4/30/2011 12:07:39 PM

Brandon Hogan likes to drink and drive, this much we know

thanks for bashing him on the biggest day of his life ESPN

4/30/2011 12:09:21 PM

Yay, another gamble this draft, haha. Sounds like Hogan has solid talent with some room to get better, hopefully no more off the field issues.

4/30/2011 12:30:00 PM

he said he can't run full speed until August (ACL injury)

4/30/2011 12:42:49 PM

dude from hawai'i with "aloha" in his name

4/30/2011 1:49:11 PM

Hawaii always has impressive college athletes. Hope he translates on the pro field. Without Free Agency, the Panthers have been stuck with no WR options. Here is to hoping we can make some solid moves at WR.

Who are the quality veterans available for FA at WR?


III

4/30/2011 1:54:02 PM

is this guy going to return kicks/punts? saw he had 700 yds rushing in his career, and he's 5'9"

new steve smith?

4/30/2011 1:58:05 PM

Sal Paolantonio gets airtime in Charlotte for a Panthers report and starts by talking about the Eagles

4/30/2011 2:02:00 PM

ESPN's late round coverage is horrendous

they can't seem to stay on topic, too many idiots that don't know shit with too many opinions that don't mean dick

4/30/2011 2:04:11 PM

Quote :

"Who are the quality veterans available for FA at WR?"

Yeh, the Panthers are always making a splash in FA

4/30/2011 2:08:27 PM

What's the deal with Jerry Richardson having some famous clock in his house lol

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/04/29/2261357/owner-puts-newton-on-the-clock.html

Quote :

"Owner puts Newton on the clock [Tom Sorenson] The most famous piece of furniture in Charlotte, and perhaps the NFL, is a clock at the home of Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson. The clock ticks loudly and - and I rarely ascribe human traits to inanimate objects, but this clock has a personality - indignantly. When a Carolina Panther offends his employer, Richardson invites him to his house, not really asking, and sits him in a chair. Richardson doesn't talk for a while. The slow and stubborn ticking is all the player hears. When Cam Newton visited Richardson April 4, he asked only two questions. The first was, "Is that the clock?" How did Newton know? "Everybody in the NFL knows about the clock," Richardson says. Richardson and I talk Friday afternoon. We sit at a table on his patio. In front of us is a vast lawn as smooth and lush as an Augusta National green. Richardson did not select Newton on Thursday with the No.1 pick in the NFL draft. General manager Marty Hurney did. But Richardson could have vetoed the selection. So the April 4 meeting was not without import. Richardson is 74. Newton will turn 22 May 11. The younger repeatedly called the older sir. "Are you calling me sir because you're trying to impress me?" Richardson asked. "I'm calling you sir because that's the way I was raised," Newton said. Richardson said he didn't want to talk about the past. Newton thanked him. If the Panthers draft you, you'll be part of our family, Richardson said. We'll move forward. Richardson wants to move forward. Last season, the Panthers went 2-14. There was infighting within the organization. There was criticism from once-respectful fans. He also is co-chair of the NFL committee that is negotiating with, and fighting against, the NFL Players Association, trying to reach accord on a collective-bargaining agreement. Richardson says two prayers every night before bed. The first is, "Help me not to judge." The second is, "Help me." Not passing judgment is, Richardson admits, a challenge. He says: "The society we live in, things get said and repeated. Because somebody says it, it becomes fact." He told Newton: "Things have been said about me that aren't true and that I don't like. I know things have been said about you." Back on the patio, Richardson says: "I'm not a choirboy. I've never said I was. And I don't want a roster of 53 choirboys. I told Jeremy Shockey (Carolina's new non-choirboy tight end), 'Don't change your personality. It'll be good for the team. I could do without the tattoos, though.'" Richardson asked Newton if he had tattoos or piercings, and Newton said he did not. Newton was flown to Charlotte on Friday morning and driven to Bank of America Stadium to meet with Panthers coaches and staff, and the media. When he encountered Richardson, they embraced. "Just getting a hug from Mr. Richardson makes it more official," Newton said about being a Panther. "Did you get crazy after the draft and go out and get any tattoos or piercings?" Richardson asked. "Do I have to check you for anything?" "No sir," said Newton. During their April 4 meeting, Richardson asked Newton to tell him the best advice he's received. Newton, who is 6-foot-5, extended his large hands. "This is my circle right now," he said. The circle was wide. Newton drew his hands in and made the circle tight. "Get it down to this," he said. "That's about the best advice you could get," said Richardson. "If you come here, you'll have all the support you'll need." Richardson asked Newton what mattered most - being drafted No. 1, or becoming a Panther. "No, sir, I want to play for the Carolina Panthers," Newton said. "You don't want to play in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, some place like that?" Richardson asked. "No sir," said Newton. "I would be very happy to come here and make my career here." The first question Newton asked was about the clock. The second was about Jimmy Clausen. Clausen became Carolina's starting quarterback as a rookie last season. "How will Jimmy Clausen feel if you draft me?" Newton asked. "He will handle it like a gentleman and he will compete as hard as he can," Richardson said. The door to the patio opens and Richardson is told he has a telephone call. It's NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. He excuses himself. When Richardson returns, I ask: Do you like Newton? "A lot," he says. "A lot. "What really got me is a few days after we talked I got an envelope from Federal Express. There was a letter in it, three handwritten pages. An agent obviously didn't write it." Richardson said Newton did. "He referred to things we talked about," said Richardson. "It was very personal and very thoughtful. No player who has come in for a (predraft) interview has ever written a letter. It showed he listened. "So when you put all this together, it was not difficult." The door to the patio again opens, and Richardson is told his guests have arrived. He asks me to accompany him. Waiting are Rosalind Richardson, Richardson's wife, and Jackie and Cecil Newton, Cam Newton's parents. Everybody shakes hands. Cecil is about to sit. Suddenly, he stops and looks up. "Oh-oh," he says. "Is that the clock?""

