Kony Ealy Development

[rmoneyg35]

Hopefully in the offseason Ealy will hit the gym and gain some weight and get stronger. I believe he has improved quiet a bit since week one which is great. We have a good staff and good veteran linemen for him to learn from he just has to have the will power and want to improve. As for Hardy, I don't see us just letting him walk. We will either resign him and trade him or resign him and make some cuts. Worst case scenario is we franchise him so we don't loose him. When you get a player as good as Hardy you don't let that kid of talent walk.

[Jeremy Igo]

Spoke with Kony after the game on Sunday. You can hear his take on his season improvement on the latest Huddle Podcast

[Chief Keek]

#Kony2014

[davos]

I understand Greg had like 1 1/2 monster seasons but people need to get over the guy already.  I don't even consider him a Panther anymore.  

 

 

The important thing is at the beginning of the year (minus Hardy) and before Kony was getting substantial time, our best pass rusher was a 4-3 Speed Rushing LE in Addison.  CJ has this trend of taking a few games to rev up and we weren't generating any push from the edge once Hardy left.  That had a domino effect on the entire defensive scheme and how we performed as a unit.  CJ-Horton/Addison was just not effective.    

 

With Ealy developing at the rate he has, it has been huge.  We don't have to rely on West Horton which is quite awesome.

 

Going into next year, I'd still like to add another balanced edge rusher to replace Horton/Alexander but CJ/Kony while rotating in Addison has simply been damn effective.      

 

 

 

[Omega Atrocity]

A fun note. His sack beating Joe Thomas was only the second sack given up by Thomas all season.

[MV%doe]

Thomas had his eyes pointed towards the DT or expecting a stunt or looking to double KK. It was odd, could have been a mistake by a TE. Anyways, early took the gift and made a huge play.

[Cyberjag]

Its all pure speculation. I dont know why its so sure fire hes gone if hes found not guilty

 

I think he's going to be found innocent, and if the price is right he will be back in Carolina next year.  Can you imagine him in a rotation that includes Alexander, Johnson, and Ealy?

[KendrickPanther]

I think he's going to be found innocent, and if the price is right he will be back in Carolina next year.  Can you imagine him in a rotation that includes Alexander, Johnson, and Ealy?

 

I don't think you understand how easy it is to get a guilty verdict. This isn't an OJ trial.

[The Huddler]

I think he's going to be found innocent, and if the price is right he will be back in Carolina next year. Can you imagine him in a rotation that includes Alexander, Johnson, and Ealy?

pretty sick!!

[firefox1234]

I don't think you understand how easy it is to get a guilty verdict. This isn't an OJ trial.

What happened to innocent till proven guilty?

[Cyberjag]

I don't think you understand how easy it is to get a guilty verdict. This isn't an OJ trial.

 

It's a jury trial, and the prosecution's witness is a coked up girl who has behaved quite erratically in the aftermath of the incident.  Given the presumption of innocence, and the likely quality of Hardy's legal team, I'm thinking it will be really hard for them to get a guilty verdict here.  If it was a slam-dunk, then Hardy would have settled out in September.

[KendrickPanther]

It's a jury trial, and the prosecution's witness is a coked up girl who has behaved quite erratically in the aftermath of the incident.  Given the presumption of innocence, and the likely quality of Hardy's legal team, I'm thinking it will be really hard for them to get a guilty verdict here.  If it was a slam-dunk, then Hardy would have settled out in September.

 

All they have to do is prove he touched. A push, a slap, a grab. It's all misdemeanor assault. They don't have to prove he violently beat her.

[Killa Cam 69]

Best draft class in a long time it's looking like so far .. Gettle magic

[CPantherKing]

So a DE gets a sack and he is a future stud?

 

I can give you a huge list of DEs who have gotten a sack in a game. Most of which you probably would have never heard of in the NFL.

 

When Ealy starts factoring into more than a handful of plays a game, then I will entertain this topic.

 

As long as Ealy's stat line consists of  1 sack, or 1 tackle, or less than 3 assists, then he is still a project or a back-up. When his stat line consists of 1 sack, 1 tackle, and 3 assists consistently, then I will take notice. He is far from a stud or a future Greg Hardy. You want players who are always around the ball and Ealy gets beat and pushed out of the play way too often.