Stephen Hill signs to Panthers Practice Squad

[KillerKat]

So if Smith was still on the team and they didn't have anyone else to be PR but him or philly, you would want Smith to to the PR?

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Smith would be nowhere as good as he used to be. Cason would still be our best choice.

[Matthias]

Crazy Butler ended starting and playing well for a couple playoff teams in Indy

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Wasn't worth the excitement he received from us, and neither is Hill.

[Ruff]

Love the move. Long term solution. Let Ricky work with him all year, maybe get a game or two out of him depending where we are at standings/injury wise.

[Peppers90 NC]

Wasn't worth the excitement he received from us, and neither is Hill.

Not everyone is excited, obviously.

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[ed bell]

 

And because he is better than Bersin who will never ever see the fuging field. 

No way better than a two year member of the organization that made the 53.

 

He'll get his shot now...he's eligible to be on the roster.

 

Cool thread link

[Pox 08]

Now.....switch out Philly with Hill.

[Cj72]

I wonder if Viking fans asked that about Chris Carter

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That's a little different. CC was cut for pretty much being an addict.

[La Pantera]

This has got to be the longest thread about a practice squad player I've ever seen.

[Jacob]

Hope he turns into a fuging baller.

[top dawg]

I think that it's lunacy to argue over Hill and Bersin.  I don't think that any of you know more about personnel or WRs than G-man or Proehl.  

 

Best case scenario: Hill and Bersin are our number 2 and number 3 WRs next year.  Worst case, their both gone if they can't cut the mustard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ruff]

I think that it's lunacy to argue over Hill and Bersin. I don't think that any of you know more about personnel or WRs than G-man or Proehl.

Best case scenario: Hill and Bersin are our number 1 and number 2 WRs next year. Worst case, their both gone if they can't cut the mustard.

Benjamin?

[King Schhit]

Based on the comments of some of the players after Chud's departure (Cam being one of them), I don't think there's a snowball's chance in hell of Chud returning even if Shula did go. With as highly thought of as Dorsey and Proehl are within the organization, I think the new OC would come from within the organization.

I wouldn't put money on it but for some reason I think Proehl would be a creative-but not overly creative OC. Between his "Greatest show on turf" experiences & his "Damn OC Shula sucks but his offense still helped us to 12-4" experience, I think it would be interesting to see approach.

[King Schhit]

I wouldn't put money on it but for some reason I think Proehl would be a creative-but not overly creative OC. Between his "Greatest show on turf" experiences & his "Damn OC Shula sucks but his offense still helped us to 12-4" experience, I think it would be interesting to see approach.

His approach*

[frash.exe]

I think that it's lunacy to argue over Hill and Bersin. I don't think that any of you know more about personnel or WRs than G-man or Proehl.

Best case scenario: Hill and Bersin are our number 1 and number 2 WRs next year. Worst case, their both gone if they can't cut the mustard.

Bersin's stock is only so high now because everybody on here has done nothing but read training camp tweets endlessly since the season began and have lost perspective, which always happens in august. Smart money is that he, like most of the TC heroes on any team, will most likely creep into obscurity silently by month's end.

The main reason we brought Hill onboard is because of his measurables, and also because he didn't get a fair shot on the Jets. I mean it's mainly the measurables, but I can't emphasize this enough: he was a WR on the Jets. Santonio Holmes couldn't even get 500 receiving yards last year.

But back to the measurables. In the press conference the night we drafted Benjamin, DG was quoted as saying he breaks players down by what you can and can't teach. You can't teach the combination of size and speed Hill has, but you can teach route running and catching. I'm not saying if DG was GM in the 2012 draft that we would've picked him as early as the 2nd round. But now it's up to Hill to prove he is coachable and can produce. He will have to work his way up the system and if he pans out, the Panthers organization might as well have gotten the steal of any personnel transaction that has taken place this year.