LinvilleGorge

I've just seen enough highly touted prospects who pretty much everyone was high on end up busting to assume anything.

And you would've probably said the same thing about a lot of highly drafted WRs who busted.

Just stop, man. All the college stats don't matter. Plenty of guys who put up big numbers in college flop in the NFL and you and I both know that there are 1st round and top 10 busts every year. While we definitely hope T-Mac isn't one and we hope he proves to be a great NFL WR, you can't assume poo about a rookie who hasn't played a down of NFL football yet.

That's certainly what we hope but c'mon... stating it as fact when he's never played a down of NFL football?

Yeah, I'm not trying to rain on any parades but I'm not gonna let my hopes get too high either.

We need a lot of of new pieces and rookies to work out. Yeah, there's potential there by it seems like some Panthers fans are acting like we've arrived and we definitely have to prove that on the field. Most of the teams on our schedule are probably looking at the game against us as a game they should win. That's just gonna be the reality until we prove otherwise.

We have a lot of issues. We're just hoping that we may have some of them fixed. We still got a see it play out on the field first.

We definitely don't. I'm just saying that we didn't when we were concentrating tons of resources into RBs either.

We were? We had two winning seasons out of DeAngelo's eight with the team.

Yep. It's the right move IMO. We have more depth at IOL and BC's skill set plays better at OT despite his measurables saying IOL.

That's what I would've preferred but I doubt he was chomping at the bit to sign a multi-year relatively low level contract.

I get that his measurables day IOL but his playing style and skill set say OT. I'd use him as a backup swing tackle.

Bene got scapegoated for that game. Literally. I think we cut him like a day or two after that game. He looked really good as a rookie but then had an injury that I can't recall exactly what it was and was just never the same after that.

Yeah, yanking the tag on Norman when he did after free agency was basically over caused him to go into the draft absolutely desperate and forced to just spam picks at CB simply to field a secondary. The end result was predictable. Man, I'll never forget Julio just streaking down the field wide ass open over and over and over again in that game. I honestly think he could've gone for 500 yards of the game had been competitive enough to justify them continuing to throw.

Gamble is the best CB we ever had. Norman's 2015 season was the best single season by a DB we've ever had but overall Gamble's career here > J-No's career here.

He shouldn't have a been a replacement, but a compliment. Norman was the only NFL caliber CB we had and Gettleman let him walk to win a dick measuring contest.

I'll always despise Dave Gettleman for letting his ego get in the way of smart football business on that one. That fiasco absolutely sucked the air out of that locker room and pretty much tanked that season before it started.

The existence of this post determined that was a lie. LOL

What I'm specifically saying about KB is outside of the obvious top three he's the only other WR we've ever had who showed definite potential that he could be a long-term high level starter. Carrier was basically a Proehl/Thielen type. Solid player but we only got him in his twilight years.

Fitz had a good day today. Not that worried about kicker to be honest. We have a rookie with upside and we have a vet with a lot of NFL experience. We'll be alright there. I'm gonna be paying a lot more attention to the young pass catchers, pass rushers, and Bryce. Those three areas will determine how good we can be.

Our franchise #6 all-time receiver is a RB who suited up in 58 games over the course of 5 seasons. LOL There's two TEs and a RB in that top 6.

Yeah, Smitty/Moose/Proehl is honestly the only legit high level WR corps we've ever fielded. Smitty is by far and away our GOAT WR, Moose is by far and away the #2, DJ Moore is easily the #3 and from there it just falls off a cliff. KB is the only other guy we've ever had who showed promise that he might be a long-term high level starter.

Gimme some of this and I'll become a full throated believer