Comments on: Has “The Wall” Floored Mark Barron?

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:24:06 +0000

Donald:

Barron hasn’t hit the rookie wall, he is just a rookie… How can someone hit a wall by doing something they never done before? I never understood that analogy.

That's exactly why it is called a rookie wall.

By: Donut Glazer

Donut Glazer — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:35:53 +0000

Barron hasn’t hit the rookie wall, he is just a rookie… How can someone hit a wall by doing something they never done before? I never understood that analogy.

By: buddah

buddah — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:21:05 +0000

Someone ought to look at the tape again. It was Barron who tackled Cam a yard and a half short of a first down on the Panthers last drive. he doesn’t make that tackle and we’re not celebrating today!

By: Stanglassman

Stanglassman — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:28:54 +0000

He should get his head turned around but I do think it is worth mentioning that he didn’t touch the WR and that it was a bad PI call this week. Last week it was close and the contact was slight and would not have been called if he turned his head, I hoped at the time the coaches would have corrected it in film break down.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:24:17 +0000

For those thinking Barron hit a wall… if he has, that wall is not physical., it’s mental because his technique is bad and he has been guessing way too much, squatting on routes and taking bad coverage angles.

If Schiano is such a stickler for technique, you have to think it is one of his top priorities to clean up Barron’s horrible techniques in coverage. That last PI in the endzone against Barron had Barron lining up right over top of Olsen in press, then Olsen took off straight for the pylon, Barron didn’t get a hand on him and even reacted slow to run after him. I was at the stadium so the only replay I saw was on the Jumbotron, but even though Barron got abused, I didn’t think he interfered.

Another player that deserves some play in pass coverage is Mason Foster. he is horrible. Those plays where the receivers split the two deep safeties probably don’t happen as easily if Foster does a better job of getting downfield in his zone drop. he gets very little depth in his drops and it shows when we see plays constantly made in the deeper middle (11-25).

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:23:33 +0000

There is no such thing as “a garbage team” in the NFL.

So the Panthers -- fighting for the first overall pick in the draft -- are elite?

Your arrogance, and derogatory statements to some of your critics will inevitabley be the downfall of this site.

And yet Joe's traffic continues to climb. Strange.

By: McBuc

McBuc — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:22:20 +0000

Everyone has a bad day. It is like Penn said, “The other guy gets paid too”.

By: buccanay

buccanay — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:02:58 +0000

Your arrogance, and derogatory statements to some of your critics will inevitabley be the downfall of this site. There is no such thing as “a garbage team” in the NFL. For someone who writes professionally aout the NFL, you seem vastly ill-equipped to do so.

By: sapp'sdapp

sapp'sdapp — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:54:31 +0000

We may not have the best group of DB’s in the league, but were still better off without Talib. Yes we need depth at FS and DB but i think the issue at right tackle warrants our first roundpick. Joe’s always talking about how there arent any good FA offensive linemen. Well in that case we better draft one. With our new OL coach, weve seen the sucess with second rate linemen, what if 22 and 27 could run off the right tackle too?

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:47:10 +0000

After an unlikely win and a great comeback, you can leave all your negative stories for another day.

“Unlikely??????” The Bucs should have blown out that garbage team. Never should have come down to overtime.

“Negative” or accurate?

Joe calls ‘em as he sees them. Don’t like it, maybe you will be better off with this site.

Might want to stay away from PewterReport.com as well. They are planning to publish a story tonight focused on Barron’s bad game yesterday.

If a guy is in a starting lineup, Joe doesn’t care if he’s a rookie or a 10-year vet; a first-round draft pick or a free agent pick up.

As Leonard Johnson said, “When you are on the field, it doesn’t matter how many years you’ve been in the league or when you were drafted.”

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:27:00 +0000

I’d be more worried how are linebackers keep getting faked on the play action leaving the middle wide open. Barron’s a rookie. Leave him alone Joe. He will be fine. After an unlikely win and a great comeback, you can leave all your negative stories for another day. Give us a damn day too be exuberant before you crash us back to earth.

By: terry4505

terry4505 — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:07:48 +0000

Watch the LaFell TD again, and you will see Barber running with the receiver on the sideline, who was clearly already covered by the CB.

It looked to my untrained eyes like Barber jumped the route too soon vacating the middle of the field and putting Barron in an impossible situation.

I like Barber’s instincts, but like with Polumalu, every once in a while, you get burned guessing (see Tebow, playoffs).

Barron is going to be fine. The kid is smart. He works hard. He is physically gifted. He is adjusting and it will take some time. I think he was playing a bit over his head earlier in the year (the big hit on Steve Smith and RGIII come to mind) and has come back to earth a little bit.

Like was mentioned above, it is a bit unfair to compare a rookie to the performance of LVD and the Muscle Hamster. Did anyone truly think these guys would be among the elite of their positions 10 weeks into their careers?