Restart: WR Kelvin Benjamin's Sophomore Season Was A Dud - Why He'll Be Back As A WR1 This Year

[E CaT PanTHer 2]

great write up @Saca312

another reason I feel KB will have a breakout season is he's in a contract year. The Panthers do have the 5th year option so technically he's locked up till 2018, but if I were DG, I'd get a long term deal done with him soon.

My biggest fear is KB puts up a 1500 yard, 15TD season and then demands the world. 

[jumpman910]

56 minutes ago, MV%doe said:

Im still a huge KB believer. He's still going to be a true #1, watch the doubters forget all their crazy "trade him for 5th derp derp, hes trash herp derp, cut his lazy ass derp". I'll be able to spam my favorite KB pic when this starts happening too!!

 

Honestly man fug them. Anyone who says that and actually means it might want to learn more about football before opening their mouths. 

And to the op, great write up. And on top of all that KB had an extremely low drop rate. So that area of his game did improve 

[Jeremy Igo]

Solid thread, posted on social media. Thanks.

[d-dave]

@Saca312, better be careful.  You might get a job opportunity from some where!  Good stuff!

As far as KB's future, should he blow it up, that will happen when it happens.  Part of that is going to depend on how the FA WR's workout this year.  KB wants to be a Panther, but at the same time, he will want to get paid like he deserves.  But that's later, no need to worry about that right now.

I really hope KB is able to pull it together.  We need our #1 back.  We need to be able to score TDs, and he has the ability to do that in spades.  We need teams to roll coverage to him, opening things up for Olsen and Funchess (or whoever overtakes him as the #2).

I hope he's able to come back in full force!

[Hogmolliesmaht]

44 minutes ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

I won't quote it because it takes up too much space.

This is a positive for us.  The sky is falling and our WR are the worst in the NFL gets old.

This all makes sense and our front office is keenly aware of it.

Outstanding write up and look forward to reading more.

This is why I have stayed away from here for so long. There are too many people here who seem to think it's their duty to put down anybody who dares to show any optimism about this team or the GM. fug that.

[top dawg]

21 minutes ago, E CaT PanTHer 2 said:

great write up @Saca312

My biggest fear is that he puts up a 1500 yard, 15TD season and then demands the world. 

If he does that, then he'll deserve to get paid. 

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I am with @*FreeFua*, anyone who didn't enter in their calculations that there was a good possibility that KB wouldn't be a hundred before the season started just doesn't listen. They are probably some of the same suggesting that he sucks, calling for a trade, or whatever. More than a few people, including here, said that KB may not be fully recovered until 2017. That's just how some ACL injuries go. Between the physical injury, the mental battle of trusting your body, and just general physical conditioning, it takes a while for most athletes to get back to 100 percent.

Hopefully his knee doesn't betray him anymore and he'll be ready to do his thing.

[N1CW]

Awesome write up! [emoji1360][emoji108]🏼 Definitely a good read.


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[Cpt slay a ho]

Not worried about KB, worried that we have two wr with very similar skill sets, we've need speed for a couple seasons now an I'm hoping its addressed. Although cam should work on fine tuning the weak parts of his game, we haven't done a great job of surrounding him with players that maximizes his current strengths


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[TheSpecialJuan]

The Charlotte Observer badly needs to have articles with such insightful information such as this one. Instead they write full blown articles based on who Mel Kiper Jr. thinks we're going to draft @8.

[rico6]

Gimme OJ and bring back the dual TE sets with KB and The Tampa dude in the slot and ill be stoked.

[PantherCam213]

4 hours ago, Saca312 said:

I already have another career path, but I've always loved writing and football. 

I love doing it as a hobby.

Lucky for us then.  Great write up!

[csx]

I realize he has some things to work on on the focus and effort category but the entire offense was a dud. There wasn't much opportunity to improve on numerically with out having protection and sustaining drives. 

[zacka77ack]

I would totally drive down the road to watch Coach Proehl and KB work. I bet it wouldn't be open to the public though


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[Hogmolliesmaht]

1 hour ago, csx said:

I realize he has some things to work on on the focus and effort category but the entire offense was a dud. There wasn't much opportunity to improve on numerically with out having protection and sustaining drives. 

To me, Cam is the number 1 guy who needs to improve. Yeah, I know the line wasn't that good but Tom Brady has played behind some below average lines too and he still found a way to win ball games. If Cam and KB can get back to form, this team can be right back in it, regardless of who the OC is.

 

Now I stand back and take the abuse for daring to say that Cam is not perfect...