Cotchery's Situation

[KendrickPanther]

Let's settle it in Camp. What happens when two of these guys go on IR in pre season?

[Byrdman4real]

Let's settle it in Camp. What happens when two of these guys go on IR in pre season?

Exactly

[Mr. Scot]

He's safe Rivera values veterans.

 

Rivera doesn't have final say on personnel decisions.

 

He has input, but when it comes to cuts, Gettleman owns the final decision.

 

[micnificent28]

Cotchery no longer has a role outside of being the wise old sage. could free up another spot now that i think this virtually end the Joe Webb era. He basically was around for insurance at wr and qb. With cam healthy and a deeper wr core why keep him around?

[mattnasty919]

1.KB

2.Funchess

3.Ginn(brown & hill supplement)

4.Cotchery

5.Brown

6.Hill

I think cotchery sticks out another year simply for veteran presence for our young WRs. I see boykin and bersin as camp bodies, and I hold faith that Proehl could coach something into Hill after an off season plus of studying the playbook. Hopefully we can find a spot on the PS for Byrd.

[rayzor]

he won't be cut. he'll be kept around for the same reason that harper will be kept around. leadership in the lockerroom. i will say that peanut likely brings more to the table than harper as far as mentoring, but the truth is we are awfully young in that secondary so they might keep harper around for at least another year.

 

cotchery is pretty much the guy in that meeting room for the WRs. he may be the weak link as far as production is concerned, but the fact that he brings needed leadership to a very young WR corps will keep him on the roster.

 

the WR corps heading into the season will likely be KB/funchess/ginn/cotchery/brown/boykin. i don't see anyone passing those guys up and i don't see us going more than 6 WRs.

[JawnyBlaze]

Bersin should go before Cotchery.

 

KB, Funchess, Brown, Ginn, Cotchery, Boykin is the corps I expect, with Hill as the darkhorse over Boykin.

[pantherj]

Cotchery is a lousy WR, so the sooner he's off the team the better. I've seen him quit on routes, drop critical passes that hit him right in the hands, and be covered like glue by a defensive end all the way down the field, then quit at the end of that route with the DE still on his hip. Who wants a quitter I can outrun on this team? No thanks, and we finally have enough decent WRs to have the luxury of dumping dead weight. I couldn't care less if he's wise. Let Ricky spread the wisdom.

[pantherclaw]

Cotchery isn't going anywhere according to the men in charge.

[rayzor]

Bersin should go before Cotchery.

 

KB, Funchess, Brown, Ginn, Cotchery, Boykin is the corps I expect, with Hill as the darkhorse over Boykin.

 

hill will only stay if he either

1) lights it up (which i don't see happening) or

2) becomes a special teams ace (which i also don't see happening).

 

boykin gets a spot over hill because of special teams. when you get to that deep in the corps, you better offer something more than potential. you've got to be either a solid and needed vet presence or a help on special teams. hill isn't either of those.

[hepcat]

Don't count on Funchess starting right away.  Benjamin was the #1 receiver by default last year.  Funchess doesn't have to get rushed on the field - Panthers have other options.  But all depends how he looks in training camp.  Definitely a possibility Cotchery starts the year at #2 and they work Funchess in as the year progresses.

[Panthers8969]

Cut Bersin for fugs sake

[Panthers8969]

Don't count on Funchess starting right away. Benjamin was the #1 receiver by default last year. Funchess doesn't have to get rushed on the field - Panthers have other options. But all depends how he looks in training camp. Definitely a possibility Cotchery starts the year at #2 and they work Funchess in as the year progresses.

Also don't count on waking up in ur own home. Bet u $100 he starts

[JawnyBlaze]

hill will only stay if he either

1) lights it up (which i don't see happening) or

2) becomes a special teams ace (which i also don't see happening).

 

boykin gets a spot over hill because of special teams. when you get to that deep in the corps, you better offer something more than potential. you've got to be either a solid and needed vet presence or a help on special teams. hill isn't either of those.

 

Oh yea I agree.  I just said he's the dark horse because there's always the chance the light finally turns on for Hill, no matter how remote that chance is.