where guys quickly of I think you complain. Again, thank you for the call Michael with almost any team in the NFL. You what happened to Krista McCaffrey gets her well what happens at Jarrett golf concert for the LA Rams you could do it with anything you tell me the Rams are to be a contender was Sean Manion playing quarterback.

I don't think so you could play the game with anybody.

Yes the Panthers to put themselves in a position if Krista McCaffrey gets hurt the to be in a tough spot. Running back, but the reason why I feel like if cam Newton's healthiness teams get to be five is because unlike previous years used to be the narrative Carolina that they never put enough weapons around cam they never did it, but now they have Krista McCaffrey was one of the most dangerous weapons in the NFL. You have the rest of what he calls the rat pack were to be the Pack DJ Moore and Curtis Samuel, who seemed to be hitting their stride. Both of them. DJ Moore going into your two Curtis Samuel going to do your three Jordan Rodrigue had a really long story about Curtis Samuel today that I suggest you read the athletic.com he was the story of the preseason other than cam Newton and it seems like that guy is going to take an enormous step this year. I am fine with where Carolina is at the moment, but this opener it's it's all about what's going to happen at the trenches. There are more compelling matchups than what's happening on office of the defensive line, but the new line against Aaron Donald. If that doesn't work out in Donald's constantly in the backfield came over Rams win.

And if the retooled defense with new look pass rushers do not get pressure on the NFL's best offense ran by Jerry Goff just got his new contract. That's another situation where the Rams again when running away the most compelling matchups so that I am keeping an eye on.

I love the idea of a chess match within a football game and I've called Luke equally. The Peyton Manning of defense because I believe Peyton Manning reason why he seemed to be one of the greatest cornerbacks ever has nothing to do with his physical gifts he never through the tightest spiral back there were a lot of ducks. Peyton Manning's throne last 15 years, but it's all about the mental part of the game. He's the guy who engineered quick pace run fast no huddle, and doing so while recognizing what the defenses were doing on the fly changing game study to the point where every single quarterback has to be film knots in order to be successful. Peyton Manning.

He revolutionized that I don't see many defensive players doing what Luke equally is doing calling out what the offense is doing as it's happening look will be the first one to tell you he's not the fastest player. He's not the most athletic is not the strongest doesn't have the best build but he's a player that you know is going to be reliable each and every game is consistent. He recognizes what the doing on offense and this time he's going up against the greatest offense of mind in the sport right now and Sean effect and McVay was raving about him when he spoke with North Carolina media yesterday. It's no shock that he loves Luke equally.

It seems like Luke equally would be Sean McVeigh's guy, but that's the matchup it fascinates me the most. But the magic doesn't matter at all.

The Panthers Locked up Donald and if they can't get the Jarrett golf. None of that stuff matters 336-777-1600 on Twitter at sports have tried just the Verona refer back to the last year to try to get a bearing on what might happen for week one of this year. The Rams defense last year a lot of yards per game and are ranked 22nd in the entire league so there's the opportunity for Carolina to move the ball up and down the field on the other hand Carolyn have problems with the ball in zone last year so they cancel for Vogels in order to beat the Rams. I will say this to echo off our last caller. This is the most telling him to have around him since his rookie year when I had Shockey and lastly, the last caller was saying that you can't just pencil the Panthers into the playoffs. If cam is helpful, but were not doing that when I am you are pencil number if candidates healthy to make the playoffs know what I'm with you right sorry: colors are correct and in Burger King and McDonald's consumers always right sports talk radio no no no no, but I interrupted obnoxious saying that I just feel like the narrative for Carolina nationally is always eight mate every year and went there it was overrun on the sharing seven games or something.

That's where you should be crazy talk will know that's you say the narrative Carolina Panthers.

Is there a better night they been 500 literally over 25 through 500 and with Rivera. Either they are 500 order well above it but never like they never bought them out because of his defense more more times than not these never lost more non-games of the season had been when I see as intent after the Super Bowl. You're correct, they did but yet I mean that everything points to the Panthers having a rebound season. I have great meeting and I have Carolina in the postseason. As a result, but there are still mad Panthers fans coming at me saying that I picked the Rams when I don't lay off you have the Panthers is feisty. Do you believe in suitable hangovers. I do, but I also believe, and Aaron Donald, and I believe in. It takes time for weaknesses to become strings in an order for you to beat the Rams matchups matter more than anything in order to beat the Rams you're gonna need the block up Donald and you're going to need to get a rush on Jarrett Goff and those two of Carolina's weaknesses last year, simply all I'm saying.

And that's what scares me about this. If this game is happening. Week 45. I'm probably not worried about okay Brian Burgess played games he's gotten his feet underneath of them at this team is played together in this scheme and actual game action and the offense of line is started to build chemistry together.

That's right, you're playing the defending in us a chance, right out of the gate and you can acknowledge that last year and you would be right, but Aaron Donald is still good to be a monster in this office of line is working together in an NFL game for the first time on Sunday and is the line is working together in this new system for the first time going up against McVeigh. It's the timing of the game that I have issues with one quick thing to that I would tilt towards the Panthers favor the 1 PM game for West Coast team. Trenton was a winner. I have an issue if you want to come in and I they might be. And that's the only reason why I'm not put much stock into that because the risk of recycle is a lot different. The Rams didn't like any of their players of the preseason. That's couple I'm not worried about the 1 o'clock kick as it relates to the opener, but most times I would. That's what got to get up shocking news on the human not shocking that your probably want to know for use will get that wow are acting to the house next