While the Arizona Cardinals still have some players battling through some nagging injuries they are still in a much better situation than most teams in the league seven weeks into the season. The team had just three players who sat out of yesterday's practice, but Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was able to participate in the full practice. DRC, who estimated himself at about 85%, said that he was surprised...
The Carolina Panthers will be without their leading tackler today. OLB Thomas Davis is inactive for today’s game with a hamstring injury. He’ll be replaced in the lineup by Landon Johnson.
Leading Panthers tackler LB Thomas Davis leaves big shoes to fill for today's game against the Bills . From Darin Gantt: #Panthers inactives: LB Thomas Davis, FB Hoover, 3rd QB Feeley, RB Sutton, OLs Williams and Robinson, DT Hayden, S Lewis. I thought James Anderson would get the start, but I was wrong: Landon Johnson 's going to start for Thomas Davis. Like I said, nobody on the roster has Davis'...
The Carolina Panthers will be without starting linebacker Na'il Diggs and likely three other key players for their game at Dallas. Diggs was declared out for the Monday night game after missing his third straight practice Saturday with bruised ribs. Starting strong safety Chris Harris, top fullback Brad Hoover and defensive end Everette Brown also missed practice and are listed as doubtful. Landon...
I know some of you have already posted roster predictions but now that final cut downs are upon us its time to see who can actually predict who will actually make the Panthers 53 man roster for the season opener. So I'm going to make my prediction and anyone who wants to try can add their changes or just +1 mine. It starts after the jump... Offense (24): OL (9): Jordan Gross , Travelle Wharton , Ryan...
When the preseason marches towards a welcomed conclusion, discussion and debate takes place on who the team cuts and keeps. Sometimes the topic goes into salary cap causalities; veterans that are cut, like Willie Anderson and Rudi Johnson last year. Other times, the debate talks about players that surprisingly make the roster. As jsl413 broke down, the Bengals depth is strong in some areas , weak in...
(By David Scott, dscott@charlotteobserver.com) Panthers (0-1) at Dolphins (1-0) 7:30 p.m., Land Shark Stadium, Miami TV: WCCB (Ch. 18) Radio: WBT (1110-AM) About the Panthers: The entire team – even those players still injured from training camp – made the trip … Receiver Steve Smith (bruised shoulder) has been practicing, but coach John Fox didn't say Friday whether Smith would...
I got a sense that local high school football fans started taking Southport seriously when it beat traditional power Bloomington South 48-21 in the season's fifth week last September. The one play that sticks in my mind from that night was Southport's Joe Gilliam absolutely laying out a Bloomington South receiver going over the middle during the fourth quarter. I'm still not sure how the South receiver...
More photos » by Tom Uhlman - AP about 1 month ago: Cincinnati Bengals' Keith Rivers runs plays during football practice in Cincinnati Friday June 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman) Browse more photos » Let me take you back to September 4, 2007. The Bengals just won their first preseason game, beating the Indianapolis Colts 14-6 to end with a 1-3 preseason record. It was time to participate...
Recently, the Panthers have had one of the deepest LB corps in the league, full of guys with speed and ability. It's clear that the team values the position, as they've not only had up to eight roster spots used on the position (nine if LS Jason Kyle is counted), but also have shown they're willing to pick up talent there even if the depth chart has them blocked initially. Both Jon Beason and Dan Connor...
1. Brad Hoover FB Don't get me wrong, in spite of his mistakes during the season Brad Hoover had this job up locked up. Then in round 4 of the NFL Draft the Panthers picked up Tony Fiammetta , whom most scouts had declared the best fullback in the draft. He's a solid player with strong blocking, rushing, and pass catching abilities. I believe that if he impresses in camp that the Panthers will go for...
Geoff Hobson writes " the Bengals could get as many as the maximum of four " compensatory picks. The last time the Bengals had 11 draft picks was in 2004; a draft class with Robert Geathers and Chris Perry as the only remaining players -- Madieu Williams, Landon Johnson, Stacy Andrews, Caleb Miller and Keiwan Ratliff were also in this class. Quiz: What's more scientifically accurate: a seven-round...
Last off-season we were questioning if the Cincinnati Bengals should hang onto linebacker Landon Johnson. From 2004-2007, Johnson averaged 98.5 tackles per season, ranking no lower than 3rd among the team's tackle leaders -- ranked first in 2006 and 2007. Stats are from NFL.com. Not bad for a guy that was never really given the starting job, unless other players went down; our linebackers have bitten...
The Carolina Panthers are planning to keep linebacker Landon Johnson and are reworking his contract to save approximately $1 million in salary cap space for the 2009 season. - Inside the Panthers The deal makes sense. Johnson would face trouble finding a starting job elsewhere in the league after failing to knock out Na'il Diggs for the starting job. He'll challenge him once again and even if he doesn't...
When Eric Steinbach left for the Cleveland Browns after the 2006 season, the Bengals received a third-round compensatory draft pick -- it was the highest compensatory pick since Takeo Spikes left (which the Bengals used for drafting Landon Johnson). As a result of Steinbach's departure, the Bengals used the 34th pick in the third round for Andre Caldwell. Matt Sherry, Angelo Craig and Mario Urrutia...
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