Joe Person answers some questions regarding Panthers' thinking on free agency.

[4Corners]

I put very little to zero merit into anything Person or Jones says regarding the Panthers - ESPECIALLY Person. I'm convinced a lot of his input is speculation..or his own personal spin on hearsay that some nobody/lower level front office guy feeds him. 

Gettleman and Rivera are polar opposites of Hurney and Fox and most of us on here can infer reasonable expectations from whenever DG holds a press conference and don't need the bullshit that the Observer Panthers coverage team spits out. 

[iamhubby1]

10 hours ago, TheNewStandard said:

We have to get a DE or maybe 2 in the FA market. We just have to. I don't see any other way around it. 

Im hoping we still have Big Frank and Addison, because they're no slouches (well, I really don't know what to say about Frank,) but at least that would give us some options if all else fails.

Hopefully we can get Josh to come to terms before the franchise tag deadline is up, which should free up some money that's kind of ham-stringing is right now.

 

We have Ealy, then Addison. After those 2 you've got Delaire, Cox, Miley, Horton, and some guy named Webster. That's our DE rotation. I know they love Delaire and Cox. And along with Miley, they want to get these kids some playing time. The only way to evaluate and develop players is by letting them play.

 

Now do you stick by your guns and just go with the kids? You hope some of them "Get It' this year. Or do you bring in a Quality Vet to help mentor and lead what is a really young group? With the natural growth you'd expect out of players. Our DEs just maybe could get by with 1 vet and the kids.

 

Win, lose, or draw, I'd make my 1st, if only, high price get, be a DE. We absolutely must find a book-end for Ealy. Thus, allowing you to still give the kids plenty of meaningful plays.

[KB_fan]

I would say we DEFINITELY need a FA veteran DE to be our starter opposite Ealy.  Addison is not an every down guy.  Horton is ok against the run, not a pass rusher.  I can't assume that any of our depth guys (Delaire, Cox, Miley) are ready to start yet.

BUT, with Ealy and a new FA as starters, and then Addison, Horton and Cox, Delaire, Miley, we *could* possibly be set for our rotation, but I'd almost certainly bet on DG picking a DE in the draft as a player to develop for the future.