Khyber53

I agree 100%. These are heart and soul guys, the kind who give it all and contribute throughout. They aren't stars, but they aren't JAGs either. Lunchpail guys, the kind that get you through the hard winter games leading to the playoffs.

Give it a day or two. If there's a history of this, there will be more people chirping up with their experiences. Some may not be very credible, but the old saying of where there's smoke, there's fire generally bears out. It's a messy thing, either way. Still, the NFL made similar problems with Peyton Manning and Brett Favre just go away.

Yeah, I saw the injury history and tried to adjust for it. On a per game basis, though, well I guess after being a Panthers fan since opening day I expected more from a linebacker. We've kind of been spoiled here over the years. I hope that we don't lose that as part of our identity.

He's a Panther now, so I'm cheering for his success, but... Looking over his career stats, I'm seeing half the time he's a starter when he's in games, half the time he's on the bench. Not many sacks, forced fumbles, INTs or even actual tackles. Played much of his time apparently in a 3-4 defense. Exactly why did we pick him up? Anything should be an improvement over Whitehead, but can someone point out to me where's the gleam here?

Yeah, like I said in my first post on the matter.

Not everyone in the field.

We won't have half the people we did last year. Probably trade away the best ones, can't afford the others and our first draft picks will begin in the third rounds. If David Tepper does this he is the biggest rube that has ever sat down at the NFL Owners Association poker table.

The curse of Twitter: a constant stream of the same old tweets being posted and reposted. It's the electronic version of a four year old telling you the same story over and over again.

You mean TV guys. Newspaper guys are less tied to an hourly tweet schedule.

Johnn McClain is the first guy I've seen comment on the trades that I can trust. Sure hope Watson is headed to Seattle.

Had to look up Rachel Phelps reference... you're good Man, good! And it fits perfect!

So, let me get this straight. A dude working in the organization of another team that is interested in QBs says Carolina is locked on Watson? Not a guy from Carolina's organization. Not a guy from Houston's management team. Not Watson's agent's barber's third cousin. And y'all are going apesh!t over this? Means nothing. And that's a good thing. If Tepper gets his trade and gives away three first round draft picks and three of our star players... Let's just say if you hated Jerry Richardson, you are really really really going to end up hating Tepper.

Always liked the guy, cool guy with a lot of potential. On the field, well, honestly, there wasn't a lot to cheer about when Rivera was coach and since Rhule took over we haven't used him that much or got much out of him. I just don't think our current OC uses FBs or even TEs very much. Hate to see him go to New Orleans, but what can you do?

It takes a lock of the commissioner's hair, a live chicken, two swamp toads, a gris gris bag and the most powerful Voodoun Mamba in the parish each year to keep the Saints cap rolling. To defeat this, it's going to take an old priest, a young priest...

Not saying he's bad, but that situation happens to a lot of players. Good position grouping, right schemes... sometimes even bad opponents (and that's something you have to watch for in "stars" from divisions like the current NFC East).

Good reason to draft your tackles instead of picking up FA ones. If you blow it and the guy straight up can't play, it's a whole lot cheaper to have him on a rookie deal than to be stuck paying OT full retail prices for multiple years. And if you blow it in the draft, just move the tackle over to the right side and pick again. Chances are you're going to have a high draft pick the next year, too if the guy was bad enough.

Kano back in the day... like 1992. Whew, that franchise had legs.

Honestly, not sure how much money he is worth. Kind of middle of the road performer. Noted, that's better than what we've fielded, but not sure he's second day of FA quality.

About 1/5th of the top 25 free agents out there are wide receivers. The position is often overpriced and this year is salary cap strap land with some really great WRs available in the draft. It might be a few days before the WR market gets serious.

Sadly, I thought that would be the case. Wow, was I wrong. It probably kept him on the team longer, though, in an effort to keep Kalil the Greater.

Well, he was our most effective TE last year. We'll just leave that for you to make your own decisions as to what that means.

Man, I still hate to see Kerr go. I really liked the dude, both on the field and for his locker room presence. Guy seemed to be one of those fellows who gets it and has a good time doing the work. Hope he catches on somewhere. And I'll always crack up thinking about that slow, slow, slow saunter onto the field while the other team's play clock ran down. He made the most of that moment! It may have been the high point of our year!

Thanks, man.

They're drafting a QB. All of these pick-ups should help Cam's game, but they are really meant for someone else. Cam never played Belichick's style of football and I don't see either of them being able to change at this time. Cam's contract doesn't even match up with the voodoo contract that Taysom Hill got in New Orleans. What the Patriots have picked up is targets for a pocket passer QB, while letting go some old legs on the offensive line. At least that's my take on it.

And that's the mantra that keeps the wheel cycling through.