Loss of Hardy vs loss of KB, impact wise how do they compare?

[UNCrules2187]

[Snake]

Hardy for sure, let people bitch and moan about how bad our WRs are but Hardy changed games while KB did not. Its sucks we lost KB but he was not a Steve Smith take over the game WR. Hardy could lock down one side of the defense and make QBs wish they didnt play. It was clear last year the line suffered without him and only when Bene and Josh started to pick up steam did the defense get better. KB will be missed but we still have more weapons than last year even without KB and we also have a rushing attack to go with it. 

[Mol3m4n]

Hardy's loss was less of a blow than Benjamin's is. Hardy was immensely talented, however, we had a resemblance of talent on the depth chart to fill his place. The depth behind Benjamin is a wasteland.

 

And fug you PU.

[pantherclaw]

I'll take Olsen as our number one receiver all day, every Sunday.

[Plewis]

There's no way of saying which loss was more impactful until after this season. The homer in all of us would like to say Hardy. If the loss of KB turns out to be more impactful than we can kiss the NFC south title and postseason goodbye. No way we get into the playoffs with a 6-9-1 season or worse.

[pantherj]

Losing Benji is worse imo. We now have to rely on guys like Cotchery, who quits on routes, and can be covered by DEs, or any defensive player. So you have a quitter at the end of his career with no fire, no passion, just going through the motions. Letting defenders just take the ball and push him around. It's hard for any Panther fan to watch that and not feel a little ill. Leaving Cam to suffer interceptions and incomplete passes. Add to that a bunch of receivers who have not proven anything, and wouldn't start for any other team in the entire NFL. So yes losing Benji was a crushing blow that is much worse than losing Hardy. We had guys who could come in and somewhat replace Hardy. We have a rookie tweener and a bunch of losers at WR. We couldn't afford to lose Benji without retooling our offense and relying more on Cam's legs. Not good for Cam, and not good for our already weak offense. The standard for a good starting NFL WR has already been set. Everyone already knows what they look like on the field. We lost ours. We're ok without Hardy, but Benji was the key to the passing offense.    

[Jangler]

Lotta words to say...Both will/did nothing on the field, so 0+0=0

[beckersteen]

In terms of value to the team and the production they give you, they are probably equal impacts given when they happened. 

[CRA]

we had to scheme mostly for missing hardy, our d couldn't generate any pressure with out sending a extra man, there was no more 4 man rush once hardy was out.

KB did beast it, but majority of the season it didn't matter because our d kept giving up 30+ and we didn't have a number 2 because our gm keeps building the roster for the future instead of now 

so...just means we had to go about defense different.  We had weapons to adjust

[Dex]

About the same. They didn't always show up and were inconsistent but when they brought it they were game changing.

[Verge]

The way Hardy single handedly won us games against Atlanta was pretty impressive.

[TheWiz]

  have a serious huddle goal. I want to open up one of your post and give it a genuine pie it.

This is the closest I've come. keep it coming...

A stronger PU is a stronger huddle.

[EgoDogg]

 keep it coming...

Don't encourage more threads. Instead quality over quantity. If it's a new discussion completely, start a new thread, but most of these topics can just be posts in another already-created topic.

[caatfan]

If you're considering one season then it's debatable, but next season KB will be back. Hardy's gone for good.