Tag: Terrace Marshall Jr.

Marquise Brown named trade target for Panthers in hypothetical deal

ESPN’s Bill Barnwell proposed an interesting trade that would land the Panthers a certified deep threat in Marquise Brown.

With a pretty distinct chance of entering their Week 7 bye at 0-6, the Carolina Panthers could very well be sellers sooner rather than later. But what if they wanted to buy ahead of the Halloween trade deadline?

ESPN staff writer Bill Barnwell recently concocted 15 hypothetical trade proposals for 15 notable players. Among those swaps is one for Arizona Cardinals wideout Marquise Brown, where the Panthers are on the receiving end.

Barnwell would have Carolina bringing in the former first-round pick and a 2024 third-round pick in exchange for receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. and a 2024 second-rounder. He writes:

The Panthers would need to hand Brown an extension to have this deal make sense, with the 26-year-old likely to command a contract north of $20 million per season on the open market. There’s risk in a struggling team trading for a player from a middling offense (see: Claypool, Chase), and Carolina might prefer to wait until free agency and take its chances in adding speed then. Still, Brown would form the future of the Carolina receiving corps alongside rookie second-rounder Jonathan Mingo.

Given the Panthers’ slim-to-none chances of actually making a run at the playoffs (and Slim may have just left the building), they are probably better off taking their chances at the open market. Plus, parting with yet another high-end piece of draft capital after their deal for this year’s top overall selection may not really help said top overall selection.

Nonetheless, Carolina is certainly on the lookout to help Young. Whether they get that help within the next few weeks or the next few months is the real question.

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Report: Handful of Panthers players available on trading block

SI’s Albert Breer is hearing that a handful of Panthers are currently on the trading block.

With the NFL’s trade deadline just a few weeks away, the Carolina Panthers could be looking to position themselves for the long run. And according to one league insider, that long run may not include a few key names.

Sports Illustrated senior NFL reporter Albert Breer published his latest set of news and notes on Friday, which included an interesting nugget on the Panthers. Breer notes that Carolina, at 0-5, may be willing to part with some valuable assets in exchange for future draft capital.

The first name that pops up, of course, is outside linebacker Brian Burns. Breer writes:

Conversation there starts with Brian Burns. He’s up after this year and owed more than eight figures for the remainder of the season (prorated portion of his $16.01 million). But he’s also just 25 and plays a premium position. Last year the Panthers turned down an absolute haul (a 2023 third-rounder and first-rounders in ’24 and ’25) to get him. And the Panthers and Burns haven’t gotten close to striking a long-term deal.

A team trading for him could, of course, do a new deal with him, or franchise him in 2024.

With no long-term extension seemingly in sight, Burns is playing through the 2023 campaign on his fifth-year option. The two-time Pro Bowl pass rusher currently leads the team with 4.0 sacks and five tackles for a loss.

Breer then goes on to mention a trio of players who he believes may be on the trading block:

After that, there are three guys I’ve heard are available—safety Jeremy Chinn, receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. and corner Donte Jackson. Chinn is an interesting hybrid linebacker who’d fit some teams better than others, has lost playing time in the switch to Ejiro Evero’s scheme and is in a contract year. Marshall’s a second-rounder who has talent but has yet to really find his footing as a pro. And Jackson’s a really good corner who’s signed through 2024 at a reasonable price (about $4.2 million for the rest of this year and $10.6 million next year).

As the dangerous Miami Dolphins sit on deck for this Sunday, the Panthers are potentially staring down the barrel of an 0-6 start heading into their Week 7 bye. So, with the deadline exactly 18 days away, it may soon be time to make some moves.

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Terrace Marshall Jr. on why he didn’t play in Week 5: I have no clue

Panthers WR Terrace Marshall Jr. on why he thinks he didn’t play in Week 5: I have no clue

Carolina Panthers head coach Frank Reich didn’t really have much of a reason, or at least a good one, as to why wideout Terrace Marshall Jr. did not play in the team’s Week 5 loss to the Detroit Lions. Oh, and neither does Terrace Marshall Jr.

After leading the team in receptions and targets last week, the third-year wideout played a grand total of zero snaps on Sunday. He was asked why he thought that was the case.

“I have no clue why I didn’t play,” Marshall Jr. replied, via Alex Zietlow of The Charlotte Observer. “It was surprising. I didn’t expect to sit out the whole game. It just happened.”

Reich, just moments before, admitted to reporters that Marshall Jr.’s inactivity was an oversight on his part and took the blame.

