Ron Rivera
Ron Rivera
Ronald Eugene Riverais an American football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth7 January 1962
CityFort Ord, CA
explosive
What we really like about him is he's an explosive guy.
explosive process
It's going to be a process with him because of his inexperience. But what we really like about him is he's an explosive guy.
bowl deal discussed fans goal hopefully media might people playoffs super talked talking ultimate until winning
It's not as significant as winning the division, winning in the playoffs and hopefully getting to our ultimate goal and that's the Super Bowl. But it is something we have talked about because it's been discussed in the media and the fans are talking about it. It would be neat. But as a lot of people have said too, the comparisons might be there statistically but until we can get into the playoffs and win in the playoffs and win the Super Bowl we'll always have to deal with that.
coach insight neat number talked
I talked with coach (Smith) on a number of occasions. I think the neat thing about it is he does have a lot of insight into the place.
counted group guys needing second stepping
Some of the guys we counted on stepping up or needing to step up really didn't show up, and that was disappointing. We can't have that kind of drop-off between the first group and second group.
cut gaps guys key line matter needed offensive running trying
Guys weren't in their gaps because they were trying to do more than they needed to or they flat-out got cut off, and that can't happen. It doesn't matter who the running back is, it doesn't matter who the offensive line is, you just can't give up the yardage in key situations.
age-and-aging aggressive biggest difference groups style youngest
It's an aggressive style of football. The biggest difference is the age. We're probably one of the youngest groups in the NFL.
action bought fair geared good job stop time
He had time to throw. Some of their play-action bought them good time. We were geared up to stop the run, which we did do a pretty fair job of.
couple deepest diamonds fifth fourth
From what I've gathered, linebacker is the deepest position. There are going to be a couple of diamonds you can find in the third, fourth and fifth rounds.
couple critical game line momentum next plays situations
That was the thing that was most disappointing. You're going to have a couple in each game where it's, 'OK. We just go to the next play and line up and play.' But when you get to critical situations where you can take the momentum and keep it, you have to make those plays and we didn't.
complete extra gain guys individual maybe miss running somebody sure tackle yards
Guys are going to miss tackles and maybe it isn't just one individual as much as just the complete effort. You've got to make sure you've got all 11 guys running to the football, so if somebody does miss a tackle the guy doesn't gain the extra yards afterwards.
expected situation
In a situation like that, I would have never expected him to stumble.
critical takes understand whatever
We have to also understand that in critical situations, third-and-seven, third-and-eight, whatever it takes to get him down, you have to do it.
came defensive depth improved needs talked tenacity
When we came into this draft, we talked about the needs that we had on the defensive side. We've improved our speed, we've improved our tenacity and we've improved with some of the depth we're going to have.