Jason Avant Cut

[OriginalPantherDan]

Inching towards Newton getting the Hell Out Of Carolina with every stupid move by Management!

Cam, singing to himself, "In my mind, I'm gone from Carolina..."

[davos]

I still don't get why we didn't keep King over Bersin.  

[ThinkAboutIt]

And for those saying this was Rivera... Lol...

This has gettleman's fingerprints all over it.

fug Rivera and Gettleman.

[FootballMaestro]

Why the consternation over Avant? He was a bum, still is. Means Philly sees the field more. I'm OK with that.

 

Because it was a petty move, only loser organizations do, when the Panthers have so many other problems; especially in their coaching staff.

[AceBoogie]

I dont understand how this means the coaching staff wont be questioned, if they are losing the locker room

And cutting team guys like avant then it obviously shows leadership problems. Gettleman staying silent through all of this is what makes this hard to read.

Coaches don't cut players. GMs do. cutting avant after questioning the coaching staff is a big sign of support to the staff.

[Proudiddy]

Fwiw, I think its a good move. Even if the season is indeed over, we can find out what we have in PB for next year. If he turns out to be a solid NFL receiver, then we don't need to spend much on the receiver group next year. The next coaching staff will have some game film on him at least.

Philly is not meant to be a #2... He's a good player, but he's not built to line up on the outside every play, imo. We are going to have to address the entire WR corps again this offseason anyway outside of Kb and Philly.

[OriginalPantherDan]

Because it was a petty move, only loser organizations do, when the Panthers have so many other problems; especially in their coaching staff.

I agree it was petty, no doubt. But he wasn't a key piece of the puzzle anyway.

[TheRed]

I still don't get why we didn't keep King over Bersin.  

 

Bersin, unlike King, has actually logged at least one NFL reception so far in his career. King is still sitting on Tampa Bay's practice squad.

[Mol3m4n]

Philly is not meant to be a #2... He's a good player, but he's not built to line up on the outside every play, imo. We are going to have to address the entire WR corps again this offseason anyway outside of Kb and Philly.

Neither was Steve Smith, but how did that work out?

[ickmule]

Wow what a dumpster fire this organization is.

[hepcat]

It wasn't Gettleman's clock management that he criticized.

 

I will never forget that game against the Saints in 2011 when Rivera called a timeout with the clock running down at the end of the half allowing the Saints to kick a field goal because the special teams unit "wasn't lined up right and might have been penalized".  

[FootballMaestro]

I agree it was petty, no doubt. But he wasn't a key piece of the puzzle anyway.

 

Agree.

 

Problem is: What message does that send to the locker room.

 

That's the issue.

 

Do they expect the team to perform better now, and be happier after this???

 

[Davidson Deac II]

Philly is not meant to be a #2... He's a good player, but he's not built to line up on the outside every play, imo. We are going to have to address the entire WR corps again this offseason anyway outside of Kb and Philly.

 

I am not so sure that he can't be a 2, or 1a if you will.  But at this point, he would not our number 2, Cotchery would.     However,  if Brown and Benjamin prove to be good receivers, receiver drops down on the needs list.  It doesn't disappear from the list, just moves down a bit.  And thats a good thing.   

[RoaringRiot]

Avant had not done anything on the field. This doesn't feel like that big of a deal to me.