Panthers free agent possibilities/predictions

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, CPantherKing said:

Luke Kuechly did not take the defense over until mid season 2012 - it started off as John Beason and Kuechly was out of position at OLB. Thomas Davis was injured in 2011 and took a good portion during the start of the season to get back up to speed in 2012. Josh Norman was not drafted until 2012 and spent time in Rivera's dog house in 2012 and 2013 when he should have been starting the entire time. The Panthers had a major problem at LB in 2011 with the injuries to Beason and Davis in the first 2 games of the season. James Anderson, Dan Connor, and Jordan Senn were not going to get it done on defense. If the Panthers have those LBs instead of Kuechly and Davis in any of the past 3 seasons, the Panthers would be lucky to see the playoffs in 1 season never mind 3.

The Panthers defense gave up a ton of points in 2011. In 2012, they struggled to start the season and when everything was up to speed with the key players they finished the season off with a 6-3 record (5-1 in the final 6 games while keeping teams below 30 points unlike 11 of the previous games from 2011 to mid 2012).

Also, you had a rookie head coach who admittedly was learning on the job.

That was the reason. If the Panthers get the key pieces on defense healed up and in to place a couple weeks sooner, there would be no Dave Gettleman as GM.

The offense was good even with Cam learning at the QB position each week.

Keep in mind the Saints and Falcons were at the top of their game those years compared to their decline and rebuild over the past 3 seasons.

Here's a quick pop quiz for ya:

From 2006 through 2012, the Panthers had exactly one winning season.  That's a seven year stretch with only a single playoff appearance (which was lost in spectacular fashion) and an overall win percentage of .424 to show for it.

Praytell, who was the architect that put together all those mediocre teams?

[davos]

Might as well take a random guess at this point:

So we've got this C/G Signed & then if we grab Soliai...

Quintin Demps (S) - Not splashy, hasn't been mentioned much, and has effectively played for both Johnson and McD's defenses.

Casey Hayward (CB) - Good zone corner with a lot of years left to give.   

 

 

 

[TheSpecialJuan]

18 minutes ago, davos said:

Might as well take a random guess at this point:

So we've got this C/G Signed & then if we grab Soliai...

Quintin Demps (S) - Not splashy, hasn't been mentioned much, and has effectively played for both Johnson and McD's defenses.

Casey Hayward (CB) - Good zone corner with a lot of years left to give.   

 

 

 

Not bad. Forgot about Demps, a good special team guy as well.