Carolina Panthers signing Matt Kalil

[Oldschool Leroy]

18 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Check Voth's Twitter.

Thanks, that is interesting information.

[DaveThePanther2008]

22 minutes ago, 44johnson said:

Does anyone know if two brothers have ever played together on the same modern day NFL line?

The only legitimate brothers I can think of are the Matthews Brothers

The Matthews Brothers were big time players in the 80's (Clay's dad and uncle) I believe one was with Cleveland and the other with the Houston Oilers / Tennessee Titans but I don't think they ever played together.

[Devin]

I'm happy with this.  Would still love to get cam robinson in the draft somehow, but for now.. this works.  3 year deal most likely..  doesnt disturb the locker room, has been a pro bowler in the past..  This is a good move.  Idgaf if we over spent..  this HAD to happen. 

[Hoenheim]

just lol at David Newton giving it a grade of "A" for us signing Matt Kalil. When in reality no one knows how well he will perform. I wouldn't grade the signing until he's had some games played. He's a huge unknown or if you have to make a prediction it would probably be negative until he proves he can return to his rookie year level performance levels. All anyone can say right now is that it makes them more hopeful for the future until we see him perform on the field.

[Jon Snow]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

Isn't that what an insane person always says?

How would I know?  I'm not crazy, my mom had me tested. :P

[Carl Spackler]

I for one have TOTAL faith in Gman and think this is the first move that will get us back to the Super Bowl!

[PanicPete]

Long time lurker of many years, some of yall finally made me crack on this one. Joined up to say you cannot look at this signing in a vacuum. You have to look at what we have on our roster for LT currently(Hint: It's NOTHING) and also what is out there in FA/Draft(Limited), and also what the going rate is for a decent starting LT(See Whitworth contract). I'll wait to see what we got him for, but if it's 10-11 million bucks he is going to be good value(Health is a concern of course). When you have other teams picking up guys like Remmers/Bell/ Etc you know it's rough out there. FINALLY our front office is taking a proactive(but reasonable) approach to FA and targeting our weak spots early. Not to mention the added bit of flexibility we just grabbed in the draft, and the pressure it takes off having to make a stupid move late when we have nothing at LT. 

Panther fans should rally around this move, honestly.... how cool will it be to have two Kalils here? I wish him nothing but good health, if he has that...look out. 

[ItsPantone278]

[Mr. Scot]

7 minutes ago, Bogart said:

How would I know?  I'm not crazy, my mom had me tested. :P

 

 

[Toomers]

7 minutes ago, 15 said:

great signing. this one was destiny.

 

to the people bitching about this signing: do you even know what you're bitching about? without looking up other peoples comments on his game, do you actually know what his strengths and weaknesses are? have you watched the tape? or do you just like to follow what you hear and bitch about everything?

because Kalil has actually been a good LT in this league. injuries have been his issue. 

 

why don't you have a mind of your own?

  Well, I watched him get abused in just about every game I've watched MIN play since his rookie year. There are websites devoted to it. Find me anything showing him as even average since 2012. If it's injuries, why are we paying 10M/yr for the hope of a return to health AND skills which haven't been seen in 5 years. There's my argument. Why is Kalis a better option than Whitworth, Beachum , Okung, Reiff or even Clady?

[GRWatcher]

21 minutes ago, Bogart said:

How would I know?  I'm not crazy, my mom had me tested. :P

bazinga!

[LinvilleGorge]

I see this as similar and I'm reacting to this similar to the Oher move when it happened. The difference is that it's probably going to be involving a lot more money. Hopefully he can get past his injury issues and get back to his old form, but this is a risky move for sure. But, let's be realistic, every big money FA is a risky move. 

Hoping for the best here. One thing is for sure, we haven't had an OT with his pure raw talent since Gross retired and we have to at least be excited about that.

[JayNasty]

This Matt and Ryan combo should be good.....wait

 

Matt......Ryan.....

 

Good Signing

 

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, JayNasty said:

Matt and Ryan.............

Ouch...