“He should’ve played. He should’ve played some,” Reich said on Monday. “I wish he had gotten in there a little bit more. That’s my fault. I need to make sure, after the week he had the week before with the nine catches and got a little momentum going, that he and I had a conversation.

“So that was poor communication by me. I wanted to make sure that our guys knew to kind of make sure he had some playing time and that there would be opportunities. So that was my fault.”

Marshall Jr. seemingly gave way to rookie Jonathan Mingo, who missed the Week 4 contest with a concussion. The second-round pick recorded five receptions for 48 yards in the 42-24 loss to Detroit.

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Frank Reich takes blame for Terrace Marshall Jr.’s zero snaps in Week 5

Panthers HC Frank Reich took the blame for Terrace Marshall Jr.’s zero snaps in Week 5, admitting he did not communicate well enough with his staff.

After recording team highs in receptions and targets last week, Carolina Panthers wide receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. played the role of the Invisible Man on Sunday. And on Monday, head coach Frank Reich took blame for the oversight.

During his presser this afternoon, Reich was asked about Marshall’s total lack of playing time in Week 5. The third-year pass catcher — who was active — tallied a total of zero snaps in the 42-24 loss to the Detroit Lions.

“He should’ve played. He should’ve played some,” Reich said. “I wish he had gotten in there a little bit more. That’s my fault. I need to make sure, after the week he had the week before with the nine catches and got a little momentum going, that he and I had a conversation.

“So that was poor communication by me. I wanted to make sure that our guys knew to kind of make sure he had some playing time and that there would be opportunities. So that was my fault.”

The story of Marshall’s NFL career, no matter whose fault it is, has been his lack of opportunities on the playing field. Despite being taken as a promising second-round pick in 2021, he has yet to entrench himself in Carolina’s offense, totaling just 742 yards and one touchdown over 31 games.

Reich was then asked how he lost sight of Marshall on Sunday.

“I did not do a good job of telling our coaches, ‘Hey, this is what I would like to see,'” he replied. “And just defaulted to what we were doing before he got hurt.”

After a nine-catch performance in last week’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings, Marshall seemingly ended up taking a backseat to rookie Jonathan Mingo, who returned after missing that outing with a concussion.

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Top takeaways from Panthers’ snap counts in Week 5 loss to Lions

Miles Sanders was out-snapped by Chuba Hubbard for the second straight week.

If you’re looking for some signs of encouragement from the Carolina Panthers’ Week 5 loss to the Detroit Lions, you’re probably not going to find them here. But what you will find is, perhaps, some interesting insight into how the team’s new staff is looking to function through their early struggles.

So, here are the top takeaways from Sunday’s snap counts:

Top takeaways from Panthers’ snap counts in Week 2 loss to Saints

The Panthers let OLB Yetur Gross-Matos eat a bit more in Week 2.

Between navigating through a new infrastructure and dealing with a handful of key injuries, the Carolina Panthers have had quite the task in figuring out who to put on the field so far.

That learning process continued in Monday night’s loss to the New Orleans Saints, with these key takeaways from the game’s snap counts:

The Panthers have a wide receiver problem

Stop us if you’ve heard this before—the Carolina Panthers have a wide receiver problem.

A long and largely grueling Monday night, at the expense of both the New Orleans Saints and the Carolina Panthers, ended in an 0-2 start to the season for the latter NFC South crew. And with that mark has come a painful and obvious sticking point—the Panthers are simply outclassed with their playmakers.

Although their Week 2 matchup was close throughout and ended as a one-score game, one team seemed a bit ahead on offense. The fact that New Orleans was able to get some juice out of wideouts Chris Olave and Michael Thomas, as well as Swiss Army knife Taysom Hill, proved to be the difference between the rivals.

Meanwhile, Carolina and rookie quarterback Bryce Young were borderline unwatchable through 57 minutes of game time. That can be attributed to a  few factors—especially for a rebuilding squad—but the prevalent theme of the unit has been its lack of separation from its receivers.

Often times, Young struggled to find an open target—which, similarly to their loss in Atlanta, allowed the Saints defense to cheat, stack the box and snuff out the run. The 2023 No. 1 selection ended his home debut averaging just 4.6 yards per attempt and couldn’t help get one of his pass catchers to the 60-yard mark.

The one who got closest was Adam Thielen, who reeled in 54 yards and a touchdown off seven grabs. But it’s clear, even in a somewhat admirable effort, that the 33-year-old is more of a complementary piece than a dominant playmaker at this point in his career.

Young’s top deep threat, DJ Chark, was almost cancelled out—registering just one catch for 15 yards. Second-round pick Jonathan Mingo also committed a few rookie mistakes that proved a tad costly. Oh, and Terrace Marshall Jr. recorded zero targets over 22 offensive snaps.

