Still catching up with all the material while still feigning sociability with the wife’s brother’s family. So, I’m going to go through this quickly since most of this has probably been read by everyone at this point.
The raw feed transcript of Coach Wannstedt talking after practice on Friday.
On canceling the Saturday morning practice:
There has been a schedule change for tomorrow. I’m obviously very pleased with how much work we got done with our football team these last couple days. Tomorrow we’re going to come out in the morning and do a walk through, some weight room work, then get the team together and practice in the afternoon. There are several reasons for this. The first one being we’re getting a little bit low in numbers. Nothing major but we have a half a dozen guys that are banged up and for us to come out and be productive, it’s important that we have enough depth to be able to do that.
The receivers are down a couple with Dorin Dickerson and Aaron Smith both fighting injuries. The receivers as has been repeatedly noted, have tremendous potential but are so raw.
The defensive line is and will be an ongoing question for the season. It’s training camp, so optimism abounds.
Now, there is plenty of chatter about the defensive line at the Panthers’ South Side training camp, and, for a change, it mostly is positive. The one negative is that most of the players who are talked about are freshmen whose full impact likely won’t be felt for a year or two.
Rebuilding the line was one of second-year coach Dave Wannstedt’s recruiting priorities, and it shows in the number of incoming defensive linemen. Co-defensive line coaches Charlie Partridge and Greg Gattuso believe the sky is the limit for this group as well as for redshirts like tackle Mick Williams.
The three big names among the freshmen are Jason Pinkston, John Malecki and McKenzie Mathews, but Partridge said two others, Jared Martin and Tyler Tkach, are in the mix as well. And coaches have been raving about Greg Romeus, who has only played two years of organized football but might have the most natural athletic ability.
Mick Williams has been making some noticeable plays in practice so far. Clint Session went a little crazy in practice and Shane Brooks showed some big strength carrying the ball and Shane Murray. Revis had a very good practice. So did Marcel Pestano.
