Tagged Julius Peppers a no-show at practice... again

by CaroPanthers on May 28, 2009 11:31 AM EDT Comment 15 comments

Jon Beason had something to say about Julius Peppers being a no-show at practice on Wednesday. He thinks that Peppers will love the new Carolina defense. Getting the all pro defensive end see it with his own eyes will be the hard part.

We all knew that he was not going to show for practice as he has made it known that he was not going to go. This is the start of three weeks of optional offseason workouts. It was also Beason’s first practice under the new defensive coordinator Ron Meeks. Beason who is coming off a injury in his shoulder that he had surgery on in the offseason.

"I know one thing: Pep is going to have a lot more freedom to let his God-given ability and his talent that he's fine-tuned over the years, to really showcase it," Beason said. "Pep is a freak, a special type of guy."

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Not that he could go if he wanted to...

since he’s still technically a free agent until his franchise tender is signed. But I figured Meeks gave his guys more freedom to attack than the Trgo did, it’s exciting to hear that directly from The Beast.

by r3 on May 28, 2009 1:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Having the capacity to do something...

And doing it are two different things, as Peppers has shown us year after year.

by MichaelProcton on May 28, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also...

why would Beason say anything else?

“Man, Peppers should just stay away from this team. He’s going to HATE playing in this defense.”

by MichaelProcton on May 28, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think...

…it shows Beason’s leadership on this team and the defense. He’s basically sending a not-so-subtle message to Pep. Namely, that the opportunity to showcase his God-given talent in ways he hasn’t been allowed to do at Carolina is staring him the face now that Meeks has changed Trgovac’s (and hopefully Fox’s) approach to the defense.

by NSpicer on May 28, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hope you and Beason are right Neil

To me this just shwos the type of leader Beason is. the guy is a team player through and through. Just a great draft pick by Furney, especially after trading down for additional picks to get their guy later in the round. The Patriots could/should have done the same with Jerrod Mayo but didn’t have the cahunas ;) They instead spent what, a #10 pick on a guy that would have been there in the 20’s. My opinion of course and we will never know if its true.

Jon Beason would very well end up my favorite Panther of all time. I love that guy!

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by Jaxon on May 29, 2009 8:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

'could' end up

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by Jaxon on May 29, 2009 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm curious...

As I don’t know much about what Meeks did in Indy (I watched only a handful of their games), do we know really what he’s going to be tweaking in our defense that will allow people to have more freedom? Is Meeks installing a version of the Cover 2/Tampa 2 or Cover 4 zone defense schemes?

What I personally would like to see is more zone blitz schemes that Dick LeBeau runs in Pittsburgh. Or something akin to what Rex Ryan did in Baltimore.

To me, it always seemed that the Panthers defense under Trgo seemed…stagnant. It always appeared to me that their feet were rooted in the ground. But when you watch what people consider “great defenses” there is always movement. Everyone reacts to the football seemingly at once — collective ‘hive mind’ when it comes to swarming the football.

by boywonderncsu on Jun 1, 2009 2:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I prefer the word 'predictable' over 'stagnant'

Which is why Arizona went up and down the field on us

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by Jaxon on Jun 2, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The word is...

that it won’t be exclusively Cover 2, but we’ll see Meeks letting the corners play some aggressive jam coverage at the line with the safeties helping over the top while the LBs help out up the middle and in the flats, leaving the DL to get most of the pass rush.

The back seven hasn’t really tended to make many sacks for Indy of late. Last year, they actually didn’t get a single sack from a non-DL. In fact, the only back seven guys to have multi-sack seasons since ‘04 were: 3.5 from SS Bob Sanders in ’07, 3 from LB Rob Morris in ’04, and 2 from LB David Thornton in ’05. So don’t look for a ton of crazy blitzing from Meeks’ D, particularly since Fox doesn’t lean that way either.

by MichaelProcton on Jun 1, 2009 5:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ah

Well, that’s good. I would like to see more corners jamming the WRs at the line. Last year one of the things about our D that I wasn’t pleased with—was how much of a ‘cushion’ was often left between a corner and the WR. The opposing QB could avoid our pass rush because his WRs had a 5-8 yard area free of coverage to catch a quick slant.

I guess my biggest hope is to see a more ‘aggressive’ style defense. A defense where you’re not sure if you need to shake some of the players to see if they’re awake.

by boywonderncsu on Jun 2, 2009 11:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Correct

What I meant to say by my last statement (hit post too fast) was that I want a defense where you don’t have to shake them to make sure they’re awake.

by boywonderncsu on Jun 2, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Meeks should give us that at a minimum

That is what he is first and foremost billed as, ‘high energy’ and getting players to got to the ball. They should be plenty awake for all 60 minutes.

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by Jaxon on Jun 2, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, we need to be able to play man coverage

and not afraid to jam at the line. Marshall can do that, Gamble should too.

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by Jaxon on Jun 2, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

We definitely need to be able to jam at the line. That may seem small to many, but it disrupts the timing between a QB and his WRs. That extra second that the QB has to hold the ball could easily turn into a sack. I think we have a lot of good athletes on D…and I’m hoping that Meeks and the new D-crew help to put the puzzle pieces in place.

by boywonderncsu on Jun 2, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

All our corners...

should be able to become pretty adept at the jam. Gamble is a big physical corner, Marshall loves to hit, and Sherrod Martin is big guy, for a corner. Wilson and Munnerlynn might be a little small, but the Captain is thick, as for Wilson I haven’t seen him in action at all. I’d like to see us blitz Marshall out of the nickel some, it worked last year.

by Flowing Willow on Jun 3, 2009 3:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs