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That #2 TE spot.

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gettlemanjack Newbie

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Gettleman addressed this on his ESPN 730 interview this week. per the summary from Huddlers:

Hosts brings up Tight Ends. Greg is important and wasn't going anywhere. WR heavy draft and free agency. Eludes that having Greg gives Cam familiarity with all the changes at WR. Brandon Williams is really coming on, they feel he will become a vertical threat this year. Some of the young wideouts they feel good enough about to take the approach they did.

host asked: How much comfort did you have with Olsen already on the roster and the signing of Dickson?

Absolutely, Greg's an important staple in the passing attack, he wasn't not going anywhere. It was not only a wr heavy draft, it was a wr heavy free agency. We think Brandon Williams is going to be a vertical threat this year as he is really coming on. We felt good about our approach and filling in through the draft.

Biggest nugget of the whole thing and fieryprophet will love this is......"We expect Brandon Williams to be a vertical threat for us this year"

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panthers.com, Mar 3, 2014

"Given Williams' raw potential combined with his imposing physical stature, he's drawn comparisons to Denver Broncos tight end Julius Thomas. Thomas, a standout basketball player at Portland State who played one season of college football, caught just one pass his first two NFL seasons before exploding for 12 touchdowns catches this past year."

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Either way I'm content with what we have as pass catchers around Cam this offseason. Not to sound like a broken record, but it's that LT spot that is the biggest concern because it is capable of ruining what otherwise could be a great season.

We have to make a move there.

"but Byron Bell is left handed!"

No.

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I think the huddler that wrote that comment may expect more because he held one of the 53 roster spots lat year. That was an accomplishment in itself based on where he came from. I am more inclined to see it from your perspective. What is the probability of us finding the next tight end star as a UDFA? I get the fact that he had a scholarship to Oregon and had the knee issues. At the same time I stay optimistic and hope for that lighting in a bottle...lol

They say he worked his butt off in training camp last year. I am hopeful his work ethic carried over throughout the year when the cameras stopped following him so closely. We will find out soon enough in training camp.

 

I was not aware he had knee issues.  I thought he suffered a brutal neck injury and nobody was really sure if he should play football again.

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There's a reason we brought Dickson in. If Williams was showing improvement we would have let the situation as it was. I don't know why everyone loves him, yes he's athletic but he has shown nothing to warrant that #2 TE spot, heck he didn't play much in College. 

 

Although Dickson was inconsistent last year, he was the #1 guy there but when he was in the #2 role behind Pitta he was pretty solid. I'll be surprised if Williams even gets a spot on the team. 

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