Panthers Training Camp 2010

[Man in Black]

I've been down to Spartanburg several times now this season to catch the Panthers practice. I've been chomping at the bit to use my new camera to get some close up shots. The players are signing a lot of autographs lately and the pictures have turned out good so far. The last pic is a chart I made to keep up with all the signatures I've collected.

Here are the links to the whole galleries - I'm really proud of these, the full sized ones are awesome and keep their sharpness.

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Adrian Who?




Steve Smith shows off his broken arm




The Rookie - Jimmy Clausen







Former App State QB now a WR - Armanti Edwards




Jonathon Stewart goes Airborne



Steve does some fancy footwork





The Beast - Jon Beason








The Quarterbacks - New and Old

Matt Moore - The new starter





Jimmy Clausen





Former Cincinnati QB Tony Pike





Ryan Kalil and Jordan Gross - Why do half the centers
in the league look like Jeff Saturday?




My Super Ball - It's loaded with 13 sigs including
DeAngelo Williams, Jimmy Clausen, Matt Moore, Tony Pike, Armanti Edwards,
Coach Fox, John Kasay and The Beast - Jon Beason

[Jason]

Awesome, awesome pictures. I'll bet it's a blast going to those things. I hear Denver set a record 21,000 fans coming in to watch training camp.

That picture of Jimmy Clausen dropping back is just fantastic.

[Man in Black]

Thanks J... Clausen looks good back there, it's easy to get good pictures of him. I've taken some more since and I'll try to get them up soon. I finally picked up Steve Smith's autograph after 3 years. I got Jonathon Stewart's also. I'm sad camp is over, but that means the season is about here.

I bet the Denver camp is nuts this year with Tebow mania. He looked good the other day, a couple of outstanding bombs that got flat out dropped.

[Jason]

They say Clausen is the most pro ready rookie coming out of college. So I'm sure you feel prety good about that. Meanwhile they're saying Tebow's style will never fit in the NFL. I'm a bit worried, but I think they're wrong. He looked fantastic and I know it was just one game, but I think he'll do great in the NFL once he becomes starter. Now, if he played like Brady Quinn and throws touchdowns to the other team, I could see their point. ;D

Seeing training camp up close has to be super fun. Especially getting a chance to meet the players. I'd love to attend one in Denver, but they're almost 1,000 miles away.

[Man in Black]

Anybody as popular as Tebow will always have haters... even if he's MVP of the SB they will find something to gripe about.

I feel the same way about the Dolphins, they are about 1000 miles from me here. I thought about getting a bus ticket down there, but I doubt that their camp is anywhere near as fan friendly as the Panthers so I decided to save that trip for an actual game maybe.

[Jason]

That's probably what I would do in your situations. Nothing really matches going to the games, at least from my experience. Which is very little.