Who are the Carolina Panthers’ defensive playmakers?

Who are the Carolina Panthers’ defensive playmakers?

we’ve been um talking about these these surveys that have come out um ESPN has put them in the hands of front office Executives coaches across the NFL they answer they ranked different positions meaning the players in those positions anonymously and then ESPN reveals the results uh Derek Brown for the Panthers was the seventh best defensive tackle in the league according to the survey takers uh Brian Burns former Panther was the 10th best Edge rusher in the NFL according to the survey takers uh the safeties came out earlier today so they put out the list of the top 10 safeties then they added on those that were close then they had just the kind of the fine print players that also received votes and I realized that’s probably the second third best chance for a panther to re end up on a uh defensive side of the football top 10 list with Xavier Woods so I I I wasn’t expecting him to be top 10 but I was like I should check right it’s my job to cover the Panthers let’s be thorough here so I click on the link and I go through the top 10 and I don’t see Xavier Wood’s name and I’m like all right probably should have known makes sense yeah then I go let me see if he’s in the next group let me see if he’s in that like uh these guys got close group and I clicked on and then nope not in there I was like well certainly somebody some exec some coach somebody that’s worked with them in the past somebody that he had a great game against somebody gave him at least one vote and I looked through it and they were not there there were 25 players that received at least one vote in this survey when it comes to safeties and Xavier Woods was not one of them and it got me thinking Derek Brown great JC horn went healthy awesome very very good Jade Devan Clowney been explosive been proven in the league for a while now who’s next season on the line like I like these kind of questions right the the Panthers defenses on the field by the way we’re less than a a month until preseason starts so this is not like uh you know oh they’re going to add somebody maybe they’ll add weeks from today is their first preseason game Look At That season on the line let’s say week seven right you won three games early but then you you’re on a two- game losing streak and it feels like you’re at a Tipping Point right you’re either going to turn your season around or everybody’s going to call that early part a fluke so you’re three and three two game losing streak week seven you’re up four very very important play right two-minute drill is right it kind of feels like it’s third and seven it all comes down to this play Dereck Brown doesn’t make the play because they’re double teaming him Jade Devan Clown’s hurt JC horn they’re going to throw it elsewhere or they’re going to they’re going to run it throw it whatever they’re going to go elsewhere who do you want who can you trust the next most on the Panthers defense outside of those three where do you go next I I think it has to be Xavier Woods I think it has to be like that’s the guy you’d want to be put in the playmaking decision in the in the the kind of Pivot Point position that the whole play is going to fall on and he’s not even one of the 25 best on his on his team I thought this might be uh fun but it the the real answer is it might be depressing uh I brought up the depth chart for the San Francisco 49 Leonard Floyd Javon Hargrave Nick Bosa Dre Greenlaw Fred Warner javarius Ward talanoa huanga I think I would be comfortable with any of them having the like the game come down to a play they have to make pretty much also somebody should let them know that Tor gross MTO should probably be uh not the direct backup to Nick Bosa I’m just looking at that now thinking you know maybe you never mind uh he didn’t do much for the Panthers what I’m saying no not really uh there would be a steep drop off in production uh but there’s I mean there’s like a great defense has like eight or nine guys that you’re confident will make the play if it’s presented to them right because defense is different than offense offense if you have one dude and you need a play made by the offense you can tell your quarterback throw it to him if he’s if he’s triple team throw it to him if it’s a running back hand it to him right like you can guarantee your guys if it’s an offensive lineman we’re running Dive Right up his backside like that’s that’s what you can do on defense it’s kind of like well right the it’s the whole like uh s Garder has like two interceptions and people hold it against him and I’m like no actually it’s the little amount of time that he’s tested that tells you how good he is because teams can choose whether or not he gets an opportunity to get his hands on the ball so JC horn might be great all that means is there’s not going to be a single critical play where JC horn is the guy being uh tested because why would you when you can test Jordan Fuller or you can test danne Jackson or you can test Troy Hill Xavier Woods doesn’t have the respect to the rest of the league he’s going to get tested how comfortable are you with him being in that position again quarterbacks know this like depth charts matter do you know what was uh my freshman year I was a true freshman walk-on backup quarterback so they gave me the real big op you know a lot of responsibility put on my shoulders one thing they told me was they wanted me to know the backup safeties and what they were good and bad at if we knew it at Delaware like what you know who to take advantage of so basically it was like oh 22 got hurt 37’s coming in he’s got stiff hips try to make him turn like that was that was my entire job that was double moves let’s go yeah exactly it was it was uh so and so thinks he’s a big hit or he’s going to try to come down on on you know play action whatever it was that was my my big job early in the season well like guess what the the occasionally actually never really in it was FCS backup safeties there was never anyone like ooh don’t test them but in the NFL you’re going to know who to test and who not to test in big moments the Panthers have like three guys that I think the other teams are going to go yeah probably not and then there’s going to be eight guys with targets instead of jersey numbers it’s going to be like wherever else you want to go dealer’s Choice quarterback like that fourth best guy might be ason Robinson another interior lineman could be let’s not run up the middle because you got Derrick Brown and ason Robinson yeah Clowny over there run that way run towards yeah the other side uh it’s just it’s there’s a world where the Panthers offense is greatly improved and the Panthers defense makes it irrelevant mhm because they like sliding scale for as much as the offense improves the defense will uh take a step back and I think that’s kind of intentional right because so much and not intentional like they got worse I’m just saying intentional like they’ve moved resources from the defensive side of the ball to the offensive side of the ball there was a focus I think there’s much more confidence in what if your fourth best playmaker on offense has to make a play and much less confidence in what if your fourth best defensive player has to make a play and and the reason why that decision was made like you said choices were made is because your entire franchise is riding on Bryce young figuring it out so they moved their resources to help him figure it out and now they’re going to look at Edo evero their their defensive coordinator and say do what you can my man like duct taping and smoking mirrors right call a trick play I don’t know do do do what you got to do but it’s it’s tough when you start getting to you know the third and fourth best player on that defense

Tim Donnelly & Dennis Cox discuss who the Carolina Panthers defensive playmakers must be this season outside of Derrick Brown, Jaycee Horn, and Jadeveon Clowney? Will Xavier Woods or A’Shawn Robinson be that difference maker?

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