Marques Colston, Jake Long, General Free Agency Questions

[UpstatePanther]

1) i hear the Saints might cut Marques Colston as a cap casualty. what would he be worth and would it be too much for Carolina? He has always burned the Panthers, might be nice to have him burn someone else FOR the Panthers for a change. 

 

2) i also hear that Jake Long might be cut. is he out of Carolina's reach? is he worth pursuing if not?

 

3) last point, does anyone know where i can get offensive line statistics, particularly for individual o-linemen (sacks, qb hits/hurries, etc)? i dont really have the money to pay PFF for their premium stats, so i thought i might ask the Huddle for help. haha.

[WOW!!]

C olston is worth nothing here.. he is a older version of KB... He is slow and we need speed.. waste of money. .

Long is injury prone now and still thinks he's worth a good amount of money. . I wouldn't waste the money it will cost to bring him here..

So No to both..

[PhillyB]

IMO colston was a good receiver, but also a product of a very good system. i'm not sure he'll translate those performances anywhere else, especially since he's fallen off recently anyway.

[CarolinaNCSU]

The more OTs and WRs on the market the better, but I don't see either being an option unless the price is low. 

[mc52beast]

C olston is worth nothing here.. he is a older version of KB... He is slow and we need speed.. waste of money. .

Long is injury prone now and still thinks he's worth a good amount of money. . I wouldn't waste the money it will cost to bring him here..

So No to both..

dude is slow yet her always finds a way to burn our secondary...hmm

[WOW!!]

dude is slow yet her always finds a way to burn our secondary...hmm

Not when we added speed and youth.. And let's also remember playing with Graham helps..

[PantherFanOne]

Seems like Gettleman desires young players that are less expensive,so i am saying no to Colston and Long.

[UpstatePanther]

Seems like Gettleman desires young players that are less expensive,so i am saying no to Colston and Long.

 

we also havent seen Gettleman in his true form with respect to free agency. he's had to go bargain bin shopping for old, nearly-used-up players. with more cash this year to work with (perhaps as much as 30M), he might go for an older, but more valuable free agent who has the right kind of talent and enough left in the tank to last us a few years. 

[t96]

Long could be a short-term option if the price is right. No chance on Colston.

[O-Ther]

Colston would take Cotchery's spot. Only room for 1 older big and slow WR on the roster with the draft class so deep at WR. Since that means cutting Cotchery and adding dead money to our cap, I don't see it.

[WOW!!]

we also havent seen Gettleman in his true form with respect to free agency. he's had to go bargain bin shopping for old, nearly-used-up players. with more cash this year to work with (perhaps as much as 30M), he might go for an older, but more valuable free agent who has the right kind of talent and enough left in the tank to last us a few years.

Why would he do this? What has shown you or what has Gettlemen said that he prefers older slower players past their prime..

His best FA class was younger players trying to prove themselves. .. his worst FA class was older players hoping something was left in the tank... Now he has money to spend you think he going to pay older players hoping they have something left in the tank..

[O-Ther]

Jake Long might be worth renting for a year or 2. He's finished the past 2 years on IR from tearing the same ACL, so there's no chance of a long term deal. He'll just be holding down the fort until a drafted rookie is ready.

[UpstatePanther]

Why would he do this? What has shown you or what has Gettlemen said that he prefers older slower players past their prime..

 

nothing. just like nothing has shown me that he will continue to bargain shop now that he has more money. truthfully, we dont know what Gettleman is going to do. He has stated that he likes building through the draft, and that the Panthers arent restricted to the lowest of low-value free agents anymore. does that mean he wont sign someone who is past their prime but has alot to offer still and would immediately improve our roster, despite their age? we dont have any way of knowing what he'll do with a player like that.

[WOW!!]

nothing. just like nothing has shown me that he will continue to bargain shop now that he has more money. truthfully, we dont know what Gettleman is going to do. He has stated that he likes building through the draft, and that the Panthers arent restricted to the lowest of low-value free agents anymore. does that mean he wont sign someone who is past their prime but has alot to offer still and would immediately improve our roster, despite their age? we dont have any way of knowing what he'll do with a player like that.

C olston can't offer what we need.. Speed, Speed ,

SPeed.. He doesn't play special teams so he has no value to this team.. It's a waste of money when you can get younger players in FA for the same price and you can draft from another good WR class..

Why waste money we have little of in a WR who is the same as KB.. And offers us nothing on special teams or in the stretching the field category. .

To be honest right now your looking at the Name not realizing the player isn't what he was anymore. .