This does not seem like an easy solution to fix—and if you’ve been following the Panthers for the last decade or so, you’d know that. But if at least one of Young’s receivers doesn’t step up soon, general manager Scott Fitterer and head coach Frank Reich may have to go outside of the roster to find one who will.

Otherwise, they may be beginning to sidetrack the start of another first overall pick’s career.

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4 Panthers WRs pop up on Wednesday’s Week 1 injury report

The Panthers listed six players on Wednesday’s injury report. Four of them are wide receivers.

The first official injury report of the 2023 season may be painting a potentially troubling picture for the Carolina Panthers in Week 1.

Six players were listed on Wednesday’s release, with four coming from the wideout position. The receivers noted include DJ Chark, Adam Thielen, Terrace Marshall Jr. and the recently-acquired Ihmir Smith-Marsette.

Here’s the report in its entirety:

Injury Wednesday Thursday Friday Game status
WR DJ Chark Hamstring DNP
DE DeShawn Williams Illness DNP
S Sam Franklin Jr. Knee Limited
WR Terrace Marshall Jr. Back Limited
WR Adam Thielen Ankle Limited
WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette Ankle Full

The most concerning of the bunch is, obviously, Chark—who sustained his hamstring injury back on Aug. 22. Despite the setback, however, the 26-year-old seemed optimistic about his opening day status last week.

Chark has been bitten by the injury bug quite a few times over the course of his previous five NFL campaigns. He, most recently, missed six games for the Detroit Lions in 2022 due to an ankle injury—one he underwent surgery on this offseason.

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DJ Chark feels ‘optimistic’ about Week 1 status

Albeit on a limited basis, DJ Chark, Terrace Marshall Jr. and Laviska Shenault Jr. all returned to practice for the Panthers on Tuesday.

The last thing the Carolina Panthers’ receiver room and DJ Chark needed was another injury. Well, neither avoided it—as the former Pro Bowl wideout sustained a hamstring injury a week ago.

But, at least both sides seem positive about the progress that’s been made since.

On Tuesday, Chark—per Joe Person of The Athletic—said he’s feeling optimistic about his status for Week 1.

And just moments earlier, head coach Frank Reich spoke not only about him, but also about the returns of Terrace Marshall Jr. (back) and Laviska Shenault Jr. (concussion) to the practice field this afternoon.

“Terrace was out there today, as you guys know, and got some work out there today,” he said. “He didn’t do everything, but did enough. It was a good first step. Obviously, DJ’s workin’ inside, so we’ll see how he continues to progress. I know these guys are doin’ everything they can.”

Chark stayed inside the team’s practice bubble during the session.

Reich then pivoted to Shenault Jr.

“I know he’s progressing in the steps,” he said. “My apologies for not knowing which step he’s at.

“But he’s trending positively, yes.”

Hopefully for Reich, the Panthers and three wideouts, that trends all the way into Atlanta on Sept. 10.

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25 Panthers not expected to play in preseason finale vs. Lions

The Panthers are expected to be without a handful of starters in tonight’s preseason finale against the Lions.

If the head coach Frank Reich, quarterback Bryce Young and the rest of Carolina Panthers offense are going to make some strides in their last dress rehearsal, they’ll have to do it without a handful of weapons.

As announced by the team prior to kickoff of the preseason finale against the Detroit Lions, 25 players are not expected to play inside of Bank of America Stadium tonight. That group includes wide receivers DJ Chark, Terrace Marshall Jr. and Laviska Shenault Jr. as well as running back Miles Sanders.

Here’s the list of “inactives” in its entirety, which also includes a number of key starters on defense:

  • DE Henry Anderson
  • OLB Amaré Barno
  • DT Derrick Brown
  • G Deonte Brown
  • OLB Brian Burns
  • WR DJ Chark
  • G Austin Corbett
  • OT Cameron Erving
  • S Sam Franklin Jr.
  • CB Donte Jackson
  • OLB Marquis Haynes Sr.
  • OLB Justin Houston
  • RB Chuba Hubbard
  • LB Frankie Luvu
  • CB Greg Mabin
  • WR Terrace Marshall Jr.
  • G Cade Mays
  • CB Mac McCain III
  • RB Miles Sanders
  • WR Laviska Shenault Jr.
  • DT Taylor Stallworth
  • TE Stephen Sullivan
  • OLB Jordan Thomas
  • CB Stantley Thomas-Oliver III
  • LB Shaq Thompson

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