Gettleman: Oher can be answer at left tackle

[London Loves Luke]

I'm not talking about his scouting ability, he does that well and I give him credit for it. When I speak of his history in New York and trends here, I'm speaking to his philosophy. More specifically, I'm speaking to his philosophy on OL as a whole.

As I've said, I don't think he values it as much as he should, and in light of the success (or lack thereof) that we've had with his UDFAs and basement level FAs as a whole, it looks as if it's a significant flaw in his approach.

 

If that's his philosophy, then that's his philosophy. Plenty of teams win without having all-pro tackles that take up a lot of cap. Look at Seattle; Britt, Sweazy and Okung are nothing to write home about, but they have a mobile QB who can make up for this area of weakness and allows them to prioritise cap in other areas of their team. 

 

You can not afford to pay all pro talent throughout your team, it just doesn't happen. We aren't Indy or the Broncos. We are modeled on Seattle and I'm more than happy with that approach. 

[Fox007]

Well if oher sucks at the very least there will be funny blind side jokes

 

Yea but we'll also have people calling for his head for getting Cam killed.

[TN05]

At this point, I'm going to trust Gettleman. Oher wasn't awful in Baltimore his first few years, and we have his old line coach. Maybe our other guys will pick up the slack.

[Matthias]

If there's one thing following the NFL should've taught all of us, it's that you can't believe anything that comes out of the mouth of a GM or coach, especially this time of year.

 

What's he supposed to say?  "Yeah, we know this guy sucks ass, but we signed him anyway because we're desperate."  IMO, they think Oher CAN be the answer at LT and that's why they signed him.  Notice the word choice:  "CAN".  Big difference between can and "IS".  If the right guy is there at #25 or in the 2nd round or in the 3rd round, I have no doubt we'll pull the trigger.

 

He could have simply said Oher could compete for the LT position, and that they are still looking things over.  Last year they were saying some of the same things with Bell.  Ultimately we went in with Bell and that was a disaster.  In my eyes it's like history is starting to repeat itself.

 

Besides that, I wanted to fill a need in free agency, so we could do things like going BPA in the draft if the guys at "need" spots didn't fit our bill when it is our turn to pick.  As it is now, we are going to have a lot of needs heading into the draft.  I think that is the wrong way to go about things. 

[Paa Langfart]

I can't say I'm not nervous about Oher at LT, but I'm confident in Gettleman's decisions. 

 

 

I would be more confident in this decision if Chandler and Bell weren't the projected answers last off season.

[LinvilleGorge]

Besides that, I wanted to fill a need in free agency, so we could do things like going BPA in the draft if the guys at "need" spots didn't fit our bill when it is our turn to pick.  As it is now, we are going to have a lot of needs heading into the draft.  I think that is the wrong way to go about things. 

 

Given who was available in FA and our budget, I think we did about the best we could "filling" that need via FA. 

 

I'd still be giving Jake Long's agent a call to see if he's healthy and wants to give it another go.

[Yaboychris28]

C'mon guys. We experienced Bell at LT for an entire reason. It really can't be any worse. Lol

[heel31ok]

http://www.panthers.com/news/article-2/Panthers-keeping-key-personnel/9bc5a390-f8d4-42df-bcd6-4543c661c80d

 

" the oline is fine."

[heel31ok]

C'mon guys. We experienced Bell at LT for an entire reason. It really can't be any worse. Lol

 

the point is he thought Bell would be an answer also.

[Cary Kollins]

Well that settles it Gettleman really does hate Cam and is sabatagging him!

[heel31ok]

If there's one thing following the NFL should've taught all of us, it's that you can't believe anything that comes out of the mouth of a GM or coach, especially this time of year.

 

What's he supposed to say?  "Yeah, we know this guy sucks ass, but we signed him anyway because we're desperate."  IMO, they think Oher CAN be the answer at LT and that's why they signed him.  Notice the word choice:  "CAN".  Big difference between can and "IS".  If the right guy is there at #25 or in the 2nd round or in the 3rd round, I have no doubt we'll pull the trigger.

 

so we trust them because they are lying?

 

[KendrickPanther]

I trust Dave. We only gave Oher a 2yr deal which tells me there is a strong chance we draft a tackle.

[SCP]

We won't know until we know. At least he is over his Amini/Bell/Chandler trial phase.

[Ace_Aladdin]

Gettleman really doesn't wanna use a first round pick on a OL

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If your statement is true about Getts, then it's kind of contradictory of him believing that you can never have enough pass rushers and investing top talent on DL then dismissing the fact that you need top talent on your side of OL to stop all pass rushers and DT from opposing defense , not mediocre talent.