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​You must be mixing this guy up with Corey Brown.

According to David Newton, Stephen Hill's arm was held on what I assume that you are calling a "drop". The next play, Hill made a one-handed catch according to Newton.

There will be some Funchess times thus year!

Don't count Bers out! I warned against that a few weeks ago, expressly mentioning that Cam loves him.

Yeah, right! You know you're going to be holding your breath, on pins and needles like everyone else. LOL.

Choke on a Byrd bone! :)

What better place than to brand the backside?

Fly, Byrd. Fly! My dream is him flapping his wings after scoring a TD in September.

Would be nice if there was an option for it to be personalized with your display name. Moreover, it may be too busy, but "The Unofficial Home of Panthers Fans" on the back may do some good as far as branding. Seems to me that at the very least, some reference to the Panthers would have to be on it to give it more meaning. You got to have "carolina huddle.com" on there. Just my two cents.

That's what I love about this place, the written record is a motherfuger.

Great! Both sides compromised as I expected. I am pleased as punch.

That's a novel approach. It's better than going GTA IV and subjecting offenders to the prison lobby...Hell, that's not a bad idea for GTA.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Thomas, I dont know what you think I meant, but suffice it to say that I have been on the Huddle for a while. I know the consequences, and I can play the game just like anyone else if I so choose. There were some compelling reasons to abolish it in the first place, but now that it's back I will deal with it as I see fit, just like anyone else. Like Montsta basically said, this is Jeremy's site and he does with it as he wills. At the end of the day it's not a big deal.

This should bring us back to the days of wanton mean spiritedness and somewhat qualitative, but also highly nebulous pettiness.

So much for Cotchery being a post June 1 cut, huh?

Jumping the gun is not going to win any races at this point during the off-season.

Personally I think that it's way too early for excitement and guesswork over the depth chart at any position, much less WR, but I suppose that people the Huddle is busting out out of the cabin like an airbag at the moment of impact of post draft anticipation and subjective prognostication. So, for what it's worth, ESPN's Dave Newton's first write-up after the start of OTAs is worth it's grain of salt also. Though admittedly noting that Corey Brown had a decent showing today, Newton was most impressed by Stephen Hill. Newton noted that Hill's over-the-shoulder catch from Derek Anderson that led to a TD after Hill blew by the protection down field received the biggest reaction of the day from Cam Newton and others. David Newton also noted something that Panthers fans, who have perhaps been spoiled by little big man, Steve Smith, may not necessarily want to hear, and that's that size does matter when it comes to determining who will get the nod on game days (especially, all other things being equal). Ricky Proehl sounds excited also, noting that if Hill can show consistency, then he will be in the mix to not only play on the opposite side of Kelvin Benjamin, but also back up Benjamin if that were ever to become necessary. Hill is still humble and knows that he has a long way to go, much like all of the receivers and potential receivers who will make up the Panthers' 2015 receiving corps. But it's nice to see the competition get off to a nice start for two receivers that so many Huddlers believe have the most promise outside of Kelvin Benjamin and Devin Funchess.

Condolences to Markimus Prime's family and friends. Yes, I remember the name well. Thanks for sharing, not only to inform us of his passing (which always seems somewhat surreal, but is just real at the end of the day), but to help us realize that the Huddle is made up of real people behind the display names. RIP, Mark Wyatt.

Huddle Heroes

Do you know how bad we would have sucked over the years without Cam?

And there lies the problem when it comes to evaluating Cam. You can't put him inside a box like most QBs. I am thinking that you have take the good with the bad and the bad with the good, and hope that his experience and better protection will finally give Cam that breakthrough inside the pocket. Cam is too good of a runner and impromptu creator to just throw him away because of a few errant passes here or there. Sometimes he is deadliest when he is on the run, but I think that he needs to be running on his terms. Hopefully the O-line play, along with our RBs that can make positive yards at the point of attack, as well as receivers that can separate and propose a pick-your-poison scenario for opposing defenses, will finally afford the world to truly see Cam's potential be fully manifested on game days.

If you are referring to last season, he hardly played at all (according to our very own PackersFan due to injury which immediately led to the emergence of Davante Adams, of course). If you are referring to the year before, part of the reason why he put up almost 700 yards was due in part to the injury of Cobb. In my opinion, based upon stats and the eye test, skills at special teams and blocking, Boykin is better than Brown (as I believe a lot of receivers are), but if Brown beats out Boykin I will be fine with it. Likewise, I would think that you would be invested in whomever turns out to be better for the team. If you've noticed, I haven't been posting nearly as much because I am ready for the competition to begin. All the going back and forth about Brown, Boykin, Byrd, Bersin or whoever is all going to come out in the wash relatively soon. At the end of the day, I just hope that the best people end up with the job, no matter what their names. All these little penny ante pissing matches are really no count (as my grandfather uses to say) at this point. The day for sarcasm will soon come to an end.

Red herring after red herring. I love how some of you gloss over the YAC, special teams contributions and down field blocking. I can play your game too. If you take the yards per reception plus the YAC, then Boykin is greater than Brown, not to mention that he is superior on special teams, and the vastly superior blocker.