Bene to compete for corner, not nickel

[Bartin]

20 minutes ago, Captain Morgan said:

weren't we concerned last off season because we though Bene was a better outside corner than a nickel?

Yes and it was a recurring theme throughout the beginning of the season when he struggled in the slot relative to what he did outside at the end of 2014.

[ScreenPlay]

Thank god

 

the kid should clearly be opposite of Norman. 

[TheSpecialJuan]

My boy Lou Young

[The Lobo]

Love this. Now what would be even better is Alexander with our first pick. That backfield would be nasty...imagine if we sign Weddle. One can dream.

[Darth Biscuit]

48 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

My boy Lou Young

Did he make a game day roster this year?  Wait... or was he just on the P squad?

[Jeremy Igo]

Anyone concerned about Bene's size hasn't met him. He is plenty big to be an outside corner in this league. 

[pantherphan96]

17 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Anyone concerned about Bene's size hasn't met him. He is plenty big to be an outside corner in this league. 

FWIW Panthers.com has them both listed as 6' 195 lbs. 

[Hammerin'Cameron34]

Bene Benwikere >>>>>> Jason Verrett

[PanthersGOATFan336]

3 hours ago, Bartin said:

Why do you assume Finnegan is gone? He was solid when he played and could be brought back on a minimum deal. I see no reason why we wouldn't do that and give him a shot in camp to win the job. Same for McClain.

He was definitely not solid, constantly getting barked at by Luke 

[Bj-Monster23]

I wouldn't mind this move at all. When Bene played on the outside he played better then he plays in the slot so I don't mind seeing him play more on the outside. Also i would look for a guy like Casey Hayward in free agency. He could be a steal and come cheap for us he really played well in the slot for Green Bay.

[TheSpecialJuan]

1 hour ago, Darth Biscuit said:

Did he make a game day roster this year?  Wait... or was he just on the P squad?

He was up for the final 4 games I believe. But was not active on game day.

[stankowalski]

I honestly thought Bene did better on the outside than on the inside anyway.  Now if McClain can bust out like JNo, we'd be onto something.

[beastson]

Bene already proved he's better on the outside. Peanut signing forced him into the slot. I hope we sign Norman long term sort of. We have a chance to really beast this defense and team

[JustLurking]

6 hours ago, KB_fan said:

Posted the following comment on the Ron Presser thread, but it's better here, so I'm reposting it.

 

Good news.  I really liked Bene on the outside.  Thought he played better there than nickel from what little my own eyes told me. 

Question:  Do you generally want more height in an outside guy than a nickel?   Quite a few of the promising corners that potentially might fall to us in the draft are somewhat shorter (5'9 - 5'11).  Not a lot of big guys that we're likely to get picking at #30 / #31 I'm wondering if that could be a factor influencing this decision.

we WILL NOT be drafting a corner first or second round. DG made it clear Dline is way more important than corner. RUSH THE PASSER, STOP THE RUN, RUN THE BALL