2014 vs 2015 - Panthers Offensive Line

[Jeremy Igo]

Over the coming weeks I will be comparing Carolina Panthers roster units from today and exactly one year ago. 

First up, the Carolina Panthers Offensive Line.....

 

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Edited June 23, 2015 by Jeremy Igo

[imminent rogaine]

Can't believe Garry is out of football. He wasn't great by any means but I never thought he was that bad. I mean.... Bell has a job, we still have Foucault...

[Jeremy Igo]

Can't believe Garry is out of football. He wasn't great by any means but I never thought he was that bad. I mean.... Bell has a job, we still have Foucault...

Hard to convince a team to save you a roster spot when you haven't played a down in 3 years due to injury. 

[imminent rogaine]

Kugs agrees

[Moorgan]

43.4% seems like solid growth in the O line market. Pointy elbows or not I'd invest again.

[KendrickPanther]

It might be splitting hairs but Byron Bell was not released. He left in free agency. There is a small chance we get a compensatory pick for him depending on his incentives.

[Devoid]

At this time last year they had two question marks fighting for the LT spot with the loser getting the RT with no depth (other than an injury prone kid, that was still worse than Bell and Chandler, and a project). We had Amini and Scott at the guard spots with one failing to live up to his draft spot and the other a back up at best (well both are back ups at best).

Now they have a solid inside with depth and a RT spot with at worse Remmers who played well. The only question mark is the LT spot where even Bell looked almost average when the other four spots were locked down. If Oher can play as well as Bell they should be fine. If he plays better than Bell they could be scary good. This is the first year in a long time that they have options, depth, and continuity.

Starting to get over excited for the season...

[Nick_81]

It certainly looks better on paper.  I feel pretty confident in our interior, and Remmers is definitely an upgrade over Chandler.  I'm telling myself that Oher is an upgrade over Bell.  It seems he should be, but we won't know for sure until game time.  He definitely acts like he's very happy to be back with Matsko.

[Carolina Cajun]

I wouldn't say above average, but I would say this is an average unit, and because of the talent at other positions, that's all we really need.  Last year though was not Average, not even below average, we might have had a historically bad O-line at points last year with only player who was drafted (Kalil).

[Jimmy]

To answer your question, yes I believe they will be above average. Thank goodness

[Mol3m4n]

Our interior line is as good I'd not better than Dallas' offensive line. The question marks are our tackles.

[caatfan]

It certainly looks better on paper.  I feel pretty confident in our interior, and Remmers is definitely an upgrade over Chandler.  I'm telling myself that Oher is an upgrade over Bell.  It seems he should be, but we won't know for sure until game time.  He definitely acts like he's very happy to be back with Matsko.

I think the backup, Martin, is an upgrade over Bell. 

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

Above average? Dare we dream for such lofty achievements?

[DeeJay]

Martin is 100x better then Bell who is in KC now!