Mr. Scot

On his own, probably not. But Davis might have a chance at something Smith probably won't. An advocate. A fair number of guys get into the Hall of Fame because someone - usually a Hall of Fame voter and/or a member of the media - champions their cause and campaigns really hard for their entry. Now, I could see someone doing that for Thomas Davis. A media guy campaigning for Smith, though? Not so likely

Barring some major developments, Smitty is gonna have a hard time getting into the Hall of Fame at all, much less on the first ballot. I agree that - again, barring something unforeseen and assuming he continues to play like he does now - Luke Kuechly will probably be the first guy who was drafted here and played out his entire career here to go into the Hall of Fame as a Panther. Mind you, I could see someone making a push for Thomas Davis, but it might be an uphill battle. Heck, even Sam Mills isn't getting much push.

One thing I feel is certain... Williams and Norwell playing next to each other would give us the most pissed off left side in the NFL.

Not so hot on the reading comprehension, I see. You might wanna try reading that post again, kid. To answer: You tell me, and no, I wasn't expecting big things from Martin. He was a 'low risk' signing.

Maybe we could nickname him "my other brother".

The reality that you know less about football than the 8th graders I coached this Spring? I'm actually pretty comfortable with that.

We should go after him now! No one else will so he's guaranteed to sign with us!

To be fair, exceptions have been made to that rule before. (there was that one guy...)

They don't appreciate it now. Once he starts hitting guys that are wearing other uniforms, they'll appreciate it very much.

I expect you'll be kicked off this board before Bersin is kicked off this team.

Logical.

There's a whole forum dedicated to that.

He has to meet a certain standard... Okay... Maybe.

Over the years, I've seen lots of guys who looked bad early have fine seasons. I've also seen plenty of guys look great in camp and then tank when the season started. Not ready to worry just yet.

Fixed.

While I'll grant that his position on the roster is still listed as 'linebacker', would it not be fair to say then given the double duty he's going to be pulling, Thompson could be described as doing a 'position switch' also?

If they were good ones, they wouldn't be.

Why did you remind me of that?

We should have paid big money to keep Greg Hardy, and then signed Junior Galette too!!!

From what I've seen, he's best suited to the inside. And I'm glad he's there. The interior trenches are a nasty place, and success there requires nasty people.

They always do, especially at some positions.

No argument from me. And if they also happen to be big, ugly, angry sourpusses, I'm fine with that.

When the practice is no pads and the defense is limited, yes you do.

Fantastic technique. You can tell he's been well coached.