Offensive tackle - Great minds think alike?

[tiger7_88]

Elaborate, baby! Can't read your body language.

 

 

Kouandjio was drafted with the 12th pick in the 2nd round (44th overall).  He was long gone by the time we picked in the 2nd (60th overall).

[tiger7_88]

It's that little info that you had that made you so brilliant? Lol. He could have been gotten in a trade.

 

 

Would have taken at least our 3rd round pick to make that big of a jump.

 

So in your football world Kouandjio >>>>>>>>> Ealy + Turner?

 

Thank god for Dave Gettleman.

[Beast_3000]

You're right but what about the other teams in the division? Tempa went Berserk on offense this year even though they have a defensive minded coach. Sorry to say, we're not sweeping them next year. As for the Saints, well, we all remember what happened the first game and they got much better defensively through free agency and offensively through the draft. I'm a pessimist not because we're a bad team but how much better the division got. As for ATL, they'll get Julio back and their OL also is upgraded with Matthews. Sorry to say, we might be back to being the beating drum again in the division. I think this will be the year Gettleman will learn a valuable lesson and pick up some nuances in the dealings of the league.

I feel you. I don't think we will run away with the division because of how New Orleans and Tampa approached this offseason. For some reason I feel like Atlanta will still have problems.

I am also curious how the new quarterback in Tampa will work out. Can he play as good as he did in Chicago? I think it will take some time to build the type of chemistry he had with the Bears.

You make some really good points in your post, but remember we weren't expected to do anything last year. Most analyst expected us to finish last in 2013.

New Orleans and Tampa look good on paper but we will see if those free agent additions make a difference.

[SCP]

People forget we signed a 6'8" Canadian OT yesterday.

[tiger7_88]

This is not how you quantify things like that. If Kouandjio is proven to be a starting OT in the league those other two don't matter.

 

 

Of course it is.

 

Kouandjio's top end will be as a starting RT in this league.  He'll never be effective on the left side in the NFL.

 

So the correct quantification is that you think a starting RT's value is greater than the value of a starting DE combined with a starting RG.

[whatever]

People forget we signed a 6'8" Canadian OT yesterday.

 

 

another UFA Tackle. just what this team needed.

[The Huddler]

another UFA Tackle. just what this team needed.

 

so you suggest the team needs a 3rd teir rookie LT to solve our OT problems this year?

 

even good first round picks struggle.

 

Dave could be very well right saying that the guys on the board with the 2nd round pick couldnt beat out Bell/ Chandler

[tiger7_88]

All of a sudden he's RT when before the draft throughout many mocks he was projected to us at 28 as a LT? So, you just decided he can only play RT for the sake of your argument? I can see this debate going somewhere.

 

 

No, I'm projecting him as an RT because that's what he'll be.  You can think a tackle with bad knees will be a starting LT in the NFL if you wish.

[whatever]

so you suggest the team needs a 3rd teir rookie LT to solve our OT problems this year?

 

even good first round picks struggle.

 

Dave could be very well right saying that the guys on the board with the 2nd round pick couldnt beat out Bell/ Chandler

 

 

Is it supposed to be some kind of stretch of the imagination that a 2nd or 3rd round Tackle might be better than Byron Bell or any of the other UFA Tackles on the roster?

 

Counting the draft that Cam was in, the Panthers have drafted one OT(Lee Ziemba in the 7th round...and he's on the Colts roster now). At what point is protecting Cam supposed to be a priority? I don't know how anyone could watch Byron Bell play RT for the last 3 years and say "that['s the guy that i want protecting Cam's blindside".

 

There's 64 starting Tackles in the NFL. Byron Bell would be lucky to crack the top 80. imo, he's,at best, a solid backup.

[Chief Keek]

But m-m-muh OT.

[pantherclaw]

plan is to pretend there is no problem, but hope that someone falls into our lap and if they dont, be grateful that we have a supermobile QB build like a house and is great under pressure and hope that the scrubs we "believe" in don't get him killed.

sounds like you've been working on that one awhilr.

[The Huddler]

plan is to pretend there is no problem, but hope that someone falls into our lap and if they dont, be grateful that we have a supermobile QB build like a house and is great under pressure and hope that the scrubs we "believe" in don't get him killed.

You think reaching for an OT in the 2nd is the answer to that problem?

A 3rd tier rookie OT is better then 2 veterans competing?

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Our back-up tackle's aren't exactly all-star beaters either.

It wouldn't have hurt to draft an OT for depth, you since we drafted a DE for depth in the second round.

[Kakarot]

LOL, so true. All they think about is Cam Cam Cam. Lets see what happens when we get a left tackle, I wonder what will make Cam leave.

You seem upset people are talking about Cam.  He is our QB, and probably the most popular player on the team.  He's going to be the one talked about the most.