'The best corps in the National Football League'

[Nick_81]

Our wide receivers caught 27 TD passes last season, but CPK is still worried about how many receptions they did or didn't have.  Without even looking, I'm willing to bet there's only 1 - 2 teams in the league that had more TD's from the wide receiver position.  One probably being Arizona.  Last time I checked, TD's were a pretty important stat, when it comes to winning games.  What do I know though...

[Chaos]

I vote Jerry Jones as 'the best corpse in the national football league'

[top dawg]

22 minutes ago, Chaos said:

I vote Jerry Jones as 'the best corpse in the national football league'

That would be Al Davis. Oh, wait!

[Kakarot]

Talk that sht, Funch!

I'm really excited about the WR's and TE's, and can't wait to see what they accomplish this year!

[pantherj]

I just hope Ginn doesn't have more soul crushing drops that cause my balls to retreat back into my stomach. Hate when that happens.

[CPantherKing]

1 hour ago, top dawg said:

He will just find a way to belittle their contribution. He apparently fails to understand the notion that the sum is greater than its individual parts. Anyone paying the slightest bit of attention should have learned that lesson last year.

I understand. I also understand the Panthers are only as strong as their weakest link, and that weak link will be attacked over and over again by the strengths of other teams. You must also see weaknesses on the Panthers that need to be addressed? Maybe some places where the team has gotten weaker.

There are definite weaknesses and threats to the team at the WR position. KB is the only strength on that unit, and he is inconsistent. KB is a great WR2 option. KB lacks the consistent threat to a defense to be a good WR1. A WR1 needs to be a game breaker. If Ginn could catch more than 60% of his targets, not drop the easy passes, and become more physical to make a game changing play instead of going out of bounds, then he would be that WR1. Antonio Brown is a WR1. Odell Beckham (who I detest) is a WR1. Julio Jones is a WR1. Steve Smith is still a WR1 as long as he can stay healthy. These are receivers that can take over a game if they are not tripled or have the entire zone coverage focus them to open up all the other receivers and the running game. The Panthers lack this type of WR1.

There are many positives and strengths on the team, but the WR unit is not one of them.

 

 

1 hour ago, Nick_81 said:

Our wide receivers caught 27 TD passes last season, but CPK is still worried about how many receptions they did or didn't have.  Without even looking, I'm willing to bet there's only 1 - 2 teams in the league that had more TD's from the wide receiver position.  One probably being Arizona.  Last time I checked, TD's were a pretty important stat, when it comes to winning games.  What do I know though...

The Panthers WRs did not catch 27 TDs last season, and there are more than 2 teams that had WRs totaling more than 27 TDs. Both New Jersey teams had over that amount among their WRs.

TDs do not tell the whole story. You can have a player with 10 TDs who barely factors into the overall production of a team. Ginn was non-existent in the playoffs with the exception of 1 play. During the season Ginn failed to be any kind of a factor in 6 games. In the other 10 games he managed to show up in 7 of them. I would say a receiver who fails to be a factor in 12 of 19 games is not very good. Ginn is known for the deep TDs he caught. That turns out to be only 3 deep TDs in 2 games. Not much of a factor and very inconsistent.

[Squirrel]

On 8/4/2016 at 6:10 PM, tiger7_88 said:

One very interesting thing I've noticed watching the NFL news is how often other teams are cutting players, signing players, picking players up off of waivers.

And here Carolina and Dave Gettleman sit, having gotten his work done prior to training camp.

(That doesn't mean he WON'T end up with some roster activity (its a definite in the case of any potential serious injury), just that he prepared the roster he wanted BEFORE practice started.)

Always churn the bottom of the roster.