The official camp sleepers thread....

[shaqattaq]

3 hours ago, SCP said:

Nice write up. I'm not smart enough to list my own. I like yours.

Agreed, but I think that Lou Young has a shot.He has a year's more experience in the system than any of the rookies, which has to give him an edge...at least in camp.

[thennek]

Just to be different, I will go with one of the most unusual names.....Reese Dismukes.  He can play guard & center and played for Auburn with a pretty successful college career. And by looking at his photo, he has a long scraggly beard so he fits right in with the current oline starters.  

[L-TownCat]

Wouldn't it be true to say that those guys will have more opportunity to show out because of taking it easy on the guys in front of them?

Miley is gonna get talked up because of the lack of depth. His snap count will be high as we assess our line.  

Devon will get talked up because Tolbert isn't a blocking specialist like Devon. Unless he can flash in the pass game I just don't see it.

Damiere is a legitimate choice.  He's got a shot to be good.

 

Our roster is pretty lean.  Not too many spots to win in TC.

[The Huddler]

32 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

Wouldn't it be true to say that those guys will have more opportunity to show out because of taking it easy on the guys in front of them?

Miley is gonna get talked up because of the lack of depth. His snap count will be high as we assess our line.  

Devon will get talked up because Tolbert isn't a blocking specialist like Devon. Unless he can flash in the pass game I just don't see it.

Damiere is a legitimate choice.  He's got a shot to be good.

 

Our roster is pretty lean.  Not too many spots to win in TC.

Devon is a blocking specialist? I thought he was just a big ass HB that trucked people. 

[CPantherKing]

Seems like people forget Rockhead was a TE in college before he moved to RB. He can catch. His ability to catch, turn up field, and accelerate from the flat while demonstrating great awareness of the defenders is very impressive. Those rookie CBs are going to get punished by the Panthers RBs/FBs when the pads go on.

Rockhead makes it. He fills in Brockel's role that the Panthers missed last season. Imagine a cross between Stewart, Tolbert, and Dickson. That is Rockhead. Also, he has deceptive speed. He outran many of the DBs he faced in college. I believe the Panthers have their future tandem in Wegher and Rockhead.

Not sure if David Yankey counts since he was inactive all of 2014. I expect him to make it due to his versatility and he is better than some OL the Panthers have including Remmers.

Garrett has an outside shot. I believe we will see Philly Brown fall to 5th on the depth chart and be challenged by Garrett.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Depth at the interior offensive line could be better. A guy like Tyler Larsen or David Yankey could beat out veterans like Gino Gradkowski or Chris Scott.

 

[pantherphan96]

Maybe Dismukes. I think this team is too talented for any true sleeper to make the roster. Rockhead is blocked by Tolbert, Cash by Ben Jacobs, Garett/Byrd by Hill/Bersin/Brown.

[Dilla]

To go a different route, and I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned him yet because is the typical nobody everyone here usually salivates over, Larry Webster III.

He has NFL pedigree, but he was primarily basketball player in high school/college and only played college football for two years at Bloomsburg. He drafted by the Lions in the 4th in 2014 as an athletic project and struggled to adjust to having to gain 20 pounds to get to 270 to be a prototypical 4-3. Never played a down in his one year in Detroit.

With only Ealy, Johnson, and Addison safe in the preseason, I think he has a shot if he more than just an athletic freak.

[the butch]

Had no idea Miley was 6'6" 270.  If he can color between the lines, he should be able to do push for a spot given this DE group.

[KendrickPanther]

I'm wondering what savvy vet asks to be traded to us in week 3?

[ThPantherFan]

11 hours ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Dean Marlowe was on the roster last year. 

 

You think Byrd And Garrett both make the regular roster? 

You know too much.  I'm taking my marbles and going home.  I'll be back tomorrow.

[L-TownCat]

3 hours ago, The Huddler said:

Devon is a blocking specialist? I thought he was just a big ass HB that trucked people. 

I may be mistaken on that but I thought he was like the Stanford guy last year?

[Daeavorn]

uh jason witten didnt retire yet...

[t96]

9 hours ago, stbugs said:

after Olsen retires (I think he's done after 2018 - blocking TEs don't last as long as Gates and Gonzo, Witten retired at 33)

Witten's still playing and Greg's hardly a "blocking TE." His pass blocking is solid but hasn't always been that way and his run blocking is not good. He's been mainly a receiving TE his entire career. I think he may be done after this contract but not because he won't have lasted long, but because he'll want to go out healthy and on his own terms and to be with his kids kind of like Gross (but with a Super Bowl ring...). He'd probably still be elite for another 5+ years.