99.9 the Fan’s host Tim Donnelly provides some perspective on Saturday’s playoff game for the Panthers.

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TALKING A COUPLE OF MINUTES. WELL, TODAY WE’LL HEAR FROM CAL IN THE PAC. THIS COACHES AND PLAYERS AS THEY’RE PREPARING FOR THE PLAYOFF MATCHUP AGAINST THE LOS ANGELES RAMS. >> BACK IN NOVEMBER, THE PANTHERS UPSET THE RAMS AT BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM. THE TEAM WILL LEAD ANOTHER CLUTCH PERFORMANCE FROM QUARTERBACK BRYCE YOUNG ON SATURDAY. HE SAYS HE’S READY FOR HIS NFL PLAYOFF DEBUT. GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SUPER SUPER EXCITED. AND THEN NOW IT’S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SOMETHING OUT OF IT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE. >> YOU KNOW, TODAY WAS A GOOD GOOD START ON THAT. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE DOWN INTO THE PROCESS. WE HAVE REALLY FOCUSED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. A NEW A SOURCE OURSELVES. THE BEST CHANCE THIS WEEKEND. >> ALL RIGHT. LET’S GET RIGHT TO A STRONGER MONDAY NIGHT 9. THE FEDS, TIM DONNELLY, FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE ON SATURDAY’S PLAYOFF GAMES THAT HIM, YOU KNOW WHY SOME SAYING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS. SO THE PANTHERS IN THE PLAYOFFS TO HOW LONG THEY TAKE FOR THAT TO SINK IN VIEW. >> I STILL JUST KIND OF WHISPERED UNDER MY BREATH EVERY EVERY COUPLE HOURS. I DON’T THINK AND THAT IT’S REAL. AND IT’S WEDNESDAY. SO IT’S IT’S STARTING TO KIND OF SETTLE IN. BUT HOW THEY PLAYED AT A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR MAKING THE PLAYOFFS JUST HAS TO BE FINISHED COMPLETELY ICING ON THE CAKE. >> GRAVY. AND THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO ENJOY IT. AND THEN WITH THAT IN MIND, TIM O, LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW THIS TEAM HAS EVOLVED OVER THE SEASON TO GET TO THIS POINT IN YOUR OPINION. >> WELL, I MEAN, IT’S BEEN A ROLLER COASTER BY MY PRODUCER AND I WERE TALKING YESTERDAY ABOUT DOING SOMETHING TOO SAVANNAH ON AIR TIME TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT KEY EVENT BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY RIGHT. THEY STARTED THE SEASON LOSING 3 OF THEIR FIRST 4 NAMES. THEY WANT A 3 GAME WIN STREAK. RICO DOWDLE FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF. WADE LIKE HE WAS HE WAS LYNN, AMY AND COMMENTS AND THEN LIKE 2005 AND IT WAS THIS BIG EVANS INFLOWS SEASON. AND ACTUALLY, RIGHT NOW THEY’RE KIND OF ON A DOWNTURN HAVING LOST THEIR LAST 2. SO IT’S IT’S AN APPRECIATION FOR WHAT I THINK IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY SOLID PULLED FROM THEIR LOCKER ROOM. THEY NEVER GAVE UP. THEY POINT TO THE FINISH. THEY WANT SOME GAMES THAT THEY WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE DANCE, THIS RAMS TEAM AND THEN THEN THEY’RE GOING TO NEED THAT SAME ATTITUDE AND PROBABLY LITTLE BIT BETTER FOOTBALL ON THE FIELD THROUGHOUT OFF THE UPSET YOU BEFORE WE GET TO THE YOU KNOW, THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE POSTSEASON INEXPERIENCE ON THE PANTHERS ROSTER UP AND DOWN THE THE IN THIS CASE. I DON’T SEE THAT PLAYING OUT SATURDAY. IF AT ALL. >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE BEST PART ABOUT THE MAKING THE POSTSEASON IS NEXT YEAR. ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE TRUE IF THEY MAKE IT BACK, RIGHT. RIGHT LIKE OF ITS ROUGHLY 30 OUT OF THE 53 ACTIVE PLAYERS HAVE NEVER PLAYED IN THE POSTSEASON FOR THE PANTHERS NEXT YEAR. THAT NUMBER WILL BE MUCH LESS SQUEAKING INTO THE POSTSEASON. IT EVEN IF YOU THINK THEY, YOU KNOW, WE RECORD THAT DIVISION, THEY DON’T DESERVE IT. PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE OF PLAYOFF THEY’RE GETTING SOME OF THAT LAST WEEK. AND OBVIOUSLY THIS WEEK KIND OF ESSENTIALLY PLAYOFF GAMES. SO HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT? I DON’T KNOW. A YEAR. SOMETIMES LITTLE IGNORANCE IS BLISS. YOU DON’T KNOW. >> YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW OR SOMEBODY LIKE GENERAL MCMILLAN DOESN’T KNOW YOU DON’T GO TO THE POSTSEASON EVERY YEAR. SO IT’S IT’S THEY COULD BE AN ADVANTAGE. BUT I THINK MOST PEOPLE LOOK AT IT AS THEIR HEART RATE WILL BE GOING A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN NORMAL ON AND THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO MANAGE THAT. AND SO SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MATCHUP. THE PANTHERS UPSET THE RAMS IN NOVEMBER, AS YOU JUST SAID. >> WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THE CATS TO PULL OFF ANOTHER BIG WIN. ANOTHER UPSET, REALLY? BECAUSE THE CAT. SO I THINK IN TERMS OF THE SPREAD, THE REDS, IF A LITTLE MORE THAN A TOUCHDOWN. >> THE INCORRECT. THE LAST I CHECKED, THEY WERE 10 POINT UNDERDOGS, WHICH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IN THE POSTSEASON. I’LL GIVE YOU ONE THING ON OFFENSE AND ONE THING ON THE FENCE ON OFFENSE. THEY HAVE PLANNED A RUNNING GAME THAT THAT THE RAMS GAME WAS ONE OF THE LAST TIMES. IT FELT LIKE A COMPLETE RUNNING IN THE WORLD SINCE THEN, A 20 YARD RUSHING THIS PAST WEEKEND AGAINST THE BOOK. SO BOTH FROM AUBURN AND RICO DOWDLE GOT, YOU KNOW, 17 18 CARRIES A NIGHT GAME AGAINST THE RAMS. I THINK THEY THEY NEED TO STAY COMMITTED TO THE RUN AND THEN ON DEFENSE. I SAID THIS TO MY SHOW YESTERDAY. IF IF IF RAMS AT 51 OFFENSIVE PLAY THAT THINK THEY WERE THE BETTER UNIT ON THE FIELD FOR 36 OF THEM. BUT AND THOSE THAT HANDFUL AND PLAYED FOR THE RAMS ARE FOR THE PANTHERS HAVE THE UPPER HAND MAKE PASTA DONE, RIGHT? IT WAS IT WAS 2 INTERCEPTIONS INCLUDING A PICK-SIX. IT WAS I FUMBLED BY MATT STAFFORD THAT WAS RECOVERED BY THE PANTHERS WHEN THEY WHEN THEY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE. WHEN THE RAMS FOOTBALL FANS TAKE ADVANTAGE IN A BIG WAY, NOT WITH AN INCOMPLETION BUT AN INTERCEPTION RIGHT NOW WITH THE PRESSURE ON THE QUARTERBACK AND LETTING MATT STAFFORD THROW IT AWAY AND LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. THEY HAVE TO TO GET HOME AND FORCED A FUMBLE FOR A BIG LOSS ON A SACK. THE RAMS OFFENSE IS I’M NOT GOING TO SUGARCOAT OF ANYBODY. THEY’RE THEY’RE GOOD TALENT. THEY HAVE HALL OF FAMERS, THOUGH. THEY’LL BE THERE. AND THEN THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THEIR CHANCES AND GO FOR THE BIG REST. IT’S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING WEEK. THEY CHALLENGE YOU TO HEAR MORE OF TIM’S TAKE ON SATURDAY’S MATCHUP BY CHECKING OUT THE DRIVER. TIM DONNELLY, WEEKDAYS FROM 3 TO 6 IN 99 AND THE FAN. THE NC STATE FANS DON’T FORGET PACKED THERAPY. THAT’S THE PODCAST WHERE YOU CAN GET WHATEVER YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST ISN’T HIM. HOPEFULLY. >> NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT A PLAYOFF WIN BY THE CATS. WHAT? >> SHOCKED THE WORLD TO A LITTLE BUSY DIXON BEFRIEND YOU CAN WATCH THE PATCHES OF RED AS MUCH OF RIGHT HERE ON FOX 50 SATURDAY’S KICKOFF IS AT 4.30, IN THE AFTERNOON. >> IT WAS OUR COVERAGE WILL GET STARTED FRIDAY. CHRIS LEE PAT WELTER ASHLEY ROWE, SEAN