Say we draft a RB at in the first round, does Stewart have any trade value?

[panthers55]

The problem with trading or releasing Stewart is we are putting all of our eggs in one basket on an unproven rookie. As a running team we need a potent running attack especially if we are dialing Cam back. If we had done that with CAP a few years ago it would have been a disaster and Fozzy hasn't proven to be an every down back. You would think we have seen enough rookies struggle or get injured to not think that it is a great plan to start them day 1 no matter where they were drafted.

[Riverboat Ron]

I'd trade him straight up for Joe Thomas.

[rhyslloyd]

You answered your own question by detailing his performance. He's not worth much in trade. The best thing we can do is try to improve the line and see if it helps his production. I think he ends up back here next season.


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[GoobyPls]

31 minutes ago, CRA said:

Can't have a rookie like Fourntette be a every down workhorse 

Cam is our QB and our OL issues likely won't be fixed overnight.  That means pass protection and blitz pickup carry a lot of weight and all reports suggest Fournette isn't going to excel there...and even players that will be good aren't great at it as rookies.  

So we will need an experienced RB to share the load simply because we don't have Dallas' OL

You most certainly can have a rookie carry the load just look at Jordan Howard or last season with Gurley. Make him work on pass protection all offseason, having Stewart take away carries would never allow him to get into a groove. Look at Deangelo when he was the featured back or even now when Bell misses games. But as soon as he needs to share carries his numbers plummet.

[motocross_cat]

The panthers run blocking is the worst it has ever been.

If not for stew the team would average .7 yards a carry.

Lets trade his ass.

[PantherPhann89]

8 hours ago, GoobyPls said:

I know the huddle thinks J-Stew is the greatest thing since slice bread, but would any other team be willing to trade for him?

 

He hasn't rushed for 1000 yards in 7 seasons, is averaging under 4 ypc, hasn't played a full season and god knows how long and has a big contract.

Stewart is our starting and most effective back. He's also a very capable blocker, has very good hands out the backfield, runs with very hood vision, power and speed. Even if we drafted a RB in the 1st, i think that it would be unwise to get rid of Stewart just yet. If our new back is that capable of spelling Stewart, Stewart may be willing to play a double trouble role again...

[GoobyPls]

2 minutes ago, PantherPhann89 said:

Stewart is our starting and most effective back. He's also a very capable blocker, has very good handsout the backfield, runs with very hood vision, power and speed. Even if we drafted a RB in the 1st, i think that it would be unwise to get rid of Stewart just yet. If our new back is that capable of spelling Stewart, Stewart may be willing to play a double trouble role again...

Are we watching the same games? His hands were terrible this season.

He was rated as the worst receiving back in the NFL by dvoa

[ncfan]

0 chance.  If it wasn't for his contract you may could possibly get a 5th-6th for him.

But he still will be one of the top 5 paid RBs in the league next year and no one wants to tackle that contract for him

 

Thanks again Hurney

[*FreeFua*]

Stewart and Fournette would be an awesome tandem. 

It would be stupid to get rid of Stewart if we drafted Fournette (and yes Fournette is the only back at 8 worth taking). 

Stewart when healthy is one of the best RB's in the league, if Fournette can take on half of the load and help keep Stew healthy for 16 games that has great value for us.

[Jon Snow]

If Stewart is still on the team then Ron will start him regardless of whether another back is drafted.  That's just how he rolls.   But Stewart isn't the problem honestly, it's the blocking.   Everyone is down on Cap but honestly has he really been given a chance?  Ron keeps saying that Cap is Stews backup but if Stewart is active then Cap is not.  Ron or Shula or both just do not run a two back system.  They stick with tugboat even though he's pretty much useless and has been for at least the past two seasons.

[FootballLivesMatter]

Don't be stupid. We need him more than he need us. If we draft a RB, we still keep him for the upcoming season. 

[The Lobo]

Why can't we keep him and have a boss ass backfield 

[PantherPhann89]

34 minutes ago, GoobyPls said:

Are we watching the same games? His hands were terrible this season.

He was rated as the worst receiving back in the NFL by dvoa

I'm not referring to just this season but his overall contribution. If we were watching the same games then we'd both agree that our offense is very very different with out Stewart. In addition, now talking about only 2016 season, our O-line contstantly applied enough pressure on Cam to affect alot of his throws that attributed to Stewarts reception numbers. I dont think that we should rely soley on a rookie back with our current o-line and whatever changes coming on offense, let the rook learn behind Stew...

[panthers55]

54 minutes ago, GoobyPls said:

You most certainly can have a rookie carry the load just look at Jordan Howard or last season with Gurley. Make him work on pass protection all offseason, having Stewart take away carries would never allow him to get into a groove. Look at Deangelo when he was the featured back or even now when Bell misses games. But as soon as he needs to share carries his numbers plummet.

That logic is the same logic that says why draft a QB in the first when you can wait until the 6th round and land a Tom Brady. 

Not that it can't happen for anyone, but how many rookie tailbacks have held up or produced big time in their rookie years for us outside of Stewart his rookie year and that was in a 2 back system.

Just because other teams have luck doesn't mean our black cat franchise will using the same strategy.