Jared Allen wanted to come HERE

[top dawg]

According to David Newton, the "Panthers were clear no. 1 choice for DE Jared Allen".  The NFL's leading active sack leader wanted to become a Panther.

I don't know about y'all, but this is great news, as you only have to look at the recent vids (links in the other thread) and realize that Allen was only playing 57 percent of the snaps to come to the conclusion that Allen is willing and able to come here and make a valuable contribution immediately.  This is a future HOFER that has something left in the tank and probably a little chip on his shoulder after hearing all the whispers that he is done!  

Coach Ron Rivera hasn’t spoken on whether Allen will replace Johnson on the left side for Sunday’s game at Tampa Bay or remain on the right side where he has played most of his career.

Harris is confident his client can do either, noting Allen typically is “the smartest guy on the field at any time in the game, maybe with the exception of the quarterback."

 

Smart, motivated, and a track record. You can question whether or not he's gassed out if you want to, but I am fairly sure that he's gonna hit the ground---and the QB---running.

[Daddy_Uncle]

We went to Jared. Noyhing Nothing leff to do but put the ring on. The SB ring

[PhillyB]

jared allen knows he's coming to a line that's dominated in the interior by two guys who can demand two blockers in any given situation. this leaves him more opportunities to fight through a single blocker, something that might not happen if he ended up somewhere with subpar talent.

toss in an upward-trending quarterback talent and a slowly-gelling offense and it's little surprise.

[Mr. Scot]

We went to Jared. 

Jared went to us.

[electro's horse]

player traded to team says he wanted to go to that team, loves the people, thinks city is great, even wants to compete for a championship

[chknwing]

[jayflip]

Is David Newton using the proper RDE and LDE this time?

[Peppers90 NC]

We went to Jared. Noyhing Nothing leff to do but put the ring on. The SB ring

Not Tiffany's but close enough 

[Mr. Scot]

From the article...

Harris is confident his client can do either, noting Allen typically is “the smartest guy on the field at any time in the game, maybe with the exception of the quarterback."

Harris said Carolina may be the exception to that with middle linebacker Luke Kuechly, a two-time Pro Bowler who has missed the past two and a half games with a concussion.

[sml1950]

Per RR's regular Tues. Sirius interview this PM..... Ealy will move over to LDE and play the 6 technique (over the TE) and move to the  3 tech. On 3rd downs and Jared will play his usual RDE on all 3 downs.

[Mr. Scot]

Is David Newton using the proper RDE and LDE this time?

Ouch.

[Riverboat Ron]

Maybe Ealy will thrive at LE against a RT, might free us up to move on from Big Money in 2016.

[t96]

The most fascinating part of that article is that Allen proposed to his wife in his truck and then went hunting.

[Cpt slay a ho]

I'm glad to hear this,hopefully this will begin a culture of players WANTING to come here especially after recent debacles