4/30/2011 3:00:29 PM

i assume he was asking some of the questions without a "right answer" in mind, just seeing what Newton would say and how he would react

but the tattoo and piercing thing doesn't make much sense to me. it's his body, and athletes certainly like the tats. i don't see a correlation to these things and football production/character issues, unless he has THUG LIFE plastered across his chest and an AK-47 on his throwing arm.

4/30/2011 3:26:58 PM

Completely forgot we had Shockey

4/30/2011 3:32:09 PM

6'0.5" 229 lb linebacker with a 4.71 40?

Quote :

"Lawrence Wilson, Connecticut 6:00.7-229-4.74 Notes: Athletic outside linebacker with great range, but lacks the necessary size and strength to hold up against the run. Projection: 4th round"

[Edited on April 30, 2011 at 3:36 PM. Reason : ESPN says he is 6' 7/8", but they always have to do it bigger so i don't trust it]


[Edited on April 30, 2011 at 3:40 PM. Reason : .]

4/30/2011 3:34:42 PM

maybe planning on trying him out at safety?

4/30/2011 3:55:15 PM

i thought the same thing but he's waaaaay to slow

they showed some of his clips, i will say this: the man can tackle. he drives through people, and i guess he's athletic but just doesn't have great speed. either way, he drives bitches into the ground. i keep forgetting Ron Rivera is the coach, and i'm sure he'll know what to do with Wilson.



[Edited on April 30, 2011 at 4:00 PM. Reason : youtube video. i suggest muting because there is a female calling the game.]

4/30/2011 3:57:58 PM

i can't find anything about this famous Jerry Richardson clock online other than that article

4/30/2011 4:38:50 PM

haha yeah i tried to find at least a picture of it, but nada.

here's a great write up on WR Pilares, released on 4/25 before the draft started obviously. the writer put in some work on this article. this is a fun read for Panthers fans:

http://fantasyfootballmetrics.com/Player_News/2011/NFL%20Draft/Draft_2011_Pilares_4-19-11_1.0.htm

4/30/2011 5:01:47 PM

Richardson told Newton "you're a choir boy compared to me, a choir boy!"

4/30/2011 6:32:39 PM

just picked one of Newton's O-linemen

Lee Ziemba, LT

4/30/2011 7:06:25 PM

Cam Newton w/ a couple other NFL players



Jimmy Clausen being a fag

4/30/2011 8:08:45 PM

Kickball. A great sport for hipsters and douchebags.

4/30/2011 11:20:12 PM

Seeing Cam with 34 and 89 makes me a little optimistic they'll want to stay Panthers

5/1/2011 12:17:31 AM

I think its pretty clear that Williams wants to stay, but I don't know if he will.

