So we cut Marlon Favorite and kept Hilee Taylor?

[CatMan72]

I'm still scratching my head as to why we cut Marlon Favorite and kept Hilee Taylor?

I was sure the drafting of both Charles Johnson and Everette Brown and signing of Brayton were all signals that the Hilee Taylor experiment was over... but I guess not. I'm not saying Taylor is no good - but with our need at DT compared to our lack of need at DT - and Favorite flashing some ability, I'm suprised we made this move....

[DaCityKats]

me 2....i thought marlon had a lot of upside but it is what, it is.

[hdevonxz]

switching to the 3-4!!!!!

[Troy17289TD]

He might still have upside, on the practice squad...we'll just have to see.

[ncbobcat]

I'm thinking they will use Brayton in a duel role. If Brayton is a hybrid player, then Taylor isn't really the fifth DE no more than we have only three DTs at this point. I know it's a stretch, but the team loves versatility and it helps the overall roster numbers. Not to mention Peps may line up as a DT at times this year like he did last season. My point is nine D-lineman is the number the team obviously wants to keep and a couple of our ends able to line up inside from time-to-time obviously helps that situation.

[Jackofalltrades]

Taylor played well when he got his chances, we was a constant menace in the backfield on passing downs, why would we cut him? Especially now that he seems ideally suited for Meeks' system of smaller, faster DE's.

I was glad to see him make the roster as it gives us another pass rusher AND ST'er.

[ncbobcat]

Chances are Taylor will be inactive a lot unless *knocks on wood* the 'I' word becomes an issue. That's really no different than Favorite being inactive. Granted, I liked Favorite too and chances are he'll be coming back to the pracitce squad.

Honestly, theres' not a whole lot of differnce between the 53 man roster and the PS if you are one of the eight players that hardly, if ever, dress.

[OneBadassCat]

I think the question is we cut Marlon Favorite and kept Nick Hayden?

[rayzor]

we needed someone with experience there. hayden still could be cut depending on what shows up at DT.

as much potential as favorite has, he wasn't going to help the team win....at least not yet.

they have plans to go after at least one experienced DT. experienced > potential at the moment.

[TarHeel]

Maybe because Fox and Hurney could see past the LSU/SEC bullshit that people spew 24/7 about how the SEC has the best NFL talent. Hilee Taylor is got a lot of talent and once he gets his chance to showcase that talent everyone will forget all about Favorite. UNC and the ACC put out talent that's just as good if not better than the SEC.

Go Heels!

[SorthNarolina]

Maybe because Fox and Hurney could see past the LSU/SEC bullshit that people spew 24/7 about how the SEC has the best NFL talent. Hilee Taylor is got a lot of talent and once he gets his chance to showcase that talent everyone will forget all about Favorite. UNC and the ACC put out talent that's just as good if not better than the SEC.

Go Heels!

you do relize you're in a panthers forum right?

[TarHeel]

you do relize you're in a panthers forum right?

Yeah I do but I'm tired of people acting like Hilee Taylor is a bum, there is a reason we kept him last season and that's the same reason we kept him again this season. He's got the potential to be a very good DE once Peppers and Brayton are gone.

[CatMan72]

Yeah I do but I'm tired of people acting like Hilee Taylor is a bum, there is a reason we kept him last season and that's the same reason we kept him again this season. He's got the potential to be a very good DE once Peppers and Brayton are gone.

I wasn't saying he was a bum, heck - another guy with a last name = Taylor came out of UNC and was pretty darn good.

All I was saying is that when you compare what we have at DE with what we have at DT, it seems to me that it would have made more sense to keep Favorite and cut Taylor.

[Peppers90 NC]

I'm still scratching my head as to why we cut Marlon Favorite and kept Hilee Taylor?

I was sure the drafting of both Charles Johnson and Everette Brown and signing of Brayton were all signals that the Hilee Taylor experiment was over... but I guess not. I'm not saying Taylor is no good - but with our need at DT compared to our lack of need at DT - and Favorite flashing some ability, I'm suprised we made this move....

Both of those happened well before Taylor was picked up in the draft last year. Pass rushers with speed are a premium, why Favorite was cut, I'm not sure, guess he didn't cut it in Foxhurny's eyes.