The Carolina Panthers begin the next phase of training camp today, as the team will be permitted a walk-through practice with all 80 players, according to a report by Alaina Getzenberg at the Charlotte Observer. This means we’ll soon be getting real football-related training camp updates from beat reporters like her.
Since so much of this team and the media that covers it has changed this year, here’s a review of 20 Twitter accounts to follow, broken down by who they are and what they do.
Beat Reporters
First up, there’s the people who are on the ground every day doing classic sports journalism. Their access will be more limited this season due to the pandemic, but they are still the most-likely people on Twitter to break a real news story.
Alaina Getzenberg – Observer
With the Panthers' roster down to 80 players, today is the first day a walk-through can be held with the entire team. Panthers have not yet had to place any player on the reserve/COVID-19 list.
— Alaina Getzenberg (@agetzenberg) August 3, 2020
Jonathan Alexander – Observer
What to expect from me as I begin this beat covering the Panthers. https://t.co/ty7irWxuiv
— Jonathan M Alexander (@jonmalexander) July 9, 2020
Joe Person – The Athletic
If you missed it yesterday, I wrote something on every player on the Panthers' 80-man roster, from A (Robby Anderson, Eli Apple) to Z (Brandon Zylstra).https://t.co/vysf5syGsR
— Joe Person (@josephperson) August 3, 2020
Steve Reed – Associated Press
Panthers DT Kawann Short ready for return despite COVID-19 concerns: https://t.co/eVYj3KbvSJ
— Steve Reed (@SteveReedAP) August 3, 2020
David Newton – ESPN
Best of Sunday at NFL training camps: Teddy Bridgewater in uniform; Kyler Murray, Larry Fitzgerald play chess https://t.co/juJq50gZNE
— David Newton (@DNewtonespn) August 2, 2020
Panthers in-house media
Next, there’s the folks who are employed by the team and produce real-time reports and digital content both on Twitter and for the official website.
Bill Voth
KK Short, who missed most of last season with a shoulder injury, says on a Zoom press conference: “I feel good … the shoulder repair was an awesome success.”
— Bill Voth (@PanthersBill) August 2, 2020
Myles Simmons
Yesterday we got to hear from Shaq Thompson and Kawann Short about what it's been like for the #Panthers to report to training camp during the pandemic. Story here: https://t.co/mEKDkHuWwQ
— Myles Simmons (@MylesASimmons) August 3, 2020
Kristen Balboni
Training camp looks really different this year but it sure is great to (virtually) see @kk_mr93 and @ShaqThompson_7 pic.twitter.com/GYjxKDo65T
— Kristen Balboni (@KristenBalboni) August 2, 2020
Will Bryan
In Carolina’s other playoff seasons, their average turnover margin was +9.6. In 2003, they were -5.
That team’s ability to come up big in the fourth quarter and overtime was uncanny. https://t.co/TV6AriZETm
— Will Bryan (@Pantherstatsguy) July 1, 2020
Panthers analysts
Then, we have the Twitter members who provide the best analysis on the team, even if they’re not always physically on-site at games and practices.
John Ellis – One Panther Place
Brian Burns + KK Short.
(Now…throw Derrick Brown into the mix. 😳)
— John Ellis (@OnePantherPlace) August 2, 2020
Billy Marshall – SB Nation
Eli Apple isn't perfect by any means, but he certainly had some decent moments in New Orleans pic.twitter.com/bzkbBpU5lD
— Billy M (@BillyM_91) May 28, 2020
National reporters
For a bigger view of the league, here are some of the best reporters breaking national news around the NFL.
Adam Schefter – ESPN
More on Eagles’ HC Doug Pederson tearing positive for COVID-19:https://t.co/wIuJ0BIEpm
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 3, 2020
Ian Rapoport – NFL Network
From @gmfb: It was a busy weekend on the COVID-19 Reserve list, as #Lions QB Matthew Stafford and #Jaguars QB Gardner Minshew were both added. pic.twitter.com/PqXnta6w8o
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 3, 2020
National analysts
Here are the top follows producing analysis on the whole league.
Steven Ruiz – FTW
I've put myself on the physically unable to perform list for today
— Steven Ruiz (@theStevenRuiz) August 2, 2020
Doug Farrar – Touchdown Wire
It would be nice if college athletes had, y'know, representation of any kind.
— Doug Farrar (@NFL_DougFarrar) August 1, 2020
Mark Schofield – Touchdown Wire
— Mark Schofield (@MarkSchofield) May 8, 2020
Warren Sharp – Sharp Football
natural progression pic.twitter.com/QOKQC9MDy3
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) August 3, 2020
Jason Fitzgerald – Over the Cap
Just realized that Bosa's contract is the 14th largest of all time when ranked by annual value. #Chargers
— Jason_OTC (@Jason_OTC) August 2, 2020
Fantasy Football
And finally, there’s the people who know what they’re talking about when it comes to fantasy football.
Evan Silva – Establish the Run
2020 Teddy Bridgewater:
* Freakishly athletic weapons
* Joe Brady's fast-paced scheme
* Bridgewater's Nola familiarity with Brady in limited-rep year
* In fantasy, #Panthers shootout upside compensating for potentially league-worst D
* FF-friendly schedule, especially early on— Evan Silva (@evansilva) May 27, 2020
Matthew Berry – ESPN
#FantasyLife https://t.co/iDBF0PL2su
— Matthew Berry (@MatthewBerryTMR) July 17, 2020
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