5/1/2011 12:43:18 AM

I remember seeing a quote from Williams from a few weeks ago basically saying whether or not he stayed depended on the QB position

Obviously money will be a factor, but that picture gives me hope, and maybe Smitty will give him a shot

5/1/2011 12:48:32 AM

I don't know, but Newton's character is growing on me. Seems like everything I've seen says he has great character and is willing to learn.

5/1/2011 1:33:32 AM

Is that hat photoshopped in?

5/1/2011 9:55:26 AM

^that might be the greatest kickball hat i have ever seen

5/1/2011 10:40:30 AM

i think ive seen him in other pics wearing that chinese hat

5/1/2011 11:32:37 AM

CAM IMITATES THE PANTHERS LOGO

5/1/2011 6:49:52 PM

Quote :

"I don't know, but Newton's character is growing on me. Seems like everything I've seen says he has great character and is willing to learn."

I've always liked his character. He's a likable dude and I don't give a crap about some stolen laptops or pay-for-play issues.

I'm just concerned about his on the field play.

5/1/2011 8:05:05 PM

I would have much rather had Nate over Wilson.

5/1/2011 8:31:05 PM

Hurney never fails to amaze me with how dumb he sounds when he does press conferences. For his sake, I hope its strategic, not wanting to give away too much information. But he just comes across as having an incredibly simplistic thought process and lacking the mental acumen that other GM's use to explain why and how they drafted each player. He's just a very stupid man, and the fact that he's been running our franchise into the ground for over a decade speaks for itself.

Even on top of him being an idiot, the way he speaks makes it impossible to listen to him for more than a few minutes. He has a banal monotone voice and says "uhh" more than Master P. If only he'd get cancer. If only he'd get cancer and die.

[Edited on May 2, 2011 at 2:33 PM. Reason : x]

5/2/2011 2:30:38 PM

no he really IS that dumb

5/2/2011 2:40:08 PM

5/2/2011 4:25:42 PM

^^^i've always thought it was odd that he could go from beat writer to GM over time

seems like there would be so many other people that would be picked over him when he went for that first job in an NFL front office

"Oh, I see you covered the Redskins while they were winning Super Bowls. You must be qualified!"

[Edited on May 2, 2011 at 4:29 PM. Reason : ^tried to snag a Wesley Walls glass from Ed's in charlotte, but failed miserably]

5/2/2011 4:28:27 PM

if newton tries to take the number clausen wearing that greatly enhances the chances he's going to end up being a douchebag, not that I care about clausen though

5/2/2011 6:35:23 PM

players #'s is a strictly business thing

Newton wont "take" his number but Clausen might sell it to him

5/2/2011 6:37:47 PM

Newton should arm wrestle Clausen for it

5/2/2011 6:50:36 PM

i dont know why Clausen even wants it, not like it's done him any good

5/2/2011 6:56:44 PM

someone (Tom Sorensen?) suggested that if Newton could buy the number from Clausen, Clausen should then donate the money to charity and all would be well

if Clausen is smart he would say fuck that and take the money because he may not be around much longer if last season is any indication

5/2/2011 7:02:05 PM

Quote :

"if Clausen is smart "

5/2/2011 11:51:01 PM

i said if!

5/2/2011 11:54:39 PM

so steve young said there are only about 50 throws you can look at cam newton's career to even think about what he can do on the nfl level, basically a blank slate, finally someone says my point instead of OH NO HIS DAD TRIED TO SELL HIM, like an nfl team cares about that

5/3/2011 9:39:28 PM

"a league source" claims that Smitty wants to go to Raiders or Chargers

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/692695-carolina-panthers-wide-receiver-steve-smith-could-be-headed-to-san-diego

if that is so, i would prefer the Chargers because i could root for Smith and Rivers and all would be well in the universe

5/6/2011 7:12:21 PM

I would absolutely love it if Smitty went to San Diego, and together he and Rivers won a ring next year.

I'd do everything in my power to have Philip and Smith on my fantasy football team

[Edited on May 6, 2011 at 7:15 PM. Reason : adsf]

5/6/2011 7:15:06 PM

oh damn chargers is the idea I had months ago, that would be awesome, they obviously need him

5/6/2011 7:40:16 PM

Lol at any player Wanting to go to the Raiders, even a left coast guy like smitty

5/6/2011 7:40:18 PM

Raiders are on the up and up

5/6/2011 8:05:55 PM

i wouldn't want smith to go to the chargers, he would probably suckerpunch rivers in the head and knock him out for 4-5 games with a concussion.

5/6/2011 8:31:47 PM