You guys know that Kemo wasn't that great, right?

[Delhommey]

Shooting from the hip here, but move a DE to DT NOW and roll with it

Brayton's a thought for sure. I'd be concerned with his non brilliance at the position in Oakland. It is the Raiders though.

[bleys]

This really could be a blessing in disguise as the majority of Tampa-2 defenses (which is what the Panthers are now running) are built around fast, sleek DT's, not the fat-bodies

they had Hayden slim down, but I'll be surprised if he stays as starter (and if so, I dont have that great a feeling at this particular moment).. That diamond in the rough could be Favorite, but seems that is a shot in the dark just like the rest...

With Kemo out, we now have a little bit of cash, but we'll see what that does...

Here's where the coaches earn their pay.. Can only hope they come through..

[Fiz]

With Kemo out, we now have a little bit of cash,

tell me more marty

[Chris]

That's funny. Yesterday on Twitter, @MoveTheSticks (former NFL scout) said a current pro scout told him, "Carolina losing Kemo was HUGE. They have run/hit LBs not take-on types. He protected them."

I think it funny that you're try to justify losing a great player by saying he wasn't as good as he was. He kept Beason and the others free, and that was his role. It's easier to shed a TE blocking than a lineman, which Kemo occupied 2 of quite well.

Just my 2 cents.

[SmootsDaddy89]

With Kemo out, we now have a little bit of cash, but we'll see what that does...

I don't think so.

[PanthersFanNY]

I thought the salary for players on IR don't count against the cap. I'm probably wrong though.

Edit: I was wrong. My bad.

[hdevonxz]

Fiz is such a dumbass

fixed*

smh I never thought I'd see so many terrible threads made by 1 poster who keeps posting.

[jkeough]

Shooting from the hip here, but move a DE to DT NOW and roll with it

Everette could snake his way thru some fat guards

[magnus]

This really could be a blessing in disguise as the majority of Tampa-2 defenses (which is what the Panthers are now running) are built around fast, sleek DT's, not the fat-bodies

which would be great, if we had another good fast, sleek DT. We really only have one.

You could say it'll give time for Irvin to develop, but he's gonna have to get on it really fast.

[bleys]

I thought the salary for players on IR don't count against the cap. I'm probably wrong though.

Edit: I was wrong. My bad.

That was my understanding.. Pretty sure that's correct...

[magnus]

I thought the salary for players on IR don't count against the cap. I'm probably wrong though.

Edit: I was wrong. My bad.

otherwise, teams would just IR players for cap relief. Players most definitely count on IR.

[sml1950]

That's funny. Yesterday on Twitter, @MoveTheSticks (former NFL scout) said a current pro scout told him, "Carolina losing Kemo was HUGE. They have run/hit LBs not take-on types. He protected them."

I think it funny that you're try to justify losing a great player by saying he wasn't as good as he was. He kept Beason and the others free, and that was his role. It's easier to shed a TE blocking than a lineman, which Kemo occupied 2 of quite well.

Just my 2 cents.

Finally, someone who knows what they're talking about. It wasn't Kemo's job to penetrate into the backfield and make tackles. He took on the Center/Guard and kept them off of Beason. Beason's good, but Kemo made him a Pro bowler.

[Chaos]

be careful...you might hurt yourself staring...especially running w/scissors

Your avatar is fuging awesome...please post often.

[magnus]

good points, but I believe Beason can take on blocks well. Not every LB is protected, or else every DT would be Kemo's size.

The biggest concern to me is that we prepared to have him, and that now we don't. That's never good.

That we can succeed as an even-front one gap defense? Some of our best Ds have been. Plenty of teams in the league excel for it. But we don't have two penetrators, we have one. And a bunch of nothing behind it.

We can still excel against the pass, we can still stunt and run blitz, but it's all cover stuff. Can't line up and take people on.