Franklin Regional Panthers Football Essay

When somebody talks about a lineman, large, tall, and heavy are a few words that come to mind but that is not always the case. On the defensive line, you need to have

The mindset that society thrusts upon most high school athletes can take away from academics and other opportunities they may have for their future. For many high school football athletes, they are primarily focused on one thing throughout their high school years: sports. Evidence 1: In towns such as Odessa in Friday Night Lights, players are swallowed up by the glamour of football and neglect most things not related to football, rather than balance sports with academics. “It was a phenomenon that Trapper had seen dozens of times before, a kid so caught up in it all that there was no room for anything else, another kid for whom nothing in life would ever be so glorious, so fulfilling as playing high school football. Trapper didn’t see the

Since everyone else from around the NFL is doing it, I thought I might as well join in on the fun too. I am going to start a series here on The Huddle where each week, I will project the top players at a certain position for the 2017 Season.

Instincts. Defensive linemen need to know the situation, down, and distance to a first down or the end zone, and they have to be able to know and read the stances

In the annual Ely Tigers versus Dillard Panthers football game, there was a play caught at the last minute, giving the Ely Tigers the win. The score was 14-10, and Donnell Wilson caught the winning touchdown pass. How he caught it, no one was quite sure. All they knew was in the Ely-Dillard football game, the winning catch was caught by Donnell, it was lucky, and it was a team effort.

In the last five years, either an NFC West (Seattle twice; San Francisco) or NFC South (Carolina Panthers; Atlanta Falcons) team has represented the conference in the Super Bowl. However, as divisional powers shift, we could see a shakeup in the NFC during the upcoming season. With the NFL Draft completed and training camps beginning, let’s look at the NFC teams that could represent their divisions in the 2017-18 playoffs.

The Carolina Panthers found themselves a star in Kelvin Benjamin drafting him 28th overall in 2014 draft. We took him 28th overall I think he has already become a steal for the Panthers and Dave Gettleman who is a great evaluator of talent. He took the NFL by storm becoming quarterback Cam Newton's favorite target right away and for good reason; setting Panther rookie records for receptions receiving yards and touchdowns with 79 catches 1008 yards and nine touchdowns.

Every year it seems like the world is getting smaller and smaller. Before the internet became the internet things were much different. Arguably the biggest benefactor is high school athletes. They no longer have to worry about being noticed. All they have to do is upload highlight reels online. This technological advancement is extremely valuable for small town athletes. But will it have a major effect on Division One Football?

Entering the 2016 NFL season, the AFC North had statistically been the best division in football in terms of average wins per season (8.35 wins per team) over the past decade. Keep in mind that the division includes the hapless Cleveland Browns, which have had one winning season over that span, and the feat becomes all the more impressive.

Have you ever felt like you’re not good enough, not knowing just how much potential you have? One of the most salient experiences of my life was making the Island Coast High School football team, because it taught me that to succeed you must be confident in yourself. The old me would have thought, “ I’m not good enough,” because I never thought that I could compete with kids that already played football. I suppose that I always felt like i couldn’t compete with football players because whenever I would play football in eighth grade, I would not be able to keep up with them. Little did I know, all of that was about to change the day I made my way to the middle of the humid, scorching fied, staring into the eyes of North Ft. Myers Highs’ freshman football team.

What exactly is seen as offensive? Different people would answer this question in many different ways. But for some Native Americans today, one of their answers would be the names of major sports teams. For these Native Americans it is unacceptable to use slurs such as “redskins” as a major sports team name. A humanities professor at the University of Houston-Victoria, Macarena Hernandez, would agree (Crowe, ). However, Dr. Philip Suarez, a Redskins fan, believes that the name is not intended to be offensive whatsoever (Crowe ). Many Redskins fans do not consider what the name means for a majority of Native Americans.

In the 1960’s not only did almost every high schools have cheer squads but most colleges had squads too. NFL teams began making cheer teams in 1960’s too.The first NFL cheer team was in Texas and known as The Dallas Cowboys. It was quite vicious to make that NFL cheer team! . “There was a mother in Texas who tried to hire a hitman to kill a rival cheerleader, so her daughter could be on the squad.” In 1965 was when the first pom- poms were actually made. They were called Pom- pons not pom-Poms as they are here in 2017. Cheerleaders were pretty successful in the 1960’s. In the 1970’s and 80’s cheerleaders started getting more competitive and they added stunts and competitive

Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers are flying high. They are undefeated, and look unstoppable. But out west, trouble is brewing. The king has risen, and is looking to recapture his throne. The Panthers may have defeated him earlier in his mighty castle in Seattle, but he has returned, and he is much, much stronger.

In sports health is the most important aspect of any teams success!! For the Panthers it's been a hurdle we have dealt with for the last couple of years with Cam Newton's car wreck and a revolving door at running back because of nagging leg injuries. Training camp has just got underway and the team has taken a few body blows to their depth the biggest being defensive tackle Star Lotulelei suffered a stress reaction in his surgically repaired foot Monday and will be reevaluated in a few weeks a tough loss, but luckily it happened so early in camp so he has a chance to get healthy and help this team win. The team also lost offensive lineman Jonathan Martin and cornerback Chris Houston to retirement because of injury.

With the start of football so close, many people are getting ready for their Sunday cookouts, while others are getting ready to make their weekly matchup picks for football. Deciding on whether or not to participate in the weekly picks is the easy choice, knowing whom to choose is the challenging part. When first approaching the concept of weekly picks I came upon the realization of needing to understand the terminology used by other weekly matchup players. When first deciding on who I was going to pick, my friends were discussing their choices but as they spoke they used terms such as “blitzing”, “defensive formations”, and many other unknown terms. So in order to put myself in the best position to have a chance at winning, I had to invest time in